Microphone actuation control system suitable for teleconference systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4658425
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06881523

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A microphone and loudspeaker arrangement for use in a teleconference system, wherein a plurality of microphones are held in a fixed relationship to a loudspeaker. The microphones are independently gated ON in response to (1) speech picked up by the microphone, (2) a loudspeaker signal driving the loudspeaker and (3) an electrical signal related to the microphone signals of the other associated microphones. A noise adapting threshold circuit generates a voltage level representative of background noise which is compared with the microphone signal of a respective microphone for determining whether the microphone is receiving speech. A decisional circuitry monitors the microphone signal of the associated microphone with respect to a MAX bus which carries microphone signals representative of the level of microphone signals at the other microphones. The decisional circuitry generates a signal indicating that the associated microphone is the first loudest microphone signal.

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SHURE INCORPORATED5800 TOUHY AVENUE NILES IL 60714

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Julstrom, Stephen D Chicago, IL 25 1167

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