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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abhaya Parthy, Redwood City, CA (US);
Dipanjan Sen, Dublin, IE;
Bonnie W. Tom, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Sheaffer, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin D. Crosby, Cupertino, CA (US);
Symeon Delikaris Manias, Playa Vista, CA (US);
Emily A. Wigley, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-radius spherical microphone that includes an inner body defining an inner sphere having an inner radius from a center; a plurality of inner microphones coupled to the inner spherical body and defining an array of inner microphones; an outer body defining an dodecahedron, wherein the inner body and the outer body are concentric about the center; and a plurality of outer microphones coupled to the outer body at respective vertices of the dodecahedron and defining an array of outer microphones, wherein each of the plurality of outer microphones is positioned radially equidistant from the center.