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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2008
Applicant:
Douglas Rosener, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventor:
Douglas Rosener, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/00 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voice activity detection apparatus having a capacitive sensor and a voice activity detector sensor. The voice activity detector sensor detects vibration of human tissue associated with user speech. Utilization of the voice activity detector sensor output is tied to the output of the capacitive sensor, where the capacitive sensor detects whether it is in contact with user skin.