Imagine a situation where you're on a busy New York street, surrounded by the hustle and bustle of traffic, and you're trying to make a vital phone call using your earbuds. Your voice gets lost in the cacophony of city noises, making it difficult for the person on the other end to distinguish your instructions. Or perhaps you're at a virtual meeting while sitting in a coffee shop, and the ambient chatter drowns out your voice, making it hard for your colleagues to consume your valuable insights. These scenarios clearly indicate the crux of the problem. Sound pollution interferes with our day-to-day communication, leading to efficiency and productivity losses.
Bose, a renowned name in audio technology, has showcased a remarkable solution to this in Patent Number US20230319497A1. This patent offers a method to select the most suitable microphone on a wearable gadget, like a smartwatch or earbuds, for the best voice pickup. The invention hinges on the simple premise of comparison: if two devices are picking up sound, the device that picks up more might also be closer to the noise source. Hence, the solution lies in selecting the device which picks up more voice frequencies and less background noise, ensuring crisp and clear voice communication.
The battery-operated gadget that you wear in your ear, also known as earbuds, help you listen to music, make and receive phone calls and, with the advent of the smart era, even communicate wirelessly with your smartphone. It's like having a personal assistant nestled comfortably in your ear. As per the new patent, when the earbuds are used on a windy day or near heavy traffic, they will divert the voice pick up operation to the earbud farther from the source of noise. As a result, your voice is captured more clearly than ever before, freeing your conversations from the clutches of noise contamination.
Let's fantasize about a world where such bothersome problems are solved. Imagine making a phone call in the middle of a noisy concert and still delivering your message loud and clear. Think about joining a virtual meeting from a bustling cafe without having to worry about disturbing ambient noise. Picture a world where you can use voice control without having to raise your voice over the noises of your everyday surroundings, such as a blowing fan, a running faucet, or the microwave's hum.
Please note, however, this is just a patent at this stage. An idea put down on paper, a promise of a solution. Like all patents, there's no assurance it will ever materialize into a tangible product on the market. But should it come to fruition, it opens up a world of communication possibilities, irrespective of our noisy surroundings.