Hearing Integration Architecture

Unified multimodal system bridging auditory, visual, and tactile communication

Core Architecture

Input Layer

  • Audio capture (mic)
  • Visual gesture (camera)
  • Tactile sensors
  • Text input

Processing Core

  • Multimodal sync
  • Semantic analysis
  • Adaptive feedback
  • Context memory

Output Layer

  • Speech synthesis
  • Visual display
  • Haptic feedback
  • Text rendering
{
  "system": {
    "name": "ClarityHearingIntegration",
    "version": "1.0",
    "layers": {
      "input": {
        "audio": {
          "sources": ["microphone", "stream"],
          "processors": ["noise_reduction", "fft_analysis"]
        },
        "visual": {
          "sources": ["camera", "screenshare"],
          "processors": ["pose_detection", "sign_language"]
        },
        "tactile": {
          "sources": ["wearables", "touchscreen"],
          "processors": ["pattern_recognition"]
        }
      },
      "sync": {
        "clock": "ntp",
        "tolerance_ms": 50,
        "buffer_strategy": "adaptive"
      },
      "output": {
        "modes": ["audio", "visual", "tactile", "text"],
        "mapping": {
          "frequency_to_color": "hsl(240, 100%, calc(50% + (db * 0.5%)))",
          "speech_to_vibration": "amplitude_modulation"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
                    

Implementation

Pseudo-Code: Sync Engine

class SyncEngine:
    def __init__(self):
        self.modalities = {}
        self.clock = NTPClock()
        self.buffer = AdaptiveBuffer()
    
    def register(self, modality, callback):
        self.modalities[modality] = {
            'last_ts': 0,
            'callback': callback
        }
    
    def process_frame(self, modality, data):
        current_ts = self.clock.timestamp()
        self.buffer.add(modality, data, current_ts)
        
        # Get synchronized frame bundle
        if self.buffer.ready():
            frame_bundle = self.buffer.pop()
            self.dispatch(frame_bundle)
                            

Pseudo-Code: Haptic Mapper

class HapticMapper:
    def __init__(self):
        self.freq_bands = [125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000]
        self.actuators = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
    
    def map_audio(self, fft_data):
        for i, band in enumerate(self.freq_bands):
            idx = nearest_fft_bin(band)
            self.actuators[i] = fft_data[idx] * sensitivity_curve(band)
        
        return self.normalize(self.actuators)
    
    def normalize(self, values):
        max_val = max(values)
        return [v/max_val if max_val > 0 else 0 for v in values]
                            

Integration Guide

1. Install Dependencies

pip install pyaudio mediapipe numpy

2. Configure Hardware

{
  "audio": {"device_index": 0},
  "haptic": {"com_port": "COM3"}
}

3. Start Services

python -m clarity_hearing --mode=full
Full documentation available in /docs/hearing_integration.md