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2005-09-27

2005-09-27

Grier, Laura A. (Department: 2644)

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices

Binaural and stereophonic

Pseudo stereophonic

C381S098000, C381S099000, C381S058000, C381S059000, C381S307000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06950524

ABSTRACT:
A sound reproduction system has pairs of sound emitters that subtend different angles Θ, the span angle, at the listener position. The pairs of sound emitters are arranged to be excited by different frequency bands of the signal output from an inverse filter means (Hh, Hl). The operational span-frequency range of the pairs of sound emitters is determined by an equation (I) where the transducer span Θ is the angle subtended at the listener by a pair of transducers, where O<n<2. c0: is the speed of sound, and Δr: is the equivalent distance between the ears. The sound emitters may be discrete speaker units, the different pairs of units being positioned at different span angles, or they be constituted by area portions of an extended transducer (FIG.10). When discrete speaker units are employed a cross-over filter (FIG.28) is used to provide drive signals in the different frequency bands to the different speaker pairs. When an extended transducer is employed, the vibration transmission characteristics of the transducer may be arranged to filter the vibrations transmitted along the transducer from an excitation means positioned at the higher frequency emitting end of the transducer.

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