PERSONAL AUDIO ASSISTANT DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20140122073A1
• Filed: 01/07/2014
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Staton Techiya, LLC
• Original Assignee: Personics Holdings, Inc.
• Inventors: Goldstein, Steven Wayne
• Granted Patent: US 10,410,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/00 Speech or voice signal processing techniques to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility G10L19/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/06 Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation, e.g. speech visualisation or speech processing for tactile aids G10L15/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2471 Configurable and interactive telephone terminals with subscriber controlled features modifications, e.g. with ADSI capability [Analog Display Services Interface] systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers H04M3/42; administration or customization of services H04M3/42136; by downloading data to substation equipment H04M3/42178
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/00 Circuits for transducers , loudspeakers or microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system for delivery of personalized audio services including a first microphone for capturing audio, a voice controlled interface coupled to the first microphone for detecting a voice command, a communication module for accessing information from a network in response to the detected voice command to provide results from accessing the network, a memory for storing a user profile and a user listening history, and a processor for modifying the results based on the detected voice command, the user profile and the user listening history. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for delivery of personalized audio services, comprising:

a first microphone for capturing audio;

a voice controlled interface coupled to the first microphone for detecting a voice command;

a communication module for accessing information from a network in response to the detected voice command to provide results from accessing the network;

a memory for storing a user profile and a user listening history; and

a processor for modifying the results based on the detected voice command, the user profile and the user listening history.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further provides media content recommendations from a searching of particular attributes or common user interests from the audio, wherein the processor mixes media content selected from the media content recommendations with ambient sounds captured by the first microphone, and delivers to acoustic transducers for audition an enhanced perceptual sound quality of the media content.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first microphone, communication module and memory storage are embedded on a logic circuit.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the logic circuit is embedded in at least one of a Personal Computer system, a Personal Music Player system, a personal monitoring system, an automotive audio system, a home audio system, an avionics audio system, a personal video system, a mobile cell phone system, a personal digital assistant system, a standalone accessory, or an advanced eye-wear system.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a speech recognition system to convert, from the audio, speech to-text to respond and send emails and to interface with voice operated control language to provide navigational commands.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication module is communicatively coupled to a speech recognition system for processing from the audio and converting speech to text using a voice browser to access the Internet to conduct a commercial transaction.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a voice controlled interface configured to:

search the Internet in response to voice commands; and

present results of the search via a text-to-speech synthesizer.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising a processor to improve a perceptual sound quality of media content to be auditioned while governed by delivering a correct Sound Pressure Level (SPL) dose

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication module collects user information and delivers personal services according to collected user information over Bluetooth.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the communication module connects between multiply connected personal audio assistant enabled devices to provide peer-to-peer behavior for sharing information including one of audio transmissions, program contents, data memory, device information or common interests.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a processor to capture from the microphone environmental audio signals and mix the environmental audio signals with an audio signal path of the media content.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor assigns a level of importance to sounds, performs the mixing of loudness levels according to the importance, includes an introduction sound announcing to a user the level of importance of a sender associated with an email notification.

13. A method for delivery of personalized audio services, comprising:

capturing audio from a first microphone;

detecting a voice command from the captured audio using a voice controlled interface;

accessing information from a network in response to the detected voice command to provide results from accessing the network;

retrieving a user profile and a user listening history from a memory; and

modifying the results from accessing the network based on the detected voice command, the user profile and the user listening history.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising providing media content recommendations based on captured user preference information.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising storing the user profile and the user listening history in the memory.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the results comprises media content and the method further comprises mixing the media content with ambient sounds captured by the first microphone by way of a processor that delivers, to acoustic transducers for audition, an enhanced perceptual sound quality of the media content.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising converting from the audio, speech to-text to respond to emails and to send emails, and to interface with voice operated control language to provide navigational commands.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising searching the Internet in response to voice commands and presenting results of the search via a text-to-speech synthesizer

19. A personal audio assistant suitable for use in eyewear, comprising:

a first microphone and a second microphone for stereo acoustic input and capturing audio;

a communication module for accessing information from a network and providing media content recommendations from determined shared attributes;

a memory storage unit for storing information related to the shared attributes;

a voice controlled interface to direct a search of the network in response to detection of voice commands in the audio; and

a processor for mixing the media content with ambient sounds captured by the first microphone, and delivering, to acoustic transducers, an enhanced perceptual sound quality of the media content.

20. The personal audio assistant of claim 19, wherein the voice controlled interface includes speech recognition for converting speech to HTML for voice browsing, thereby providing navigational commands for accessing the Internet to perform searches, wherein results are received through at least one of an earphone or headphones via an HTML-to-Speech synthesis.