Bionic hearing headset

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9681246
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14193402

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A bionic hearing headset for enhancing directional sound from an external audio source. The headset includes a pair of headphones, each having a microphone array that connects listeners to the environment through a plurality of microphones, even while listening to content presented over the headphones from an electronic audio source. The microphone array signals are first converted into beam-formed directional signals. Diffuse signal components may be suppressed using a common, noise-reduction mask. The audio signals may then be converted to binaural format using a plurality of head-related transfer function (HRTF) pairs.

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HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED400 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CT 06901

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Horbach, Ulrich Canyon Country, US 52 1028

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