US 12,080,312 B2
Personal audio assistant device and method
Steven Wayne Goldstein, Delray Beach, FL (US); and John Patrick Keady, Fairfax Station, VA (US)
Assigned to ST R&DTech LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Staton Techiya LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,484.
Application 17/860,484 is a continuation of application No. 17/022,107, filed on Sep. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,450,331.
Application 17/022,107 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/148,746, filed on Jan. 7, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/148,746 is a continuation of application No. 11/774,965, filed on Jul. 9, 2007, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/806,769, filed on Jul. 8, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0343929 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/60 (2019.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 21/06 (2013.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01); H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H04M 1/247 (2021.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 1/72442 (2021.01)
CPC G10L 21/00 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 16/60 (2019.01); G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 21/06 (2013.01); G10L 25/48 (2013.01); H04M 1/05 (2013.01); H04M 1/2471 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04M 1/6066 (2013.01); H04M 1/72442 (2021.01)] 7 Claims
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1. A wearable system comprising:
a speaker;
a display system, wherein the display system displays an image of the wearable system and the image of a first object, and an image of the second object and the first object and the second object relative to the wearable system, wherein the first object is an automobile and the second object is a person;
a first microphone;
a second microphone, wherein the first microphone measures sound in a vehicle cabin and generates a first microphone signal;
a memory that stores instructions; and
a wearable circuit operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the wearable circuit is wirelessly connected to a first earphone and a second earphone, wherein the first earphone includes a first ambient sound microphone, a first ear canal microphone, a first earphone speaker, and a first earphone circuit, wherein the second earphone includes a second ambient sound microphone, a second ear canal microphone, a second earphone speaker, and a second earphone circuit, wherein the wearable circuit is configured execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving data from a vehicle system;
analyzing the data for a first object location relative to the wearable system;
analyzing the data for a second object location relative to the wearable system;
generating a binaural sonification if the first object location is less than a threshold value;
sending the binaural sonification to the first and second earphones worn by a user, wherein the binaural sonification is a binaural notification signal that is emitted by the first and second earphones that makes it appear that the notification signal is emitted from the direction of the first object location relative to the user, if the first object location is less than the threshold, and wherein the pitch of the sonification increases when the first object location decreases with respect to the wearable system and decreases in pitch when the first object location increases with respect to the wearable system;
modifying the display of the wearable system relative to the first object and the second object when the first object location and the second object location changes relative to a location of the wearable system; and
sending a visual notification to the display if the first object location or the second object location is less than a second threshold.