US Patent 11601750 Microphone control based on speech direction

According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored instructions that the processor may execute to access an audio signal captured by a microphone of a user's speech while the microphone is in a muted state. The processor may also execute the instructions to analyze a spectral or frequency content of the accessed audio signal to determine whether the user was facing the microphone while the user spoke. In addition, based on a determination that the user was facing the microphone while the user spoke, the processor may execute the instructions to unmute the microphone.