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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120002828 | AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM There is provided an audio processing device including an estimation unit configured to estimate a user's representative perceived position of a stereoscopic image from a difference between a left-eye image and a right-eye image of the stereoscopic image displayed on a ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110305358 | HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION GENERATION APPARATUS, HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION GENERATION METHOD, AND SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS A head related transfer function generation apparatus includes a first input unit that inputs a first head related transfer function generated in a first measurement environment, a second input unit that inputs a second head related transfer function generated in a seco... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110299706 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD An audio signal processing apparatus includes: a test signal supply unit to supply a test signal to each speaker of a multi-channel speaker including a center speaker and others; a speaker angle calculation unit to calculate an installation angle of each speaker with an... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110280421 | DEVICE FOR AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS A device for processing an audio signal is provided, wherein the processing device comprises a processing unit, and a determination unit, wherein the processing unit is adapted to receive first data associated with a first subsignal of the audio signal and second data a... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110268298 | SOUND FIELD CORRECTING DEVICE At least two speakers are arranged in the left-right direction, and the measurement signal generating unit generates the measurement signal from the two speakers. The measurement signal outputting unit outputs the measurement signal. The measurement signal collecting un... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110222715 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD A transmission device includes: a communication unit performing communication with one or more receiving devices; a distance measurement unit measuring direct distances to the receiving devices; a transmission data setting unit setting transmission data including conten... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110170720 | Acoustic energy control system for a room A mechanical acoustic energy control system to be located in a room in which one or more audio speakers are also located so that the audio output of the speakers can be distributed throughout the room to enable a listener in the room to be surrounded by sound. A master ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110135125 | METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SOUND FOCUSING A method for controlling sound focusing includes: obtaining position information of a target sound source relative to a speaker in a speaker array; and controlling sound from the speaker in the speaker array to be focused to the target sound source according to the obta... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110091055 | LOUDSPEAKER LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES Techniques for loudspeaker localization are provided. Sound is received from a loudspeaker at a plurality of microphone locations. A plurality of audio signals is generated based on the sound received at the plurality of microphone locations. Location information is gen... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110033070 | SOUND IMAGE LOCALIZATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OTHERS A sound image localization processing apparatus is provided, in which a surround system is realized by a front speaker with a simple signal process, and the same side localization effect can be given to a plurality of listeners. A sound ima... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100296678 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVED SOUND FIELD RENDERING ACCURACY WITHIN A PREFERRED LISTENING AREA The invention relates to a method and a device for sound field reproduction from a first audio input signal (1) using a plurality of loudspeakers (2) aiming at synthesizing a sound field within a preferred listening area (6) in which none of the lou... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100260360 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING SPEAKERS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL ACOUSTICAL REPRODUCTION Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for calibrating speakers for three dimensional acoustical reproduction. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for initializing a plurality of speakers in... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100232630 | ACOUSTIC MULTI-POLE ARRAY AND METHODS OF PACKAGING AND CONTROLLING THE SAME Provided are an acoustic multi-pole array and methods of packaging and controlling the same. The methods include packaging first and second sound devices constituting an acoustic multi-pole array to have different sound characteristics or the same sound characteristic, ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100150382 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOCUSING SOUND IN ARRAY SPEAKER SYSTEM Provided are apparatus and method for focusing sound so that a sound radiation pattern output from an array speaker system composed of a plurality of speakers may approach a target sound radiation pattern. The sound focusing apparatus uses a focusing filter formed in co... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100142735 | AUDIO APPARATUS AND SIGNAL CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF An audio system to calibrate an audio signal based on a wirelessly received signal, and a signal calibration method are provided. The audio system includes a sound output unit to output a sound corresponding to a received audio signal. A transceiver is connected to an e... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100124345 | NEAR FIELD SOUND REPRODUCTION METHOD WITH ENHANCED SPATIAL QUALITIES Sound modules are positioned in proximity to the head of a listener for near field sound. Primary loudspeakers in the sound modules are directed away from a user or blocked by a baffle. No direct sound from the primary loudspeakers reaches the ears of the user. Indirect... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100119091 | ACOUSTIC REPRODUCTION DEVICE An acoustic reproduction device includes first speaker units 12 and 15 that emit sound in an inward direction and second speaker units 13 and 16 that emit sound in a forward or outward direction. The first speaker units are arranged at positi... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100079374 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SYSTEM The invention describes a method of controlling a system (1) comprising one or more components (C1, C2, . . . , Cn), which method comprises the steps of aiming a pointing device (2) comprising a camera (3) in the dir... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20090323991 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING SPEAKERS IN A HOME THEATER SYSTEM With an array of speakers including a center speaker provided with left and right ultrasonic electro-acoustic transducers and left and right speakers provided with respective ultrasonic electro-acoustic transducers, it is possible to identify the left and right speakers... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090296964 | Compact surround-sound effects system A loudspeaker suitable for the generation of surround-sound effects comprising a plurality of transducers that are together arranged to generate one or more beams of sound, at least one of which beams is steerable, wherein the transducers are arranged to reproduce sound... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090279721 | SPEAKER DEVICE A speaker device includes first speaker units 2 and 5 and second speaker units 3 and 6 that are arranged symmetrically as viewed from a listening center axis X1-X2. The first speaker units 2 and 5 emit sounds in in... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090175472 | Loudspeaker Device The present invention relates to a loudspeaker device, comprising first and second closely located and individually acoustically isolated loudspeaker elements. The first and second elements are arranged to receive a first signal and a second signal, respectively, at lea... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090110219 | SPEAKER ARRAY SYSTEM A speaker array system for outputting, with a simplified construction, sounds audible with a nearly uniform sound volume within an arbitrarily set area. The speaker array system includes a speaker array having speaker units, a delay unit for supplying the speaker units ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090060236 | LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY PROVIDING DIRECT AND INDIRECT RADIATION FROM SAME SET OF DRIVERS An array loudspeaker includes a plurality of drivers arranged in an array configuration. A digital signal processor-based control system processes direct audio signal and indirect audio signal inputs for the loudspeaker to simultaneously produce direct sound in the form... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090060235 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF A sound processing apparatus includes a sound processor to process sound, a plurality of image generators to photograph an object and generate an image, respectively, and a controller to recognize a position of the object with the plurality of images generated by the pl... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090052700 | SURROUND-SOUND SYSTEM There is provided a surround-sound system in which the output direction of a sound beam of each channel in a speaker array can be optimized without requiring a user to make any troublesome operation. A parameter setting control portion 6 controls to output sound ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080219485 | Apparatus, System and Method for Acoustic Signals The invention relates to an apparatus, system, and method for receiving or reproducing sound. In the method, acoustic signals are received with two dual-diaphragm acoustic transducers (10, 20) having a figure-of-eight directional pattern, which are directed on tw... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080170729 | Pointing element enhanced speaker system A pointing element enhanced speaker system addresses the need for consistent sound. Despite wide variations in the design and architecture of different venues, the system helps performers ensure that they deliver the desired sound for their audiences. Performers and the... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080130923 | System and method for dynamic control of audio playback based on the position of a listener An optimal listening position for the multi-channel audio sound system is determined. A listening area and other audio playback controls may also be defined or modified by a listener. During subsequent audio playback, an imager captures images of at least a portion of t... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080056516 | Compact open baffle speaker system A speaker system is presented. The speaker system has a front speaker driver, a shroud mounted to the front speaker driver substantially encasing a cylinder volume on a rear portion of the front speaker driver. A rear speaker driver having similar dimensions to the fron... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080008338 | Method and apparatus for expanding wireless rear speaker in home theater system A wireless rear speaker expanding apparatus which allows wired rear speakers to expand as wireless rear speakers by attaching a card-type wireless module in a home theater system includes a main body unit to reproduce a multi-channel audio stream from a recording medium... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070269061 | Apparatus, method, and medium for removing crosstalk An apparatus, method, and medium of removing crosstalk are provided. The apparatus for removing crosstalk in each of audio signals of a plurality of channels, includes: a position recognition unit recognizing the position of a listener; a calculation unit calculating a ... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070253583 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOUND BEAM-FORMING USING INTERNAL DEVICE SPEAKERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXTERNAL SPEAKERS A method and system for sound beam-forming using internal device speakers in conjunction with external speakers provides a low cost alternative to present external surround array systems. A processing circuit within an audio device or audio/visual (AV) device such as a ... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070230724 | Method for Controlling Directivity of Loudspeaker Apparatus and Audio Reproduction Apparatus To provide an audio reproduction apparatus in which a general user inputs simple and easy settings so that audio beams of respective channels can be set. When an array speaker is installed in a room, the user inputs the shape of the room into the audio reproduction appa... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070172085 | Theater center apparatus The theater center apparatus has a top and a bottom arranged parallel to the top. An intermediate platform is arranged parallel to the top and bottom and is located to form a horizontally extending intermediate chamber between the top and the intermediated platform. At ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070116306 | Dynamic sweet spot tracking An audio system with a dynamic sound field adaptation to follow a listeners position. The audio system includes a relative location determination mechanism for determining the relative positions of at least all sound emitting components of the audio system with respect ... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070041598 | System for location-sensitive reproduction of audio signals The invention concerns a system for and a method of location-sensitive reproduction of audio signals. The object of the invention is therefore to provide a system for the reproduction of audio signals, which is capable of providing for optimum reproduction of audio sign... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060067548 | Estimation of head-related transfer functions for spatial sound representation The estimation of an HRTF for a given individual is accomplished by means of a coupled model, which identifies the dependencies between one or more images of readily observable characteristics of an individual, and the HRTF that is applicable to that individual. Since t... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20050147268 | LCD and speaker arrangement An LCD and speaker arrangement includes a LCD having two speaker mounting structures at one side, each speaker mounting structure having electric contacts extended from the circuit board of the LCD and an insertion hole, and a speaker, the speaker having two metal mount... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050132406 | Echo channel for home entertainment systems An echo channel for home entertainment systems is an additional channel. The echo channel for home entertainment systems is a new component for creating echo effects in small rooms. By using sound delaying methods and apparatuses, echo effects of the home movies are cre... | 06/16/2005 |
