Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optimizing audio processing functions by dynamically compensating for variable distances between speaker(s) and microphone(s) in a mobile device
- Patent Title (中): 通过动态补偿移动设备中扬声器和麦克风之间的可变距离来优化音频处理功能
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Application No.: US13664615Application Date: 2012-10-31
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Publication No.: US09232071B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Erik Visser , Michael Joseph Contour , Eric S. Mattis , Joseph Robert Fitzgerald , Kwokleung Chan
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Austin Rapp & Hardman
- Main IPC: H04R3/00
- IPC: H04R3/00 ; H04M9/08 ; H04M1/03 ; H04M1/20 ; H04M1/02 ; H04R3/02

Abstract:
Mobile communication devices, having multiple speakers and/or microphones to perform a number of audio functions, for use with mobile devices, are provided. The microphones may be housed within the communication device housing. To compensate for the unwanted signal feedback between the speakers and microphones, acoustic echo cancellation may be implemented to determine the proper distance and relative location between the speakers and microphones. Acoustic echo cancellation removes the echo from voice communications to improve the quality of the sound. The removal of the unwanted signals captured by the microphones may be accomplished by characterizing the audio signal paths from the speakers to the microphones (speaker-to-microphone path distance profile), including the distance and relative location between the speakers and microphones. The optimal distance and relative location between the speakers and microphones is provided to the user to optimize performance.
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