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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2023
Applicant:
GN Audio A/s, Ballerup, DK;
Inventors:
Clément Laroche, Ballerup, DK;
Pejman Mowlaee, Ballerup, DK;
Rasmus Kongsgaard Olsson, Ballerup, DK;
Michael Sødal Schwartz, Ballerup, DK;
Assignee:
GN AUDIO A/S, Ballerup, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 29/005 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a microphone apparatus and an associated computer implemented method. The microphone apparatus comprising a main microphone array, an adaptive beamformer, a fixed beamformer, and an analyzer. The analyzer is configured to determine a first relative score based on the output of the fixed beamformer and the adaptive beamformer. The first relative score indicating a difference between the adaptive beamformer and the fixed beamformer.