Patents by Inventor Michelle Michiko Ansai

Michelle Michiko Ansai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11800281
    Abstract: Embodiments include a planar microphone array comprising a first linear array arranged along a first axis; and a second linear array arranged along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a center of the second linear array aligned with a center of the first linear array, wherein each of the first linear array and the second linear array comprises a corresponding first set of microphone elements nested within a corresponding second set of microphone elements, and each set of microphone elements is arranged symmetrically about the center of the corresponding linear array, such that the first linear array and the second linear array are configured to generate a steerable directional polar pattern, the microphone elements of each linear array configured to capture audio signals. Embodiments also include a microphone system comprising the same and a method performed by processor(s) to generate an output signal for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Michiko Ansai, John Casey Gibbs, Mathew T. Abraham
  • Patent number: 11688418
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing voice and noise activity detection with audio automixers that can reject errant non-voice or non-human noises while maximizing signal-to-noise ratio and minimizing audio latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Lawrence Penniman, Michael Ryan Lester, Michelle Michiko Ansai, Michael Harrison Prosinski, Wenshun Tian, David Andrew VerLee
  • Publication number: 20230063105
    Abstract: Embodiments include a planar microphone array comprising a first linear array arranged along a first axis; and a second linear array arranged along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a center of the second linear array aligned with a center of the first linear array, wherein each of the first linear array and the second linear array comprises a corresponding first set of microphone elements nested within a corresponding second set of microphone elements, and each set of microphone elements is arranged symmetrically about the center of the corresponding linear array, such that the first linear array and the second linear array are configured to generate a steerable directional polar pattern, the microphone elements of each linear array configured to capture audio signals. Embodiments also include a microphone system comprising the same and a method performed by processor(s) to generate an output signal for the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Michelle Michiko Ansai, John Casey Gibbs, Mathew T. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20230057506
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing voice and noise activity detection with audio automixers that can reject errant non-voice or non-human noises while maximizing signal-to-noise ratio and minimizing audio latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ross Lawrence Penniman, Michael Ryan Lester, Michelle Michiko Ansai, Michael Harrison Prosinski, Wenshun Tian, David Andrew VerLee
  • Patent number: 11558693
    Abstract: Array microphone systems and methods that can automatically focus and/or place beamformed lobes in response to detected sound activity are provided. The automatic focus and/or placement of the beamformed lobes can be inhibited based on a remote far end audio signal. The quality of the coverage of audio sources in an environment may be improved by ensuring that beamformed lobes are optimally picking up the audio sources even if they have moved and changed locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Dusan Veselinovic, Mathew T. Abraham, Michael Ryan Lester, Michelle Michiko Ansai, Justin Joseph Sconza, Avinash K. Vaidya
  • Patent number: 11523212
    Abstract: Embodiments include a microphone array with a plurality of microphone elements comprising a first set of elements arranged along a first axis, comprising at least two microphone elements spaced apart by a first distance; a second set of elements arranged along the first axis, comprising at least two microphone elements spaced apart by a second, greater distance, such that the first set is nested within the second set; a third set of elements arranged along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, comprising at least two microphone elements spaced apart by the second distance; and a fourth set of elements nested within the third set along the second axis, comprising at least two microphone elements spaced apart by the first distance, wherein each set includes a first cluster of microphone elements and a second cluster of microphone elements spaced apart by the specified distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle Michiko Ansai, John Casey Gibbs, Mathew T. Abraham
  • Patent number: 11302347
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing voice and noise activity detection with audio automixers that can reject errant non-voice or non-human noises while maximizing signal-to-noise ratio and minimizing audio latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Lawrence Penniman, Michael Ryan Lester, Michelle Michiko Ansai, Michael Harrison Prosinski, Wenshun Tian, David Andrew VerLee
  • Publication number: 20210120335
    Abstract: Array microphone systems and methods that can automatically focus and/or place beamformed lobes in response to detected sound activity are provided. The automatic focus and/or placement of the beamformed lobes can be inhibited based on a remote far end audio signal. The quality of the coverage of audio sources in an environment may be improved by ensuring that beamformed lobes are optimally picking up the audio sources even if they have moved and changed locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Dusan Veselinovic, Mathew T. Abraham, Michael Ryan Lester, Michelle Michiko Ansai, Justin Joseph Sconza, Avinash K. Vaidya
  • Publication number: 20200381009
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing voice and noise activity detection with audio automixers that can reject errant non-voice or non-human noises while maximizing signal-to-noise ratio and minimizing audio latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Ross Lawrence Penniman, Michael Ryan Lester, Michelle Michiko Ansai, Michael Harrison Prosinski, Wenshun Tian, David Andrew VerLee
  • Publication number: 20190373362
    Abstract: Embodiments include a microphone array with a plurality of microphone elements comprising a first set of elements arranged along a first axis, comprising at least two microphone elements spaced apart by a first distance; a second set of elements arranged along the first axis, comprising at least two microphone elements spaced apart by a second, greater distance, such that the first set is nested within the second set; a third set of elements arranged along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, comprising at least two microphone elements spaced apart by the second distance; and a fourth set of elements nested within the third set along the second axis, comprising at least two microphone elements spaced apart by the first distance, wherein each set includes a first cluster of microphone elements and a second cluster of microphone elements spaced apart by the specified distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Michelle Michiko Ansai, John Casey Gibbs, Mathew T. Abraham