Patent ID: 9247334
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04M,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a housing comprising a front side and a back side that are framed by a top side, a bottom side and two lateral sides, the housing having a plurality of holes; and a plurality of directional microphones mounted in the housing and placed coincidentally for stereo sound pickup, each one of the directional microphones defining a main sound axis and each one of the directional microphones defining a direct sound direction and an opposite sound direction which describe opposite directions of the main sound axis; wherein the plurality of holes comprises a common hole located in the bottom side of the housing, a second hole located in a bottom section of the front side, and a third hole located in a bottom section of the back side; wherein the common hole is shared between first and second directional microphones among the plurality of directional microphones such that the direct sound directions of the first and second directional microphones are pointing through the common hole in different directions, and wherein the opposite direction of first directional microphone is oriented towards the second hole and the opposite direction of the second directional microphone is oriented towards the third hole.