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US09363596B2 System and method of mixing accelerometer and microphone signals to improve voice quality in a mobile device
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混合加速度计和麦克风信号的系统和方法,以改善移动设备中的语音质量
- Patent Title: System and method of mixing accelerometer and microphone signals to improve voice quality in a mobile device
- Patent Title (中): 混合加速度计和麦克风信号的系统和方法,以改善移动设备中的语音质量
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Application No.: US13840667Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09363596B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Sorin V. Dusan , Aram Lindahl , Esge B. Andersen
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: G10L21/0232
- IPC: G10L21/0232 ; H04R1/46 ; G10L25/90 ; H04R1/10 ; G10L21/0216 ; H04R3/00

Abstract:
A method of improving voice quality in a mobile device starts by receiving acoustic signals from microphones included in earbuds and the microphone array included on a headset wire. The headset may include the pair of earbuds and the headset wire. An output from an accelerometer that is included in the pair of earbuds is then received. The accelerometer may detect vibration of the user's vocal chords filtered by the vocal tract based on vibrations in bones and tissue of the user's head. A spectral mixer included in the mobile device may then perform spectral mixing of the scaled output from the accelerometer with the acoustic signals from the microphone array to generate a mixed signal. Performing spectral mixing includes scaling the output from the inertial sensor by a scaling factor based on a power ratio between the acoustic signals from the microphone array and the output from the inertial sensor. Other embodiments are also described.
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