Abstract: System for use by a caller and a recipient of a telephone call for suppressing environmental noise in the vicinity of a telephone comprising a telephone handset forming a part of the telephone. The telephone handset has a human voice sensor for picking up human sounds generally in one direction, and creating a first electrical signal. A speaker capable of producing substantially directional human voice sounds is provided. A second sound sensor is carried by the handset and has sound pick-up capabilities from a direction which is generally opposite said one direction for picking up external environmental noise in the vicinity of the handset and producing a second electrical signal having a frequency and amplitude.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 4, 1994
Date of Patent:
April 29, 1997
Assignee:
Local Silence, Inc.
Inventors:
Anthony F. Matouk, Dieter Enzmann, Ahmet Karakasoglu