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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2020
Knowles Electronics, Llc, Itasca, IL (US);
Gints Klimanis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Knowles Electronics, LLC, Itasca, IL (US);
Abstract
A wearable audio device, like a wireless earpiece, that generates a composite voice signal based on a low band signal and a high band signal is disclosed. The low band signal includes a component of the user's voice obtained from an acoustic vibration sensor that detect body conducted sounds and the high band signal includes a component of the user's voice obtained from a microphone that detects atmospheric sounds, wherein the low band signal is obtained predominately from the acoustic vibration sensor and the high band signal is obtained predominately from the microphone. The low and high band signals are based on one or more characteristics of the vibration sensor signal.