System and headset for assisting conversations while listening to audio

Abstract

A portable system for enhancing communication between users in close proximity to each other while listening to a common audio source, comprising earphones with electro-acoustic transducers for providing sound to the ears of respective users, and for detecting a voice microphone that provides the sound of the voice of the voice and provides the microphone input signal, and an electronic device that is integrated with the first earphone and communicates with the second earphone. The electronic device generates a sidetone signal based on a microphone input signal from the first earphone, generates a voice output signal based on the microphone input signal from the first earphone, receives a content input signal, sums the sidetone signal with the content input signal and a second Far-end speech signals associated with the earphones are combined to generate a combined output signal, and the combined output signal is provided to a first earphone for output by a transducer of the first earphone.

Description

technical field [0001] This disclosure relates to assisting conversations while listening to music, and more particularly to allowing two or more headset users in close proximity to each other to listen to music or some other audio source while being able to speak easily and hear each other easily, thereby communicating between the audio content. Have a conversation naturally. Background technique [0002] It can be very difficult to have a conversation while listening to some other audio source, such as discussing a musical performance while listening to the performance at the same time. In particular, speakers have difficulty hearing their own speech and have to raise it to a higher level than they can just comfortably hear, let alone for others to hear what they are hearing over the music. speak. Speakers may also have difficulty controlling how loudly they have to speak to allow others to hear them. Likewise, the listener must make an effort to listen to what is being...

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Problems solved by technology

Hearing aids for those who are hearing impaired often have a directional pattern that attempts to amplify the voice of the person speaking to the user while rejecting unwanted noise, but they are limited by the fact that the microphone is located at the listener's ear. The effect of poor signal-to-noise ratio caused by

Moreover, hearing aids only provide listening benefits and do not address the discomfort of trying to speak loudly in a noisy environment, let alone coordinate with a shared audio source

Other communication systems such as noise cancellation for pilots, headsets connected to walkie-talkies may be very effective for their application, but are limited to intercom in front of the dashboard and not suitable for social communication by the average consumer. or mobile environments, or are not even suitable for use in an aviation environment—that is, by commercial passengers—

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