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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:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Grace Carroll, Boston, MA (US);

Dale McElhone, Marlborough, MA (US);

Christopher R. Paetsch, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/307 (2013.01); G01P 15/08 (2013.01); H04R 3/002 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically adjusting, by an audio device, the SPL of its audio output. As described herein, the SPL is adjusted based on approximated noise in an ear canal of occluded ears as determined by an accelerometer measuring the user's motion. According to aspects, the audio device adjusts a tone of the signal by adjusting the SPL of a set of frequencies and also adjusts the overall gain of the full frequency spectrum of the audio signal. The tone may be adjusted more quickly as compared to the overall broadband gain.


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