US 12,284,479 B2
Auto focus, auto focus within regions, and auto placement of beamformed microphone lobes with inhibition functionality
Dusan Veselinovic, Chicago, IL (US); Mathew T. Abraham, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Michael Ryan Lester, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Avinash K. Vaidya, Riverwoods, IL (US)
Assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed by Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/450,190.
Application 18/450,190 is a continuation of application No. 17/929,467, filed on Sep. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,778,368.
Application 17/929,467 is a continuation of application No. 16/826,115, filed on Mar. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,438,691, issued on Sep. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/971,648, filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,187, filed on May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/821,800, filed on Mar. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0244367 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/326 (2013.01) [H04R 3/005 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
deploying a plurality of lobes from an array microphone in an environment;
determining whether a metric associated with sound activity is greater than or equal to a metric threshold, and
when it is determined that the metric associated with the sound activity is greater than or equal to the metric threshold:
selecting one of the plurality of lobes to move, based on location data of the sound activity in the environment;
determining limited location data for movement of the selected lobe, based on the location data of the sound activity and a parameter associated with the selected lobe; and
relocating the selected lobe based on the limited location data.