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Communication system for multiple acoustic zones

US11575990B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

CERENCE OPERATING COMPANY · US

Inventors

Tobias Herbig · Ulm, DE
Markus Buck · Biberach, DE
Meik Pfeffinger · Ulm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 1, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 1, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2499/13
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An communication system supports communication paths within an environment by receiving speech signals of a speaker and playing it back for one or more listeners. Signal processing tasks are split into a microphone related part and into a loudspeaker related part. A sound processing system suitable for use in an environment having multiple acoustic zones includes a plurality of microphone communication instances coupled and a plurality of loudspeaker instances.

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