US 12,470,880 B2
Ear-worn device with neural network-based noise modification and/or spatial focusing
Igor Lovchinsky, New York, NY (US); Israel Malkin, Manhattan Beach, CA (US); Nathan Agmon, New York, NY (US); Philip Meyers, IV, San Francisco, CA (US); and Nicholas Morris, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Fortell Research Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Fortell Research Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/947,760.
Application 18/947,760 is a continuation of application No. 18/794,843, filed on Aug. 5, 2024.
Application 18/794,843 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/592,720, filed on Mar. 1, 2024.
Application 18/592,720 is a continuation of application No. 18/477,087, filed on Sep. 28, 2023, granted, now 11,937,047, issued on Mar. 19, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/643,957, filed on May 8, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/571,150, filed on Mar. 28, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/517,755, filed on Aug. 4, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0080927 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 25/507 (2013.01) [H04R 25/405 (2013.01); H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ear-worn device, comprising:
one or more sensors configured to generate one or more sensor inputs based on movement of the ear-worn device; and
control circuitry configured to:
determine, based on the one or more sensor inputs received from the one or more sensors, a degree of head movement; and
generate, based on the degree of head movement, one or more spatial focusing control inputs indicating a spatial focusing pattern,
wherein the control circuitry is configured, when generating the one or more spatial focusing control inputs indicating the spatial focusing pattern based on the degree of head movement, to:
generate a first set of the one or more spatial focusing control inputs indicating a first spatial focusing pattern with a first amount of spatial focusing based on a first degree of head movement; and
generate a second set of the one or more spatial focusing control inputs indicating a second spatial focusing pattern with a second amount of spatial focusing based on a second degree of head movement;
wherein the first amount of spatial focusing is less than the second amount of spatial focusing, and the first degree of head movement is greater than the second degree of head movement.