Sony patents audio system that adjusts sound based on hearing feedback
Sony describes a method for processing sound in devices like hearing aids or headphones. The system creates two different versions of the audio and compares them to determine how to adjust the sound output for better clarity or volume.
In the filing’s own words
An information processing method for an information processing system ( 1) according to the present disclosure includes a processed sound generation step and an adjustment step. In the processed sound generation step, the processed sound is generated by acoustic processing using a parameter that changes a sound collection function or a hearing aid function of a sound output unit. In the adjustment step, the sound output unit is adjusted by a parameter selected on the basis of a parameter used for the acoustic processing and feedback on the processed sound output from the sound output unit.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing method for an information processing system comprising: a processed sound generation step of generating a processed sound output comprising a first processed sound and a second processed sound different from the first processed sound by acoustic processing using a parameter changing a sound collection function or a hearing aid function of a sound output unit; receiving feedback on the first processed sound and the second processed sound, the feedback comprising a comparison between the first processed sound and the second processed sound; and an adjustment step of adjusting the sound output unit according to a parameter selected based on the parameter used for the acoustic processing and the feedback on the first processed sound and the second processed sound output from the sound output unit.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- Information processing method and information processing system
- Patent number
- US12739577B2
- Application number
- 18569211
- Filed
- Feb 28, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 19
Classified under
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