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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Thomas Kemp, Esslingen, DE;
Altfried Dilly, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Kemp, Esslingen, DE;
Altfried Dilly, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
SONY Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/60 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); H04M 1/72591 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a processed audio signal, comprising: establishing an ad-hoc network between a plurality of handheld devices, each handheld device having a microphone; picking up a plurality of audio signals with each microphone of the plurality of handheld devices; distributing the plurality of audio signals within the ad-hoc network such that in at least one handheld device at least two of the plurality of audio signals are available; combining, in said at least one handheld device, the at least two of the plurality of audio signals to obtain said processed audio signal.