Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microphone with specific audible area using ultrasound wave
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Application No.: US15149113Application Date: 2016-05-07
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Publication No.: US09843867B2Publication Date: 2017-12-12
- Inventor: Hong June Park , Dong Hee Yeo , Seong Eun Cho , Young Jae Jang , Kyeong Won Jeong
- Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
- Applicant Address: KR Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-Do
- Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
- Current Assignee Address: KR Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-Do
- Agency: Kile Park Reed & Houtteman PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2015-0186081 20151224
- Main IPC: H04R17/10
- IPC: H04R17/10 ; H04R3/06

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a microphone with a specific audible area using ultrasound wave, which emits an ultrasound wave toward a sound source positioned in a specific area within a desired distance and a desired direction from the microphone, and extracts a sound signal in an audible frequency range, generated by the sound source, from an ultrasound wave reflected and received from the sound source. The microphone with a specific audible area using ultrasound wave can limit the audible area to an area within a specific angle from a half line starting from the microphone and a specific distance from the microphone, such that a user can selectively hear a desired sound in a noisy environment. When the microphone is applied to a hearing aid, the user can hear only the audible sound generated by the sound source located within the specific audible area in front of the user with the surrounding noise removed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170188157A1 MICROPHONE WITH SPECIFIC AUDIBLE AREA USING ULTRASOUND WAVE Public/Granted day:2017-06-29
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