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Patent No.:

US 10645517 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2019

Techniques to optimize microphone and speaker array based on presence and location

Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Axel Ramirez Flores, Cary, NC (US);

Russell Speight VanBlon, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Raleigh, NC (US);

Rodrigo Felix de Almeida, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jonathan Co Lee, Cary, NC (US);

James A. Hunt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Assignee:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Attorneys:

John M. Rogitz

John L. Rogitz

Primary Examiner:

Andrew L Sniezek

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/303 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 2410/01 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/13 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, an apparatus includes a processor and an array of plural microphones and/or an array of plural speakers. Storage accessible to the processor includes instructions executable by the processor to establish a setting of at least one element in at least one of the arrays based at least in part on a signal from at least one proximity sensor.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ramirez Flores, Axel. (2020). Techniques to optimize microphone and speaker array based on presence and location (U.S. Patent No. 10645517). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10645517

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