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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:
Aug. 01, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pablo Francisco Faundez Hoffmann, Kenmore, WA (US);

Anjali Induchoodan Menon, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0224 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0224 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 1/002 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

An audio signal is enhanced using interaural coherence to control noise reduction and binaural cue preservation. Sounds from a local area are detected via an acoustic array. An interaural coherence is determined using the detected sounds. Sound filters for an audio signal are generated based on the interaural coherence. The sound filters implement a tradeoff between increasing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) between a target source and an interfering source and preserving of binaural information of the interfering source. The tradeoff is controlled based on the interaural coherence. The sound filters are applied to the audio signal to generate audio content. The audio content is presented via a speaker array.


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