Patent ID: 11929087
Assignee: ORCAM TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A system for selectively amplifying audio signals, the system comprising:
at least one microphone configured to capture sounds from an environment of the user; and
at least one processor programmed to:
determine a user-audio direction, the user-audio direction being a direction from which audio from a user is received by the at least one microphone;
receive an audio signal representative of sounds captured by the at least one microphone;
determine that a first part of the audio signal is being received from the user-audio direction;
determine that a second part of the audio signal is being received from a direction other than the user-audio direction;
modify the audio signal by attenuating the first part of the audio signal;
modify the audio signal by amplifying the second part of the audio signal;
perform additional processing on the amplified second part of the audio signal without attenuating the amplified second part of the audio signal to generate an additionally modified second part of the audio signal, wherein the additional processing comprises at least one of enhancing diction, modifying a pitch, reducing a playback speed, or changing a gap between words;
avoid performing the additional processing on the attenuated first part of the audio signal; and
transmit the modified audio signal including the attenuated first part and the additionally modified second part to a hearing interface device.