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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
David A. Eddins, Odessa, FL (US);
David A. Borkholder, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Vincent J. Amuso, Webster, NY (US);
David A. Eddins, Odessa, FL (US);
David A. Borkholder, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Vincent J. Amuso, Webster, NY (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing assistive listening for a plurality of listeners in an environment including a plurality of acoustic sources. A microphone array in combination with an acoustic beamforming processor configured to receive the acoustic signals within the environment and to process the acoustic signals based upon a target location of an acoustic signal selected on a listener-controlled interface device to generate a steered beam pattern. The acoustic beamforming processor further configured to transmit the steered beam pattern to the listener-controlled interface device based on the target location selected. The listener-controlled interface device configured to provide the steered beam pattern to an ear-level transducer of a hearing-impaired listener.