US 11,676,618 B1
Microphone array with automated adaptive beam tracking
Iain Alexander McCowan, Ashmore (AU); Stefano Davolio, Highvale (AU); Richard S. Juszkiewicz, Portland, OR (US); Nicholas William Metzar, Beaverton, OR (US); Matthew V. Kotvis, Portland, OR (US); Jeffrey William Sondermeyer, Auburn, AL (US); and Jason Damori, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Biamp Systems, LLC, Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by Biamp Systems, LLC, Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/564,073.
Application 17/564,073 is a continuation of application No. 16/990,924, filed on Aug. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,211,081, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Application 16/990,924 is a continuation of application No. 16/279,927, filed on Feb. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,741,193, issued on Aug. 11, 2020.
Application 16/279,927 is a continuation of application No. 16/017,538, filed on Jun. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,210,882, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 21/0216 (2013.01) [H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02166 (2013.01); H04R 2410/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
assigning each of a plurality of sub-regions to at least one of a plurality of microphone arrays in a space, based on known locations of each of the plurality of microphone arrays;
combining beamformed signals from each of the plurality of the microphone arrays into a single joint beamformed signal; and
creating beamform tracking configurations for each of the plurality of microphone arrays based on their assigned sub-regions and the single joint beamformed signal.