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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Tim Haulick, Blaubeuren, DE;
Gerhard Uwe Schmidt, Ulm, DE;
Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;
Tobias Wolff, Ulm, DE;
Inventors:
Tim Haulick, Blaubeuren, DE;
Gerhard Uwe Schmidt, Ulm, DE;
Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;
Tobias Wolff, Ulm, DE;
Assignee:
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/80 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); G01S 3/808 (2006.01); G01S 5/30 (2006.01); G01S 15/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/42 (2006.01); G01S 15/87 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/292 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 15/06 (2006.01); G01S 3/802 (2006.01); G01S 7/523 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); G01S 3/04 (2006.01); G01S 5/18 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01); G01S 3/00 (2006.01); G10K 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G01S 3/808 (2013.01); G01S 3/8083 (2013.01); G01S 5/30 (2013.01); G01S 7/52003 (2013.01); G01S 15/00 (2013.01); G01S 15/003 (2013.01); G01S 15/42 (2013.01); G01S 15/876 (2013.01); H04R 1/40 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04S 7/00 (2013.01); H04S 7/30 (2013.01); G01S 3/00 (2013.01); G01S 3/043 (2013.01); G01S 3/802 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 5/0273 (2013.01); G01S 5/18 (2013.01); G01S 7/292 (2013.01); G01S 7/523 (2013.01); G01S 13/003 (2013.01); G01S 13/42 (2013.01); G01S 15/06 (2013.01); G10K 11/34 (2013.01); G10K 15/08 (2013.01); H04B 7/086 (2013.01); H04M 1/6075 (2013.01); H04R 29/00 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2201/403 (2013.01); H04R 2203/12 (2013.01); H04R 2410/01 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01); H04S 7/301 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04S 7/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system locates a speaker in a room containing a loudspeaker and a microphone array. The loudspeaker transmits a sound that is partly reflected by a speaker. The microphone array detects the reflected sound and converts the sound into a microphone array, the speaker's distance from the microphone array, or both, based on the characteristics of the microphone signals.