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WOODRUFF JOHN
US22 patents
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APPLE INC
13 patentsUS11393486B1Jul 19, 2022
Ambient noise aware dynamic range control and variable latency for hearing personalization
APPLE INC20 citations94
US12141347B1Nov 12, 2024
Machine learning and user driven selective hearing
APPLE INC12 citations85
US11276384B2Mar 15, 2022
Ambient sound enhancement and acoustic noise cancellation based on context
APPLE INC10 citations84
US11418894B2Aug 16, 2022
Media system and method of amplifying audio signal using audio filter corresponding to hearing loss profile
APPLE INC3 citations73
US11368776B1Jun 21, 2022
Audio signal processing for sound compensation
APPLE INC2 citations73
US11252518B2Feb 15, 2022
Media system and method of accommodating hearing loss
APPLE INC2 citations73
US11234077B2Jan 25, 2022
User interfaces for managing audio exposure
APPLE INC4 citations72
US11153677B2Oct 19, 2021
Ambient sound enhancement based on hearing profile and acoustic noise cancellation
APPLE INC2 citations71
US12058494B2Aug 6, 2024
Media system and method of accommodating hearing loss using a personalized audio filter
APPLE INC0 citations62
US11978469B1May 7, 2024
Ambient noise aware dynamic range control and variable latency for hearing personalization
APPLE INC0 citations62
US12272370B2Apr 8, 2025
Audio source separation for audio devices
APPLE INC0 citations60
US11810588B2Nov 7, 2023
Audio source separation for audio devices
APPLE INC1 citations60
US12542124B2Feb 3, 2026
Headphone speech listening
APPLE INC0 citations45
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC
9 patentsUS9799330B2Oct 24, 2017
Multi-sourced noise suppression
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC86 citations95
US9536540B2Jan 3, 2017
Speech signal separation and synthesis based on auditory scene analysis and speech modeling
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC19 citations92
US9500739B2Nov 22, 2016
Estimating and tracking multiple attributes of multiple objects from multi-sensor data
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC12 citations84
US9779716B2Oct 3, 2017
Occlusion reduction and active noise reduction based on seal quality
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC11 citations81
US9978388B2May 22, 2018
Systems and methods for restoration of speech components
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC4 citations73
US10455325B2Oct 22, 2019
Direction of arrival estimation for multiple audio content streams
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC4 citations72
US9820042B1Nov 14, 2017
Stereo separation and directional suppression with omni-directional microphones
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC4 citations68
US10257611B2Apr 9, 2019
Stereo separation and directional suppression with omni-directional microphones
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC0 citations47
US11335331B2May 17, 2022
Multibeam keyword detection system and method
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC0 citations42