US 12,236,968 B2
Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven selective active noise control
Ritwik Giri, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Karim Helwani, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and Tao Zhang, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Assigned to STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/526,761.
Application 18/526,761 is a continuation of application No. 17/869,248, filed on Jul. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,875,812.
Application 17/869,248 is a continuation of application No. 17/125,566, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,423,922, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 17/125,566 is a continuation of application No. 16/773,417, filed on Jan. 27, 2020, granted, now 10,872,616, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Application 16/773,417 is a continuation of application No. 16/173,767, filed on Oct. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,580,427, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,972, filed on Oct. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0127840 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); G10L 17/02 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 21/0216 (2013.01) [G10L 17/02 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 3/002 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02087 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02163 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by an ear-worn electronic device, comprising:
storing, in a memory of the device, noise fingerprints representative of annoying sounds identified by a wearer of the device;
capturing a new annoying sound in response to a wearer input;
communicating the new annoying sound to a server;
receiving, from the server, a new noise fingerprint representative of the new annoying sound;
storing the new noise fingerprint in the memory;
identifying, by a processor of the device, different background noises present in an acoustic environment of the wearer;
determining, by the processor, which of the background noises corresponds to the new noise fingerprint; and
attenuating, by the processor, the background noise corresponding to the new noise fingerprint in an output signal provided to a speaker or a receiver of the device.