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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2022
Applicant:

St Case1tech, Llc, Delray Beach, FL (US);

Inventors:

John Usher, Beer, GB;

Steven Goldstein, Delray Beach, FL (US);

Marc Boillot, Plantation, FL (US);

Assignee:

ST Case 1 Tech, LLC, Delray Beach, FL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); G10L 21/0264 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 25/02 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 21/0264 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 25/02 (2013.01); H04R 25/505 (2013.01); H04R 29/004 (2013.01); H04S 1/002 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02087 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and devices for processing and voice operated control are provided and mixing ambient and internal signals. The method can include performing a non-difference comparison between a first received sound and a second received sound, determining if speech exists based on the comparison, and transmitting or providing a decision that the speech is present to at least one among the device, a cell phone, a media player, or a portable computing device. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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