Patent ID: 7983907

Claim:
A headset, comprising: a housing; an ear speaker; a first microphone connected to the housing; a second microphone connected to the housing; a radio; and a processor coupled to the first and the second microphones, and configured to: receive a first signal from the first microphone, the first signal having a noise component and a speech component; receive a second signal from the second microphone, the second signal having a noise component and a speech component; separate the first and second signals into a first and a second channel using a blind-source separation process, wherein one of the channels provides a noise signal comprising substantially only noise components and the other channel provides a combination signal comprising both noise components and speech components; identify which of the first or second channels has the combination signal; process the combination signal to generate a speech signal; and transmit the speech signal, wherein the speech signal is transmitted to the radio, and wherein the radio operates according to a Bluetooth standard.