WO2026139742 - HEARABLE DEVICE FOCUSSING AND TRACKING A MOVING SOUND SOURCE
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Publication Number
WO/2026/139742
Publication Date
02.07.2026
International Application No.
PCT/IB2025/060987
International Filing Date
28.10.2025
Title **
[English]
HEARABLE DEVICE FOCUSSING AND TRACKING A MOVING SOUND SOURCE
[French]
DISPOSITIF AUDIBLE DE FOCALISATION ET DE SUIVI D'UNE SOURCE SONORE MOBILE
Applicants **
SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Inventors
CANDELORE, Brant L.
MILNE, James R.
KENEFICK, Justin
CLAY, William
Priority Data
19/001,107
24.12.2024
US
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| Country | Stages | Total | |
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| China | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2346 | |
| EPO | Filing, Examination, Granting | 11481 | |
| Japan | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2371 | |
| South Korea | Filing, Examination, Granting | 2426 | |
| USA | Filing, Examination, Granting | 4740 |
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Abstract[English]
An auditory scanning system is provided to enable a hearable device to focus on a sound as the sound source changes locations relative to a user of the hearable device. The system scans the environment to detect when a source of a sound changes physical locations in an environment and estimate a general location of the sound source relative to the user. Certain microphones associated with the hearable device carry out specific functions which can seamlessly track the sound source as it moves around the environment. Primary microphones can maintain focus on an area in a known sound source direction while scanning microphones may search the environment for the sound source changing locations. Listening parameters, such as those used in beamforming, may be automatically adjusted to refocus the hearable device in a direction of the changed location and/or a predicted impending change of location.[French]
L'invention concerne un système de balayage auditif qui est prévu pour permettre à un dispositif audible de se focaliser sur un son lorsque la source sonore change d'emplacements par rapport à un utilisateur du dispositif audible. Le système balaye l'environnement afin de détecter lorsqu'une source d'un son change d'emplacements physiques dans un environnement et d'estimer un emplacement général de la source sonore par rapport à l'utilisateur. Certains microphones associés au dispositif audible mettent en œuvre des fonctions spécifiques qui peuvent suivre sans interruption la source sonore lorsqu'elle se déplace autour de l'environnement. Les microphones principaux peuvent maintenir la focalisation sur une zone dans une direction de source sonore connue tandis que les microphones de balayage peuvent rechercher dans l'environnement la source sonore en changeant d'emplacement. Des paramètres d'écoute, tels que ceux utilisés dans la formation de faisceaux, peuvent être automatiquement ajustés afin de refocaliser le dispositif audible dans une direction de changement d'emplacement et/ou un changement imminent prédit de l'emplacement.