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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:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Motorola Solutions, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Kurt S. Fienberg, Plantation, FL (US);

David Yeager, Delray Beach, FL (US);

Assignee:

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); G10K 11/34 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for beamforming audio signals received from a microphone array. One method includes receiving, with an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the microphone array, a plurality of audio signals from the microphone array. The method includes generating a plurality of beams based on the plurality of audio signals. The method includes detecting that an electronic device is in a body-worn position. The method includes, in response to the device being in the body-worn position, determining at least one restricted direction based on the body-worn position. The method includes generating, for each of the plurality of beams, a likelihood statistic. The method includes, for each of the beams, assigning a weight to the likelihood statistic based on the at least one restricted direction to generate a weighted likelihood statistic. The method includes generating an output audio stream from the plurality of beams based on the weighted likelihood statistic.


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