IP Library Granted Patent US 9,866,947
Granted Patent B2
US 9,866,947 · App. 15/125,841 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Dual-microphone headset and noise reduction processing method for audio signal in call

Inventor: Haiquan Yang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
H04R1/1075H04M1/6058H04M9/082H04R1/1083H04R5/033H04M1/6008H04M1/6033H04R3/005H04R2410/05H04R2460/01
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,866,947
App. No.
15/125,841
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a headset, a terminal, and a method for processing an audio signal based on the headset and the terminal. The method for processing an audio signal includes: acquiring, by a first microphone of a headset in a call process, a first audio signal including a call voice and background noise, and acquiring, by a second microphone of the headset in the call process, a second audio signal including the background noise; and transmitting, by using an external plug of the headset, the first audio signal and the second audio signal to a noise reduction chip built in a terminal, so that the noise reduction chip performs noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the second audio signal.

Claims (47)

1. A method for processing an audio signal of a headset, wherein the headset comprises a first microphone and a second microphone, the method comprising:

acquiring, by the first microphone, a first audio signal comprising a call voice and background noise;

acquiring, by the second microphone, a second audio signal comprising the background noise; and

transmitting the first audio signal and the second audio signal to an external terminal that performs noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the background noise in the second audio signal.

2. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 1 , wherein the headset comprises a left-ear headset unit, a right-ear headset unit, and an inline controller, the second microphone is disposed on at least one of the left-ear headset unit or the right-ear headset unit, and the first microphone is disposed on the inline controller.

3. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 1 , wherein the headset is connected with the external terminal through an external plug, the external plug comprises a first microphone port and a second microphone port, and the step of transmitting the first audio signal and the second audio signal comprises:

transmitting the first audio signal to the external terminal by using the first microphone port of the external plug; and

transmitting the second audio signal to the external terminal by using the second microphone port of the external plug.

4. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 1 , wherein the headset is connected with the external terminal through an external plug, the external plug comprises a microphone port, and the step of transmitting the first audio signal and the second audio signal comprises:

performing analog-to-digital conversion on the first audio signal and the second audio signal;

performing data encapsulation on the first audio signal and the second audio signal after analog-to-digital conversion is performed to obtain a serial digital signal; and

transmitting the serial digital signal to the external terminal by using the microphone port of the external plug.

5. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 1 , wherein the first audio signal and the second audio signal are acquired in a same call process.

6. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 1 , wherein the external terminal comprises a built-in noise reduction chip, and the built-in noise reduction chip is used to perform the noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the second audio signal.

7. A headset, comprising:

a first microphone that is configured to acquire a first audio signal comprising a call voice and background noise;

a second microphone that is configured to acquire a second audio signal comprising the background noise;

an external plug configured to connect to an external terminal; and

a signal output transmitter, configured to transmit the first audio signal and the second audio signal to the external terminal that performs noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the background noise in the second audio signal.

8. The headset according to claim 7 , wherein the headset further comprises a left-ear headset unit, a right-ear headset unit, and an inline controller, the second microphone is disposed on at least one of the left-ear headset unit or the right-ear headset unit, and the first microphone is disposed on the inline controller.

9. The headset according to claim 7 , wherein the headset is connected with the external terminal through an external plug, the external plug comprises a first microphone port and a second microphone port that respectively correspond to the first microphone and the second microphone; and the signal output transmitter is configured to transmit the first audio signal by using the first microphone port and transmit the second audio signal by using the second microphone port.

10. The headset according to claim 7 , wherein the headset is connected with the external terminal through an external plug, the external plug comprises a microphone port, and the headset further comprises an analog-to-digital converter, and a signal encapsulator, wherein

the analog-to-digital converter is configured to perform analog-to-digital conversion on the first audio signal and the second audio signal;

the signal encapsulator is configured to perform data encapsulation on the first audio signal and the second audio signal after analog-to-digital conversion is performed to obtain a serial digital signal; and

the signal output transmitter is configured to transmit the serial digital signal to the external terminal by using the microphone port.

11. The headset according to claim 7 , wherein the first microphone and the second microphone are configured to acquire the first audio signal and the second audio signal, respectively, in a same call process.

12. The headset according to claim 7 , wherein the external terminal comprises a built-in noise reduction chip, and the built-in noise reduction chip is used to perform the noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the second audio signal.

13. A method for processing an audio signal of a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, an input signal transmitted by a headset, wherein the headset comprises a first microphone and a second microphone, the input signal comprises a first audio signal and a second audio signal, the first audio signal is acquired by the first microphone, the first audio signal comprises a call voice and background noise, a second audio signal is acquired by the second microphone and the second audio signal comprises the background noise;

acquiring the first audio signal and the second audio signal according to the input signal; and

performing noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the background noise in the second audio signal.

14. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 13 , wherein the headset comprises an external plug that connects to an external socket of the terminal, the external plug comprises a first microphone port and a second microphone port that respectively correspond to the first microphone and the second microphone, the external socket comprises a first microphone interface corresponding to the first microphone port and a second microphone interface corresponding to the second microphone port, and the step of receiving, by using the external socket, an input signal transmitted by the headset and the step of acquiring the first audio signal and the second audio signal according to the input signal comprise:

receiving, by using the first microphone interface, the first audio signal transmitted by the first microphone port and receiving, by using the second microphone interface, the second audio signal transmitted by the second microphone port.

15. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 13 , wherein the headset comprises an external plug that connects to an external socket of the terminal, the external plug comprises a microphone port, the external socket comprises a microphone interface corresponding to the microphone port, and the step of receiving, by using the external socket, an input signal transmitted by the headset and the step of acquiring the first audio signal and the second audio signal according to the input signal comprise:

receiving, by using the microphone interface, the input signal transmitted by the microphone port;

identifying that the input signal is a serial digital signal comprising the first audio signal and the second audio signal; and

demodulating the input signal in response to identifying that the input signal is a serial digital signal comprising the first audio signal and the second audio signal, to obtain the first audio signal and the second audio signal that are comprised in the serial digital signal.

16. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 13 , wherein the first audio signal and the second audio signal are acquired in a same call process.

17. The method for processing an audio signal according to claim 13 , wherein the terminal comprises a built-in noise reduction chip, and the built-in noise reduction chip is used to perform the noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the second audio signal.

18. A terminal, wherein the terminal comprises a built-in noise reduction chip, the terminal configured to connect to a headset external to the terminal, the headset comprises a first microphone and a second microphone, and the terminal further comprises:

a signal receiver, configured to receive an input signal transmitted by the headset, wherein the input signal comprises a first audio signal and a second audio signal, the first audio signal is acquired by the first microphone in a call process, the first audio signal comprises a call voice and background noise, a second audio signal is acquired by the second microphone in the call process and the second audio signal comprises the background noise;

a signal acquirer, configured to acquire the first audio signal and the second audio signal according to the input signal; and

a signal processor, configured to control the noise reduction chip to perform noise reduction processing on the first audio signal according to the background noise in the second audio signal.

19. The terminal according to claim 18 , wherein the headset comprises an external plug that connects to an external socket of the terminal, the external plug comprises a first microphone port and a second microphone port that respectively correspond to the first microphone and the second microphone, the external socket comprises a first microphone interface corresponding to the first microphone port and a second microphone interface corresponding to the second microphone port, and the signal receiver is configured to receive, by using the first microphone interface, the first audio signal transmitted by the first microphone port, receive, by using the second microphone interface, the second audio signal transmitted by the second microphone port, and transmit the first audio signal and the second audio signal to the signal acquirer.

20. The terminal according to claim 18 , wherein the headset comprises an external plug that connects to an external socket of the terminal, the external plug comprises a microphone port, the external socket comprises a microphone interface corresponding to the microphone port, and the terminal further comprises a signal identifier, wherein

the signal identifier is configured to identify whether the input signal received by the signal receiver is a serial digital signal comprising the first audio signal and the second audio signal; and

the signal acquirer demodulates the input signal if the input signal received by the signal receiver is a serial digital signal comprising the first audio signal and the second audio signal, to obtain the first audio signal and the second audio signal that are comprised in the serial digital signal.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2021
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
To: DRNC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 054872/0626 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 11, 2019
From: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO.,LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 048555/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0393 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2016
From: YANG, HAIQUAN
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039782/0282 →
Continuity (1)
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