Dual-lens image capture device microphone positioning
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Dick, Erich Tisch, Akshay Shinde
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Abstract
Microphones are disposed on different surfaces of an image capture device to generate different microphone capture patterns. A microphone with three microphone elements is disposed on the top surface of the image capture device. The three microphone elements are arranged in an equilateral triangular configuration. A second microphone with at least two microphone elements is disposed on the front surface of the image capture device. The at least two microphone elements are disposed on the front surface of the image capture device in a vertical configuration. A third microphone with at least one microphone element is disposed on a back surface of the image capture device.
Claims20
An image capture apparatus, comprising:
- a first image sensor disposed on a first surface facing a first direction, the first image sensor having a first field-of-view (FOV) and configured to obtain first image data;
- a second image sensor disposed on a second surface facing a second direction that differs from the first direction, the second image sensor having a second FOV that partially overlaps with the first FOV and configured to obtain second image data;
- a microphone array comprising:
- a first microphone facing the first direction, the first microphone being disposed on a same side of the first surface as the first image sensor, wherein the first microphone includes two microphone elements disposed in a vertical configuration on the same side of the first surface relative to the first image sensor;
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- a second microphone facing a third direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the second microphone comprises a first microphone element, a second microphone element, and a third microphone element disposed in an equilateral triangular configuration;
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- a processor configured to generate a stereo microphone capture pattern using the second microphone.
An image capture apparatus, comprising:
- a first image sensor disposed on a first surface facing a first direction, the first image sensor having a first field-of-view (FOV) and configured to obtain first image data;
- a second image sensor disposed on a second surface facing a second direction that differs from the first direction, the second image sensor having a second FOV that partially overlaps with the first FOV and configured to obtain second image data;
- a microphone array comprising:
- a first microphone facing the first direction, the first microphone being disposed on a same side of the first surface as the first image sensor, wherein the first microphone includes two microphone elements disposed in a vertical configuration on the same side of the first surface relative to the first image sensor;
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- a second microphone facing a third direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the second microphone comprises a first microphone element, a second microphone element, and a third microphone element disposed in an equilateral triangular configuration;
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- a processor configured to generate a 360-degree microphone capture pattern using the first microphone and the second microphone.
A method comprising:
- obtaining first audio via a first microphone facing a first direction, the first microphone being disposed on a first surface of a device, wherein the first microphone includes two microphone elements disposed in a vertical configuration on the first surface of the device;
- obtaining second audio via a second microphone facing a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the second microphone comprises a first microphone element, a second microphone element, and a third microphone element disposed in an equilateral triangular configuration;
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- generating a 360-degree microphone capture pattern using the first microphone and the second microphone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.