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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:
Sep. 01, 2026

Filed:

May. 31, 2024
Applicant:

Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Abdullah Kucuk, Novi, MI (US);

Anshuman Ganguly, Commerce, MI (US);

Kadagattur Gopinatha Srinidhi, Stamford, CT (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/20 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/305 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2227/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

In at least one embodiment, an audio system including a first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker and at least one controller is provided. The first loudspeaker transmits a first audio signal including a first signature tone into a listening environment. The second loudspeaker transmits a second audio signal including a second signature tone into the listening environment and receive the first audio signal including and the first signature tone. The second loudspeaker receives the second audio signal including the second signature tone after transmitting the second signature tone into the listening environment and determines an estimated distance between the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker based at least on the first signature tone and the second signature tone. The second loudspeaker performs a time frequency masking operation to extract a least one of the first signature tone and the second signature tone from the noisy and reverberant mixture.


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