Learning headset

• US 20060210058A1
• Filed: 02/16/2006
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sennheiser Communications A/S (Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: Sennheiser Communications A/S (Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Company KG)
• Inventors: Christiansen, Torben, Kock, Jesper
• Application Number:
  US11/355,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20060210058A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/430
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6033 for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets arrangements for preventing acoustic echo H04M9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection

Abstract

This invention relates to a headset (10, 100) for communicating with a communication device (16, 18, 20). The headset (10, 100) comprises an input section (102) converting a sound to a first signal; a processing section (104) processing said first signal and transmitting a first processed signal to the communication device (16, 18, 20), and receiving a second signal from said communication device (16, 18, 20) and processing said second signal into a second processed signal. The processing section (104) comprises an adaptation means determining environmental data from the first and/or second signal and selecting a signal processing setting for the processing section (104) in accordance with the environmental data.

Claims

1. A headset for communicating with a communication device, and comprising an input section adapted to convert a sound to a first signal;

a processing section adapted to process said first signal and transmit a first processed signal to said communication device, and adapted to receive a second signal from said communication device and to process said second signal into a second processed signal; and

an output section adapted to output said second processed signal; and

wherein said processing section comprising an adaptation means adapted to determine environmental data from said first and/or second signal and to select a signal processing setting for said processing section in accordance with said environmental data.

2. A headset according to claim 1, wherein the adaptation means comprises an environment unit adapted to generate the environmental data, such as a voice identification signal, a noise level signal, a wind level signal, from the first signal.

3. A headset according to claim 2, wherein the environment unit comprises a voice detector for detecting voice of a user of the headset, a noise detector for classifying noise level of the surround acoustic environment, and a wind detector for detecting wind sound effects in the surrounding acoustic environment.

4. A headset according to any of claims 2 to 3, wherein the environment unit further comprises a microphone matching utility for matching the one or more microphones.

5. A headset according to claim 2, wherein the environment unit further comprises a directionality utility for canceling disturbing far field noise and preserving nearfield signal (signal from the mouth of the user of the headset)

6. A headset according to claim 1, wherein the adaptation means further comprises a processor unit having an environment input adapted to receive the environmental data, having a categorisation element adapted to categorise the surrounding acoustic environment based on the environment data, having an input/output port adapted to connect to a memory unit storing one or more signal processing settings, having a selecting element adapted to select that signal processing setting associated with the surrounding acoustic environment, and having a control output adapted to control a signal processing unit in accordance with the signal processing setting.

7. A headset according to claim 6, wherein the signal processing unit comprises a filter bank adapted to filter the first and second signal into one or more frequency bands, an amplifier adapted to expand and/or compress signal in the one or more frequency bands.

8. A headset according to claim 7, wherein the signal processing unit further comprises a noise reduction element adapted to reduced noise in the first and second signal.

9. A headset according to any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the processor unit further comprises a user input/output port adapted to connect with a user-interface unit adapted to enable a user of the headset to adjust parameters of the signal processing setting.

10. A headset according to claim 6, wherein the processor unit further comprises a remark element adapted to generate a remark associated with current signal processing setting and to store said remark in the memory in association with the signal processing setting, and wherein said remark comprises logging information such as the processor unit'"'"'s categorisation of said surrounding acoustic environment, the user'"'"'s actions, and time.

11. A headset according to claim 6, wherein the processor unit further comprises an averaging element adapted to average the parameters stored in remarks associated with a specific signal processing setting.

12. A headset according to claim 1, wherein the processing section further comprises a transceiver unit adapted to transmit the first processed signal to the communication device, and adapted to receive the second signal from the communication device.

13. A headset according to claim 1, wherein the transceiver comprises a first protocol element adapted to communicate with a first communication network and a second protocol element adapted to communicate with a second communication network.