Electronic apparatus for generating beamformed audio signals with steerable nulls
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recording one or more subjects by a camera operator, the apparatus having a front side oriented towards the one or more subjects and a rear side oriented towards the camera operator, the front side and the rear side being oriented in opposite directions along a first axis, and a right side and a left side oriented in opposite directions along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, the apparatus comprising:
- a first microphone, located near the right side, that generates a first signal;
a second microphone, located near the left side, that generates a second signal;
an automated null controller that generates a null control signal based on an imaging signal;
a rear-side proximity sensor, coupled to the automated null controller, that generates a rear-side proximity sensor signal that corresponds to a distance between the camera operator and the apparatus;
a beamforming module, coupled to the first microphone, the second microphone, and the automated null controller, that processes the first signal and the second signal based on the null control signal to generate;
a right beamformed audio signal having a first directional pattern having at least one first null, anda left beamformed audio signal having a second directional pattern having at least one second null,wherein the first angular location (α
) of the at least one first null and the second angular location (β
) of the at least one second null is steered based on the null control signal such that the first null and the second null are oriented to cancel sound that originates from the rear side at the distance.
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus is provided having a front side and a rear side oriented in opposite directions along a first axis, and a right-side and a left-side oriented in opposite directions along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. A null control signal is generated based on an imaging signal. A first microphone located near the right-side of an electronic apparatus generates a first signal and a second microphone located near the left-side of the electronic apparatus generates a second signal. The first and second signals are processed, based on the null control signal, to generate a right beamformed audio signal having a first directional pattern having at least one first null, and a left beamformed audio signal having a second directional pattern having at least one second null. A first angular location (α) of the at least one first null and a second angular location (β) of the at least one second null are steered based on the null control signal.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for recording one or more subjects by a camera operator, the apparatus having a front side oriented towards the one or more subjects and a rear side oriented towards the camera operator, the front side and the rear side being oriented in opposite directions along a first axis, and a right side and a left side oriented in opposite directions along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, the apparatus comprising:
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a first microphone, located near the right side, that generates a first signal; a second microphone, located near the left side, that generates a second signal; an automated null controller that generates a null control signal based on an imaging signal; a rear-side proximity sensor, coupled to the automated null controller, that generates a rear-side proximity sensor signal that corresponds to a distance between the camera operator and the apparatus; a beamforming module, coupled to the first microphone, the second microphone, and the automated null controller, that processes the first signal and the second signal based on the null control signal to generate; a right beamformed audio signal having a first directional pattern having at least one first null, and a left beamformed audio signal having a second directional pattern having at least one second null, wherein the first angular location (α
) of the at least one first null and the second angular location (β
) of the at least one second null is steered based on the null control signal such that the first null and the second null are oriented to cancel sound that originates from the rear side at the distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method in an apparatus for recording one or more subjects oriented towards a front side of the apparatus by a camera operator oriented towards a rear side of the apparatus, the front side and the rear side being oriented in opposite directions along a first axis, the method comprising:
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generating a null control signal based on an imaging signal; generating a rear-side proximity sensor signal that corresponds to a distance between the camera operator and the apparatus; processing, based on the null control signal, a first signal from a first microphone and a second signal from a second microphone located left of the first microphone; generating a right beamformed audio signal having a first directional pattern having at least one first null; and generating a left beamformed audio signal having a second directional pattern having at least one second null, wherein a first angular location (α
) of the at least one first null and a second angular location (β
) of the at least one second null is steered based on the null control signal such that the first null and the second null are oriented to cancel sound that originates from the rear side at the distance. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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