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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:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Stefania Axo, Highland, NY (US);

Mark Christopher Wallen, Highland, NY (US);

Keith Joseph Miller, Pawling, NY (US);

Yang Liu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Richard Polhemus, Lagrangeville, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/12 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/125 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/6803 (2013.01); A61B 5/7267 (2013.01); A61M 21/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0027 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects include identifying each of a plurality of audio sources proximate to a user wearing a headset. The audio sources include a primary audio source and a plurality of background audio sources. Aspects include causing the headset to play a set of audio sources to the user by causing each audio source of the set to be unfiltered by the headset. Aspects include determining an acceptance level of the user. Aspects also include determining a background noise filtering adjustment based on the acceptance level and the set of audio sources being played by the headset to the user. Aspects also include causing the headset to adjust a filtering of one or more of the plurality of background audio sources by the headset based on the background noise filtering adjustment.


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