US 12,170,510 B2
Headset with programmable microphone modes
Shobha Devi Kuruba Buchannagari, Fremont, CA (US); and Richard Kulavik, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc., White Plains, NY (US)
Filed by Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc., White Plains, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,530.
Application 18/369,530 is a continuation of application No. 17/475,846, filed on Sep. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,777,464.
Application 17/475,846 is a continuation of application No. 16/549,934, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,146,225, issued on Oct. 12, 2021.
Application 16/549,934 is a continuation of application No. 14/712,488, filed on May 14, 2015, granted, now 10,396,741, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007071 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H03G 3/32 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H03G 3/32 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 2410/05 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headset, the headset comprising:
a beamforming microphone selectively configurable in a wide beam pattern and a narrow beam pattern; and
an audio processor, wherein the audio processor is operable to:
receive an ambient sound level from the beamforming microphone, and
according to a setting from a cellular phone:
configure the wide beam pattern if the ambient sound level is below a level of sound from a user, and
configure the narrow beam pattern if the ambient sound level is above the level of sound from the user.