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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:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2013
Applicants:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Timo Matheja, Ulm, DE;

Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;

Inventors:

Timo Matheja, Ulm, DE;

Markus Buck, Biberach, DE;

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04M 1/6008 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04M 1/03 (2013.01); H04R 2430/03 (2013.01); H04R 2430/23 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein may include determining a signal parameter of a first microphone and a second microphone associated with a computing device. Embodiments may include generating a reference parameter based upon at least one of the parameter of the first microphone and the parameter of the second microphone. Embodiments may include adjusting a tolerance of at least one of the first microphone and the second microphone, based upon the reference parameter. Embodiments may include receiving, at the first microphone, a first speech signal, the first speech signal having a first speech signal magnitude and receiving, at the second microphone, a second speech signal, the second speech signal having a second speech signal magnitude. Embodiments may include comparing at least one of the first speech signal magnitude and the second speech signal magnitude with a third speech signal magnitude and detecting an obstructed microphone based upon the comparison.


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