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User-controlled beam steering in microphone array

  • US 10,547,937 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2017
  • Issued: 01/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a microphone array; and

    a control system coupled with the microphone array, the control system programmed to control the microphone array by;

    processing a signal from a beacon device to identify a physical location of the beacon device relative to the microphone array; and

    focusing the microphone array in a direction based upon the physical location of the beacon device prior to receiving an audio input at the microphone array,wherein the beacon device includes a negation mode for pre-focusing the microphone array away from the beacon device.

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