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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Richard Van Hoesel, Chatswood, AU;
Jorge Mejia, Chatswood, AU;
Inventors:
Richard Van Hoesel, Chatswood, AU;
Jorge Mejia, Chatswood, AU;
Assignee:
HEAR IP Pty Ltd., Victoria, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/002 (2013.01); H04B 15/02 (2013.01); H04R 25/407 (2013.01); H04R 25/552 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for reducing unwanted sounds in signals received from an arrangement of microphones including: sensing sound sources distributed around a specified target direction by way of an arrangement of microphones to produce left and right microphone output signals; determining the power of the left and right microphone signals; determining the minimum of the two microphone power measures; and, attenuating the signals based on a comparison of the left and right microphone power measures with the minimum power measure.