HEAD-WEARABLE APPARATUS TO GENERATE BINAURAL AUDIO

Patent №

US 11,044,568

Granted

2021-06-22

Filed 2020

Owner

SNAP INC.

Lab

AI components

2

nlp · speech

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16732899

Head-wearable apparatus to generate binaural audio content includes a first stem coupled to a first microphone housing that encases first front microphone and first rear microphone that generates acoustic signals, respectively. First microphone housing includes a first front port that faces downward and a first rear port that faces backwards. Apparatus includes second stem coupled to second microphone housing that encases second front microphone and second rear microphone that generate acoustic signals, respectively. Second microphone housing includes second front port that faces downward and second rear port that faces backwards. Apparatus includes binaural audio processor that includes beamformer and storage device. Beamformer generate first beamformer signal based on acoustic signals from first front microphone and first rear microphone, and second beamformer based on acoustic signals from second front microphone and second rear microphone. Storage device stores first and second beamformer signals as a two-channel file.

Natural languageSpeechH04S 1/007H04N 23/51H04N 23/54H04R 1/406H04R 3/005H04R 5/027G02B 2027/0138G02B 2027/0141+5 more

AI classification

Speech0.87
Natural language0.57
Vision0.10
AI hardware0.01
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Planning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00

Ownership

SNAP INC.

assignment · 563300057

Assignors

ASFAW, MICHAEL, HU, DUNXU, MCSWEENEY SIMONS, PATRICK TIMOTHY, WANG LIMKETKAI, VICTORIA LULU

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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