US 11,776,555 B2
Audio modification using interconnected electronic devices
Kathleen A. Bergeron, Los Gatos, CA (US); Edward Siahaan, San Francisco, CA (US); and Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/222,717.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,658, filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0093115 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 21/0208 (2013.01)
CPC G10L 21/0208 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for reducing unwanted noise in an electronic audio signal, the system comprising:
a computing device including:
a processor;
a memory device; and
a first microphone;
an electronic device in wireless electronic communication with the computing device, positioned external to and separate from the computing device, and including a second microphone;
wherein the memory device includes electronic instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
detect a source of a target noise within a first audio signal relayed to the computing device from the second microphone of the electronic device;
receive a second audio signal produced by the first microphone of the computing device, the second audio signal including a representation of the target noise within the first audio signal from the second microphone of the electronic device; and
modify the second audio signal to reduce the representation of the target noise in the second audio signal.