System of enabling or disabling a communication device and related methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10044842
APP PUB NO 20170318139A1
SERIAL NO

15647680

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The disclosed technology contemplates use of a communication device in public without a user's voice being overheard by the public. In certain situations, public use of a communication device, even when the conversation is private, may not be appropriate. So, a preferred embodiment of the disclosed technology involves a system of enabling or disabling a communication device. Some embodiments may include computer hardware and memory with voice-recognition software that is configured to receive a user's spoken voice during a test conversation, analyze the voice for its hertz spectrums evident in the test conversation, and subsequently employ the data during active noise cancelation. Suitably, this voice recognized noise cancelation or active noise cancelation via voice algorithm can be used to actively noise cancel a user's voice in a manner that is specifically tailored to the user by directing the sound source to provide an inverted signal that is 180 degrees out of phase with the user's actual voice. In one embodiment, the voice algorithm allows a digital CPU to anticipate the manner, including tonality, rhythm, and cadence, of a user's speaking and predict an appropriately inverted signal so that noise is substantially canceled.

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QUIET INCC/O BUCHE & ASSOCIATES P C 875 PROSPECT SUITE 305 LA JOLLA CA 92037

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Montoya-Mejia, Carlos Francisco Spring Valley, US 5 11
Moser, Scott A La Jolla, US 17 194

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