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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. 01, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Noopl, Inc., Sacramento, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steven Verdooner, Sacramento, CA (US);

Rodney Sparks, Antelope, CA (US);

Kevin Snow, Granite Bay, CA (US);

Assignee:

Noopl, Inc., Sacramento, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/406 (2013.01); G06K 9/00255 (2013.01); G06K 9/22 (2013.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01); H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2225/43 (2013.01); H04R 2225/55 (2013.01); H04R 2225/61 (2013.01); H04R 2410/01 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01); H04R 2430/23 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for improving hearing is disclosed. The system includes a microphone array that includes an enclosure, a plurality of beamformer microphones and an electronic processing circuitry to provide enhanced audio signals to a user by using information obtained on the position and orientation of the user. The system is preferably in the form of a smartphone having a retractable piece having the beamformer microphones mounted thereon. The system may also include a corresponding method for improving hearing and a non-transitory computer storage media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, execute the method.


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