Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microwave image processing to steer beam direction of microphone array
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Application No.: US16480944Application Date: 2017-07-14
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Publication No.: US10939207B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Ming-Shien Tsai , Yi-Kang Hsieh , Chung-Chun Chen
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2017/042078 WO 20170714
- International Announcement: WO2019/013811 WO 20190117
- Main IPC: H04R5/04
- IPC: H04R5/04 ; G06T7/70 ; H04B7/0408 ; G01S13/06 ; G01S7/35 ; G01S13/89 ; H04R5/027

Abstract:
In an example, a computing device includes a microphone array, a first antenna, a second antenna, and a processor. The microphone array includes a first microphone and a second microphone that collectively produce a beam to collect an audio sample from an audio source. The first antenna and the second antenna are positioned in proximity to the microphone array and collectively produce a field of microwave radiation. The processor tracks a position of the audio source relative to the computing device using microwave image processing and steers a direction of the beam in response to the position of the audio source.
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