Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Acoustical noise or sound cancellation – Adjacent ear
Patent
1994-05-02
1997-11-25
Kuntz, Curtis
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Acoustical noise or sound cancellation
Adjacent ear
A61F 1106, H03B 2900
Patent
active
056920520
ABSTRACT:
An engine rotating speed sensor detects intake sound information due to the drive of an engine. A controller generates a signal having a frequency corresponding to a desired ratio of orders based on the detected intake sound information. Further, a phase and an amplitude the signal are controlled, and so a speaker arranged in a propagation path of the intake sound of the engine generates control sound to control the intake sound due to the drive of the engine. An engine noise control apparatus which is capable of effectively reducing or waveform-reshaping a wide range of engine noise. The apparatus has an engine rotating speed sensor for detecting an engine rotating speed and a waveform generator circuit for converting a rotation pulse signal to a periodic signal having a frequency which is a predetermined multiple of the detected engine rotating speed. The output of an air flow meter is passed through a bandpass filter and a reshaping circuit to generate a control signal which is an average value of alternating current components of the output. A CPU, with reference to a map previously stored in a memory, modifies the phase and amplitude of the periodic signal with respect to an engine rotation reference signal based on the rotation pulse signal and the control signal, and outputs the modified signal as driving signals to operate speakers disposed in an intake tube and an exhaust tube for reducing noise.
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Kameyama Satoshi
Kato Masanori
Kohama Tokio
Nishio Yoshitaka
Ohara Kouzi
Kuntz Curtis
Lee Ping W.
Nippon Soken Inc.
Nippondenso Co. Ltd.
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