Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Head-wearable apparatus to generate binaural audio
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Application No.: US16732899Application Date: 2020-01-02
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Publication No.: US11044568B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Michael Asfaw , Dunxu Hu , Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons , Victoria Lulu Wang Limketkai
- Applicant: Snap Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04S1/00
- IPC: H04S1/00 ; H04N5/225 ; H04R3/00 ; H04R1/40

Abstract:
Head-wearable apparatus to generate binaural audio content includes a first stem coupled to a first microphone housing that encases first front microphone and first rear microphone that generates acoustic signals, respectively. First microphone housing includes a first front port that faces downward and a first rear port that faces backwards. Apparatus includes second stem coupled to second microphone housing that encases second front microphone and second rear microphone that generate acoustic signals, respectively. Second microphone housing includes second front port that faces downward and second rear port that faces backwards. Apparatus includes binaural audio processor that includes beamformer and storage device. Beamformer generate first beamformer signal based on acoustic signals from first front microphone and first rear microphone, and second beamformer based on acoustic signals from second front microphone and second rear microphone. Storage device stores first and second beamformer signals as a two-channel file.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200314577A1 HEAD-WEARABLE APPARATUS TO GENERATE BINAURAL AUDIO Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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