US 12,149,913 B2
Microphone with integrated multichannel mixer
Brent Robert Shumard, Mount Prospect, IL (US); James Michael Pessin, Forest Park, IL (US); Timothy William Balgemann, Lombard, IL (US); Soren Christian Pedersen, Chicago, IL (US); Thomas Andrew Satrom, Chicago, IL (US); and Ryan Jerold Perkofski, Lake Bluff, IL (US)
Assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed by Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,322.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,262, filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272473 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H04S 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 3/008 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 19/008 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); H04L 65/765 (2022.05); H04R 2420/09 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microphone comprising:
a housing comprising a first connection port, a second connection port, a third connection port, and a fourth connection port;
a microphone element at least partially enclosed by the housing; and
circuitry at least partially enclosed by the housing, configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode, and configured to:
in the first mode:
generate a first analog signal in response to sound received by the microphone element;
provide a second analog signal, based on the first analog signal, to the first connection port; and
produce at the second connection port a first digital signal based on the first analog signal and based on a third analog signal received via the third connection port; and
in the second mode:
generate a fourth analog signal in response to sound received by the microphone element;
provide a fifth analog signal, based on the fourth analog signal, to the first connection port; and
produce at the second connection port a second digital signal based on the fourth analog signal and based on a sixth analog signal received via the fourth connection port.