ClearOne, Inc. (20250088795). Muting Specific Talkers Using a Beamforming Microphone Array

Muting Specific Talkers Using a Beamforming Microphone Array

Organization Name

ClearOne, Inc.

Inventor(s)

Derek L. Graham of South Jordan UT (US)

David K. Lambert of South Jordan UT (US)

Russell S. Ericksen of Spanish Fork UT (US)

Zeynep Hakimoglu of Salt Lake City UT (US)

Muting Specific Talkers Using a Beamforming Microphone Array

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250088795 titled 'Muting Specific Talkers Using a Beamforming Microphone Array

Original Abstract Submitted

this disclosure describes an invention that that mutes specific talkers using at least one beamforming microphone array that is configured to generate n audio signals where each audio signal is associated with a spatial pickup pattern , the microphone array(s) are located in a room ; a processor and memory operably coupled to the microphone array , the processor configured to execute the following steps: (a) selectively mute or unmute an individual talker the room with a mute function that controls whether to mute or unmute the individual talker t1-t7 that is picked up by one or more of the individual audio signals, the mute function includes speech learning that learns to identify different talkers in real time to allow the mute function to identify transitions from one talker to another talker in the room , (b) output an audio signal based on the selective muting of the talkers t1-t7 in the room