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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Dsp Group, Herzelia, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DSP Group LTD., Herzeliya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 2400/01 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for adaptively managing a plurality of microphones and speakers in an electronic device. A mode of operation of the electronic device may be determined, and operation of at least one speaker may be managed, based on the determined mode of operation. The managing may comprise adaptively switching or modifying functions of the at least one speaker. For example, the at least one speaker may be configured to act as microphone or as vibration detector. Input obtained using the at least one speaker may be utilized in optimizing audio related functions, such as noise reduction and/or acoustic echo canceling.