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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Applicants:
Jianming Song, Barrington, IL (US);
Mike Reuter, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jianming Song, Barrington, IL (US);
Mike Reuter, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/06 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 21/0272 (2013.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/08 (2013.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); G10L 21/0272 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02087 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 2430/20 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
Speech from a driver and speech from a passenger in a vehicle is selected directionally using a plurality of directional microphones. Sounds detected as coming from a passenger from a plurality of directional microphones are suppressed from sounds detected as coming from a driver by a second plurality of directional microphones.