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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Applicant:
Jorge Mejia, Chatswood, AU;
Inventor:
Jorge Mejia, Chatswood, AU;
Assignee:
Hear IP Pty Ltd., Melbourne, AU;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/80 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G01S 3/808 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/407 (2013.01); G01S 3/808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for estimating the direction of arrival of sounds. One method including the steps of: forming a reference signal; detecting sound with two or more spatially separated, directional or spatially separated directional, microphones to produce two or more output signals; calculating the relationships between each of the two or more output signals and the reference signal; and estimating the direction of arrival based on differences between the relationships.