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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Wave Sciences, Llc, Charleston, SC (US);
Inventors:
James Keith McElveen, Charleston, SC (US);
Noah Schiffman, Charleston, SC (US);
Brad Smith, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
Wave Sciences, LLC, Charleston, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A directional microphone array which can be integrated into a case for a portable computing device. A microphone array board connects to a surface of a laptop computer, tablet computer or smart phone, which can be steered in the direction of a target source. An audio processing module (APM) is operably engaged with the array board to receive a first staged beamformed audio input from the array board, and process a second beamformed stage audio output.