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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2017
Applicant:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Joe Burton, Monte Sereno, CA (US);

John H Hart, Saratoga, CA (US);

Cary Bran, Seattle, WA (US);

Philip Sherburne, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Assignee:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/02 (2006.01); G10K 11/175 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 29/002 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for addressing open space noise are disclosed. In one example, a method for masking open space noise includes receiving a plurality of mobile device microphone data from a plurality of mobile devices. A location data associated with each mobile device in the plurality of mobile devices is received. A plurality of stationary microphone data is received from a plurality of stationary microphones. A sound masking noise output is adjusted at one or more loudspeakers responsive to the plurality of mobile device microphone data and the plurality of stationary microphone data.


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