H04R 5/027
Spatial or constructional arrangements of microphones
Official title: Spatial or constructional arrangements of microphones, e.g. in dummy heads
H04R5/027 (Spatial or constructional arrangements of microphones) appears on 942 US grants and 1,012 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,012
- Assignees
- 392
- Inventors
- 1,802
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for estimating spatial content of soundfield at desired location6 Oct 2026US 12,756,978 B2
- Camera microphone drainage system designed for beamforming29 Sep 2026US 12,750,617 B2GoPro, Inc.
- Multi-lobe digital microphone enabled audio capture and spatialization for generating an immersive arena based audio experience8 Sep 2026US 12,732,766 B2Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
- Systems and methods for sound-enhanced meeting platforms25 Aug 2026US 12,720,268 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Passively measuring room reverb18 Aug 2026US 12,713,179 B2Google Inc.
- Hearing Device User Communicating With a Wireless Communication Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311690 A1Sonova AG
- Camera Microphone Drainage System Designed For Beamforming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313293 A1GoPro, Inc.
- Immersive audio in a media playback system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303676 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Method for processing sound signals, and device using the same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292427 A1Deep Hearing Corp.
- Method and device for capturing an acoustic representation of an environment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292433 A1Lewitt GmbH
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- Hinged computing device for binaural recording250US 10,129,648 B1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC · 2018
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