SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF THE LOMBARD EFFECT

    公开(公告)号:US20180047417A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-15

    申请号:US15235012

    申请日:2016-08-11

    CPC classification number: G08B23/00 G10L25/15 G10L25/18 G10L25/21 G10L25/51

    Abstract: A user wearing headphones (e.g., to listen to music, to engage in a voice call, etc.) may speak while receiving an audio signal through the headphones, which may cause the user to produce Lombard speech. Because the Lombard effect is generally involuntary, the user may be unaware that he or she is producing Lombard speech. The Lombard speech may inconvenience proximate individuals and/or embarrass the user (e.g., in an office, in an airport, etc.). An apparatus may be configured to receive, through a microphone communicatively coupled to the apparatus, an audio signal. The apparatus may be configured to determine whether the audio signal indicates speech by a user. The apparatus may be further configured to alert the user based on the determination that the audio signal indicates Lombard speech by the user.

    DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATION DATA BETWEEN MODEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20180048700A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-15

    申请号:US15234803

    申请日:2016-08-11

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may include a plurality of modems available to transmit data using different radio access technologies (RATs). For example, a UE may include a WiFi modem that allows the UE to connect to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The UE may further include a cellular modem that allows the UE to connect to a cellular network, such as a third generation (3G) network, fourth generation (4G) network, Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network, fifth generation (5G) network, and the like. The UE may select a RAT for transmission of data based on the data, an application associated with the data, or the like. The UE may then cause the data to be transmitted over the selected RAT, such as by providing the data to a transmission control protocol (TCP) stack associated with a modem for the selected RAT.

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