Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple microphone switching and configuration
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Application No.: US13829934Application Date: 2013-03-14
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Publication No.: US09723401B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Shaohai Chen , Xingqun Li
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: H04R3/00
- IPC: H04R3/00 ; H04M9/08 ; H04M1/60 ; H04B3/23 ; G10L21/0208 ; G10L21/0216 ; H04M1/03

Abstract:
A mobile communications device contains at least two microphones. One microphone is designated by a selector to provide a voice dominant signal and another microphone is designated to provide a noise or echo dominant signal, for a call or a recording. The selector communicates the designations to a switch that routes the selected microphone signals to the inputs of a processor for voice signal enhancement. The selected voice dominant signal is then enhanced by suppressing ambient noise or canceling echo therein, based on the selected noise or echo dominant signal. The designation of microphones may change at any instant during the call or recording depending on various factors, e.g. based on the quality of the microphone signals. Other embodiments are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130216050A1 MULTIPLE MICROPHONE SWITCHING AND CONFIGURATION Public/Granted day:2013-08-22
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