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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2019
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Xiang-Ern Yeo, Brighton, MA (US);
Mehmet Ergezer, Newton, MA (US);
Alaganandan Ganeshkumar, North Attleboro, MA (US);
BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
A headphone system is provided that includes a first earpiece, a first front microphone coupled to the first earpiece to receive a first acoustic signal, a first rear microphone coupled to the first earpiece to receive a second acoustic signal, the second acoustic signal being toward the rear of a user's head relative to the first acoustic signal, and a detection circuit coupled to the first front and rear microphones and configured to compare a front signal derived from the first front microphone to a rear signal derived from the first rear microphone and to selectively indicate that the user is speaking based at least in part upon the comparison.