US 12,248,730 B2
Earphone software and hardware
John Usher, Beer (GB); and John P. Keady, Fairfax Station, VA (US)
Assigned to The Diablo Canyon Collective LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by The Diablo Canyon Collective LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,780.
Application 18/397,780 is a continuation of application No. 17/672,671, filed on Feb. 15, 2022, granted, now 12,045,542.
Application 17/672,671 is a continuation of application No. 17/006,886, filed on Aug. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,294,619, issued on Apr. 5, 2022.
Application 17/006,886 is a continuation of application No. 16/298,147, filed on Mar. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,817,252, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/641,313, filed on Mar. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0256214 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a display configured to show a graphic user interface (GUI), wherein the GUI includes a gain slider control to control an amount of an ambient sound pickup, from one or more of a plurality of ambient sound microphones of an earphone, that passes through to an ear of a wearer of the earphone via a speaker in the earphone;
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving an input from the gain slider;
using the input to set a pass through gain for output of the ambient sound pickup via the speaker; and
activating a first directional enhancement algorithm that processes the ambient sound pickup from the plurality of ambient sound microphones to increase signal to noise ratio of the output when the wearer is listening to a sound source in front of the wearer.