US 11,910,852 B2
Facemask with automated voice display
Doug Bergman, West Jordan, UT (US); Glenn Andrew Mohan, Clermont, FL (US); David Thomson, Bountiful, UT (US); and Kerry Brown, Draper, UT (US)
Assigned to Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/190,876.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279874 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/11 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G09F 9/33 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/11 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G09F 9/33 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G09B 21/009 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A facemask system, comprising:
a covering configured to cover at least a portion of a face of a user when the covering is worn;
a plurality of microphones attached to the covering, wherein the plurality of microphones comprises a first microphone and a second microphone;
a display attached to the covering;
a processor in operable communication with the plurality of microphones and the display; and
memory containing instructions that can be executed by the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving audio from the plurality of microphones;
outputting, based on the received audio, an audio signal that comprises a non-beamformed signal associated with the first microphone and a beamformed signal associated with the second microphone;
identifying, based on the audio signal, words contained within the audio signal; and
displaying the identified words on the display.