Ear-worn electronic device incorporating annoyance model driven selective active noise control

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PATENT NO 12236968
APP PUB NO 20240127840A1
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18526761

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A system comprises an ear-worn electronic device configured to be worn by a wearer. The ear-worn electronic device comprises a processor and memory coupled to the processor. The memory is configured to store an annoying sound dictionary representative of a plurality of annoying sounds pre-identified by the wearer. A microphone is coupled to the processor and configured to monitor an acoustic environment of the wearer. A speaker or a receiver is coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to identify different background noises present in the acoustic environment, determine which of the background noises correspond to one or more of the plurality of annoying sounds, and attenuate the one or more annoying sounds in an output signal provided to the speaker or receiver.

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  • STARKEY LABORATORIES INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Giri, Ritwik Eden Prairie, US 22 47
Helwani, Karim Eden Prairie, US 34 137
Zhang, Tao Eden Prairie, US 1018 9317

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