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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2023
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TW;
Yi-Chun Du, Tainan, TW;
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TW;
Abstract
A hearing aiding apparatus integrating image-acoustics positioning, omnidirectional acoustic reception, and warning includes an apparatus body, an acoustic-receiving unit, an image-capturing unit, a warning device, and a control unit. The apparatus body has a playing unit. The acoustic-receiving unit captures audio signals around the apparatus body in a 360-degree range. The audio signals include ambient sounds and speaking voices. The image-capturing unit captures human-face images around the apparatus body. The control unit stores human-face images, speaking voices, and special ambient sound audios. The control unit receives the audio signals and the human-face images and uses computer vision to identify and enhance the speaking voices associated with the human-face images. Then the playing unit plays the speaking voices. The control unit issues a warning message via the warning device when receiving an ambient sound identical to a pre-stored special ambient sound.