Patent ID: 10506327

Abstract:
In embodiments of the present invention, a method of modifying ambient sound received by an earpiece in accordance with an environmental characterization may have one or more of the following steps: (a) receiving the ambient sound at a microphone operably coupled to the earpiece, (b) determining, via a processor operably coupled to the microphone, the environmental characterization based on the ambient sound, (c) modifying, via the processor, the ambient sound in accordance with a plurality of parameters associated with the environmental characterization to create a modified ambient sound, (d) communicating, via a speaker operably coupled to the earpiece, the modified ambient sound, (e) receiving the ambient sound at the second microphone, (f) determining, via the processor, a location of the ambient sound from a temporal differential and an intensity differential between the reception of the ambient sound at the microphone and the reception of the ambient sound at the second microphone, and (g) determining, via the processor, a location of the ambient sound from a temporal differential and an intensity differential between the reception of the ambient sound at the microphone of the earpiece and the reception of the ambient sound at the second microphone of the second earpiece.