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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2022
Applicant:

Knowles Electronics, Llc, Itasca, IL (US);

Inventor:

Gints Klimanis, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Knowles Electronics, LLC, Itasca, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wearable audio device can include a microphone located to detect atmospheric sound including a user's voice. The device can include an acoustic vibration sensor located to detect sound including the user's voice conducted through the user's body. The device can include a body voice filter coupled to the acoustic vibration sensor. The device can include a filter parameter generator coupled to the acoustic vibration sensor and the body voice filter the filter parameter generator configured to generate parameters for the body voice filter based on a frequency characteristic of a signal obtained from the acoustic vibration sensor. The device can include a composite signal generator coupled to the body voice filter and the microphone and configured to generate a composite voice signal based on a low band signal obtained predominately from the body voice filter and based on a high band signal obtained predominately from the microphone.


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