Systems and methods for acoustic behavior feedback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12212938-B2
Application number	US-202218091738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2022
Priority date	Dec 30, 2022
Publication date	Jan 28, 2025
Grant date	Jan 28, 2025

Abstract

A system for acoustic behavior feedback includes a light emitter and a microphone. Ambient sound data from the microphone may be compared to a threshold sound level, and one of a plurality of settings for the light emitter may be selected based at least in part on the comparison between the ambient sound data and threshold sound level. Each of the plurality of settings corresponds to a respective sound level alert as feedback for at least one person proximate the microphone and the light emitter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for acoustic behavior feedback, comprising:
a light emitter;
a microphone;
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising
comparing ambient sound data from the microphone to a threshold sound level,
selecting one of a plurality of settings for the light emitter based at least in part on the comparison between the ambient sound data and threshold sound level, wherein each of the plurality of settings corresponds to a respective sound level alert as feedback for at least one person proximate the microphone and the light emitter, and
operating the light emitter at the selected one of the plurality of settings to emit a visual lighting cue for the at least one person viewing the light emitter.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a housing, wherein the light emitter, the microphone, the one or more processors, and the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media are disposed within the housing.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the housing comprises a base and a button, the button mounted on the base such that the button is adjustable between an activated position and a deactivated position, the light emitter configured such that the light emitter is operable to emit light in the activated position and is inoperable in the deactivated position.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light emitter comprises one or more light emitting diodes.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein comparing the ambient sound data from the microphone to the threshold sound level comprises:
averaging the ambient sound data from the microphone over a rolling window; and
comparing the rolling average of the ambient sound data to the threshold sound level.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise peak filtering the ambient sound data, and wherein comparing the ambient sound data comprises comparing the ambient sound data when the peak filtered ambient sound data is greater than a threshold for longer than a predetermined duration.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise operating the light emitter at the one of the plurality of settings for no less than a minimum duration after adjusting the light emitter to the one of the plurality of settings.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein selecting the one of the plurality of settings for the light emitter comprises:
increasing to a higher one of the plurality of settings when the ambient sound data is greater than the threshold sound level; or
decreasing to a lower one of the plurality of settings when the ambient sound data is less than the threshold sound level.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of settings for the light emitter comprises a respective color for each of the plurality of settings.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of settings for the light emitter comprises a spectrum of colors from red to green.

11. A method for acoustic behavior feedback, comprising:
comparing ambient sound data from a microphone to a threshold sound level;
selecting one of a plurality of settings for a light emitter based at least in part on the comparison between the ambient sound data and threshold sound level, wherein each of the plurality of settings corresponds to a respective sound level alert as feedback for at least one person proximate the microphone and the light emitter; and
operating the light emitter at the selected one of the plurality of settings to emit a visual lighting cue for the at least one person viewing the light emitter.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the light emitter and the microphone are disposed within a housing.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the housing comprises a base and a button, the button mounted on the base such that the button is adjustable between an activated position and a deactivated position, the light emitter configured such that the light emitter is operable to emit light in the activated position and is inoperable in the deactivated position.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the light emitter comprises one or more light emitting diodes.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein comparing the ambient sound data from the microphone to the threshold sound level comprises:
averaging the ambient sound data from the microphone over a rolling window; and
comparing the rolling average of the ambient sound data to the threshold sound level.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising peak filtering the ambient sound data, and wherein comparing the ambient sound data comprises comparing the ambient sound data when the peak filtered ambient sound data is greater than a threshold for longer than a predetermined duration.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising operating the light emitter at the one of a plurality of settings for no less than a minimum duration after adjusting the light emitter to the one of the plurality of settings.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein selecting the one of the plurality of settings for the light emitter comprises:
increasing to a higher one of the plurality of settings when the ambient sound data is greater than the threshold sound level; or
decreasing to a lower one of the plurality of settings when the ambient sound data is less than the threshold sound level.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of settings for the light emitter comprises a respective color for each of the plurality of settings.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of settings for the light emitter comprises a spectrum of colors from red to green.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Wu Christine Jean
• Darbari Shokofeh
• Myrbeck Shane Anton
• Riggs Caitlin Emily
• Godfrey Wood Jack
• Furner Andy
• Lee Harc

Classifications

• G08B21/182

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title

• G08B5/36

  using visible light sources · CPC title

• G01H3/125

  for representing acoustic field distribution (using optical means G01H9/002; sonar systems for imaging G01S7/56, G01S15/89; acoustic holography G03H3/00) · CPC title

• H04R29/008 Primary

  Visual indication of individual signal levels (visual indication of stereophonic sound image H04S7/40) · CPC title

• H05B47/12

  by detecting audible sound · CPC title