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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd., Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Jonathan Taylor, London, GB;
Griff Tanner, London, GB;
Jonny Whyte, Edinburgh, GB;
John P. Lesso, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/60 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01); G10L 25/21 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/60 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 21/02 (2013.01); G10L 25/21 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microphone device, comprising: a microphone configured to generate an audio signal; a natural speech detection module for detecting natural speech in the first audio signal; wherein, on detection of the natural speech in the first audio signal, the natural speech detection module is configured to output a trigger signal to a speech processing module to process the natural speech in the audio signal.