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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2022
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, CN;
Jingdong Chen, Xi'an, CN;
Xueqin Luo, Xi'an, CN;
Xudong Zhao, Xi'an, CN;
Gongping Huang, Xi'an, CN;
Jilu Jin, Xi'an, CN;
Jacob Benesty, Montreal, CA;
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shaanxi, CN;
Abstract
A concentric circular microphone array (CCMA) may include a number of omnidirectional microphones and an equal number of directional microphones, wherein the omnidirectional microphones and the directional microphones form a plurality of concentric rings on a substantially planar platform. Each of the plurality of concentric rings includes a subset of the omnidirectional microphones and a subset of the directional microphones (e.g., arranged in mixed pairs of microphones). Responsive to a sound source, the omnidirectional microphones and the directional microphones may respectively generate first and second electronic signals. A target beampattern of Norder may be specified for the CCMA. An Norder beamformer for the CCMA, that is steerable in a three-dimensional space including the sound source, may be determined based on the specified target beampattern. The beamformer may be executed to calculate an estimate of the sound source based on the first electronic signals and the second electronic signals.