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Steerable beamformer

US9767818B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 2013
Grant dateSep 19, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2430/23
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device comprising: a first channel configured to receive a signal, wherein the signal comprises (i) a target signal and (ii) a background signal; a second channel configured to receive the signal a time t after the first channel receives the signal; a delay control circuit configured to iteratively determine a fractional delay to maximize a correlation coefficient between the signal on the first channel and the signal on the second channel; and an adaptive fractional delay filter in the first channel configured to adaptively align, in the digital domain, the signal on the first channel with the signal on the second channel based, at least in part, on the fractional delay.

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