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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Realwear, Incorporated, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sanjay Subir Jhawar, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Christopher Iain Parkinson, Richland, WA (US);

Kenneth Lustig, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Assignee:

REALWEAR, INC., Vancouver, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/02 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01); H04S 7/304 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems provide dynamic selection of noise-cancelling algorithms, and dynamic activation and deactivation of microphones to provide multi-mode noise cancellation for a voice-detecting headset in situations where ambient noise prevents voice navigation from accurately interpreting voice commands. To do so, when an ambient noise is detected that exceeds a threshold, a particular noise-cancelling algorithm best-suited for the situation is selected, and one or more noise-detecting microphones is activated. The noise-detecting microphone(s) receiving the highest level of ambient noise can remain activated while the remaining noise-detecting microphones can be deactivated. A speech signal received by the speech microphone can then be optimized by cancelling the ambient noise signal received from the activated noise-detecting microphone(s) using the selected noise-cancelling algorithm. After the speech signal is optimized, it can be communicated to the voice-detecting headset for interpretation.


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