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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rune Skramstad, Drammen, NO;
Haohai Sun, Nesbru, NO;
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 1/30 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 1/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed technology relates to a microphone array. The array comprises a plurality of microphones with each microphone having a horn portion. Each microphone of the array further comprises an instrument disposed at a distal end of the horn portion. Each instrument of the array is configured to convert sound waves into an electrical signal. The microphone array further comprises a beamforming signal processing circuit electrically coupled to each instrument and configured to create a plurality of beam signals based on respective electrical signals.