US 12,445,761 B2
Precisely controlled microphone acoustic attenuator with protective microphone enclosure
Scott A. Moser, La Jolla, CA (US); Carlos Montoya, San Diego, CA (US); Peter L. Madaffari, Camden, ME (US); Vijay Parsa, London (CA); and Niamh C. Finnegan, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to Quiet, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US)
Filed by Quiet, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/215,546.
Application 18/215,546 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/700,069, filed on Mar. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,785,375.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/210,631, filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345158 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/08 (2006.01); G10L 13/027 (2013.01); H04R 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/083 (2013.01) [G10L 13/027 (2013.01); H04R 7/02 (2013.01); H04R 2207/021 (2013.01); H04R 2231/003 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A passive acoustical attenuator for a microphone, said acoustical attenuator combining attenuation to lower a sound level of a sound introduced into the microphone with physical protection for the microphone;
wherein the passive acoustical attenuator for a microphone is disposed within a chamber of a handset and a speech sound enters the proximate inlet and is reduced in level and then converted to an electric signal;
wherein the speech sound is an impeded speech sound and the plosive energy of the impeded speech sound is screened via a diaphragm;
wherein the electric signal is sent to a computerized device featuring computer readable memory with installed software for rehabilitating the impeded speech sound and a processor for executing the installed software for rehabilitating the impeded speech sound; wherein:
the software features:
an Impaired Speech Analysis and Comparison module configured to receive the electric signal and recognize the electrical signal as an unintelligible rendition of a word or phrase;
a Generation of Intelligible Output module configured to rehabilitate the unintelligible rendition of the word or phrase via generating an intelligible output as a different electric signal;
wherein the Impaired Speech and the Generation of Intelligible Output modules are executed by the processor and the different electric signal is output from the computerized device;
wherein the different electric signal is output via a speaker wherein the different electric signal is used to generate a voice;
wherein the handset is configured to reduce the plosive raw voice of the impaired speech;
wherein speaker is located externally of said chamber of the handset; and,
where the handset includes a low durometer voice air flow flap for exhale speech and inhale life air intake as needed for plosive words require more air flow for pronunciation.