Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Use of an earpiece acoustic opening as a microphone port for beamforming applications
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Application No.: US14625503Application Date: 2015-02-18
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Publication No.: US09609409B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Ruchir M. Dave , Jae H. Lee , Guy C. Nicholson
- 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: H04R1/08
- IPC: H04R1/08 ; H04M1/03 ; H04R3/00 ; H04N7/15 ; H04R1/02 ; H04M1/60 ; H04R1/40

Abstract:
A mobile multi-function device that includes a speaker, two or more microphones, and a beamformer processor is described. The beamformer processor uses the microphones to perform beamforming operations. One of the microphones shares a receiver acoustic opening with the speaker while the other microphone uses a separate acoustic opening. The receiver acoustic opening may be an earpiece opening that is held to the ear of a user while conducting a phone call with the device and provides acoustic input and output paths for the microphone and the speaker, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150163578A1 USE OF AN EARPIECE ACOUSTIC OPENING AS A MICROPHONE PORT FOR BEAMFORMING APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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