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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:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Andrew Lovitt, Redmond, WA (US);

Antonio John Miller, Woodinville, WA (US);

Philip Robinson, Seattle, WA (US);

Scott Phillip Selfon, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/17827 (2018.01); G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/111 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3044 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3046 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3056 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include applying, via a sound reproduction system, sound cancellation that reduces an amplitude of various sound signals. The method further includes identifying, among the sound signals, an external sound whose amplitude is to be reduced by the sound cancellation. The method then includes analyzing the identified external sound to determine whether the identified external sound is to be made audible to a user and, upon determining that the external sound is to be made audible to the user, the method includes modifying the sound cancellation so that the identified external sound is made audible to the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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