{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9817634","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9817634","title":"Distinguishing speech from multiple users in a computer interaction","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2014-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G06F","G06F","G10L","G10L","G10L","G10L","H04R","H04R"],"num_claims":20,"abstract":"Speech from multiple users is distinguished. In one example, an apparatus has a sensor to determine a position of a speaker, a microphone array to receive audio from the speaker and from other simultaneous audio sources, and a processor to select a pre-determined filter based on the determined position and to apply the selected filter to the received audio to separate the audio from the speaker from the audio from the other simultaneous audio sources."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Distinguishing speech from multiple users in a computer interaction","description":"Speech from multiple users is distinguished. In one example, an apparatus has a sensor to determine a position of a speaker, a microphone array to receive audio from the speaker and from other simulta","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9817634","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9817634","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Distinguishing speech from multiple users in a computer interaction\" (US-9817634). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9817634","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9817634","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9817634","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T10:16:31.341Z"}