Vehicle accessory microphone

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2004-04-09

2008-11-04

Chin, Vivian (Department: 2615)

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices

Vehicle

C381S092000, C381S359000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07447320

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle rearview mirror assembly (201) includes one or more microphone assemblies (220a, 220b) positioned on the rear surface (207) of the mirror housing (206). Recesses (248a, 248b) are provided in the rear surface to serve as a deflector for deflecting airflow from the defroster. Front ports (216) are provided on the microphone housing (215) that open upward, while rear ports (218) open downward. The microphone assemblies may include an acoustic dam (230) that extends around the microphone transducer (225) to acoustically separate the acoustic chamber within the microphone housing into two zones such that the front face of the transducer is acoustically coupled to the first zone and the rear face of transducer is acoustically coupled to the second zone. The microphone assemblies may include windscreens (245) made of a material of high acoustic resistivity (i.e., about 1 or more Ω/cm2), and preferably of very high acoustic resistivity (i.e., about 8 or more Ω/cm2).

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