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Application US20190022348
Published 2019-01-24
Earphones For Measuring And Entraining Respiration
An earphone includes a loudspeaker, a microphone, a housing supporting the loudspeaker and microphone, and ear tip surrounding the housing and configured to acoustically couple both the loudspeaker and the microphone to an ear canal of a user, and to acoustically close the entrance to the user's ear canal. A processor provides output audio signals to the loudspeaker, receives input audio signals from the microphone, extracts a rate of respiration from the input audio signals, adjusts the output audio signals based on the extracted rate of respiration, and provides the adjusted output audio signals to the loudspeaker.
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- 1. A system comprising:
an earphone comprising: a loudspeaker; a microphone; a housing supporting the loudspeaker and microphone; an ear tip surrounding the housing and configured to acoustically couple both the loudspeaker and the microphone to an ear canal of a user, and to acoustically close the entrance to the user's ear canal; and a processor configured to:
provide output audio signals to the loudspeaker;
receive input audio signals from the microphone;
extract a rate of respiration from the input audio signals;
adjust the output audio signals based on the extracted rate of respiration; and
provide the adjusted output audio signals to the loudspeaker.
- 22. A method of adjusting sounds heard by a user of an earphone, the method comprising:
providing output audio signals to a loudspeaker supported by a housing and acoustically coupled to the user's ear canal by an ear tip surrounding the housing and acoustically closing the entrance to the user's ear canal; receiving input audio signals from a microphone in the housing and also acoustically coupled to the user's ear canal by the ear tip; and in a processor
extracting a rate of respiration from the input audio signals;
adjust the output audio signals based on the extracted rate of respiration; and
provide the adjusted output audio signals to the loudspeaker.
