US 12,267,639 B2
Active sound device utilizing audio recognition
Ilyoung Jeong, Seoul (KR); Hyungui Lim, Seoul (KR); Yoonchang Han, Seoul (KR); Subin Lee, Seoul (KR); Jeongsoo Park, Yongin-si (KR); and Donmoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to COCHL, INC., Dover, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/928,737
Filed by Cochl Inc, Dover, DE (US)
PCT Filed May 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/006245
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/246686, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0067150 (KR), filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232146 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1041 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Active audio equipment comprising:
an ear cap at least a portion of which is configured to be inserted into a user's ear;
a data input unit to which audio data is input from an external terminal;
an output unit configured to output the input audio data;
an audio detection unit configured to detect an externally generated audio signal;
a determination unit configured to determine at least one of a class and volume of the audio signal by analyzing the audio signal detected by the audio detection unit; and
a control unit configured to control output of the audio data input from the data input unit on the basis of information determined by the determination unit,
wherein the determination unit analyzes the audio signal using an artificial intelligence algorithm that is pre-loaded into the determination unit, and
wherein the artificial intelligence algorithm monitors and records manual operations of the user in accordance with a result value of the audio signal determined by the determination unit.