Transforming audio content for subjective fidelity
First Claim
1. A method for processing an audio signal, comprising:
- receiving, by a hardware processor for an audio player device, an encoded audio signal for content comprising at least one of music or an audio track for video content;
identifying, by the hardware processor based on metadata of the encoded audio signal, a person and an audiometric reference profile for the person representing the person'"'"'s hearing acuity at multiple frequencies;
receiving, by the hardware processor based on an identifier for one or more users of the audio player device, an audiometric listener profile for the one or more users representing the one or more users'"'"' hearing acuity at multiple frequencies; and
transforming, by the hardware processor, the encoded audio signal using the hardware processor into an output audio signal, based on an audiometric difference between the audiometric reference profile and the audiometric listener profile so that the output audio signal compensates for the audiometric difference and enables the one or more users to hear the content more like the person identified by the hardware processor based on metadata of the encoded audio signal.
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Abstract
A method or apparatus for delivering audio programming such as music to listeners may include identifying, capturing and applying a listener'"'"'s audiometric profile to transform audio content so that the listener hears the content similarly to how the content was originally heard by a creative producer of the content. An audio testing tool may be implemented as software application to identify and capture the listener'"'"'s audiometric profile. A signal processor may operate an algorithm used for processing source audio content, obtaining an identity and an audiometric reference profile of the creative producer from metadata associated with the content. The signal processor may then provide audio output based on a difference between the listener'"'"'s and creative producer'"'"'s audiometric profiles.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for processing an audio signal, comprising:
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receiving, by a hardware processor for an audio player device, an encoded audio signal for content comprising at least one of music or an audio track for video content; identifying, by the hardware processor based on metadata of the encoded audio signal, a person and an audiometric reference profile for the person representing the person'"'"'s hearing acuity at multiple frequencies; receiving, by the hardware processor based on an identifier for one or more users of the audio player device, an audiometric listener profile for the one or more users representing the one or more users'"'"' hearing acuity at multiple frequencies; and transforming, by the hardware processor, the encoded audio signal using the hardware processor into an output audio signal, based on an audiometric difference between the audiometric reference profile and the audiometric listener profile so that the output audio signal compensates for the audiometric difference and enables the one or more users to hear the content more like the person identified by the hardware processor based on metadata of the encoded audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising at least one hardware processor coupled to a memory, the memory holding instructions that when executed by the at least one hardware processor causes the apparatus to perform:
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receiving an encoded audio signal for content comprising at least one of music or an audio track for video content; identifying based on metadata of the encoded audio signal a person and an audiometric reference profile for the person representing the person'"'"'s hearing acuity at multiple frequencies; receiving based on an identifier for one or more users of the audio player device an audiometric listener profile for the one or more users representing the one or more users'"'"' hearing acuity at multiple frequencies; and transforming the encoded audio signal into an output audio signal based on an audiometric difference between the audiometric reference profile and the audiometric listener profile so that the output audio signal compensates for the audiometric difference and enables the one or more users to hear the content more like the person identified by the hardware processor based on metadata of the encoded audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising encoded instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause a signal processing device to perform the operations of:
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receiving an encoded audio signal for content comprising at least one of music or an audio track for video content; identifying based on metadata of the encoded audio signal a person and an audiometric reference profile for the person representing the person'"'"'s hearing acuity at multiple frequencies; receiving based on an identifier for one or more users of the audio player device an audiometric listener profile for the one or more users representing the one or more users'"'"' hearing acuity at multiple frequencies; and transforming the encoded audio signal into an output audio signal based on an audiometric difference between the audiometric reference profile and the audiometric listener profile so that the output audio signal compensates for the audiometric difference and enables the one or more users to hear the content more like the person identified by the hardware processor based on metadata of the encoded audio signal.
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