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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Adolfo Hernandez Santisteban, Seattle, WA (US);
John Benjamin George Hesketh, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/027 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/027 (2013.01); G11B 20/10527 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); G11B 2020/10546 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01); H04S 2420/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
Conventional stereo audio recordings do not factor in natural ear spacing or 'head shadow' of a user's head and ears. The hinged computing devices disclosed herein incorporate a pair of microphones that approximate the user's ear-to-ear spacing and orientation, as well as a physical structure that approximates the user's head shadow. A resulting recording of the computing device's environment may be conditioned and reproduced as a binaural stereo audio feed for selective playback to the user or other users.