US Patent 12126971 Acoustic signal processing adaptive to user-to-microphone distances

Apparatus, systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for acoustic signal processing adaptive to microphone distances. An example system includes a microphone to convert an acoustic signal to an electrical signal and one or more processors to: estimate a distance between a source of the acoustic signal and the microphone; select a signal processing mode based on the distance; and process the electrical signal in accordance with the selected processing mode.