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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:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Buye Xu, Sammamish, WA (US);

Antonio John Miller, Woodinville, WA (US);

Jacob Ryan Donley, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10K 11/1781 (2018.01); G10K 11/17881 (2018.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17827 (2018.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/11 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3028 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3044 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3046 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3056 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing environment information identifying an undesired sound source within an environment. The method may further include determining, based on the accessed environment information, a spatial location of the undesired sound source in the environment that is to be attenuated using an active noise cancelling (ANC) signal. The method may also include forming a microphone beam, using two or more microphones, directed at the determined spatial location, where the microphone beam is configured to capture audio information from the determined spatial location. Still further, the method may include generating an ANC signal using the audio information captured using the microphone beam, and playing back the generated ANC signal to attenuate the undesired sound source at the determined spatial location. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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