Patent ID: 9613622
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G10L,H03G

Claim:
1. A portable consumer audio playback device, comprising: a compact consumer audio device housing; an audio output adapted for connection to at least one headphone for transforming one or more output electrical signals to sound; a microphone input for connection to a microphone element for sensing ambient sounds external to the housing and producing an ambient measuring audio signal; an audio program source for providing input of audio program information; and an audio processor for detecting speech in the ambient sounds from the ambient measuring audio signal, wherein the audio processor adjusts a characteristic of the audio program information in response to detection of the speech, wherein the audio processor further determines a direction of the speech in the ambient sounds and adjusts the characteristic of the audio program information in response to the direction of the speech indicating that the speech is not speech of a user of the portable consumer audio playback device.