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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
James R. Milne, Romona, CA (US);
Justin Kenefick, San Diego, CA (US);
Allison Burgueno, Oceanside, CA (US);
Gregory Carlsson, Santee, CA (US);
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method monitors a background SPL. The method also determines that the background SPL is below a first SPL threshold. A speaker of an auditory device plays white noise. The method, responsive to determining that the white noise has played for a first length that meets a first time threshold or that the background SPL meets the first SPL threshold, stops playing the white noise. The method further includes continuing to monitor the background SPL until the background SPL is below the first SPL threshold.