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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Anshuman Ganguly, Cambridge, MA (US);
Srivatsan Kandadai, Danville, CA (US);
Trausti Thor Kristjansson, San Jose, CA (US);
Wontak Kim, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 17/20 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 17/20 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01); G10L 25/60 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device capable of using image data for purposes of determining a location of a user and audio beam selection to isolate audio in the direction of the user. The beamforming/beam-steering may occur after determining the user's location in order to conserve computing resources that would otherwise have been spent determining beams for non-desired directions. The beamformed audio may be used for speech processing, a communication session involving the device, or other purposes.