US 11,990,129 B2
Display eyewear with auditory enhancement
Jerome A. Legerton, Jupiter, FL (US); Jay Marsh, Bonsall, CA (US); and Stephen Willey, Blaine, WA (US)
Assigned to Innovega, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Innovega, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/915,951.
Prior Publication US 2021/0407513 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01); G10L 21/06 (2013.01); G10L 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 15/26 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 15/25 (2013.01); G10L 21/10 (2013.01); G10L 2021/065 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-wearable apparatus comprising:
a first microphone, located on a front end of the apparatus facing a front side of the wearer, which collects first sounds emanating from the front of a head of a wearer of the head-wearable apparatus;
a display panel visible to the wearer;
a gaze tracker configured to determine a direction of a gaze of the wearer of the head-wearable apparatus;
multiple second microphones, located on both sides and toward a back end of the apparatus and of the wearer, which collect second sounds emanating from the sides and rear of the head of the wearer;
an auditory transducer; and
a controller configured to:
extract speech from the first sounds collected by the first microphone from the determined direction,
present the extracted speech on the display panel,
provide, to the auditory transducer, second audio representing the second sounds collected by the multiple second microphones responsive to the second sounds representing a predetermined keyword, wherein the auditory transducer renders the second audio, and
present the keyword on the display panel in a location that indicates a direction from which the second sounds emanate.