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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Applicant:
St Famtech, Llc, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Inventor:
John Usher, Beer, GB;
Assignee:
ST FamTech, LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01);
Abstract
At least one embodiment is directed to a method for automatically activating ambient sound pass-through in an earphone in response to a detected keyword in the ambient sound field of the earphone user, the steps of the method comprising at least receiving at least one ambient sound microphone (ASM) signal; receiving at least one audio content (AC) signal; and comparing the ASM signal to a keyword and if the ASM signal matches a keyword then an AC gain is created.