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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
PLANTRONICS, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04R 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/222 (2013.01); H04R 19/005 (2013.01); H04R 2201/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tabletop microphone assembly is provided that exhibits improved spatial audio pick-up characteristics, for example for use as an extension microphone for a conference system. In one embodiment, the tabletop microphone assembly comprises at least a housing with a top cover and a bottom cover, wherein the bottom cover is configured for placement on a table surface; a printed circuit board, arranged in the housing; and a microphone, arranged between the printed circuit board and the bottom cover; wherein the microphone is facing the bottom cover.