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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:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:

2236008 Ontario Inc., Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Leonard Charles Layton, Vancouver, CA;

Phillip Alan Hetherington, Port Moody, CA;

Shreyas Paranjpe, Vancouver, CA;

Assignee:

2236008 Ontario Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 2203/12 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for speech reinforcement may determine the spatial location of an audio source and the spatial location of a listener. An audio signal generated by the audio source may be captured. The spatial location, relative to the listener, of two or more audio transducers that emit a reinforcing audio signal to reinforce the audio signal may be determined. The captured audio signal, responsive to the spatial location of the audio source, the spatial location of the listener and the spatial location of the two or more audio transducers to generate the reinforcing audio signal, such that, when emitted by the two of more audio transducers, the listener perceives a source of the reinforcing audio signal to be spatially located in substantially the spatial location of the audio source thereby reinforcing the audio signal.


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