Patent classifications
H04R3/00
MATCHED AND EQUALIZED MICROPHONE OUTPUT OF AUTOMOTIVE MICROPHONE SYSTEMS
A vehicle microphone system may include at least two microphones forming a microphone array, at least one loudspeaker configured to emit audio signals. a processor coupled to a memory and programmed to receive incoming audio signals from the microphone array, determine at least one parameter for each channel of the microphone array, determine at least one filter to apply to at least one channel based on a difference between the parameters of each channel, and store the at least one filter in the memory.
AUDIO DEVICE AUTO-LOCATION
A method for estimating an audio device location in an environment may involve obtaining direction of arrival (DOA) data for each audio device of a plurality of audio devices in the environment and determining interior angles for each of a plurality of triangles based on the DOA data. Each triangle may have vertices that correspond with audio device locations. The method may involve determining a side length for each side of each of the triangles, performing a forward alignment process of aligning each of the plurality of triangles produce a forward alignment matrix and performing a reverse alignment process of aligning each of the plurality of triangles in a reverse sequence to produce a reverse alignment matrix. A final estimate of each audio device location may be based, at least in part, on values of the forward alignment matrix and values of the reverse alignment matrix.
SPEAKER AND MODULAR SPEAKER
A speaker (20) includes a cabinet (21) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) between a first and a second end (21a, 21b). The cabinet (21) includes a side wall surrounding an internal volume and provided with an opening to place the internal volume in communication with an outside environment. The speaker (20) also includes a sound transducer (22) and a connection circuit (23) configured to receive a signal and to transmit the signal to the sound transducer (22). The speaker (20) also includes a first and a second passive resonator (24, 25) each including a vibrating panel (24a, 25a). The vibrating panels (24a, 25a) are positioned in the internal volume, with respective first faces facing each other and respective second faces opposite the first faces. The internal volume includes a first, closed air volume (V1) delimited by an inside surface of the cabinet (21) and by the second faces of the vibrating panels (24a, 25a). The internal volume also includes a second air volume (V2), delimited by the first faces of the vibrating panels (24a, 25a) and open towards the outside environment through the opening.
SPEAKER AND MODULAR SPEAKER
A speaker (20) includes a cabinet (21) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) between a first and a second end (21a, 21b). The cabinet (21) includes a side wall surrounding an internal volume and provided with an opening to place the internal volume in communication with an outside environment. The speaker (20) also includes a sound transducer (22) and a connection circuit (23) configured to receive a signal and to transmit the signal to the sound transducer (22). The speaker (20) also includes a first and a second passive resonator (24, 25) each including a vibrating panel (24a, 25a). The vibrating panels (24a, 25a) are positioned in the internal volume, with respective first faces facing each other and respective second faces opposite the first faces. The internal volume includes a first, closed air volume (V1) delimited by an inside surface of the cabinet (21) and by the second faces of the vibrating panels (24a, 25a). The internal volume also includes a second air volume (V2), delimited by the first faces of the vibrating panels (24a, 25a) and open towards the outside environment through the opening.
ONLINE TRIMMED MEMS MICROPHONE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
The invention relates to the technical field of microphones, in particular to an online trimmed MEMS microphone. The online trimmed MEMS microphone comprises an acoustic transducer for receiving an external ultrasonic signal and converting the ultrasonic signal into an electric signal; an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) chip, coupled to the acoustic transducer, wherein the ASIC chip comprises: an amplifier unit for performing amplification on the electric signal and outputting an amplified signal; a decoding unit, connected to the amplifier unit, and configured to decode the amplified signal to obtain a decoded signal sequence; a matching unit, connected to the decoding unit, and configured to match the decoded signal sequence with a predetermined identification code to obtain a matched signal; a control unit, connected to the matching unit, and configured to generate one or more circuit adjusting parameters under the action of the matched signal.
ONLINE TRIMMED MEMS MICROPHONE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
The invention relates to the technical field of microphones, in particular to an online trimmed MEMS microphone. The online trimmed MEMS microphone comprises an acoustic transducer for receiving an external ultrasonic signal and converting the ultrasonic signal into an electric signal; an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) chip, coupled to the acoustic transducer, wherein the ASIC chip comprises: an amplifier unit for performing amplification on the electric signal and outputting an amplified signal; a decoding unit, connected to the amplifier unit, and configured to decode the amplified signal to obtain a decoded signal sequence; a matching unit, connected to the decoding unit, and configured to match the decoded signal sequence with a predetermined identification code to obtain a matched signal; a control unit, connected to the matching unit, and configured to generate one or more circuit adjusting parameters under the action of the matched signal.
EFFICIENT SEAMLESS SWITCHING OF SIGMA-DELTA MODULATORS
A digital microphone includes at least one integrator; a state detection and parameter control component directly coupled to an output of the integrator; and a signal processing component coupled to an output of the state detection and parameter control component, wherein a parameter of the signal processing component includes a first value in a first operational mode and a second value in a second operational mode different from the first operational mode.
MICROPHONE ARRAY SYSTEM WITH SOUND WIRE INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
A microphone array system, comprises N microphones, including a first microphone . . . a Nth microphone, wherein N is a natural number greater than 2. Each of the N microphones is provided with: an acoustic transducer for picking up a sound signal and converting the sound signal into an electric signal; a voice activation detector, connected to a corresponding acoustic transducer, and configured to perform a voice activation detection on the electric signal and form an activation signal; a buffer memory, connected to the acoustic transducer, and configured to store a 1/N electric signal of a predetermined segment; a sound wire interface, connected to a corresponding acoustic transducer, the buffer memory, and the voice activation detector, wherein the sound wire interface is connected to an external master chip via a sound wire bus for outputting the activation signal to the external master chip.
AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING COMPARISON CRITERION OF AUDIO DOSE
An audio processing device includes: a sound level measuring circuit arranged to operably generate multiple sound level values, wherein the multiple sound level values respectively correspond to the sound levels generated by an audio playback device at multiple time points or the sound levels received by a microphone at multiple time points; an audio dose calculating circuit coupled with the sound level measuring circuit and arranged to operably generate an audio dose value corresponding to a measuring period based on the multiple sound level values and contents of a weighting table; a control circuit coupled with the audio dose calculating circuit and arranged to operably compare the audio dose value with a dose threshold to determine whether to generate a control signal or not; and an indication signal generating circuit coupled with the control circuit and arranged to operably generate a corresponding indication signal according to the control signal.
AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING COMPARISON CRITERION OF AUDIO DOSE
An audio processing device includes: a sound level measuring circuit arranged to operably generate multiple sound level values, wherein the multiple sound level values respectively correspond to the sound levels generated by an audio playback device at multiple time points or the sound levels received by a microphone at multiple time points; an audio dose calculating circuit coupled with the sound level measuring circuit and arranged to operably generate an audio dose value corresponding to a measuring period based on the multiple sound level values and contents of a weighting table; a control circuit coupled with the audio dose calculating circuit and arranged to operably compare the audio dose value with a dose threshold to determine whether to generate a control signal or not; and an indication signal generating circuit coupled with the control circuit and arranged to operably generate a corresponding indication signal according to the control signal.