SOUND VERIFICATION

• US 20170352364A1
• Filed: 08/23/2017
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chimetech Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: UR, Shmuel, Fligler, Ariel
• Granted Patent: US 9,984,703 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/0364 for improving intelligibility
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/51 for comparison or discrimination
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/10 Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2430/01 Aspects of volume control, not necessarily automatic, in sound systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 29/00 Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements for hearing aids H04R25/30; detection of loudspeaker connection H04R5/04; sound-field adaptation dependent on speaker detection H04S7/308
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/002 Damping circuit arrangements for transducers, e.g. motional feedback circuits

Abstract

In some examples, sound verification may include a speaker device that may be configured to transmit sound at a dynamic volume level and a listening device that may be configured to receive the sound and provide feedback to the speaker device based on the received sound. The primary transceiver device may be further configured to adjust the dynamic volume level based on the feedback provided by the secondary transceiver device.

Claims

1. A sound verification system, comprising:

a plurality of speaker devices, wherein each of the plurality of speaker devices is configured to transmit sound at a dynamic volume level; and

one or more listener devices configured to;

receive the sound from the plurality of speaker devices;

distinguish the received sound from the respective plurality of speaker devices; and

provide, based on the distinguished sound, feedback to at least one of the plurality of speaker devices, wherein the provided feedback is used to verify a quality of the received sound of the at least one of the plurality of speaker devices, and

wherein the at least one of the plurality of speaker devices is further configured to adjust the dynamic volume level of the transmitted sound based on the feedback provided by the one or more listener devices.

2. The sound verification system of claim 1, wherein the dynamic volume level corresponds to a volume level that is automatically adjustable.

3. The sound verification system of claim 1, wherein the one or more listener devices are configured to receive the sound from the respective plurality of speaker devices based on respective proximity of the one or more listener devices to the plurality of speaker devices.

4. The sound verification system of claim 1, wherein the feedback is provided based on parameters that include at least one of:

a particular number of words, words spoken over a defined time period, and words spoken at a specified time period.

5. The sound verification system of claim 4, wherein the provided feedback is tagged with metadata to indicate the parameters associated with the received sound of the at least one of the plurality of speaker devices.

6. A method to verify audio transmission, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more first transceivers, one or more audio signals transmitted from respective one or more second transceivers; and

transmitting, by the one or more first transceivers, feedback to the respective one or more second transceivers to cause dynamic adjustment of respective volumes of the received one or more audio signals, wherein the transmitted feedback is based on respective proximity of the one or more first transceivers to the one or more second transceivers.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the method is repeated periodically.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting the feedback to cause the dynamic adjustment includes transmitting the feedback to cause manual or automatic adjustment of the respective volumes of the received one or more audio signals.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising distinguishing, by the one or more first transceivers, the one or more audio signals transmitted from the respective one or more second transceivers.

10. A method to verify audio transmission, the method comprising, by a primary device:

transmitting audio signals at an initial volume;

receiving feedback, from one or more secondary devices, based on the transmitted audio signals;

determining scores based on a comparison between the transmitted audio signals and the received feedback; and

adjusting a volume applied to the transmission based on the determined scores.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusting includes determining whether the initial volume, at which the audio signals are transmitted by the primary device, should remain same or be increased based on the determined scores.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the adjusting includes adjusting the initial volume further based on different threshold values.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the adjusting includes adjusting the initial volume further based on a specific threshold value.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the adjusting includes increasing the volume in response to a determination that one of the determined scores indicative of a number of errors per sample is greater than the specific threshold value.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the adjusting includes maintaining the transmission of the audio signals at the initial volume in response to a determination that one of the determined scores indicative of a number of errors per sample is less than the specific threshold value.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining the scores includes determining scores greater than the specific threshold value, which are indicative of a poor transmission quality or a low volume of the transmitted audio signals.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining the scores includes determining scores less than the specific threshold value, which are indicative of acceptable transmission quality or acceptable volume of the transmitted audio signals.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusting includes adjusting the volume to accommodate a majority of values obtained after the comparison, relative to a specific threshold value.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusting includes adjusting the volume to accommodate respective one of the one or more secondary devices having a score that represents a highest number of errors per sample.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein the adjusting includes adjusting the volume to accommodate respective one of the one or more secondary devices having a score that represents a lowest number of errors per sample.