Rockin’ Patent – “Self-Managed Sound Enhancement”

June 30, 2023

Rockin’ Patent^®: US Patent No. 9,138,178
Priority Date: 5 August 2010
In the name of: ACE Communications Limited
Title: Method and System for Self-Managed Sound Enhancement
What’s claimed:“A system for enhancing an individual’s hearing experience comprising: a component for capturing and storing audio hearing characteristics of the individual, including a minimum audible loudness level and a threshold uncomfortable loudness level for at least one audiometric frequency; a component for analyzing the individual’s audio hearing characteristics to generate an individualized audiological profile; a component for storing the individualized audiological profile; a component for accessing said audiological profile from said storing component; a component for determining from the accessed individualized audiological profile a modified audio signal produced by applying a frequency-specific gain adjustment to an input signal; and a component for determining whether the loudness of the modified audio signal at one or more audiometric frequencies equals or exceeds said threshold uncomfortable loudness level, a component for converting the modified audio signal to an enhanced audio signal having reduced loudness relative to the modified audio signals at frequencies, if any, at which the loudness of the modified audio signal is determined to meet or exceed said threshold uncomfortable loudness level; and a component of a personal electronic device for providing said enhanced audio signal to the individual.”
Why this patent rocks:This rockin’ patent relates to capturing hearing characteristics for an individual, including loudness tolerance levels at different frequencies, and automatically enhancing audio to complement and address as closely as possible an individual’s hearing deficits.

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