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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
May. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jakub Mazur, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tyrone T. Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Hang Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G01H 3/14 (2006.01); H03G 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 16/61 (2019.01); G01H 11/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 3/14 (2013.01); A61B 5/12 (2013.01); A61B 5/6817 (2013.01); G01H 11/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 16/61 (2019.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); H03G 11/008 (2013.01); H04R 2460/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A digital signal processing method for ambient sound acoustic dosimetry. Strength of a microphone signal generated by a watch worn by a user is determined and converted into a sound sample having units for sound noise exposure. This is repeated multiple times to produce a time sequence of sound samples that is written to a secure database access to which is authorized by the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.