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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. 13, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Meade, San Mateo, CA (US);

Christopher T. Eubank, Mountain View, CA (US);

Neal D. Evans, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nikolas T. Vitt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G10K 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/304 (2013.01); G10K 11/17873 (2018.01); G10K 15/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 7/306 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3044 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system including an audio source device having a first microphone and a first speaker for directing sound into an environment in which the audio source device is located and a wireless audio receiver device having a second microphone and a second speaker for directing sound into a user's ear. The audio source device is configured to 1) capture, using the firs microphone, speech of the user as a first audio signal, 2) reduce noise in the first audio signal to produce a speech signal, and 3) drive the first speaker with the speech signal. The wireless audio receiver device is configured to 1) capture, using the second microphone, a reproduction of the speech produced by the first speaker as a second audio signal and 2) drive the second speaker with the second audio signal to output the reproduction of the speech.


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