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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2023
Tencent America Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to receive multiple audio signals obtained from ones of a plurality of microphones of a microphone array, implement an audio zooming based on the audio signals by selectively focusing and enhancing first ones of the audio signals and by attenuating other ones of the audio signals, and control an output of audio based on the audio zooming, and the audio zooming includes a consolidating of a plurality of directional features of the first ones of the audio signals within a field around the microphone array and a countering based on determining directional aspects of the other ones of the audio signals from outside of the field.