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Noise suppression in beam-steered microphone array

US7092882B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 2000
Grant dateAug 15, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2021/02166
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for suppressing unwanted signals in steerable microphone arrays. The lobes of a steerable microphone array are monitored, to identify lobes having large speech content and low noise content. One of the identified lobes is then used to deliver speech to a speech recognition system, as at a self-service kiosk.

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