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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:
Feb. 14, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2007
Applicants:

Stephen Anthony Cerwin, Mico, TX (US);

Martin Gray Dennis, San Antonio, TX (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Anthony Cerwin, Mico, TX (US);

Martin Gray Dennis, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignee:

Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H04B 15/06 (2006.01); G10K 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A microphone for use in windy environments. The microphone uses a transducer to flood the environment outside the microphone with a high frequency (such as an ultrasonic) acoustic field. The sounds desired to be detected are mixed with the high frequency carrier, and can then be received by the microphone with less wind noise. The microphone then demodulates the desired sound signals from the high frequency carrier. The microphone can be configured in a special emitter-receiver configuration that also reduces interference from engine noise.


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