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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2012
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Mun Hum Park, Eindhoven, NL;

Armin Gerhard Kohlrausch, Eindhoven, NL;

Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Eindhoven, NL;

Thomas Falck, Aachen, DE;

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61N 1/00 (2006.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61N 1/00 (2013.01); G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a medical feedback system () based on sound analysis in a medical environment. With a sound scene analyzer (SSA,) being capable of analyzing and classifying an audio signal so as to obtain a list of one or more sound sources in the medical environment surrounding the patient, and a sound-level analyzer (SLA,) being capable of providing an indicator for perceived levels of corresponding sound from the list of sound sources, advanced sound analysis is possible. Finally, a sound classifier (SC,) is arranged for classifying said list of one or more sound sources in a medical environment with respect to a degree of avoidability, and generating a corresponding feedback signal (FEED,) for appropriate action by medical personal, patients and/or visitors.


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