Patent ID: 8737648
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A computer storage device comprising computer executable instructions for providing directional hearing experience, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for: emitting sound generated by a first signal from a first source at a first location, the first signal comprising a reference signal; receiving the sound generated from first signal at a hearing location, wherein the sound generated from the first signal is received in a left channel and a right channel located at the hearing location, the left channel received at a left microphone physically located at the hearing location at a position corresponding to a left ear of a head, the right channel received at a right microphone physically located at the hearing location at a position corresponding to a right ear of the head; storing the left channel of the first signal received at the hearing location as a first left channel received signal; storing the right channel of the first signal received at the hearing location as a first right channel received signal; storing the first location, wherein the first location further comprises a location in relation to the hearing location; and computing a first right channel function that, based on the first signal and the first right channel, minimizes a difference between the first signal and the first right channel received signal; computing a first left channel function that, based on the first signal and the first left channel, minimizes a difference between the first signal and the first left channel received signal; receiving a first conference signal comprising a first left channel and a first right channel signal, wherein the first conference signal is not the first signal; and creating a modified first conference signal comprising a modified first right channel and a modified first left channel, the modified first right channel formed by applying the first left channel function to the first left signal and by applying the first right channel function to the first right signal.