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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Dotterel Technologies Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Inventors:
Shaun Taggart Pentecost, Taipuha, NZ;
Samuel Seamus Rowe, Auckland, NZ;
Shaun Edlin, Auckland, NZ;
Matthew Rowe, Auckland, NZ;
Hin Loh, Auckland, NZ;
Mark Poletti, Wellington, NZ;
Assignee:
Dotterel Technologies Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/40 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/40 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 2201/403 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of beamforming for a linear microphone array comprising: storing a desired end-fire beam response including a beamwidth specification; determining an error data set from the stored end-fire beam response; and determining beamforming weights based on a least squares minimisation of the error data set. There are also provided a system, a microphone array, and an apparatus.