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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Knowles Electronics, Llc, Itasca, IL (US);
Inventors:
Sarmad Qutub, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Robert Popper, Lemont, IL (US);
Oddy Khamharn, Lombard, IL (US);
Assignee:
Knowles Electronics, LLC, Itasca, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 19/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); H04R 19/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); H04R 19/01 (2013.01); H04R 19/04 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01);
Abstract
An analog signal is received from an acoustic transducer. The analog signal is converted into digital data. A determination is made as to whether acoustic activity exists within the digital data. The digital data is stored in a temporary memory storage device and a count is maintained of an amount of digital data in the temporary memory storage device. When the count exceeds a predetermined threshold, at least some of the digital data is transmitted from the temporary memory storage device to a processor.