US 12,081,929 B2
Apparatus for sensing comprising a microphone arrangement
Koray Ozcan, Hampshire (GB); Miikka Vilermo, Siuro (FI); and Antero Tossavainen, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 16/954,926
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/FI2018/050968
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/129924, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1721974 (GB), filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0396528 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/20 (2006.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/04 (2013.01) [H04B 1/20 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising a microphone arrangement, the microphone arrangement comprising: a microphone membrane configured to sense sound signals; and a sensing arrangement positioned within a perimeter of the microphone arrangement and comprising one of a two dimensional material or a three dimensional material configured to sense a parameter; wherein the apparatus is configured to transduce the sensed sound signals into an audio output signal based on the microphone membrane and is further configured to transduce the parameter into an electrical output signal based on the sensing arrangement; and wherein the apparatus is configured to output the audio output signal and the electrical output signal; wherein the sensing arrangement overlays at least a portion of the microphone membrane.