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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Harman International Industries, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Davide Di Censo, San Mateo, CA (US);
Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US);
Ajay Juneja, Mountain View, CA (US);
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing audio enhancement to a user of a listening device. The technique includes reproducing a first audio stream, such as an audio stream associated with a media player. The technique further includes detecting a voice trigger. The voice trigger may be associated with a name of a user of the listening device. The technique further includes pausing or attenuating the first audio stream and reproducing a second audio stream associated with ambient sound in response to detecting the voice trigger.