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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. 19, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);

Mark Raymond Blewett, Framingham, MA (US);

Christopher B. Ickler, Sudbury, MA (US);

Assignee:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/16 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17837 (2018.01); G10K 11/17854 (2018.01); G10K 11/17885 (2018.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various implementations include systems for providing enhanced aware mode capabilities in an ANR audio device. In particular implementations, a method includes receiving an ambient noise signal from a microphone associated with a wearable audio device; determining a gain value based on a sound pressure level (SPL) of the ambient noise signal; generating a gain adjusted ambient noise signal by applying the gain value to the ambient noise signal; generating a total external microphone signal by adding the gain adjusted ambient noise signal to a noise reducing ambient signal; generating an expanded audio signal by selectively adjusting a source audio signal based on the gain adjusted ambient noise signal; and combining and outputting the expanded audio signal with the total external microphone signal to an acoustic transducer.


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