Bose Corporation

Neil Adam Ranney

Daniel M Gauger, Jr

Ricardo Federico Carreras

Roman Sapiejewski

Jason Harlow

Martin David Ring

Vishu Singh

Santiago Carvajal

Todd Richard Reily

Conor William Sheehan

Glenn Gomes-Casseres

John Gordon

Daniel M Gauger

The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method of controlling a wearable audio device configured to provide an audio output. The method includes receiving data indicating the wearable audio device is proximate a geographic location associated with a localized audio message, and determining that the localized audio message has a higher priority compared to at least one other localized audio message associated with another geographical location proximate to the wearable audio device. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the localized audio message has the higher priority, providing a prompt to initiate playback of the localized audio message with the higher priority to a user of the wearable audio device, and initiating playback of the localized audio message with the higher priority at the wearable audio device in response to actuation of the prompt by the user.

Prioritizing delivery of location-based personal audio

In an active noise reducing headphone, a signal processor applies filters and control gains of both the feed-forward and feedback active noise cancellation signal paths. The signal processor is configured to apply first feed-forward filters to the feed-forward signal path and apply first feedback filters to the feedback signal path during a first operating mode providing effective cancellation of ambient sound, and to apply second feed-forward filters to the feed-forward signal path during a second operating mode providing active hear-through of ambient sounds with ambient naturalness.

Providing ambient naturalness in ANR headphones

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