Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 10/06

20060239464 - Stereophonic sound reproduction system for compensating low frequency signal and method thereof: A stereophonic sound reproduction system for compensating a low frequency signal and a method thereof, wherein a mono component signal for compensating low frequency signals which are attenuated when removing a crosstalk of inputted left and right signals inputted is calculated using an average value between the left and right...

20060239467 - Auditory sense training method and sound processing method for auditory sense training: An auditory sense training device 1 to be used in an auditory sense training method for training auditory sense by listening to a sound formed by processing an original sound comprises a band attenuation processing method 20 for attenuating a predetermined frequency band of an original sound 10, a switching...

20060239466 - Noise capture apparatus: The present invention relates to a noise capture apparatus, for capturing noise(s) generated by a movable mechanical device and outputting the noise(s) for analysis, which comprises: a housing, having at least one signal input opening and a signal output opening; a printed circuit board, disposed in the housing, for conveying...

20060239465 - System and method for determining a representation of an acoustic field: elements (8) for processing by the application, to the measurement signals (c1 to cQ), of filtering combinations representative of structural characteristics of the acquisition elements (1) in order to deliver a plurality of acoustic signals (sc1 to scN) which are each associated with a predetermined general reproduction direction defined relative...

20060239468 - System and method for immersive simulation of hearing loss and auditory prostheses: An immersive hearing loss and auditory prostheses simulator allows a person who listens through the simulation system to experience an actual shift in his or her thresholds for detecting ambient sounds, in a way that is similar to the shift in thresholds experienced by a hearing-impaired person. The simulator shifts...

20060239469 - Story-telling doll: A story-telling doll includes a doll body (10) which contains a processing system (12) including at least one digital processor, a programmable data storage device (14) and an audio output device (16). At least one user-operable switch (SW1, SW2, SW3) is manually operable by manipulation of at least one region...

20060239471 - Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection and characterization: Sound processing methods and apparatus are provided. A sound capture unit is configured to identify one or more sound sources. The sound capture unit generates data capable of being analyzed to determine a listening zone at which to process sound to the substantial exclusion of sounds outside the listening zone....

20060239470 - Support assemblies with rotation adjustment and associated methods: A speaker aiming system in accordance with one embodiment includes a speaker portion movable relative to a support portion, and a rotation adjustment device coupled to the speaker portion for rotation of the speaker portion relative to the support portion in first and second directions. The rotation adjustment device has...

20060239473 - Envelope shaping of decorrelated signals: The envelope of a decorrelated signal derived from an original signal can be shaped without introducing additional distortion, when a spectral flattener is used to spectrally flatten the spectrum of the decorrelated signal and the original signal prior to using the flattened spectra for deriving a gain factor describing the...

20060239472 - Sound quality adjusting apparatus and sound quality adjusting method: An LPF extracts a medium and low frequency component of an inputted sound signal. An HPF extracts a high and low frequency component in the inputted sound signal. One of the two level detectors determines whether the medium and low frequency component exists by detecting the level of an output...

20060239474 - Gigbox: a music mini-studio: A portable device for combining the sounds from at least two users includes a first input for inputting first sounds from a first user, a second input for inputting second sounds from a second user, a circuit to combine the first sounds from the first input and the second sounds...

20060239475 - Microphone: A microphone having: a first bidirectional microphone unit formed by connecting two unidirectional microphone units, each of which has a vibrating section on a front side thereof, back to back; and a second bidirectional microphone unit formed by connecting two unidirectional microphone units, each of which has a vibrating section...

20060239476 - Biasing circuit for sound source amplifier: A biasing circuit for a sound source amplifier is provided. The sound source amplifier has an output terminal electrically connected to a first capacitor with a charging velocity. The biasing circuit includes a switch having a turning-on velocity and a first terminal electrically connected to a first voltage source providing...

20060239477 - Microphone orientation and size in a speakerphone: In various embodiments, a speakerphone may comprise multiple (e.g., 16) microphones placed in a circular array around a central speaker. The microphones may be mounted vertically in the speakerphone with their respective diaphragms substantially parallel to the top surface of the speakerphone. The centrally mounted speaker may be coupled to...

20060239478 - Speaker, speaker module, and electronic equipment using the speaker module: Provided are a low-profile loudspeaker, loudspeaker module, and electronic equipment having improved hermeticity and excellent characteristics and for use in audio equipment. The loudspeaker, loudspeaker module, and electronic equipment are structured by embedding a frame for supporting a first diaphragm in a recess, forming a fit rib for engagement with...

20060239480 - Speaker system having improved rf immunity to rf electromagnetic interference produced from mobile wireless communications device: A speaker system has improved immunity to RF electromagnetic interference produced from a mobile wireless communications device. A speaker housing is sized for desktop use with a personal computer. An audio transducer is carried by the speaker housing. A circuit board is carried by the speaker housing and has audio...

20060239479 - Transmission of acoustic vibrations to a surface over the display of a mobile device: Mobile device having a sound generating means and a display. The mobile device (1) comprises a display (2) with means (3) for acoustically exciting the display or a part of the display. In order to increase the sound volume, particularly at low frequencies, the mobile device is arranged such that...

20060239484 - Hearing and apparatus with compensation of acoustic and electromagnetic feedback signals: Hearing aids with microphone and telephone coil are to be made simpler and more convenient. For this purpose it is provided to use an adaptive filter to compensate acoustic and electromagnetic feedback. In order to allow for the propagation delay differences, a delay element is connected downstream of the telephone...

20060239481 - Method for producing a hearing device component and a mold therefor, and component and mold produced by the method: The wearing comfort of a hearing device or of an ear fitting piece is increased by a method for production of a hearing device component and corresponding hearing device component wherein a three-dimensional model of this hearing device component is provided and is calculated there from a negative form of...

20060239483 - Mounting frame for custom hearing aid instruments: A hearing aid is provided that includes a hollow customized shell adapted to an individual's ear canal. The shell has a frontal surface part having an opening to an interior of the hollow customized shell. The shell has an edge portion between the frontal surface part and a second surface...

20060239482 - System and method for providing a waveform for stimulating biological tissue: An implantable programmable stimulator system that includes memory that stores waveform data for at least on waveform. A playback system provides at least one output waveform based on the waveform data....

20060239485 - Hearing device with ear canal microphone: A hearing device with a plastic mold arranged in the ear, in other words a hearing device shell or an otoplastic, features a loudspeaker in its interior. A cerumen protection system extends from the loudspeaker to the surface of the plastic mold. In accordance with the invention, a microphone is...

20060239486 - Portable audio devices: The components of a portable personal audio system include first and second audio signal source devices, such as an MP3 player (14) and telephone (16). These are connected via respective leads (12) to a control and switching stage (22), and from there to left and right audio output devices (26)....

20060239487 - Simulated rock speaker assembly: Methods and structures for providing a simulated rock speaker cabinet are disclosed herein. A simulated rock speaker includes a hollow casing having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and at least one port extending through and between the interior and exterior surfaces. A substantially even bottom edge forms a boundary...

20060239488 - Acoustic receiver having improved mechanical suspension: The present invention is a receiver that includes electronics for converting an input audio signal to an output acoustic signal. The receiver has a housing for containing at least a portion of the electronics. The housing includes a port for broadcasting the output acoustic signal. A suspension system is coupled...

20060239489 - Noise damping headset with a throat microphone: The invention relates to a noise damping headset comprising at least one microphone and at least one ear phone intended to be connected via electrical conduits, preferably wires, to a transmitter and a receiver, preferably a mobile telephone, a communication radio or the like for communication between persons. The microphone...

20060239490 - Ergonomic behind-the-head personal audio set and method of manufacturing same: A behind-the-head personal audio set for a personal audio device is disclosed. The personal audio set has a headband portion sized to grasp the crown area of the wearer's head while aligning at least one ear cup adjacent to the wearer's ear. The headband portion defines a longitudinal, substantially horizontal,...

20060239491 - Headphone with cord take-up device: Accordingly, there are included: housings 1 and 2 incorporating an electro-acoustic transducer element 3; an input cord 9 one end of which is connected to the electro-acoustic transducer element 3; take-up means 14 and 15 incorporated in the housings 1 and 2 and energized to wind and retract the input...

20060239492 - Loudspeakers, systems, and components thereof: Improved loudspeakers, systems and components are adapted to interconnect with many forms of communication media. In one embodiment, a speaker is mountable within a receptacle. The speaker includes a magnetic driver and a diaphragm mounted to a frame. The frame includes a mounting member extending from a surface of the...

20060239493 - Low cost motor design for rare-earth-magnet loudspeakers: A loudspeaker magnetic motor utilizes a voice coil with two or more wire coils that are connected in parallel and that are layered on top of one another. The motor utilizes, as a magnetic field source, a permanent magnet and, more particularly, a permanent magnet that includes a rare earth...

20060239494 - Speaker apparatus: A speaker apparatus comprises a dome type diaphragm comprising: a reinforcing rib; and an edge damper integrally formed with an outer periphery of the dome type diaphragm; and a frame supporting the dome type diaphragm through the edge damper. The reinforcing rib comprises at least one of a groove portion...

20060239495 - Speaker device: A speaker device includes a first cabinet on which a speaker unit is mounted, a second cabinet which is engaged with the first cabinet, and a logo-mark printed panel and a metal attaching side panel mounted on a one side surface or other side surface opposite to the one side...

20060239496 - Magnetically tapered air gap for electromagnetic transducer: An electromagnetic transducer, such as an audio loudspeaker, having an underhung voice coil disposed in a magnetically tapered air gap. The taper provides asymmetry in the magnetic flux field. As the voice coil moves in one direction, the motor becomes stronger and more efficient, and as the voice coil moves...

20060239497 - Loudspeaker having a separable diaphragm: A loudspeaker having a separable diaphragm, comprises: a cone frame; a voice coil yoked in the cone frame and having a plurality turns of wire wound around the external of the voice coil; a diaphragm shaped as a cone structure and having an installation aperture in the middle of the...

20060239498 - Power-tolerant assembly for combining a sound ring and a diaphragm of speaker: A power-tolerant assembly for combining a sound ring and a diaphragm of a speaker comprises a disk frame having a magnetic inducing body; a vibration diaphragm installed upon the disk frame; the vibration diaphragm having an annular lower ring section; a distal end of the annular lower ring section being...

20060239499 - Semi-radially-charged conical magnet for electromagnetic transducer: An electromagnetic transducer such as an audio speaker, having a conical magnet, and an inner yoke and an outer yoke having conical surfaces for mating with the conical magnet. The conical magnet may be radially-charged, semi-radially-charged, or axially charged....

20060233378 - Multi-channel bass management: A multi-channel audio system including first combining circuitry, for combining a first spectral band of a first plurality channels to provide a first bass audio signal stream; second combining circuitry, for combining the first spectral band of a second plurality channels to provide a second bass audio signal stream; and...

20060233379 - Adaptive residual audio coding: An audio signal having at least two channels can be efficiently down-mixed into a downmix signal and a residual signal, when the down-mixing rule used depends on a spatial parameter that is derived from the audio signal and that is post-processed by a limiter to apply a certain limit to...

20060233380 - Multi-channel hierarchical audio coding with compact side information: A parametric representation of a multi-channel audio signal describes the spatial properties of the audio signal well with compact side information when a coherence information, describing the coherence between a first and a second channel, is derived within a hierarchical encoding process only for channel pairs including a first channel...

20060233381 - Apparatus and method for adapting audio signal according to user's preference: Apparatus and method for adapting audio signal according to user's preference. The apparatus and method allows the user to provide the best experience of digital contents by adapting audio contents to the user's sound field preference. The apparatus includes an audio usage environment management unit and an audio adaptation unit...

20060233382 - Audio signal supply apparatus: An audio signal supply apparatus which can broaden a listening area in the directions of directivity axes of acoustic beams output from a speaker array and directions other than the directions of the directivity axes. A listening area is set, propagation paths to be followed by sounds output from speakers...

20060233383 - Apparatus and method for controlling audio output of audio system: An apparatus and method are disclosed for controlling an audio output of an audio system to prevent a sudden burst of an audio signal through a speaker from startling people near the audio system when an earphone is disconnected from the audio system. By muting an audio output of the...

20060233385 - Controlling a gain setting in a hearing instrument: According to the invention, in a hearing instrument it is once or repeatedly checked whether a second hearing instrument is present and active. If a second hearing instrument is active on the contralateral side, a first gain (corresponding to the gain for binaural fitting) is applied. If, however, no further...

20060233386 - Measuring system for standardized testing of hearing aids: Manually held external transmitting coils are used for standardized testing of hearing aids by means of a test box. Measurements using the hearing aid telephone coil are therefore cumbersome and difficult. There is therefore proposed a holder module connected both electrically and mechanically to the test box and having a...

20060233384 - Method of manufacturing an individually shaped hearing device or hearing aid: The present invention provides a method of providing input parameters for the fitting process of individually shaped or customized hearing devices by storing geometry data during the manufacturing process into data storage and selectively reading out data from this data storage during the manufacturing and/or fitting process of the hearing...

20060233387 - Artificial ambiance processing system: An apparatus and method simulates more accurately the natural statistics of a physical reverberation process. A new filter design is provided having a comb shaped group delay. Gain minimums at a plurality of frequencies are combined with a delay line to create a constant reverberation time independent of frequency while...

20060233388 - Multimode audio reproduction device: A multimode audio reproduction device is disclosed that comprises first and second audio reproduction modules coupled by a support structure. The first and second audio reproduction modules are movable between two configurations. In the first configuration the audio reproduction device serves as a loudspeaker while in the second configuration the...

20060233389 - Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection and characterization: Targeted sound detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. A microphone array has two or more microphones M0 . . . MM. Each microphone is coupled to a plurality of filters. The filters are configured to filter input signals corresponding to sounds detected by the microphones thereby generating a filtered output....

20060233390 - Fast wavelet estimation of weak bio-signals using novel algorithms for generating multiple additional data frames: A method and apparatus for de-noising weak bio-signals having a relatively low signal to noise ratio utilizes an iterative process of wavelet de-noising a data set comprised of a new set of frames of wavelet coefficients partially generated through a cyclic shift algorithm. The method preferably operates on a data...

20060233391 - Audio data processing apparatus and method to reduce wind noise: An audio data processing apparatus and method to reduce wind noise. The apparatus includes a wind noise detecting unit to detect a wind noise section from an input audio signal, and a signal processing unit to reduce a low-frequency band signal of the input audio signal in the detected wind...

20060233392 - Digital filter designing method and designing device: A digital filter having the desired frequency characteristic can be designed through an extremely simple processing, which comprises: generating a plurality of filters, by a frequency shift calculation to a basic filter having a passband width equal to a sampling frequency divided by an integer, from the frequency/amplitude characteristic of...

20060233393 - Digital volume control circuit and method calibrated in decibels: A system and corresponding method is provided for digitally controlling the volume of an audio signal having a series of arithmetic units configured with combinatorial logic to operate in response to control signals to produce a digital output signal amplified in a predetermined manner to digitally control the volume....

20060233394 - Audio interface device for public address systems: An audio interface device may include an audio adapter circuit having some properties and capabilities similar to those of a standard direct-box, but preferably with additional features such as adaptation to allow high-impedance stereo headphones to be connected and a switch that turns the signal to the exterior sound system...

20060233396 - Hand microphone interfaced to game controller port of personal computer: A hand microphone and an adaptor module form an assembly which is a peripheral device for a personal computer. The hand microphone is used to control dictation functions to be carried out by the PC. Two separate analog control signal channels are output from the hand microphone and applied, respectively,...

20060233395 - Sound effects microphone: A song microphone (1) comprises a microphone house (5) which also forms a gripping part, an acousto-electric transducer (7) in a foremost part of the house for receiving sound from a sound source, and equipment (2, 14, 15) for transmission of sound-representing signals from the transducer (7), out through the...

20060233397 - Loudspeaker driver assemblies: An improved driver assembly for a panel loudspeaker includes a retaining element for locating the voice coil with respect to the magnet assembly and forming a surface for removable attachment of the driving assembly to a radiating member. In a preferred embodiment, the retaining element is injection moulded from a...

20060233398 - Hearing aid: The robustness of hearing aid devices in terms of electromagnetic disturbances and chemically aggressive surroundings should be improved. For this purpose, provision is made to equip a hearing aid apparatus with optical microphones. Since no metal parts must be used for these optical micro-phones, corrosion can be largely excluded. Furthermore,...

20060233399 - Condenser microphone: In a condenser microphone having a form in which a microphone unit section and a power module section are separated and connected by a dedicated cable, and comprising a screw terminal for connecting the dedicated cable at the power module section, electromagnetic waves are effectively prevented from penetrating through the...

20060233400 - Sound detecting mechanism: A sound detecting mechanism capable of forming a diaphragm and a back electrode on a substrate by a simple process includes acoustic holes corresponding to perforations formed on a front surface of a substrate. A second protective film, a sacrificial layer and a metal film are laminated on the front...

20060233401 - Capacitive micromachined acoustic transducer: A micromachined capacitive acoustic transducer including an electrode formed by a perforated plate and another electrode formed by a shallowly corrugated membrane anchored at one or more positions on the substrate which also supports the said perforated plate is described. Also disclosed includes: a fixed perforated plate; a movable shallowly...

20060233402 - Electroacoustic transducer: One mode of the present invention provides an electroacoustic transducer composed of a multifaced diaphragm assembly and a multifaced speaker housing assembly that is housed inside the multifaced diaphragm assembly. The multifaced speaker housing is configured by combining the outer peripheral surface of a plurality of individual speaker drive units...

20060233403 - Multi speaker unit and audio reproduction apparatus: A multi speaker unit includes a permanent magnet that has a north pole and a south pole, a yoke that is opposed to the north pole and the south pole of the permanent magnet with first and second gaps, a first voice coil that is arranged in the first gap...

20060233404 - Horn array emitter: A system and method is disclosed for a parametric emitter array with enhanced emitter-to-air acoustic coupling. The system comprises a plate support member having opposing first and second faces separated by an intermediate plate body. The plate body can have a plurality of conduits configured as an array of acoustic...

20060233405 - Hearing aid with a current limiter: A hearing aid having a microphone for conversion of sound into an input audiosignal, a signal processor for processing the input audiosignal, a receiver for conversion of the processed signal into sound, an audio amplifier for supplying current to the receiver in response to the processed signal, a battery for...

20060233406 - Microphone device with an orientation sensor and corresponding method for operating the microphone device: A directional microphone for a hearing device should be easy for the user to operate. To this end it is equipped with an orientation sensor, such that it can be controlled as a function of orientation. It is for example possible in this manner to switch it to directional operation,...

20060233407 - Hearing device and method for wind noise suppression: To reduce the disturbing effect of artifacts created by signal processing when reducing wind noises the microphone signal of a hearing device for the presence or the strength of a predefined wind noise signal and, if appropriate, the wind noise signal is released. A noise signal is generated that is...

20060233408 - Hearing aid with adaptive compressor time constants: A hearing aid includes a microphone for conversion of sound into an input audiosignal, a signal processor for processing the input audiosignal, the signal processor including a compressor, and a receiver for conversion of the processed signal into sound, wherein the compressor is configured to adapt attack and release time...

20060233410 - Fixation element for an implantable microphone: A fixation element for an implantable microphone is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the fixation element comprises an essentially cylindrical portion adapted to be inserted into a bore which crosses a wall of the auditory canal of a user, said cylindrical portion, at least in an implanted state of the...

20060233409 - Hearing aid: The supply to people with a hearing impairment is to be improved. A hearing aid device is provided for this purpose which has at least two output signal transducers. Thus both an earpiece and a cochlear implant can be triggered, for example by common signal processor, via an induction coil....

20060233411 - Hearing enhancement and protection device: A device for providing hearing enhancement and hearing protection. The device includes a means to amplify sounds that do not exceed a specified sound threshold limit. The sound output is restricted to a non-harmful range so that loud, burst full sounds are limited to a safe range and weaker sounds...

20060233412 - Microphone apparatus for a hearing aid: Hearing aids are to be further miniaturized and simplified in terms of their manufacture. Provision is made for this purpose for the microphone facility for a hearing aid to be manufactured from at least one silicon microphone, said silicon microphone being attached to a MID plastic carrier (Molded Interconnected Device)....

20060233413 - Automatic control earphone system using capacitance sensor: Disclosed herein is an earphone system, including a device, such as an audio device, and at least one earpiece connected to the device. The automatic control earphone system of the present invention includes capacitance sensing means, a removal sensing unit, and a signal generation unit. The capacitance sensing means senses...

20060233414 - Stand system with integrated electrical plug for portable electronic devices: A stand system with an integrated electrical plug for portable electronic devices such as speakers and the like includes a housing with a resting surface, the housing having a desired position upon a support surface. A female fitting is operably connected to the housing for conducting electrical signals. A male...

20060233415 - Vibration-sound generating device and yoke thereof: A vibration-sound generating device and yoke thereof are described. The vibration-sound generating device comprises a diaphragm, a vibration part comprising a magnet and a yoke, which is positioned apart from the diaphragm by a desired distance, a suspension elastically supporting the vibration part, a supporting part supporting the diaphragm and...

20060233416 - Loudspeaker including a cone circumscribed by a stiffener: The present invention is a loudspeaker. The loudspeaker includes a frame, a cone having an outer edge in a shape of a reverse angle flange, and a reinforcing ring bonded to a back side of the flange....

20060233417 - Electro-dynamic planar loudspeaker: A planar loudspeaker includes a shell pot, a magnet, a diaphragm, and a face plate. The magnet may be positioned in a cavity in the shell pot. The diaphragm may be coupled with the shell pot to cover an entrance to the cavity. The shell pot may include a conductive...

20060233418 - Loudspeaker with low-frequency oscillation: A loudspeaker with low-frequency oscillation, comprising: a housing (21) with a ring portion (211) extending inwardly from the bottom thereof; and a reed element (22) having a top end attached to an oscillatable sound assembly, the reed element (22) further having an external ring (221) and two vibration arms (222)...

20060227976 - Binaural hearing instrument systems and methods: Binaural hearing instrument systems and methods are provided. The binaural hearing instrument system may include communications circuitry that is used to transmit data between left and right hearing instruments. The left and right hearing instruments may include binaural processing circuits that generate left and right audio output signals, respectively, as...

20060227977 - System and process for robust sound source localization: A system and process for finding the location of a sound source using direct approaches having weighting factors that mitigate the effect of both correlated and reverberation noise is presented. When more than two microphones are used, the traditional time-delay-of-arrival (TDOA) based sound source localization (SSL) approach involves two steps....

20060227978 - Feedback elimination method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for detecting a singing frequency in a signal processing system using two neural-networks is disclosed. The first one (a hit neural network) monitors the maximum spectral peak FFT bin as it changes with time. The second one (change neural network) monitors the monotonic increasing behavior. The...

20060227979 - Contact type electronic stethoscope with a noise interference resisting function for auscultation: The present invention describes a contact type electronic stethoscope with a noise interference resisting function for auscultation, and the stethoscope includes a chest piece for contacting a patient's body, a contact type microphone installed in the chest piece for receiving sounds of patient's organs, and an elastic member disposed on...

20060227980 - Systems and methods for producing a sound pressure field: The invention provides, in various embodiments, a transducer for generating hyper-directional sound beams, and a system and method employing a hyper-directional sound transducer for producing pressure gradients and forces across stationary and moving objects....

20060227981 - Liquid crystal display device having sound output function and the like and electronic device using the same: A liquid crystal display device includes a sound output function. A sound output function can be added to a liquid crystal device having a light source while preventing any increase in the external size of the liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer...

20060227982 - Communication apparatus and helmet: A communication apparatus includes a support structure (41) that is fastenable to a safety helmet (58). A vibration conduction microphone (54) is carried by the support structure. The vibration conduction microphone and the speaker enclosure (43) are positioned so that, when the support structure is fastened to the safety helmet,...

20060227983 - Acoustic device: A bending wave loudspeaker having an operating frequency range and a coincidence frequency which is above the operating frequency range, comprising a resonant panel having two generally orthogonal axes, vibration exciting means coupled to the panel to excite the panel into resonance along the one axis of the panel, and...

20060227984 - Electret-based accelerometer: An electret accelerometer is provided in which a diaphragm, an electret, a back plate and an electronic circuit are placed in a closed casing....

20060227985 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, and program: Disclosed is an information processing apparatus which performs control to display images. The information processing apparatus includes a display unit which has a display surface to display the images, at least four speakers which are disposed in the periphery of the display surface on the display unit, a rotation detecting...

20060227986 - Method and apparatus for envelope detection and enhancement of pitch cue of audio signals: A method and apparatus for detecting an envelope of an audio signal, and a method and apparatus for enhancing the pitch cue of an audio signal perceived by a cochlear implant patient where the audio signal is processed and input to an implant device of the recipient. The methods and...

20060227987 - Hearing device with anti-theft protection: The present invention thus provides a hearing device with at least one programmable signal processing unit for the temporary or permanent activation or deactivation of features of the hearing device, comprising at least one counter for the logging of discrete actions and at least one stored threshold value related to...

20060227988 - Digital communication device: A digital communication device such as a hearing aid or a headset has a power supply, a signal processing device, means for receiving a wireless signal and a receiver or loudspeaker which produces an audio signal based on a modulated pulsed signal with high frequency shifting rate produced by the...

20060227989 - Antennas for hearing aids: An antenna configured in a hybrid circuit provides a compact design for a hearing aid to communicate wirelessly with a system external to the hearing aid. In an embodiment, an antenna includes metallic traces in a hybrid circuit that is configured for use in a hearing aid. The antenna includes...

20060227990 - Transducer assembly and method of making same: A transducer assembly includes at least one transducer. The transducer is disposed within a holder assembly. In this regard, the holder assembly is formed to have an interior and an exterior with the interior having a size to receive and retain the transducer. The exterior of the holder assembly is...

20060227991 - Combination wind screen and microphone shock mount: A combination windscreen and shock-absorbing mount for a microphone is disclosed. The mount includes a clamp support comprising a base, a manual clamping means, and a pivot platform. A support bracket is attached to the pivot platform by an attachment means, and further includes a windscreen support mount and at...

20060222182 - Speaker system and sound signal reproduction apparatus: A plurality of speakers are installed at different positions in space and, of multichannel signals, only a center signal component is output from a speaker(s) mounted in at least one seat located within the space. The center signal component is output not only from the speaker(s) mounted in at least...

20060222183 - Audio signal amplifying apparatus and distortion correcting method: As an embodiment of the present invention, an audio signal is amplified by a power amplifier and an amplified audio signal is generated. By a current detection resistance and a differential amplifier provided between the power amplifier and a speaker, when the amplified audio signal is supplied to the speaker...

20060222184 - Multi-channel adaptive speech signal processing system with noise reduction: An adaptive signal processing system eliminates noise from input signals while retaining desired signal content, such as speech. The resulting low noise output signal delivers improved clarity and intelligibility. The low noise output signal also improves the performance of subsequent signal processing systems, including speech recognition systems. An adaptive beamformer...

20060222185 - Headset visual feedback system: A visual feedback system that activates a visual display when the sound pressure level from a headset attached to the system exceeds a preset level is provided, along with a method of using the same. The visual feedback system is interposed between the audio source and the headset and is...

20060222186 - Multi-channel audio switch: An audio switch for theatre environments comprising a plurality of analog audio inputs such as 5.1 or 6.1 multi-channel analog audio inputs. An audio output is provided as well as means for selectively coupling any one of the audio inputs to the audio output. The audio switch includes a control...

20060222187 - Microphone and sound image processing system: A system and associated methods for processing three-dimensional audio information for surround or stereo applications include a microphone assembly having three substantially coincident microphone elements. The microphone elements include one bidirectional-pattern microphone and two unidirectional microphones. The unidirectional-pattern microphones may generally face front and rear directions and align substantially with...

20060222188 - Sound apparatus with howling prevention function: An acoustic system that eliminates the howling that occurs when the sound outputted by the speaker feeds back to the input device. The acoustic system comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) that divides the input audio signal into different frequency bands, and reduces the audio levels for the frequency bands...

20060222189 - Digital mixer and display control method therefor: There are provided k operators to be used for performing parameter setting. A channel strip screen displays a plurality of parameters for each of selected k channels. In response to selection operation to select a desired one of the parameters displayed on the channel strip screen, a parameter window related...

20060222190 - Collapsible electro-acoustic transducer system: A collapsible electro-acoustic transducer system (“CETS”) is described. The CETS system may include a base housing with at least one electro-acoustic transducer, where the base housing includes a base housing top and a base housing bottom, and a movable housing having at least one electro-acoustic transducer, where the movable housing...

20060222191 - Surround sound system: A surround sound system includes a pair of front speakers, a pair of surround speakers, a pair of reflective elements and a control unit. The front speakers are positioned in front of a listener location. The surround speakers are positioned in front of the listener location for outputting directed sound...

20060222193 - Hearing processing method and hearing aid using the same: A hearing aid device for processing an input sound signal via a microphone so as to output a sound signal from an earphone comprises a signal processing element, a couple of acoustic nerve excitation pattern calculation elements, a couple of acoustic filter shape memory elements, a comparison element, a correction...

20060222192 - Listening device: In a listening device such as for example a hearing aid (1) where an input signal (10) is received by a microphone (2), converted from analog to digital (3), digitally processed (4) including a conversion from a time domain into a frequency domain, converted from digital to analog (5) and...

20060222194 - Hearing aid for recording data and learning therefrom: The present invention relates to a hearing aid logging data and learning from these data. The hearing aid (10, 100) comprises an input unit (12) converting an acoustic environment to an electric signal; an output unit (16) converting an processed electric signal to a sound pressure; a signal processing unit...

20060222195 - System and method for measuring vent effects in a hearing aid: This invention relates to a system (300) for measuring acoustic properties of a vent (126) in a hearing aid. The system (300) comprises: a microphone (202) converting ambient sound pressure to an electric sound signal; a signal processing unit (302) connected to the microphone (202) and generating a processed electric...

20060222196 - Acoustic tube and directional microphone: An acoustic tube that can be manufactured simply and can also be reduced in size easily is obtained. By using the acoustic tube, a directional microphone which has a simple structure and can be reduced in size easily is obtained. In an integrally molded acoustic tube, an acoustic resistance material...

20060222197 - Headphone device: A headphone device includes an earpad worn outside of the ear on the head of a user and a housing provided with a speaker unit as well as a fitting portion on which the earpad is fit. The earpad includes a cushion and a facing that covers the cushion. The...

20060222198 - Speaker with elastic fixing device: A speaker includes a cabinet having a first and a second stopper extended from rear and front edges, respectively, of one side thereof to define a clamping space between the two stoppers. An elastic fixing device is mounted inside the first stopper to normally elastically project forward from the first...

20060222199 - Speaker apparatus: A speaker apparatus includes at least one of an inner flux applicator and an outer flux applicator includes an annular first member and an annular second member. The first member having a first surface that faces toward the magnetic gap, the first member satisfying L1>W1 where L1 is a length...

20060222200 - Electrodynamic loudspeaker: An electrodynamic loudspeaker 1 includes a magnetic circuit 10 and a vibrator 20. The magnetic circuit 10 includes a magnet 11 and poles 12 and 13 adhering to the magnet 11. The vibrator 20 includes a coil bobbin 21 and voice coils 22 and 23 wound around and fixed to...

20060222201 - Multi-layered membranes consisting of a plurality of materials, for the loudspeaker of a high fidelity loudspeaker cabinet: The invention relates to a membrane (1) for a loudspeaker, characterised in that: it has a core (2) consisting of structural mousse which is very precisely cut and thermoformed to the desired geometric profile for the membrane; the external face (4) of the membrane is covered by at least one,...

20060222202 - Acoustic vibratory plate: There is provided an acoustic vibratory plate having at least first to third laminated bodies layered. In the acoustic vibratory plate, the first and third laminated bodies are formed of a polymer material, and the second laminated body is formed of a polymer material different from the polymer material forming...