APPARATUS WITH ADAPTIVE MICROPHONE CONFIGURATION BASED ON SURFACE PROXIMITY, SURFACE TYPE AND MOTION

    公开(公告)号:WO2014163780A3

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-09

    申请号:PCT/US2014/016364

    申请日:2014-02-14

    Abstract: An apparatus (100) includes a group of microphones (110) and a surface compensator (200) that is operatively coupled to switch logic (120) and to a signal conditioner (160) that provides a control channel (125) to voice recognition logic (101). The surface compensator (200) may detect surfaces in proximity to the apparatus (100) as well as the surface's acoustic reflectivity or acoustic absorptivity and may accordingly configure the group of microphones (110) including selecting appropriate signal conditioning and beamforming based on the surface acoustic reflectivity or acoustic absorptivity and the orientation of the apparatus (100). Voice recognition (101) performance is thus improved when microphones are impeded or occluded by proximate surfaces. A group of sensors of the apparatus (100) is used by the surface compensator (200) to detect surfaces and surface type, and to determine apparatus (100) orientation and motion.

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