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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Saeed Bagheri Sereshki, Goleta, CA (US);
Daniele Giacobello, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for suppressing noise and detecting voice input in a multi-channel audio signal captured by a plurality of microphones include (i) capturing a first audio signal via a first microphone and a second audio signal via a second microphone, wherein the first and second audio signals respectively comprises first and second noise content from a noise source; (ii) identifying the first noise content in the first audio signal; (iii) using the identified first noise content to determine an estimated noise content captured by the plurality of microphones; (iv) using the estimated noise content to suppress the first and second noise content in the first and second audio signals; (v) combining the suppressed first and second audio signals into a third audio signal; and (vi) determining that the third audio signal includes a voice input comprising a wake word.