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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:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Glenn N. Dickins, Como, AU;

David P. Doney, Pacifica, CA (US);

Andreas Ehret, Nuremberg, DE;

Xuejing Sun, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Glenn N. Dickins, Como, AU;

David P. Doney, Pacifica, CA (US);

Andreas Ehret, Nuremberg, DE;

Xuejing Sun, Beijing, CN;

Assignees:

Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);

Dolby International AB, Amsterdam, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/043 (2013.01); H04R 1/083 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a method for processing output of at least one microphone of a device (e.g., a headset) to identify at least one touch gesture exerted by a user on the device, including by distinguishing the gesture from input to the microphone other than a touch gesture intended by the user, and by distinguishing between a tap exerted by the user on the device and at least one dynamic gesture exerted by the user on the device, where the output of the at least one microphone is also indicative of ambient sound (e.g., voice utterences). Other embodiments are systems for detecting ambient sound (e.g., voice utterences) and touch gestures, each including a device including at least one microphone and a processor coupled and configured to process output of each microphone to identify at least one touch gesture exerted by a user on the device.


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