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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:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steve Rui, Irvine, CA (US);

Govind Kannan, Irvine, CA (US);

Trausti Thormundsson, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G10L 21/0232 (2013.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); G10L 25/84 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for enhancing a headset user's own voice include at least two outside microphones, an inside microphone, audio input components operable to receive and process the microphone signals, a voice activity detector operable to detect speech presence and absence in the received and/or processed signals, and a cross-over module configured to generate an enhanced voice signal. The audio processing components includes a low frequency branch comprising low pass filter banks, a low frequency spatial filter, a low frequency spectral filter and an equalizer, and a high frequency branch comprising highpass filter banks, a high frequency spatial filter, and a high frequency spectral filter.


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