| CPC H04R 25/558 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G10L 21/0272 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 2225/39 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
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1. A hearing improvement system for use with a smart device and earpiece/headphones of a user, the system comprising:
software stored on or accessed by a memory device of the smart device, the software configured to be executed by a processor of the smart device to
cause an audio signal received from a microphone of or operating with the smart device if containing two or more sound patterns to be separated into a plurality of individualized sound patterns;
categorize the individualized sound patterns;
display an icon representing each categorized sound pattern on a screen of the smart device;
enable the user viewing the icons to at least one of deactivate or activate each of the individualized sound patterns;
cause each of the individualized sound patterns that were not deactivated by the user to be delivered to the earpiece/headphones; and
delete one of the displayed icons for the corresponding individualized sound pattern when its associated audio signal is not detected by the microphone for a period of time.
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11. A hearing improvement system for use with a smart device and earpiece/headphones of a user, the system comprising:
software stored on or accessed by a memory device of the smart device, the software configured to be executed by a processor of the smart device to
cause an audio signal received from a microphone of or operating with the smart device if containing two or more sound patterns to be separated into a plurality of individualized sound patterns;
categorize the individualized sound patterns;
display an icon representing each categorized sound pattern on a screen of the smart device;
enable the user viewing the icons to adjust a volume level for each of the individualized sound patterns;
cause the volume adjusted sound patterns to be delivered to the earpiece/headphones; and
delete one of the displayed icons for the corresponding individualized sound pattern when its associated audio signal is not detected by the microphone for a period of time.
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16. A hearing improvement system for use with a smart device and earpiece/headphones of a user, the system comprising:
a plurality of icons displayed on a screen of the smart device, each icon corresponding to a sound pattern obtained from an audio signal received via a microphone of or operating with the smart device, each displayed icon selectable to at least one of deactivate or activate the associated sound pattern,
wherein the associated sound patterns are formed by at least one of (i) analyzing differences between average frequencies and/or ranges of frequencies of the associated sound patterns, (ii) analyzing differences between average amplitudes and/or ranges of amplitudes of the associated sound patterns, or (iii) analyzing differences between reflections or accent themes of the associated sound patterns, and
wherein one of the displayed icons for the corresponding sound pattern is removed from selection when its associated audio signal is not detected by the microphone for a period of time.
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21. A hearing improvement system for use with a smart device and earpiece/headphones of a user, the system comprising:
software stored on or accessed by a memory device of the smart device, the software configured to be executed by a processor of the smart device to
enable the user to preselect at least one sound pattern from a plurality of sound patterns or at least one sound pattern category from a plurality of sound pattern categories;
analyze an audio signal received from a microphone of or operating with the smart device to determine if the audio signal includes the at least one preselected sound pattern or at least one sound pattern from the at least one preselected sound pattern category;
cause each of the received at least one preselected sound pattern or at least one sound pattern from the at least one preselected sound pattern category to be delivered to the earpiece/headphones; and
delete one of the sound patterns when its associated audio signal is not detected by the microphone for a period of time.
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