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Audience is an American mobile voice and audio-processing company based in Mountain View, California, and is one of the 34 founding members of The Open Handset Alliance. They specialize in improving voice clarity and noise suppression for a broad range of consumer products, including cellular phones, mobile devices and PC's. Audience is the first company to have reverse-engineered the human hearing system and model its processes onto a chip, enabling computers and mobile devices to use the same kind of “auditory intelligence” that humans employ.〔http://www.audience.com/component/zoo/item/audience-announces-next-generation-voice-processor-for-mobile-phones〕 By using this technology in conjunction with two or more microphones, background noise is suppressed, improving the quality of the remaining voice and reducing distraction for the listener.〔http://phandroid.com/2010/01/11/nexus-one-voice-quality-victory-via-audience-a1026-voice-processor/〕 This technology mimics the “cocktail party effect”. In 2010, Audience partnered with HTC to integrate their noise suppression technology into the Google Nexus One smartphone. The next year AT&T introduced eight different handsets powered by Audience's earSmart technology including the Samsung Galaxy S III Skyrocket and the HTC Vivid. In 2013, (Audience unveiled its eS515 ), a combination voice processor and audio codec. This single slot solution enables device manufacturers to streamline their designs, negating the need for a separate voice processor and codec.〔http://www.anandtech.com/show/6554/audience-announces-3rd-generation-sound-processor-es515〕 ==Background== The company’s core technology reduces background noise and (improves voice clarity on smartphones ), computers and tablets. The company’s technology has shipped in more than 140 devices including the Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S 4, Galaxy Note, the iPhone4 and 4S, and the LG G2. Audience also works with other mobile phone manufacturers such as Huawei, Google, HTC, Sharp, Pantech, ZTE and others. In 2010, (the company announced a collaboration with AT&T ) to deliver its advanced voice capabilities to AT&T devices and is engaged with multiple operators around the world. Most recently the company announced its first design implementation in the PC space with the (Dell Vostro 5460. ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Audience (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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