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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120082317 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH IMPROVED AUDIO An electronic device having an enclosure including an upper panel and a bottom panel operably connected to the upper panel. A transducer is operably connected to the enclosure and the transducer is configured to mechanically vibrate the enclosure. The transducer include... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082318 | AUDIO DIRECTION-DISTANCE DETECTION A laser device, finder of range(s), and an inclinometer are used to figure a sound producing device's position adjustment(s). Laser beam(s) of the laser device and the inclinometer characterize direction(s) of sound produced by the sound producing device. The laser beam... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120039479 | METHOD TO SIMULATE VEHICLE HORN SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL Methods and system for predicting sound pressure and/or sound pressure level caused by a vehicle horn are provided. An acoustic model of the horn is generated through the use of inverse numerical acoustics and boundary element methods. Additionally, an acoustic model of... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120020488 | CONTROL OF A LOUDSPEAKER OUTPUT A method of controlling a loudspeaker of an electronic device provides voice coil temperature protection. When a power supply for the electronic device is first activated, a binding step is performed in which the loudspeaker impedance is determined and a temperature (su... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110299691 | SPEAKER POLARITY DETERMINATION DEVICE A speaker determination device determines a polarity of a speaker connected to output terminals. Test sound is outputted to an acoustic space via the connected speaker and is collected by a microphone. A reference signal is generated based on the test signal. A polarity... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110274281 | Method for Determining Inverse Filter from Critically Banded Impulse Response Data A method for determining an inverse filter for altering the frequency response of a loudspeaker so that with the inverse filter applied in the loudspeaker's signal path the inverse-filtered loudspeaker output has a target frequency response, and optionally also applying... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110268286 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MASS AUDIO NOTIFICATION FIELD A mass audio notification system is provided, comprising a network, a plurality of speakers connected to the network, and at least one server connected to the network. The server can send audio data to at least one of the plurality of speakers via a transport link, and ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110243341 | PIPE CALIBRATION METHOD FOR OMNIDIRECTIONAL MICROPHONES Embodiments include a method comprising forming a pipe including a first end and a second end by forming couplings between a plurality of sections of pipe. A loudspeaker is connected to the first end. The loudspeaker is a mouth simulator loudspeaker. A plurality of micr... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110228945 | AUDIO POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM An audio power management system manages operation of audio devices in an audio system. The audio power management system includes a parameter computer, a threshold comparator and a limiter. Audio signals generated with the audio system may be provided to the audio powe... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110211705 | LOUDSPEAKER RECTIFICATION METHOD Loudspeaker drivers used in audio systems are subject to performance variance caused by production deviation of components and assembly processes and consequently audio system performance is influenced by the mechanical attributes of individual loudspeaker drivers of wh... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110194705 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING A LOUDSPEAKER SIGNAL A sound system 100 for producing sound on a loudspeaker 130 is provided wherein the temperature of a voice coil of the loudspeaker may be monitored continuously. The sound system comprises a signal generator 150 for generating an evaluation signal w... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110158441 | WIRELESS SPEAKER UNITS WITH IMPROVED BATTERY LIFE A method is provided for managing signal distribution in a wireless speaker unit. The method includes monitoring a power level of the first wireless device; receiving, at the first wireless device, a first signal from the base unit if a power level of the first wireless... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110123035 | DEVICE TO MONITOR A SOUND GENERATOR, IN PARTICULAR AN ALARM SOUND GENERATOR, AND A CORRESPONDING SOUND GENERATOR, AND A RELATED METHOD A device for monitoring a sound generator includes at least one coupler module, a signal evaluation element, and an output element. The device is coupled by at least one coupler module with the sound generator for purposes of monitoring the latter.... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110103602 | ACOUSTICAL MEASURING/ESTIMATION DEVICE A device to measure or to estimate the acoustical output of the loudspeaker of a earphone, earplug, headphone or ear muff, and to measure the ambient environmental sounds where appropriate. The loudspeaker is connected to an electronic audio device. The acoustical outpu... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110096935 | Sound Processing Unit, Sound Processing System, Audio Output Unit and Display Device Practical speaker connection is identified using a device having a sound channel of a 5.1 channel or 7.1 channel, and a device is provided that can easily reproduce the optimum multiple channels. Actual speaker arrangement can be identified by, for example, measuring th... | 04/28/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110074914 | AUDIO PROCESSING IN A MULTI-PARTICIPANT CONFERENCE Some embodiments provide an architecture for establishing multi-participant audio conferences over a computer network. This architecture has a central distributor that receives audio signals from one or more participants. The central distributor mixes the received signa... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110064232 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYSING AND ADJUSTING ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF A MOTOR VEHICLE HANDS-FREE DEVICE Method and device for analysing and adjusting acoustic properties of a hands-free device of a motor vehicle, including at least one hands-free microphone, at least one vehicle loudspeaker and a first radio interface, using a calibrated measuring microphone and a calibra... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110026721 | BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE FITTING Methods and systems for fitting a bone conduction device are provided herein. These methods and systems comprise determining a gain to be used by the bone conduction device in providing signals at a particular frequency. In determining the gain, a fitting system may pro... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110007905 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD In a processing control unit 119, a correction measurement unit measures an aspect of sound field correction processing executed upon an acoustic signal UAS received from a sound source device 9200, that is a particular external device. And if a... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100316226 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD A signal processing apparatus includes: one or more detection means for detecting movement of a diaphragm of a speaker in correspondence with feedback methods that are different feedback methods; analog-to-digital conversion means for converting one or more detection si... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100303250 | Calibration Method and Device in an Audio System The present publication describes a calibration method and apparatus, in which an electrical calibration signal is formed, an audio signal is formed in the loudspeaker from the calibration signal, the response of the audio signal is measured and analysed, and the system... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296660 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOUND FOCUSING A sound focusing technique is provided to transfer sound to a particular direction. In a sound focusing apparatus, first and second speakers may be arranged to emit sound in opposite directions to form a sound zone. An amplitude and/or a phase of a received signal may b... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100278350 | HEADSET SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOISE DOSIMETER A noise dosimeter (x00) for monitoring the exposure to noise of a user wearing a headset is described. The noise dosimeter includes a housing to be worn external to the ear of the user, an earpiece (x01) for placement in or near an ear canal of the user, a... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100272271 | SPEAKER SYSTEM A loudspeaker system capable of simultaneously providing listeners with a listening environment not giving them a feeling of strangeness. The loudspeaker system (100) comprises drive motors (111 to 113, 121 to 123) for so driving at least fir... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272270 | SELF-CALIBRATING LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM Systems and methods for calibrating a loudspeaker with a connection to a microphone located at a listening area in a room. The loudspeaker includes self-calibration functions to adjust speaker characteristics according to effects generated by operating the loudspeaker i... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100246838 | Method and Apparatus for Selecting Bass Management Filter A method and apparatus for enhancing bass management selection. The method includes retrieving a filter response for at least one filter pair, determining expected speaker and woofer spectra, calculating optimal parameters utilizing the retrieved filter response and the... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246839 | SPEAKER CONFIGURATION A method of configuring an array of speaker elements is disclosed. The method computes a sound that pressure level at various points in the venue and is evaluated by various objective functions. The configuration of a candidate array is changed, for example by the orien... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246845 | Personal Acoustic Device Position Determination A apparatus and method for determining an operating state of an earpiece of a personal acoustic device and/or the entirety of the personal acoustic device by analyzing signals output by at least an inner microphone disposed within a cavity of a casing of the earpiece an... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246840 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE HARMONIC AND ANHARMONIC PORTIONS OF A RESPONSE SIGNAL OF A DEVICE A method of determining the harmonic and anharmonic portions of a response signal (RS) of a device (2), e.g. an electro-acoustic or electric device, comprises the steps of supplying an input signal (IS) to the device (2) causing the device (2) to re... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239099 | Method and Apparatus for Polarity Detection of Loudspeaker A method and apparatus for polarity detection. The method includes applying a band-pass filter to an impulse response of a loudspeaker, applying an exponential weighting to the band-pass filtered impulse response, wherein the exponential decay parameter is related to th... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100239106 | Probabilistic Method of Loudspeaker Detection A method and apparatus for enhancing cutoff detection of a loudspeaker. The method comprising retrieving a loudspeaker model cutoff and model error, generating a probability distribution of the cutoff frequency based on the retrieved models, and utilizing the generated ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100232611 | Acoustic Design Support Apparatus In an acoustic design support apparatus, a speaker selection supporter selects a desired speaker as a candidate for use in a given space based on shape information representing a shape of the space. A speaker mounting angle optimizer calculates an optimal mounting direc... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100232610 | Acoustic Design Support Apparatus In an acoustic design support apparatus, a speaker selection supporter selects a desired speaker as a candidate for use in a given space based on shape information representing a shape of the space. A speaker mounting angle optimizer calculates an optimal mounting direc... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100220865 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MAXIMUM SIGNAL LEVEL OUTPUT TO HEADPHONES COUPLED TO A WIRELESS DEVICE A method for controlling a maximum signal level output to headphones of a wireless device is provided. The method includes: determining an impedance of the headphones; determining a carrier specific maximum signal level for headphones having the impedance; and, adjustin... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100208905 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A COMPONENT SIGNAL WITH HIGH ACCURACY A device for determining a component signal for a WFS system includes a provider for providing WFS parameters, a WFS parameter interpolator, and an audio signal processor. The provider provides WFS parameters for a component signal while using a source position and whil... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100202624 | Equipment, method and use of the equipment in an audio system A method and means for a sound-reproduction system. The means include a first opening arrangement for a microphone, and a second opening arrangement for a microphone stand, formed in an essentially planar elastic material.... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100150361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SOUND A technology for controlling acoustic energy distribution in a control region is provided. A sound processing apparatus includes a control filter such that a controllable sound zone is formed in the control region, and the sound processing apparatus synthesizes the cont... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100135503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DIRECTIONAL SOUND SOURCES BASED ON LISTENING AREA Sound can be listened to only in a listening area by maximizing a sound energy difference between a listening area and a non-listening area while maximizing sound radiation efficiency of each sound source. Accordingly, realistic sound can be provided to listeners withou... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100104108 | HIGH INTENSITY CALIBRATION DEVICE A calibration device for calibrating a dynamic pressure sensor includes a power/control box and a portable calibration head disposed in electrical communication with the power/control box. The portable calibration head may include a calibration head housing having a hou... | 04/29/2010 |
