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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ruchir M. Dave, San Jose, CA (US);
Jae H. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Guy C. Nicholson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04M 1/03 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04M 1/03 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04M 1/6041 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile multi-function device that includes a speaker, two or more microphones, and a beamformer processor is described. The beamformer processor uses the microphones to perform beamforming operations. One of the microphones shares a receiver acoustic opening with the speaker while the other microphone uses a separate acoustic opening. The receiver acoustic opening may be an earpiece opening that is held to the ear of a user while conducting a phone call with the device and provides acoustic input and output paths for the microphone and the speaker, respectively.