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3142 results about "Audiology" patented technology

Audiology (from Latin audīre, "to hear"; and from Greek -λογία, -logia) is a branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Audiologists treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage. By employing various testing strategies (e.g. behavioral hearing tests, otoacoustic emission measurements, and electrophysiologic tests), audiologists aim to determine whether someone has normal sensitivity to sounds. If hearing loss is identified, audiologists determine which portions of hearing (high, middle, or low frequencies) are affected, to what degree (severity of loss), and where the lesion causing the hearing loss is found (outer ear, middle ear, inner ear, auditory nerve and/or central nervous system). If an audiologist determines that a hearing loss or vestibular abnormality is present he or she will provide recommendations for interventions or rehabilitation (e.g. hearing aids, cochlear implants, appropriate medical referrals).

Method for analyzing cough sound by using disease characteristics to diagnose respiratory diseases

The invention relates to the field of biological medicine, and discloses a method and system for analyzing cough sound by using disease characteristics to diagnose respiratory diseases, and the method comprises the steps: deploying a six-microphone annular array to achieve the precise positioning and triggering of a sound source; self-adaptive spectral subtraction and Wiener filtering cascade are adopted to enhance the audio; segmenting a cough segment based on energy envelope; fusing the Mel-cepstrum, the linear prediction residual error, the harmonic energy ratio and the transient zero-crossing rate to construct a pathological feature matrix; extracting local, medium-range and global time sequence features through a three-branch parallel convolutional network; inputting a disease specific classifier to discriminate asthma, pneumonia and laryngitis respectively, and applying a feature decoupling regular term to improve interpretability. The system correspondingly realizes the modularized processing flow. According to the method, the cough sound collection quality and the disease subtype recognition accuracy in a complex environment are improved, meanwhile, the thermodynamic diagram is output to assist clinical decision making, and the diagnosis credibility and practicability are enhanced.
Owner:HUZHOU CENT HOSPITAL

Multi-mode sensing cooperation and real-time synchronization system

The invention discloses a multi-mode perception collaboration and real-time synchronization system, which breaks through the limitation of vision / hearing in the prior art, covers vision, hearing, smell and movement, and realizes more accurate cooperation through a perception layer, a control layer and an execution layer. According to the invention, an immersive experience space full of shock and reality can be created, synchronous output of visual, auditory, tactile and olfactory signals is realized by means of high-precision equipment, and a series of cross-sensory signal superposition schemes are designed on the basis of response characteristics of human physiology and psychology to various sensory stimuli. Therefore, the overall perception of the experiencer to the space atmosphere is enhanced. Meanwhile, through weight distribution and conflict resolution, the system can flexibly adjust the sensing mode according to the environment and the user state. The multi-device cooperation error can be controlled at millisecond level and millimeter level, and the natural fusion of virtuality and reality is realized.
Owner:BEIJING FANTASY PAI SHUSHI TECH CO LTD

Sign language recognition glasses device, system and method

The invention discloses a sign language recognition glasses device, system and method, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent equipment, and the sign language recognition glasses device comprises a glasses frame which is used for supporting all components of the device; the camera is arranged on the front side of the glasses frame and is used for capturing hand actions in real time to generate image information; the data processing module is embedded in the glasses frame, electrically connected to the camera and used for processing the image information and executing sign language recognition; the main control unit is arranged on an ear rod of the glasses frame, is electrically connected to the data processing module and is used for coordinating the operation of each component; the display module is arranged at the positions of the lenses of the glasses frame, electrically connected to the main control unit and used for displaying character information obtained after sign language recognition, communication between hearing-impaired people and common people is not limited by specific places any more, and instantaneity and convenience of communication are greatly improved.
Owner:HANGZHOU YIDIAN ELECTRIC TECH CO LTD

Heart rate detection earphone and earphone device

A heart rate detection earphone and an earphone device are provided. The heart rate detection earphone includes an earphone housing and an earphone functional component. The earphone housing includes an ear hook part, a connection part, and an earphone part. One end of the connection part is connected to the ear hook part, and the other end of the connection part is connected to the earphone part. The earphone functional component includes an earphone circuit board, an earphone battery module, an earphone speaker module, and a heart rate detection module. The earphone battery module is electrically connected to the earphone circuit board. The earphone speaker module is fixedly provided on the earphone part. The heart rate detection module is provided on the earphone part and electrically connected to the earphone circuit board. The heart rate detection earphone has more diverse functions and meets special needs of users.
Owner:SHENZHEN CANTIANSHU INFORMATION TECH CO LTD

Infant state identification method and system based on Chinese medicine five-tone monitoring analysis

The invention discloses an infant state recognition method and system based on traditional Chinese medicine five-tone monitoring analysis, and the method comprises the steps: synchronously collecting the crying sound, physiological signals and behavior videos of an infant, extracting the Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient of the audio, the heart rate variability, galvanic skin response and respiratory rate of the physiological signals, and the facial expression and limb movement features, and carrying out the recognition of the state of the infant through the Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient of the audio, the heart rate variability, galvanic skin response and respiratory rate. Performing structured integration by using a multi-modal feature fusion model; in combination with the five-tone theory of traditional Chinese medicine, a corresponding relation between audio features and five-organ states is established, and the robustness of five-tone and five-organ mapping is improved through fuzzy reasoning and a Bayesian mechanism; the system dynamically adjusts the weight coefficient of each mode, adapts to the individual and emotion historical trend, achieves more accurate emotion recognition and physiological evaluation, achieves cross-mode and multi-layer information fusion, improves the accuracy and interpretation ability of infant emotion and five-internal-organ state recognition, and provides a scientific basis for clinical evaluation and health management.
Owner:DONGGUAN BINHAI BAY CENT HOSPITAL

Sound diagnostic system

A sound diagnostic system includes an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes operating portions, a sound collector for collecting a sonic wave, an acquiring portion, in each of a plurality of time sections when the sonic wave is collected by the sound collector, for acquiring a data including sonic wave level and an operating state of the operating portions. The information processing apparatus includes a generator for generating a threshold by adding a predetermined value to a first sonic wave level based on the sonic wave in a first period. The information processing apparatus determines a cause of an abnormal sound by comparing a second sonic wave level based on the sonic wave in a second period after the first period and the threshold. The predetermined value is set so as to be smaller as the first sonic wave level is larger.
Owner:CANON KK

Respiratory disease diagnosis device and method

The invention particularly relates to a respiratory disease diagnosis device and method, and the device comprises a respiratory sound signal collection unit which is used for obtaining a current respiratory sound signal; the breathing sound signal preprocessing unit is used for performing segmentation processing and denoising processing on the current breathing sound signal to obtain a preprocessed breathing sound signal; the feature extraction unit is used for extracting multi-modal features of the preprocessed breath sound signals; and the detection unit is used for inputting the multi-modal features into a preset deep learning network model to obtain a respiratory system disease detection result. Therefore, through multi-modal feature extraction, dynamic fusion and an efficient classification strategy, the problems of relatively low feature identification degree, relatively low disease classification accuracy and the like in the process of researching disease diagnosis based on the breath sound signals in related technologies are solved, and the detection performance of chronic respiratory system diseases based on the breath sound signals is remarkably improved.
Owner:GUANGDONG HONG KONG MACAO GREATER BAY AREA PRECISION MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (GUANGZHOU)

Measurement system and measurement method

ActiveUS12538067B2Ear moulds/tips acoustic sealsIntra aural earpiecesHeadphonesLoudspeaker
A measurement system includes earphones configured to be worn on a left ear and a right ear of a user and be interchangeably attached with earpieces having different sizes on one end portion of each, and a wireless terminal. Each of the earphones collects a sound signal by a microphone of the earphone in a case that the earphone outputs a sound signal from its speaker, the measurement system performs measurement processing to determine whether an ear of the user is sealed by the worn earpiece, and the wireless terminal includes a display unit, and displays, on the display unit, a notification indicating that a size of the worn earpiece is a most suitable size among sizes of the plurality of earpieces, or a notification urging replacement with another earpiece having a size larger than or smaller than the size of the worn earpiece.
Owner:PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD

Intelligent Muting Of Participant Audio In Communication Sessions

An input audio signal associated with a communication session is received. A determination is made that a participant associated with the input audio signal is not audibly speaking within the input audio signal. In response to determining that the participant is not audibly speaking, an audio feed corresponding to the input audio signal is muted by rendering the audio feed not audible to at least one other participant device connected to the communication session.
Owner:ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INC

EMG speech signal detection with feedback

ActiveUS12567417B1SensorsDiagnostic recording/measuringVisual feedbackSpeech production
Systems and methods are provided for performing EMG signal operations. The system accesses one or more blocks of EMG data that were generated based on a plurality of EMG channels of an EMG communication device based on one or more subthreshold activity (STA) of one or more muscles associated with speech production. The system processes the one or more blocks of the EMG data and computes a metric for each block of the one or more blocks of the EMG data that have been processed. The system determines that the metric representing at least one EMG channel of the plurality of EMG channels transgresses the threshold for detection of the STA and generates audible or visual feedback to indicate that the metric representing the at least one EMG channel of the plurality of EMG channels transgresses the threshold for detection of the STA.
Owner:SNAP INC

Head-mountable frame, head-mountable Bluetooth headphone, and helmet

A head-mountable frame includes a frame body configured with an arcuate shape, and a pair of ear shells connected to both ends of the frame body, respectively. Each of the ear shells is provided with a receiving cavity for installing an earpiece module. The head-mountable frame includes an earmuff assembly provided on the inner side of each ear shell and configured to fit closely to an ear, thereby forming a closed sound transmission cavity between the earpiece module and the ear. The receiving cavity of the ear shell is configured to receive the earpiece module through press-in fit removably. A head-mountable Bluetooth headphone includes the head-mountable frame and a Bluetooth headphone module which can be removably mounted in the receiving cavity through a press-in fit. A helmet includes a helmet body and a Bluetooth headphone module which can be removably mounted in the helmet body.
Owner:GUANGDONG XIN QIAN CHAO INFORMATION TECH CO LTD

System

The system uses a processor to capture visual data via a wearable camera and audio data via a microphone. It transmits both types of data for analysis, extracts text from the visual data, identifies key keywords, and generates a summary using natural language processing. The audio is converted to text, translated, and the processed results are then sent back and displayed on the wearable device.
Owner:SOFTBANK GROUP CORP

In-Ear Headphone with Ear Cuff

Aspects include headphones. In certain cases, a headphone includes: an ear cuff body having: a first portion configured to pass over an outer side of at least one of an antihelix, a helix, or a lobule of a user's outer ear; and a second portion configured to sit behind the outer ear; an acoustic package configured to deliver sound to the ear canal region; and wiring extending between the ear cuff body to the acoustic package.
Owner:BOSE CORP

System and method for targeted crowd-based acoustic-prosodic and linguistic accommodation

A system and method for providing targeted crowd-based acoustic-prosodic and linguistic accommodation includes simultaneously detecting, with a multimedia device, individual facial images of a plurality of individuals and acoustic sounds from the plurality of individuals. Message data representative of an audible message supplied to the plurality of individuals is supplied to the processing system, the message data. In the processing system: a plurality of facial features and a plurality of acoustic-related features are extracted from the multimedia data; the facial features and the acoustic-related features are processed to determine an aggregate emotional state of the plurality of individuals; one or more acoustic-prosodic features of the audible message and / or a content of the audible message are selectively manipulated based on the determined aggregate emotional state of the plurality of individuals to generate an updated audible message; and the updated audible message is output.
Owner:HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC

A sleep aiding method, apparatus, device and medium

The application discloses a sleep-aiding method, device, equipment and medium, and relates to the technical field of sleep-aiding, which comprises the following steps: collecting electroencephalogram data, physiological parameter data and noise data when a user is sleeping; performing sleep state discrimination on the electroencephalogram data and the physiological parameter data to obtain user sleep state information; generating a sleep-aiding sound signal according to the user sleep state information and the noise data; and playing the sleep-aiding sound signal in the user's sleeping environment. The application reduces the cost of sleep-aiding while improving the timeliness of sleep-aiding.
Owner:THE 967TH HOSPITAL OF THE CHINESE PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY JOINT LOGISTICS SUPPORT FORCE

Display device, method and related device

The embodiment of the invention provides a display device and method and a related device, and relates to the technical field of display, and the method comprises the steps: extracting an audio feature and a visual feature of a to-be-displayed picture; determining an emotion label of the to-be-displayed picture according to the audio features and the visual features; the emotion label is used for indicating the emotion type and emotion intensity of the to-be-displayed picture; generating a sign language action corresponding to the to-be-displayed picture according to the emotion label and a text corresponding to the to-be-displayed picture; and fusing the sign language action with the to-be-displayed picture, and controlling the display screen to display the fused picture. According to the scheme, the film watching experience of hearing-impaired people can be remarkably improved.
Owner:SHENZHEN TAILIWEI INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Printed circuit board assembly for a hearing device having a multi-feed antenna apparatus and hearing device

A hearing device, in particular a hearing aid, includes a multi-feed antenna apparatus with at least two antenna branches. Each antenna branch is connected to a line. The lines are interconnected at a connection point and are routed through a filter and a first matching network to a transceiver circuit. A second matching network is assigned to each antenna branch for a phase shift and matching. A multi-feed antenna apparatus for the hearing device is also provided.
Owner:SIVANTOS PTE LTD

Intelligent nasopharyngeal catheter and breath sound monitoring system

PendingCN121570693ATracheal tubesRespiratory organ evaluationNasopharyngeal catheterAcoustics
The invention discloses an intelligent nasopharyngeal catheter and a breath sound monitoring system.The intelligent nasopharyngeal catheter comprises a nasopharyngeal catheter body, a first acoustic sensing part and an optical fiber, the nasopharyngeal catheter body comprises a first body and a second body, and the first body is connected with the second body; the cross sectional area of the second body is gradually increased from one end, close to the first body, of the second body to one end far away from the first body; at least part of the optical fiber is embedded in the first body, the first acoustic sensing part is arranged on the optical fiber and located in the first body, the first acoustic sensing part is used for converting vibration and / or pressure fluctuation of breathing sound waves of a patient into optical signals, and the optical fiber is used for being connected with a demodulation host so that the demodulation host can receive the optical signals from the first acoustic sensing part. Therefore, the breathing signal can be collected through the first acoustic sensing part, and the breathing signal of the patient can be transmitted to the demodulation host, so that the breathing condition of the patient can be monitored in real time to guarantee the safety of the patient.
Owner:THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF TSINGHUA UNIV +1

Processing audio inputs to produce tactile outputs

In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving an input audio signal for playback by at least one speaker and at least one tactile transducer, receiving a control signal associated with a user-specified setting for the at least one tactile transducer, and generating a processed audio signal to drive the at least one tactile transducer, wherein the processed audio signal is adjusted based on the control signal independent of a speaker output signal driving the at least one speaker.
Owner:HARMAN INT IND INC

Spatial audio reproduction based on head-to-torso orientation

A media system and a method of using the media system to reproduce spatial audio based on head-to-torso orientation, are described. The method includes determining a head-to-source orientation and a head-to-torso orientation based on head orientation data generated by a head tracking device. Determining the head-to-torso orientation includes determining torso movements based on movements of the head. The torso can be determined to move when the head movements meet a head movement condition, such as a predetermined angle of movement or pattern of movement. A binaural audio filter that is based on a head-related transfer function corresponding to both the head-to-source orientation and the head-to-torso orientation is applied to an audio input signal to generate an audio output signal. The audio output signal is played to accurately recreate spatial audio having sounds emitted to the user by a sound source. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
Owner:APPLE INC

System and method for inducing a sensation of motion in a subject using auditory stimuli to facilitate sleep

PendingUS20260014345A1ElectrocardiographyMedical devicesAuditory stimuliSensation
A method for inducing a sensation of motion in a subject, comprising defining a vibrational stimulation pattern for a subject; generating a set of electrical signals corresponding to the vibrational stimulation pattern; and transducing the set of electrical signals into a vibrations corresponding to the set of electrical signals with a plurality of electromechanical transducers, wherein the vibrations are adapted to induce the sensation of motion in the subject.
Owner:NEUROENHANCEMENT LAB LLC

A method and system for self-monitoring of infant asphyxia risk based on laryngeal breath sounds

The present application relates to the technical field of health monitoring, in particular to a kind of infant asphyxia risk autonomous monitoring method and system based on laryngeal respiratory sound, comprising: utilize high sensitivity MEMS microphone to collect the airflow and respiratory sound signal of infant larynx, and utilize micro accelerometer to monitor the thoracic movement data of infant synchronously;The airflow and respiratory sound signal are denoising, and the denoising respiratory sound signal is obtained;The denoising respiratory sound signal is separated according to respiratory event Signal, and is enhanced and combined into respiratory sound data set;Respiratory sound feature is extracted in respiratory sound data set, and asphyxia anomaly classification model is constructed based on respiratory sound feature by machine learning model, and dynamic baseline model that adapts individual respiratory difference is established according to respiratory sound feature.The present application utilizes the hardware device of high sensitivity MEMS microphone and micro accelerometer and artificial intelligence model to combine, realizes the use of laryngeal respiratory sound signal in home environment and autonomously completes infant asphyxia risk identification and early warning.
Owner:XIEHE HOSPITAL ATTACHED TO TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE HUAZHONG SCI & TECH UNIV

Earphone assembly

Disclosed is an earphone assembly comprising: a head (110) in which a speaker is housed; a headphone handle (120) extending from the head (110), in which a removable battery (140) is housed, said battery powering said loudspeaker, in which said headphone handle comprises a cover plate (126) extending in the axial direction at least over the axial dimension of the battery, said cover plate being individually removable to allow subsequent removal of the battery from the headphone handle. According to the utility model, a dismounting mode capable of replacing the battery is provided for the earphone assembly with the handle, the battery does not need to be connected by a cable, and only the cover plate needs to be dismounted, so that a user can conveniently replace the battery by himself / herself.
Owner:HARMAN INT IND INC

Systems and methods of user localization

ActiveUS12593167B2Docking-station type assembliesMicrophonesLocalization systemAudio frequency
Systems and methods are disclosed in which a playback device transmits a first sound signal including a predetermined waveform. In one example, the playback device receives a second sound signal including at least one reflection of the first sound signal. The second sound signal is processed to determine a location of a person relative to the playback device, and a characteristic of audio reproduction by the playback device is selected, based on the determined location of the person.
Owner:SONOS INC

Audio generation method, electronic equipment, storage medium and product

The invention discloses an audio generation method, electronic equipment, a storage medium and a product. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring first phoneme information and species information; generating first audio data based on the first phoneme information, the species information and a first model; wherein the first audio data represents species sounds of species corresponding to the species information. The phonemes which the user wants to express the animal and the specific species of the animal are input into the neural network model, and the animal sound capable of expressing the phonemes is obtained, so that according to the scheme, the more refined and natural anthropomorphic animal sound can be generated, namely the animal sound contains the content which the user wants to express, the sound of a real animal does not need to be collected, and the user experience is improved. And the generation cost of animal sounds is reduced.
Owner:MIGU CO LTD +1

Earpiece for audiograms

ActiveUS12574669B2Headphones for stereophonic communicationElectric tinnitus maskersTransducerEngineering
An earpiece is configured for providing audiometric testing. The earpiece includes an earpiece housing, an intelligent control system disposed within the earpiece housing, at least one transducer operatively connected to the intelligent control, and at least one speaker operatively connected to the intelligent control. The earpiece is configured to perform audiometric testing of a user by reproducing sounds at the at least one transducer and receiving user feedback regarding the sounds to provide audiometric test data.
Owner:BRAGI

Systems for using an auricular device configured with an indicator and beamformer filter unit

A system may include an external device configured to transmit a first audio data to an ear-bud. A system may include the ear-bud configured to be positioned within an ear canal of a user, the ear-bud comprising: a microphone configured to generate audio data responsive to detecting audio, a storage device, configured to store computer-executable instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the storage device, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive the first audio data from the external device, receive a second audio data from the microphone, estimate an acoustic environment based on the first audio data and the second audio data, generate a third audio data based on the acoustic environment, and cause a speaker to emit the third audio data.
Owner:VIPER HLDG CORP