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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Ams Ag, Premstätten, AT;
Inventors:
Peter McCutcheon, Premstaetten, AT;
Horst Gether, Premstaetten, AT;
Assignee:
AMS AG, Premstätten, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2006.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/17854 (2018.01); G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17825 (2018.01); G10K 11/17835 (2018.01); G10K 11/17881 (2018.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3026 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3027 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3028 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3056 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio system for an ear mountable playback device includes a speaker, an error microphone, which senses sound being output from the speaker, and a sound control processor. The processor is configured for controlling and/or monitoring a playback of a detection signal or a filtered version of the detection signal via the speaker, recording an error signal from the error microphone, and determining whether the playback device is in a first state, where the playback device is worn by a user, or in a second state, where the playback device is not worn by a user, based on processing of the error signal.