Lee & Hayes, PLLC
Null-forming techniques to improve acoustic echo cancellation
A plurality of microphones of a communication device is grouped into multiple microphone groups, such that each microphone group includes two or more microphones. For each microphone group, output of the corresponding microphones is processed to form an acoustic null in a corresponding spatial direction, such that sound from the corresponding spatial direction is attenuated in the processed output. One of the microphone groups is selected based on various factors leading to maximal echo attenuation and rejection of reverberant components of the room. The selected microphone group is then used to detect sound from a near end talker of the communication device.
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