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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
James M. Kirsch, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A personal assistant device may include a microphone configured to receive an audio command from a user and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a microphone output signal from the microphone based on the received audio command, receive at least one other microphone output signal from another personal assistant device, and autocorrelate the microphone output signals. The processor may also be configured to determine a reverberation of each of the microphone output signals, determine whether the microphone output signal from the microphone has a lower reverberation than the at least one other microphone output signal, and transmit the microphone output signal to at least one other processor for processing of the audio command in response to the microphone output signal having a lower reverberation than the at least one other microphone output signal.