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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Kozo Okuda, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17853 (2018.01); G10L 21/0205 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3028 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3046 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and system for wireless audio. In various embodiments, the system comprises a set of wirelessly connected ear buds, each ear bud suitable for placing in a human ear canal. Each ear bud comprises a microphone, an asynchronous sampling rate converter, a timer, and an audio clock. One ear bud from the set further comprises a control circuit and a synchronizer to synchronize the input of sound signals captured by the microphones and/or synchronize the processing and output of the sound signals.