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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:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Nuance Hearing Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;

Inventors:

Yehonatan Hertzberg, Shoham, IL;

Yaniv Zonis, Givatayim, IL;

Omer Kotzer, Tel Aviv, IL;

Ori Goren, Shoham, IL;

Zohar Zisapel, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:

NUANCE HEARING LTD., Tel Aviv, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G02C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/405 (2013.01); G02C 11/06 (2013.01); H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04R 29/006 (2013.01); H04R 25/305 (2013.01);
Abstract

Audio apparatus includes a neckband, which is sized and shaped to be worn around a neck of a human subject and includes left and right sides that rest respectively above the left and right clavicles of the human subject wearing the neckband. First and second arrays of microphones are disposed respectively on the left and right sides of the neckband and configured to produce respective electrical signals in response to acoustical inputs to the microphones. One or more earphones are worn in the ears of the human subject. Processing circuitry is coupled to receive and mix the electrical signals from the microphones in the first and second arrays in accordance with a specified directional response relative to the neckband so as to generate a combined audio signal for output via the one or more earphones.


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