Patent ID: 9620146
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G10L,H04M,H04R

Claim:
1. A multi-mode speech communication system having a plurality of different operating modes, each operating mode associated with one of a plurality of different speech applications, the system comprising: a signal processing module in communication with the speech applications and including: wherein the signal processing module dynamically controls the processing of the microphone input signals and the loudspeaker output signals to respond to changes in currently active system users for each application, and wherein the signal processing module is capable of operating in a plurality of the different operating modes at a same time, and wherein the user input signals for each speech application are enhanced to maximize speech from system users of that speech application and to minimize audio sources other than those associated with that speech application, wherein the audio sources other than those associated with that speech application are substantially canceled such that the speech from system users of that speech application is substantially exclusively further processed by the input processing module.