MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441067865 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. on September 09, 2024, for System And Method For Facilitating Buds Conversation Assistance By Altering Playback Of Surrounding Environment Sounds.
Inventors include Ranjan Kumar Samal; Rishabh Gupta; and Somesh Nanda.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AUDIO IN A MULTI-SPEAKER ENVIRONMENT The present disclosure describes a Wearable Audio Device (WAD) 202 in communication with a mobile device 222 for audio management in a multi-speaker environment. In particular, the present disclosure describes techniques to understand the interaction context in an ongoing voice interaction between multiple speakers. Said interaction context is utilized by the WAD 202 to estimate target sources. Further, the mobile device 222 connected to the WAD 202 fine tunes or refines the estimated target sources and performs audio management of an audio signal associated with the refined target sources.
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