US 12,436,731 B2
Noise detection for skip back of audio
Brant Candelore, Poway, CA (US); and Mahyar Nejat, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,382.
Prior Publication US 2024/0419390 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G10L 25/78 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G10L 25/78 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for noise identification to trigger playback of audio content, the method comprising:
providing the audio content to a personal listening device for output to a listener during a listening session;
receiving microphone signals and/or sensor data of at least one aspect of an environment of the listener to detect one or more external noises;
determining respective loudness levels of the one or more external noises according to the microphone signals and/or the sensor data;
identifying that a particular external noise of the one or more external noises includes an interfering noise disrupting an interfered portion of the audio content being outputted, based, at least in part, on determining that the loudness level of the particular external noise:
meets a content threshold volume level above a loudness level of the provided audio content, and/or
meets a comparative threshold volume above respective loudness levels of multiple other external noises;
determining a skip back point in the provided audio content; and
providing a playback portion of the audio content for output by the personal listening device during the listening session from the skip back point, wherein the playback portion includes the interfered portion of the audio content.