Patent classifications
H04R2410/07
MEMS TRANSDUCER PACKAGE
A MEMS transducer package (1) comprises a semiconductor die element (3) and a cap element (23). The semiconductor die element (3) and cap element (23) have mating surfaces (9, 21). The semiconductor die element (3) and cap element (23) are configured such that when the semiconductor die element (3) and cap element (4) are conjoined, a first volume (7, 27) is formed through the semiconductor die element (3) and into the semiconductor cap element (23), and an acoustic channel is formed to provide an opening between a non-mating surface (11) of the semiconductor die element (3) and a side surface (10, 12) of the transducer package.
Wind noise reduction by microphone placement
An image capture device, having: a housing, a lens snout, a front microphone, a top microphone, and an audio processor. The housing has a top and front housing surface. The lens snout protrudes from the front housing surface. The front microphone mounted within or on the front housing surface and below the lens snout. The top microphone mounted within or on a top housing surface in a position biased toward the front housing surface. The audio processor comprises a memory that is configured to store instructions that when executed cause the audio processor to generate an output audio signal. The top microphone is located at a position to receive direct freestream air flow when the housing is positioned in a pitched forward orientation at a pitched forward angle relative to a vertical axis. The front microphone receives turbulent air flow from the lens snout when the housing is positioned in the pitched forward orientation.
MICROPHONE HOUSING WITH SCREEN FOR WIND NOISE REDUCTION
A microphone housing is described with a screen for wind noise reduction. One example includes a housing defining a cavity and a surface on one side of the cavity, a mesh of holes through the surface into the cavity, and a microphone mounted inside the cavity.
WIND NOISE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
A system for wind noise suppression is disclosed. The system comprising a first and a second primary microphone configured to generate a first and a second primary electric signal indicative of a first and second primary audio signal, respectively. The system further comprises a secondary detector configured to generate a first secondary electric signal indicative of a secondary audio signal. The system comprises a signal processor comprising a wind strength module configured to determine a wind strength, based on the first primary electric signal and the second primary electric signal, a wind noise module configured to determine a noise estimate, based on the wind strength, and a noise reduction module configured to process the first secondary electric signal to generate a noise-suppressed secondary signal, based on the determined noise estimate.
PROCESSING OF SIGNALS FROM LUMINAIRE MOUNTED MICROPHONES FOR ENHANCING SENSOR CAPABILITIES
The specification and drawings present a use of multiple microphones for increasing acoustic sensing capabilities by processing acoustic signals from the multiple microphones in outdoor luminaire mounted surveillance/sensor systems. For example, various embodiments presented herein describe signal processing means to utilize stereo/multiple microphones in a luminaire (such as an outdoor roadway luminaire) to provide enhanced information regarding the surroundings of the luminaire. The multiple microphone luminaire sensor processing system can provide a more environmentally robust and sensitive approach which can be, for example, resistant to environmental noise such as a wind noise, as well as capable of isolating specific sounds from the surroundings, e.g., in specific directions.
PACKAGING OF LUMINAIRE MOUNTED MICROPHONES
The specification and drawings present packaging for integrating a microphone into an outdoor luminaire that provides high sensitivity and dynamic range together with being waterproof, resistant to impact and wind noise, environmentally resistant and unobtrusive to passers-by. Various embodiments describe packaging of outdoor luminaire mounted microphones to achieve waterproof and minimized unwanted noise performance, and other desirable features.
Controlling wind noise in a bilateral microphone array
A pair of earphones have microphone arrays each providing a plurality of microphone signals. A processor receives the microphone signals and applies a first set of filters to a subset of the plurality of microphone signals from each of the arrays, the first set of filters inverting the signals below a cutoff frequency, and provides the first-filtered signals and the remainder of the microphone signals from each of the arrays to a second set of filters. The processor uses the second set of filters to combine the signals to generate a far-field signal that is more sensitive to sounds originating a short distance away from the earphones than to sounds close to the earphones above the cutoff frequency, and omnidirectional below the cutoff frequency, determines a level of wind noise present in the microphone signals, and adjusts the cutoff frequency as a function of the determined level of wind noise.
Wind noise suppresor
Apparatus, methods and computer-readable medium are provided for processing wind noise. Audio input is processed by receiving an audio input. A wind noise level representative of a wind noise at the microphone array is measured using the audio input and a determination is made, based on the wind noise level, whether to perform either (i) a wind noise suppression process on the audio input on-device, or (ii) the wind noise suppression process on the audio input on-device and an audio reconstruction process in-cloud.
BONE CONDUCTION HEADPHONE SPEECH ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Systems and methods for enhancing a headset user’s own voice include at least two outside microphones, an inside microphone, audio input components operable to receive and process the microphone signals, a voice activity detector operable to detect speech presence and absence in the received and/or processed signals, and a cross-over module configured to generate an enhanced voice signal. The audio processing components includes a low frequency branch comprising low pass filter banks, a low frequency spatial filter, a low frequency spectral filter and an equalizer, and a high frequency branch comprising highpass filter banks, a high frequency spatial filter, and a high frequency spectral filter.
Suppressing or reducing effects of wind turbulence
A method of operation of a device includes receiving an input signal at the device. The input signal is generated using at least one microphone. The input signal includes a first signal component having a first amount of wind turbulence noise and a second signal component having a second amount of wind turbulence noise that is greater than the first amount of wind turbulence noise. The method further includes generating, based on the input signal, an output signal at the device. The output signal includes the first signal component and a third signal component that replaces the second signal component. A first frequency response of the input signal corresponds to a second frequency response of the output signal.