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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2011
Applicants:

Lae-hoon Kim, San Diego, CA (US);

Erik Visser, San Diego, CA (US);

Pei Xiang, San Diego, CA (US);

Ian Ernan Liu, San Diego, CA (US);

Dinesh Ramakrishnan, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lae-Hoon Kim, San Diego, CA (US);

Erik Visser, San Diego, CA (US);

Pei Xiang, San Diego, CA (US);

Ian Ernan Liu, San Diego, CA (US);

Dinesh Ramakrishnan, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); G11B 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for audio signal processing is described. The method includes decomposing a recorded auditory scene into a first category of localizable sources and a second category of ambient sound. The method also includes recording an indication of the directions of each of the localizable sources. The method may be performed with a device having a microphone array.


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