Array microphone system and method of assembling the same

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PATENT NO 12262174
APP PUB NO 20240187786A1
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18485675

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Embodiments include a microphone assembly comprising an array microphone and a housing configured to support the array microphone and sized and shaped to be mountable in a drop ceiling in place of at least one of a plurality of ceiling tiles included in the drop ceiling. A front face of the housing includes a sound-permeable screen having a size and shape that is substantially similar to the at least one of the plurality of ceiling tiles. Embodiments also include an array microphone system comprising a plurality of microphones arranged, on a substrate, in a number of concentric, nested rings of varying sizes around a central point of the substrate. Each ring comprises a subset of the plurality of microphones positioned at predetermined intervals along a circumference of the ring.

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SHURE ACQUISITION HOLDINGS INC5800 WEST TOUHY AVENUE NILES IL 60714

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Abraham, Mathew T Colorado Springs, US 31 458
Cason, David Grant Palatine, US 17 323
Gibbs, John Casey Chicago, US 15 339
Lantz, Gregory William Geneva, US 21 617
McGovern,, Jr Albert Francis Naperville, US 7 280
Shumard, Brent Robert Mount Prospect, US 35 416

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