Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive step-size control for beamformer
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Application No.: US15446557Application Date: 2017-03-01
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Publication No.: US10237647B1Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Amit Singh Chhetri
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Pierce Atwood LLP
- Main IPC: H04R3/00
- IPC: H04R3/00 ; H04R1/40

Abstract:
A beamformer system that can isolate a desired portion of an audio signal resulting from a microphone array. A combination of beamformers is used to dampen undesired noise, whether diffuse or coherent. A fixed beamformer is used to dampen diffuse noise while an adaptive beamformer is used to cancel directional coherent noise. The adaptive beamformer isolates and weights audio from various directions. The weights may vary depending on the isolated desired audio signal, dynamically adjusting the step-size adjustments to the weights.
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