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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sam Karimian-Azari, Burnaby, CA;
Dushyant Sharma, Woburn, MA (US);
Amr Nour-Eldin, Toronto, CA;
Patrick A. Naylor, Reading, GB;
Assignee:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0264 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); G10L 21/0264 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for acoustic speech localization, comprising receiving, via a plurality of microphones, a plurality of audio signals. Modulation properties of the plurality of audio signals may be analyzed. Speech sounds may be localized from the plurality of audio signals based upon, at least in part, the modulation properties of the plurality of audio signals.