Acoustic direction identification system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4581758
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06549258

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A system insensitive to nonspeech sounds utilizes a pair of spatially separated microphones to obtain the direction of origin of speech signals from a common sound source. The speech signal from each microphone is transformed into a pulse representative signal having a rapid increase responsive to pitch peaks of energy from the sound source. The cross correlation of these pulses accurately reflects the phase relationship between the speech signals arriving at the microphones. The cross correlation is implemented as time interval histograms which are periodically read to identify the direction of the common sound source.

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  • AT&T BELL LABORATORIES;BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Coker, Cecil H Chatham, NJ 3 138
Fischell, David R Tinton Falls, NJ 278 27488

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