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US 2020/0221225 A1Published application
Private personal communications device
OwnerFrank Joseph Pompeiinventor
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Abstract
A personal communications device that employs directional or parametric speakers to provide an enhanced user experience, delivering audio directly to a human user of the device rather than broadcasting the audio in all directions. As a result, increased privacy for the user of the personal communications device can be achieved.
Claims5
A personal communications device, comprising:
- a base unit;
- and
- a directional speaker,
- wherein the base unit is configured to control the directional speaker for producing a directional sound field having a path directed toward a human user.
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A method of a personal communications device, comprising:
- receiving a spoken input signal produced by a human user at a microphone array of the personal communications device;
- estimating direction or bearing information pertaining to the human user by the personal communications device based at least on the received spoken input signal;
- and
- aiming a directional speaker associated with the personal communications device toward the human user in accordance with the direction or bearing information, allowing the human user to hear audio from the personal communications device privately.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.