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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Darren W. Abrams, Stow, MA (US);
William H. A. Voigt, Southborough, MA (US);
Pelham Norville, Wayland, MA (US);
William D. Rice, Wayland, MA (US);
Noah J. Stupak, Arlington, MA (US);
John A. Trotter, Sudbury, MA (US);
BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various aspects include approaches for controlling acoustic beams. In some particular aspects, a system includes: a microphone array; and a control system coupled with the microphone array, the control system programmed to control the microphone array by: processing a signal from a beacon device to identify a physical location of the beacon device relative to the microphone array; and focusing the microphone array in a direction based upon the physical location of the beacon device prior to receiving an audio input at the microphone array.