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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
William F. Ganong, Iii, Brookline, MA (US);
David Mark Krowitz, Reading, MA (US);
William F. Ganong, III, Brookline, MA (US);
David Mark Krowitz, Reading, MA (US);
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus for capturing at least one audio signal using a plurality of microphones that generate a plurality of representations of the at least one audio signal. In some embodiments, the plurality of microphones are disposed in a multiple-microphone setting so that the at least one audio signal is captured by at least two of the plurality of microphones. In some embodiments, at least one of the plurality of microphones is a microphone of a mobile device. The plurality of representations of the at least one audio signal may be processed to obtain a processed representation of the at least one audio signal.