Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Binaural and stereophonic – Stereo sound pickup device
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-01
2006-08-01
Swerdlow, Daniel (Department: 2646)
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Binaural and stereophonic
Stereo sound pickup device
C381S300000, C381S028000, C369S005000, C369S091000, C369S092000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07085387
ABSTRACT:
A sound system for capturing and reproducing sounds produced by a plurality of sound sources. The system comprises a device for receiving sounds produced by the plurality of sound sources and converting the separately received sounds to a plurality of separate audio signals without mixing the audio signals. The system may further comprise a device for separately storing the plurality of separate audio signals on a recording medium without mixing the audio signals and a device for reading the stored audio signals from the recording medium. The system further includes a reproduction system for recreating the plurality of separate audio signals. Also, the system comprises an amplification network which comprises a plurality of amplifier systems, with one or more separate amplifiers in each amplifier system for separately amplifying each of the separate audio signals. The system also comprises a loudspeaker network which comprises a plurality of loudspeaker systems with one or more separate loudspeakers in each loudspeaker system for separately reproducing the plurality of audio signals. A dynamic controller may be used to control the micro relationships of the components within a signal path and the macro relationships among the separate signal paths. The amplifiers and/or loudspeakers for each signal path may be customized based on the characteristics and complexities of the original sound to be reproduced on each signal path.
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