Circuit to improve transducer separation in handsfree telephone
First Claim
1. In a device having a sound source within an enclosure and a first microphone for picking up sounds outside said enclosure, a system for improving acoustic separation between said sound source and said first microphone, comprising an additional microphone located approximately equidistant from said sound source as said first microphone for picking up sounds within said enclosure due to said sound source, and a circuit connected to said first microphone and said additional microphone for subtracting said sounds within said enclosure from said sounds outside said enclosure, wherein said enclosure has an opening directly corresponding to said first microphone but does not have an opening directly corresponding to said additional microphone, and wherein said additional microphone is separate and apart from said first microphone.
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Abstract
In a device having a sound source within an enclosure and a first microphone for picking up sounds outside the enclosure, a system for improving acoustic separation between the sound source and first microphone comprising an additional microphone located approximately equidistant from the sound as the first microphone for picking up sounds within the enclosure, and a circuit connected to the first microphone and the additional microphone for subtracting the sounds within the enclosure from the sounds outside the enclosure.
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- 1. In a device having a sound source within an enclosure and a first microphone for picking up sounds outside said enclosure, a system for improving acoustic separation between said sound source and said first microphone, comprising an additional microphone located approximately equidistant from said sound source as said first microphone for picking up sounds within said enclosure due to said sound source, and a circuit connected to said first microphone and said additional microphone for subtracting said sounds within said enclosure from said sounds outside said enclosure, wherein said enclosure has an opening directly corresponding to said first microphone but does not have an opening directly corresponding to said additional microphone, and wherein said additional microphone is separate and apart from said first microphone.
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7. A speakerphone apparatus having improved acoustic separation between a speaker and a microphone, comprising:
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a speaker within a housing, the housing having an opening adjacent said speaker;
a speaker microphone within the housing to detect sound internal to the housing due to said speaker'"'"'s output, the housing not having an opening directly corresponding to said speaker microphone;
a voice microphone within the housing but receiving sound external to the housing via an opening in the housing adjacent said voice microphone, said voice microphone being separate and apart from said speaker microphone; and
a subtraction circuit coupled to said voice microphone and said speaker microphone, said subtraction circuit subtracts the sound internal to the housing detected by sad speaker microphone from the sound external to the housing detected by said voice microphone. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
an amplifier for amplifying sound from said speaker microphone by a first gain and for amplifying sound from said voice microphone by a second gain, the first gain being less than the second gain.
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11. A speakerphone apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein sound emitted from said speaker is detected by said speaker microphone and said voice microphone substantially in phase.
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12. A speakerphone apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein said speaker microphone and said voice microphone are acoustically matched.
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13. A speakerphone apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein said subtraction circuit has an optimized frequency response in a band around the resonance frequency of said speaker.
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14. A speakerphone apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein said speaker microphone and said voice microphone are acoustically isolated by the housing.
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