US 12,262,174 B2
Array microphone system and method of assembling the same
Mathew T. Abraham, Colorado Springs, CO (US); David Grant Cason, Palatine, IL (US); John Casey Gibbs, Chicago, IL (US); Gregory William Lantz, Geneva, IL (US); Albert Francis McGovern, Jr., Naperville, IL (US); and Brent Robert Shumard, Mount Prospect, IL (US)
Assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed by Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,675.
Application 18/485,675 is a continuation of application No. 17/656,929, filed on Mar. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,832,053.
Application 17/656,929 is a continuation of application No. 16/598,918, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,310,592, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Application 16/598,918 is a continuation of application No. 15/833,404, filed on Dec. 6, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/833,404 is a continuation of application No. 15/631,310, filed on Jun. 23, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/631,310 is a continuation of application No. 15/403,765, filed on Jan. 11, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/403,765 is a continuation of application No. 14/701,376, filed on Apr. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,565,493, issued on Feb. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187786 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/406 (2013.01) [H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 31/00 (2013.01); H04R 2201/021 (2013.01); H04R 2201/40 (2013.01); H04R 2201/401 (2013.01); H04R 2201/405 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microphone system, comprising:
an array microphone comprising a plurality of microphones, the array microphone configured to simultaneously form a plurality of lobes at various angles to capture a plurality of audio sources; and
an audio processor electrically coupled to the array microphone, the audio processor configured to process audio signals captured by the plurality of microphones,
wherein each of the plurality of lobes is steerable towards any point around the array microphone,
wherein the audio processor is further configured to generate multiple audio outputs based on the audio signals captured by the plurality of microphones, each audio output corresponding to a respective one of the lobes.