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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ricardo De Jesus Bernal Castillo, San Diego, CA (US);
Wade Heimbigner, Vista, CA (US);
Dipanjan Sen, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 9/08 (2006.01); H04R 11/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/02 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/326 (2013.01); H04R 1/021 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 3/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2410/01 (2013.01); H04R 2410/03 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microphone device includes a microphone array configured to capture one or more audio objects associated with a three-dimensional sound field. The microphone array includes clusters of two or more microphone elements. Each cluster includes one or more acoustic port openings and two or more microphone elements coupled to the one or more acoustic port openings via corresponding acoustic ports. The microphone device also includes a processor coupled to the microphone array.