Conference microphone
AssigneeMarshall Electronics, Inc.
InventorsLeonard Marshall Shultz, Alex Sukharev
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Abstract
A conference microphone having a housing which encloses plural microphones is disclosed. Within the housing are a directional boundary microphone which includes three cardioid condenser capsules and an omnidirectional microphone. The housing has a rear edge wall and the directional boundary microphone includes an input end facing away from the rear edge wall of the housing. A lavaliere microphone is selectively connected to the housing via an auxiliary microphone input. A microprocessor is linked to a control panel for actuation by a user to control which of the directional boundary microphone, the omnidirectional microphone and the lavaliere microphone are active.
Claims9
A conference microphone comprising:
- a housing;
- a directional boundary microphone within the housing, the directional boundary microphone including three cardioid condenser capsules;
- an omnidirectional microphone within the housing;
- a lavaliere microphone selectively connected to the housing via at least one auxiliary microphone input;
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- a microprocessor linked to a control panel for actuation by a user to control which of the directional boundary microphone, the omnidirectional microphone and the lavaliere microphone are active.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.