Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Directive circuits for microphones
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-06
2006-06-06
Pendleton, Brian T. (Department: 2644)
Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices
Directive circuits for microphones
C073S646000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07058184
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for simultaneous acoustic measurement at a point (M) in space of the three components of the sound intensity vector. A preferred omnidirectional vector probe (40) includes a central ring (42) with four small, microphones on tubes attached to the ring spaced from one another in a regular tetrahedral arrangement. The tubes are parallel to the axis of the ring, two on one side (58) and two on the reverse side (60) of the ring, with two of the microphones pointing in one direction and two in the opposite direction. The microphone signals are processed by an analog-to-digital converter feeding a digital signal processor (68) and employing a cross-spectral formulation to compute a sound intensity vector at the measurement point (M). Sound velocity and pressure can also be determined at this point. The resulting data may be outputted on a computer screen or other device (70). Additional related features and methods are disclosed.
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Pendleton Brian T.
Reising Ethington Barnes Kisselle P.C.
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