731results about "Loudspeaker spatial/constructional arrangements" patented technology

A soundbar for medical monitoring which may comprise a speaker, a sensor, and a hardware processor. The speaker can be configured to emit audio signals. The sensor can be configured to obtain sensor data relating to a physiology of a subject. The sensor can include a camera and the sensor data can include image data. The hardware processor can be configured to access the sensor data and determine a health status of the subject based on at least the sensor data.

Various implementations include audio systems and approaches for creating personal audio zones. Certain implementations include a system having: a first set of near-field (NF) speakers; a set of sensors for detecting a position of a first user; and a controller coupled with the first set of NF speakers and the set of sensors and configured to adjust an audio output at the set of NF speakers, wherein the controller is configured to maintain spatialization of the audio output to the first user based on detecting at least one of a position change or an orientation change of the first user, and wherein the controller is configured to control the spatialized audio output to the first user with the first set of NF speakers with consideration of isolation to a second listening location.

The invention provides a control method and device of a vehicle-mounted external loudspeaker and a vehicle-mounted external loudspeaker system. The control method comprises the following steps that in response to starting of a vehicle-mounted loudspeaker box mode, the relative position relation between a user and a vehicle is obtained at a preset time interval, and the vehicle is provided with a plurality of vehicle-mounted external loudspeakers making sounds outwards; determining a target loudspeaker and a corresponding sound channel from the plurality of vehicle-mounted external loudspeakers at least based on the relative position relationship; and controlling each target loudspeaker to play the audio data of the corresponding sound channel. The invention provides a mode of taking the vehicle as a large mobile sound box capable of providing a surround sound field, and the provided surround sound field can be adjusted according to the relative position relationship between the user and the vehicle, so that the hearing effect of the user when using the vehicle-mounted sound box is improved, the application scene of the vehicle is expanded, and the user experience is improved.

A sound system is shown in the form of a speaker with or without a speaker box. A front member may be used with a speaker support, with the speaker mounted to the speaker support, thus comprising a speaker assembly. The front member of the speaker assembly may include an elongate open portion with a top end and a bottom end and the speaker positioned adjacent to the elongate open portion between the top end and the bottom end. The speaker assembly may be coupled to a portion of the vehicle seat which is not obstructive to the positioning of a user in the vehicle seat. This combination may be used in a vehicle seat but also in a backpack, a chair, personal gaming seat, arcade gaming seat, gambling machine seat, bed, massage table or any other similar device.

The invention provides a sound effect control method and electronic equipment, and relates to the technical field of terminals. The audios played by the electronic equipment have similar sound effects in different use states, so that the sound effect stability of the electronic equipment is ensured. The method is applied to the folding screen electronic equipment, and comprises the following steps: the electronic equipment plays a first audio with a first sound effect through a first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker in a first use state, the first loudspeaker performs playing by adopting a first sound effect parameter, and the second loudspeaker performs playing by adopting a second sound effect parameter. And in response to user operation, switching to a second use state, playing the first audio with a second sound effect through the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker, the first loudspeaker playing with the third sound effect parameter, and the second loudspeaker playing with the fourth sound effect parameter. The first sound effect parameter is different from the third sound effect parameter, the deviation between the second sound effect and the first sound effect is smaller than a first threshold value, and the first use state and the second use state are related to the folding state of the electronic equipment.

An audio-enhanced furniture system comprises: a furniture assembly having a partially acoustically transparent material, such as an upholstery fabric or a perforated, rigid structure that is perforated in order to be more acoustically transparent; and a speaker system positioned within the furniture assembly, the speaker system including a speaker covered by the partially acoustically transparent material. The speaker is configured to be tuned to compensate for sound being emitted from the speaker through the perforated partially acoustically transparent material.

A loudspeaker system includes a three-loudspeaker array and signal processing method for rendering and playing audio content in a listening environment. The three-loudspeaker array includes a left loudspeaker element, a center / height loudspeaker element, and a right loudspeaker element. A signal processor / renderer can be programmed or configured to process input audio content with a plurality of (e.g., at least five) playback channels (e.g., left, center, right, left elevation, and right elevation channels). The right loudspeaker can be driven by a right main signal and a right elevation-cancellation signal, and / or a combined signal thereof. The left loudspeaker can be driven by a left main signal and a left elevation-cancellation signal, and / or a combined signal thereof. The center / height loudspeaker can be driven by a combination of a center main signal and an elevation / height signal derived or rendered from the input audio signal.

Provided is a method for optimizing in-vehicle sound field. In the method, firstly calculates the actual acoustic response of each seat in the cabin to the preset audio signal played by each speaker, and calculates ideal acoustic response of the preset audio signal at the best listening position in the listening room. Then, based on that the actual acoustic response is consistent with the ideal acoustic response, the sound field of each seat in the cabin is reconstructed to obtain the sound field reconstruction result of each seat, so that the sound system controls each speaker to perform the sound reproduction of the audio signal to be played based on the sound field reconstruction result. Therefore, the actual acoustic response at each seat is consistent with the ideal acoustic response of the listening room, thus ensuring the acoustic experience of the passengers at each seat in the cabin.

An acoustic system includes an interior member for a conveyance including at least one speaker; a state detection unit that detects a state of an occupant or the interior member; and a control unit that is connected to the speaker and the state detection unit, and controls the speaker. The control unit includes a state determination unit that determines the state of the occupant or the interior member based on information received from the state detection unit, and an acoustic control unit that controls, when sound is emitted from the speaker, at least one of a volume, a tempo, and a direction of the sound emitted from the speaker, based on the determined state of the occupant or the interior member.

An audio system is provided. The audio system includes a plurality of loudspeakers and a mobile device. The plurality of loudspeakers is capable of being positioned in a listening environment and being arranged to transmit an audio signal in the listening environment. Each loudspeaker is programmed to determine angle information of the audio signal as received at the loudspeaker relative to other loudspeakers of the plurality of loudspeakers and to transmit a first signal indicative of the angle information. The mobile device is programmed to receive the first signal from each of the loudspeakers and to determine a location for each loudspeaker in the listening environment based at least on the angle information.

For example, one object is to realize more excellent sound field correction. An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that converts a transfer characteristic of a sound pressure from a speaker device to a listening position into an energy characteristic, and calculates a correction parameter for correcting a sound field generated by an output sound of the speaker device using the converted energy characteristic.

The present disclosure discloses a vehicle headrest including a main body having a receiving chamber and a first sound hole, and a speaker module including a housing fixed to the main body and including a sound outlet, a speaker unit including a diaphragm, and an acoustic inverting tube. The housing further comprises a back sound hole communicated with the coupling back cavity; the acoustic inverting tube is received in the coupling back cavity. The sound wave output from the back sound hole has a first sound phase, the sound wave output from the sound outlet has a second sound phase, a difference between the first sound phase and the second sound phase is in a range of 2π / 3-4π / 3. The vehicle headrest in the present disclosure has better sound quality and higher acoustic privacy.

Example embodiments relate to an apparatus, method and computer program for output of stereo or spatial audio. The method may for example comprise providing first data representing stereo or spatial audio, providing second data representing other audio and determining an orientation and / or configuration of an apparatus. The method may also comprise outputting the first data to selected first and second loudspeakers of the apparatus, comprising at least three loudspeakers based, at least in part, on the orientation and / or configuration of the apparatus; and outputting the second data to at least a third loudspeaker of the at least three loudspeakers other than the first and second loudspeakers.

An audio synchronization system including a transceiver and a processor is disclosed. The transceiver may be configured to obtain inputs from a plurality of vehicles. Each vehicle may include a plurality of exterior audio systems disposed at a vehicle exterior surface. The processor may obtain inputs from the transceiver, and determine a position of each exterior audio system relative to the audio synchronization system based on the inputs. Based on the position, the processor may determine a calibration setting of one or more exterior audio systems for each vehicle based on the position, and output information associated with the calibration setting to each vehicle to cause each vehicle to synchronize one or more exterior audio systems based on the calibration setting.

Methods and systems are disclosed for an audio system for a vehicle system. In one example, a noise cancellation system includes a vehicle having a plurality of speakers and a plurality of microphones, a plurality of sensors, and a controller. The controller includes instructions stored on non-transitory memory that when executed cause the controller to generate a noise cancellation signal using a set of head-related impulse responses for the plurality of speakers and the plurality of microphones based on a head position of one or more occupants and a plurality of transfer functions, including to selectively update only a subset of the plurality of transfer functions responsive to the plurality of sensors detecting head movement greater than a threshold.

Systems for voice control of medical devices in a healthcare facility are disclosed herein. The systems employ continuous speech processing software, voice recognition software, natural language processing software, and other software to permit voice control of the medical devices. Systems are also provided for distinguishing which medical device from among multiple medical devices in a patient room is the particular medical device to be controlled by voice input from a caregiver or a patient.

A tuning method of a vehicle audio system includes initializing, based on a tuning setup initialization condition being satisfied, tuning setups of a first audio output device including a plurality of speakers fixedly arranged within an interior of a vehicle and a second audio output device detachable from an interior docking station, receiving, based on a tuning setup initialization release condition being satisfied, position information from the second audio output device, configuring, in response to the second audio output device being within a predetermined distance from the docking station, tuning information based on the position information of the second audio device.

An electronic furniture assembly of the present invention includes: (i) a furniture assembly comprising: (A) a base (e.g., a seat portion), (B) at least one transverse or upright member (e.g., a side, armrest or backrest), and (ii) a speaker system mounted within one or more portions of the furniture assembly. A method of tuning a speaker of an audio-enhanced furniture system includes presenting a user with predetermined tuning profiles corresponding to a plurality of configuration footprint shapes in which the furniture assembly can be assembled and in response to a user selection of a given configuration footprint shape, tuning the speaker system according to the tuning profile selected by the user.

A single enclosure multi-channel loudspeaker product 500 can use a transducer arrangement and signal processing system and method to generate the Stereo Dimensional Array (“SDA”) effect (with effective interaural crosstalk cancelation (IACC)) including the generation of four distinct projections of sound in a listener's space from only three mid-bass drivers (e.g. 508L, 508C and 508R). The system and method of the present disclosure are configurable in a very compact soundbar 500 whose transducer arrangement permits reduced size and reduced driver count by employing a single center channel mid-bass transducer 508C with signal processing permitting reproduction of the two (L and R) channels associated with stereo or the multiple (e.g., 5.1.2) channels of home-theater audio bitstreams.

There is provided an acoustic system for a user who uses a seat of an airplane, an automobile, or the like, which reproduces a sound that cannot be heard by surrounding users without using earphones or headphones. An acoustic system including a speaker system including one speaker unit that emits a sound based on an acoustic signal of a predetermined sound source, in which a sound emitted from the speaker unit is hearable in a region to be audible near the speaker unit, and by a sound emitted from the speaker unit in a back surface direction coming around to a front surface direction, the sound emitted from the speaker unit in the front surface direction and the sound emitted from the speaker unit in the back surface direction cancel each other in a region in the front surface direction far from the speaker unit.

The invention relates to an audio processing method and device, a storage medium, a controller and a vehicle, and the method comprises the steps: receiving an audio signal inputted by a sound source, determining a processing mode of the audio signal according to the type of the sound source, processing the audio signal based on the processing mode, and obtaining a processed audio signal, and finally, the processed audio signal is transmitted to an audio playing assembly of the target sound area for playing, and the audio playing assembly comprises loudspeakers installed at at least two different target positions, so that a three-dimensional sound field space is constructed in the target sound area. Therefore, the audio processing effect can be improved on the basis of saving the cost, and an independent sound area and three-dimensional audio experience are provided for a user.

An audio transducer includes a diaphragm assembly. The diaphragm assembly can include a diaphragm, an attachment portion that circumferentially surrounds the diaphragm, and a flexible surround extending between the diaphragm and the attachment portion. The audio transducer can include a voice coil coupled to the diaphragm where the voice coil has a voice coil lead. The audio transducer can include a carrier that circumferentially surrounds the voice coil. The carrier can include an annular mounting surface, with the attachment portion of the diaphragm assembly being able to attach to the mounting surface, and a channel formed in the mounting surface. The voice coil lead can extend through the channel.

A method and electronic consumer device for creating an individual spatial listening zone for a user provided. The method includes receiving an input audio signal and processing it to generate first and second ultrasonic electric audio signals. The ultrasonic signals are provided to first and second ultrasonic transducers which convert them into directional ultrasonic acoustic signals. These signals are directed to a spatial listening zone where the user is located. Through non-linear interaction of the ultrasonic signals in air within the spatial listening zone, an audible sound signal is produced for the user that corresponds to the desired audio based on the input signal. The audible sound is substantially confined to the spatial listening zone and inaudible outside it. Various techniques for dynamically adjusting the spatial listening zone based on user position are disclosed. The system allows for creation of personalized audio experiences while minimizing disturbance to others nearby.

A computer-implemented method of generating a loudspeaker position profile for sound management of an acoustic system comprising a plurality of loudspeakers is provided. The method comprises receiving measurement data; determining types of loudspeakers; calculating angles of arrival; determining a spatial group for each loudspeaker; grouping loudspeakers into spatial groups; assigning each loudspeaker to a type group; grouping loudspeakers into type groups; generating the loudspeaker position profile; and providing the loudspeaker position profile to a sound field management system.

Techniques are described for wirelessly receiving, at first and second speaker assemblies, signals representing left and right audio channels from each of first and second sources, and using the signals, simultaneously playing, on both speaker assemblies, music, computer game audio, computer chat audio, and speech picked up by speaker microphones.

An electronic device and method thereof for outputting audio data, the electronic device including: an audio module for outputting at least one of a piece of first audio data having a designated format or a piece of second audio data having a format different from the designated format; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: mix (hereinafter, first-mix) the at least one piece of second audio data, convert the first-mixed audio data into the designated format, mix (hereinafter, second-mix) the at least one piece of first audio data and the audio data converted into the designated format, post-process the second-mixed audio data; and transmit the post-processed audio data to the audio module to be output through the first sound output device.

A method for controlling the sound field of speaker arrays is provided. The method includes obtaining a position of a listener and distance information between the position and one or more speaker arrays, wherein each of the one or more speaker arrays includes a plurality of speakers. The method includes obtaining a delay time that corresponds to each of the speakers based on the distance information. The method includes processing audio signals according to the delay times corresponding to the speakers and outputting the audio signals to the speaker arrays.

Example technologies described herein relate to spatial audio on wearable playback devices, such as headphone and earbuds. Such technologies may include forms of binaural rendering of audio, which is played back on the wearable playback devices. These technologies may create or enhance an immersive listening experience which, to the listener, does not sound like you are listening on a wearable device, but are instead listening to a well-tuned, well-place, three-dimensional audio system of loudspeakers in a particular listening environment, such as the listener's actual living room.