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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Patrick Kechichian, Eindhoven, NL;
Wilhelmus Andreas Martinus Arnoldus Maria Van Den Dungen, Boxtel, NL;
Patrick Kechichian, Eindhoven, NL;
Wilhelmus Andreas Martinus Arnoldus Maria Van Den Dungen, Boxtel, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
There is provided a method of operating a device, the device comprising a plurality of audio sensors and being configured such that when a first audio sensor of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with a user of the device, a second audio sensor of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with the air, the method comprising obtaining respective audio signals representing the speech of a user from the plurality of audio sensors; and analyzing the respective audio signals to determine which, if any of the plurality of audio sensors is in contact with the user of the device.