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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
John Woodruff, Traverse City, MI (US);
Andreas Koutrouvelis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Fatemeh Pishdadian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Sheaffer, San Jose, CA (US);
Yang Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Carlos M. Avendano, Campbell, CA (US);
Nasim Radmanesh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Microphone signals of a primary headphone are processed and either a first transparency mode of operation is activated or a second transparency mode of operation. In another aspect, a processor enters different configurations in response to estimated ambient acoustic noise being lower or higher than a threshold, wherein in a first configuration a transparency audio signal is adapted via target voice and wearer voice processing (TVWVP) of a microphone signal to boost detected speech frequencies in the transparency audio signal, and in a second configuration the TVWVP is controlled to, as the estimated ambient acoustic noise increases, reduce boosting of, or not boost at all, the detected speech frequencies in the transparency audio signal. Other aspects are also described and claimed.