Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beam forming for microphones on separate faces of a camera
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Application No.: US16550566Application Date: 2019-08-26
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Publication No.: US10944936B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Zhinian Jing , Joyce Rosenbaum
- Applicant: GoPro, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Mateo
- Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Mateo
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N5/60
- IPC: H04N5/60 ; H04S7/00 ; H04R5/027 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
A camera system capable of capturing images of an event in a dynamic environment includes two microphones configured to capture stereo audio of the event. The microphones are on orthogonal surfaces of the camera system. Because the microphones are on orthogonal surfaces of the camera system, the camera body can impact the spatial response of the two recorded audio channels differently, leading to degraded stereo recreation if standard beam forming techniques are used. The camera system includes tuned beam forming techniques to generate multi-channel audio that more accurately recreates the stereo audio by compensating for the shape of the camera system and the orientation of microphones on the camera system. The tuned beam forming techniques include optimizing a set of beam forming parameters, as a function of frequency, based on the true spatial response of the recorded audio signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200021771A1 BEAM FORMING FOR MICROPHONES ON SEPARATE FACES OF A CAMERA Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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