Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 09/08

20080232601 - Method and apparatus for enhancement of audio reconstruction: An audio signal having at least one audio channel and associated direction parameters indicating a direction of origin of a portion of the audio channel with respect to a recording position is reconstructed to derive a reconstructed audio signal. A desired direction of origin with respect to the recording position... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080232602 - Using ray tracing for real time audio synthesis: According to embodiments of the invention, a sound engine may determine a final sound at a listener location by emulating sound waves within a three-dimensional scene. The sound engine may emulate sound waves by issuing rays from a location of a sound event and tracing the rays through the three-dimensional... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080232603 - System for modifying an acoustic space with audio source content: An audio signal processing system is configured to separate an audio signal into a dry signal component and one or more reverberant signal components. The dry signal component and the reverberant signal components can be separately modified and then recombined to form a processed audio signal. Alternatively, the dry signal... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080232605 - Multiple communication interface medical examination apparatus, system, and/or method: An embodiment of an auscultation device can be constructed using, at least in part, electronic components to provide improved acquisition, processing, and communication of sound signals. An input device can be used for detecting sounds, and electrical signals representing the sounds can be processed and transmitted via one or more... Agent: NorthwestIPLaw Group

20080232604 - Power management for medical sensing devices employing multiple sensor signal feature detection: Power management circuitry of a portable electronic biosensor implements conditional power management logic to control biosensor power usage and to discriminate between intended use and nonuse of the biosensor by a clinician. The biosensor is configured to sense a property of the human body, such as a manifestation of acoustic... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080232607 - Robust adaptive beamforming with enhanced noise suppression: A novel adaptive beamforming technique with enhanced noise suppression capability. The technique incorporates the sound-source presence probability into an adaptive blocking matrix. In one embodiment the sound-source presence probability is estimated based on the instantaneous direction of arrival of the input signals and voice activity detection. The technique guarantees robustness... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080232606 - Synchronous detection and calibration system and method for differential acoustic sensors: A synchronous detection and calibration system is provided for expedient calibration of differential acoustic sensors in a manufacturing and testing environment. By processing a series of sequentially received tones, respective portions of a system using differential acoustic sensors are tuned for optimum individual operation, following which corresponding control data are... Agent: Vedder Price P.C.

20080232608 - Audio/video system: In an audio/video system having an audio reproduction device (CU) for reproduction of audio signals via at least one loudspeaker unit (LSB1-LSB5) and having an ultrasonic signal-generating device (6) for generating ultrasonic signals (UT1-UT3; UT4), wherein the ultrasonic signal-generating device (6) is designed to emit the ultrasonic signals to at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080232609 - Acoustical window assembly for vehicle: A window assembly for a vehicle includes a window panel (14), an actuating assembly (24) and a seal (22). The frame portion (16) partially surrounds a perimeter of the window panel and leaves a free perimeter portion (14c) of the window panel (14) at least partially free. The actuating assembly... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080232610 - Audio amplifier with reduced noises: An audio amplifier comprises: a first stage and a second stage amplifiers each respectively providing an output to a speaker; a first resistor electrically connected in parallel with the first stage amplifier; a second resistor electrically connected in series with an input of the first stage amplifier; a third resistor... Agent: Tung & Associates

20080232611 - Method and apparatus for mitigating phase noise: Techniques for mitigating additional phase noise in local oscillator (LO) signals, which may be due to digital noise coupling, are described. A correction signal having an estimate of additional phase noise in an LO signal is derived. The correction signal is applied to a data signal either after downconversion or... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080232612 - System for audio signal processing: A sound reproduction system comprising a digital audio signal input (1), a digital audio signal processor (2, DSP) and a digital audio signal output (3) wherein the digital signal processor (2, DSP) comprises a high pass (HP) filter (21) with a high pass frequency (f), an amplifier (22) for a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080232613 - Method and apparatus for providing volume control with dc supervision: A method and apparatus for providing a volume control with DC supervision in a voice evacuation system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus is a volume control comprising a first input interface for receiving an audio signal, a first output interface for forwarding said audio signal to at least... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P. Nj Office

20080232614 - Sound amplifier with speaker: An instrument amplifier includes an amplifier circuit for amplifying a sound signal input from an electric guitar. A main speaker emits sound according to the sound signal being amplified. A CD player plays back an audio signal from an audio CD. Side speakers for playback emits audio sound according to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080232615 - Condenser microphone chip: Disclosed is a condenser microphone chip, comprising: a substrate (21); a diaphragm (26) spaced from the substrate; a curved beam (27) connected with the diaphragm (26) to anchor the diaphragm (26) to the substrate (21); a curved beam connecting part (29) having a shape of a substantially circular plate. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080232616 - Method and apparatus for conversion between multi-channel audio formats: An input multi-channel representation is converted into a different output multi-channel representation of a spatial audio signal, in that an intermediate representation of the spatial audio signal is derived, the intermediate representation having direction parameters indicating a direction of origin of a portion of the spatial audio signal; and in... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080232617 - Multichannel surround format conversion and generalized upmix: An audio signal is processed in the frequency domain to convert an input signal format to an output signal format. That is, a multichannel audio signal intended for playback over a predefined speaker layout can be formatted to achieve spatial reproduction over a different layout comprising a different number of... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20080232619 - Method for operating a hearing device: In the English translation document, please replace the abstract with the following: An unintentional adjustment of the user-controlled control elements on the device can result within the scope of the activation of a hearing device, after a switch-on delay has elapsed. To reduce this risk, a delay in the release... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080232618 - System and method for adapting hearing aids: This invention relates to a system (100) for adapting a hearing aid to a user and comprising means for generating an image (102, 120) of said user's ear together with a model of said hearing aid, means for generating a mesh (112) based on said image, means for calculating acoustic... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080232620 - Processor system with directly interconnected ports: The current consumption of a processor system in particular for hearing devices is to be reduced. To this end, a processor system with a first processor, which has at least one output and at least one second processor, which has at least one input is provided. The output of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080232621 - Apparatus for vented hearing assistance systems: An apparatus related to earmolds with venting configurations designed to relieve the occlusion effect. Various designs provide multiple vents allow residual ear canal air volume to vent to and from air outside the ear and the earmold. In various designs, the earmold includes one vent between the residual ear canal... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080232625 - Hearing apparatus with a special charging circuit: Provisions to charge the battery of a hearing apparatus without having to remove the battery from the housing are provided. A hearing apparatus separates charging contacts, which are disposed on the surface of the housing and serve to charge the battery, from the battery and to connect the battery to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080232624 - Hearing device with current-conducting metal arm: The influence of interference from power supply lines in hearing devices is to be reduced. Thus a hearing device with an antenna for receiving and/or sending inductive signals, a signal processing device, to which the antenna is connected, a power supply unit for supplying power to the signal processing device... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080232622 - Integrated battery door and switch: The present subject matter includes a switch and an operator to interface with the switch, the operator in a battery door of a hearing assistance device. One embodiment includes a housing, hearing assistance electronics disposed in the housing, a hinge electrically connected to the hearing assistance electronics, and a battery... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080232623 - Systems for providing power to a hearing assistance device: Disclosed herein, among other things, is an apparatus for connection to a hearing assistance device having a DAI compatible interface compatible with direct audio input (DAI) signals. According to an embodiment, the apparatus includes a connector to connect to the DAI-compatible interface. The connector includes audio and ground connections compatible... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080232626 - Hearing apparatus with removable volume control module: A volume control module of a hearing apparatus and specifically a hearing device is to be easily replaceable. A volume control module including a mounting element, specifically a PCB, and including a volume control mounted on the mounting element, is accordingly provided. The mounting element, e.g. the PCB, features at... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080232628 - Hearing device with a securing system for a receiver tube: The invention relates to a securing system for a receiver tube in a hearing device. The object of the invention is to provide a securing system for the receiver tube in a hearing device, which reliably prevents the occurrence of disruptive acoustic feedback and does not require adhesive to secure... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080232627 - Method and apparatus for a hearing assistance device with pinna control: One embodiment of the present subject matter provides an apparatus for disposition between a pinna and a head of a user, the apparatus including a behind-the-ear housing, the housing having a first lateral side located adjacent the user's ear and a second lateral side located adjacent the side of the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080232629 - Boundary microphone: In a boundary microphone, a high-frequency current caused by extraneous electromagnetic waves is prevented from flowing into a microphone case via a microphone cord that is drawn into the microphone case. A portion in which the microphone cord 31 consisting of a two-core shield covered wire is drawn into the... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080232630 - Condenser microphone package: A condenser microphone package includes: a condenser microphone unit including a diaphragm and a back plate; a printed circuit board; a conductive connector sandwiched between and cooperating with the condenser microphone unit and the printed circuit board to form a stack; and a metal can encasing the stack and having... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080232631 - Microphone and manufacturing method thereof: An apparatus for transducing between an acoustical signal and an electrical signal, comprises a backplate assembly comprising a charged layer and a conductive layer and a diaphragm assembly positioned at a predetermined distance from the backplate assembly. The diaphragm assembly comprising a support structure and a diaphragm, the diaphragm vibrates... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080232632 - Ear hooked earphone: An ear hooked earphone is provided for selectively being worn on a left or right ear of a user. The earphone includes a body and an ear hook. The body includes a first coupled portion formed on a surface thereof. The ear hook includes a hook section and a fastened... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080232633 - Shallow loudspeaker: Loudspeaker provided with a frame (101), a membrane (103) and a drive unit (105. The membrane has a flat outer circumferential edge (104a) suspended from the frame, and a flat inner circumferential edge (104b). The drive unit has a stationary part (106a) secured to the frame and a translatable part... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20080232634 - Speaker with sound generation part of large area: A speaker with a sound generation part of a large area is provided. In the speaker, a ring-shaped protrusion part is formed at the outer circumference of the flange par in the frame, and also the inner surface of the outer circumference of the edge is coupled to the outer... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080232635 - Loudspeaker with an acoustic membrane: A loudspeaker (1) having a piston resonance frequency (f0) is disclosed. The loudspeaker comprises (1) an acoustic member (4) intended to operation in piston mode and provided with a plate-like body (8), (2) a drive unit (6) for translating the acoustic member along a translation axis (x) oriented substantially perpendicular... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20080232636 - Sonic piston: A motor driven acoustic oscillator or speaker that generates a single frequency acoustic sound. The motor driven acoustic oscillator may be used to emit low frequency (LF) sound waves that generates thrust on an object. The oscillator may be further configured to convert heat energy from a surrounding fluid medium... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080226084 - Array speaker apparatus: An array speaker apparatus includes an array speaker in which plural speaker units are arranged in a single body, a sound source localization adding unit which generates left and right audio signals by performing localization processing for adding sound characteristics to audio signals of a front-left channel and a front-right... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080226085 - Audio apparatus: An audio apparatus includes an input unit for inputting stereo signals in which multi-channel surround-sound signals are mixed in accordance with a predetermined algorithm and a parameter indicating encoded contents of the algorithm, a surround-sound signal generator for generating left-side surround-sound signals and right-side surround-sound signals by decorrelating left-side signals... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20080226086 - Audio signal processing system: In a mixer system having a digital mixer having functions processing waveform data in plural input channels and outputting the data via an ST bus, and a PC executing a DAW application realizing a function of plural tracks to record and reproduce waveform data, it is made possible to set... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080226088 - Audio transducer system: A device is arranged for driving a transducer unit (20) comprising at least one transducer (21) accommodated in an enclosure (22). The device comprises mapping means for mapping input signal components having a first audio frequency range onto a second audio frequency range. The second audio frequency range is narrower... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080226087 - Position sensing using loudspeakers as microphones: A multi-channel audio system having multiple loudspeakers is used to obtain information on the location of one or more independent noise sources within an area covered by the loudspeakers. Within the multi-channel audio system, an audio output device has an input for coupling to and receiving audio signals from one... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080226089 - Dynamic technique for custom-fit hearing devices: A method for providing optimal dynamic techniques for custom-fit ear hearing devices, includes mounting pressure and motion sensors in a ear-enclosing hearing device, transmitting data produced by the sensors during actual operation of the ear-enclosing hearing device worn by a specific individual, receiving the sensor signals for subsequent analysis by... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080226090 - Oscillation/echo canceller system: An oscillation/echo canceller system (1) comprising a hollow main body (5) having an insert section (4) provided with an opening (3) and adapted to be inserted into the canal of the ear, a microphone (10) and a speaker (11), the microphone (10) and the speaker (11) being arranged in the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080226091 - Plug, sound inputting and outputting apparatus, and noise cancel system: Herein disclosed a sound inputting and outputting apparatus for being connected to an external apparatus which includes a noise cancel signal production section, a storage section and a reproduction section, including: a first auricle mounting section; a second auricle mounting section; and a plug.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080226092 - Audio method and system: A method of providing an audio signal to an audio output device may include receiving an audio signal and providing the audio signal simultaneously to audio output devices in first and second physical environments so as to appear not to emanate from an individual depicted on a display in either... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080226093 - Speaker array apparatus and signal processing method therefor: A speaker array apparatus capable of performing control to narrow the directivity angle of low-frequency range sounds, without causing a speaker array to be large in size. An audio signal input to the speaker array apparatus is divided into an audio signal in which low-frequency range components of the input... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080226094 - Headset having wirelessly linked earpieces: A wireless headset includes a first earpiece and a second earpiece, where the first and second earpieces communicate with each other over a wireless link. In some configurations, the first earpiece includes both a primary wireless interface for receiving audio from an audio source and a secondary wireless interface transmitting... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080226095 - Internet radio system: An internet radio system which includes a network connecting unit for coupling to the internet. A storage unit stores a number of addresses of servers in the internet. A graphical user interface can select one of the servers with the network connecting unit links receiving multimedia data from a selected... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080226096 - Movable speaker covering: A speaker cabinet includes at least one speaker contained in the speaker cabinet, and a speaker covering shrouding the at least one speaker, wherein the speaker covering is movable to expose the at least one speaker. The speaker covering motion may be automatic and provided by an electromechanical motion control... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080226097 - Filter circuit and reproduction device using the same: A low-pitched sound which cannot be reproduced by a speaker is cut off. An operational amplifier A1, a capacitor C2 and a capacitor C3 output a signal in which a signal with band-pass characteristics is inverted. A switch S3 operates as a resistor and inverts a signal outputted from the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080226098 - Detection and suppression of wind noise in microphone signals: To reliably and consistently detect desirable sounds, a system detects the presence of wind noise based on the power levels of audio signals. A first transducer detects sound originating from a first direction and a second transducer detects sound originating from a second direction. The power levels of the sound... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080226099 - Mixing system: Mixer and first and second engines are cascade-connected, and the second engine is connected to a speaker. In mode A, input signals to the first engine are output to the speaker via output channels of the second engine, and mixing operation of the first engine is performed via a console.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080226100 - Microphone amplification arrangement and integrated circuit therefor: A microphone amplifier arrangement comprises at least one microphone input connected to a dual output microphone pre-amplifier having an input resistance comprising a first resistance and a second resistance in a first voltage-to-voltage mode of operation, and only the second resistance in a second current-to-voltage mode of operation. A first... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20080226101 - Audio control system for a vehicle: An audio control system may receive a plurality of audio input signals. A switch or multiplexer may switch one of the plurality of audio input signals from respective audio sources to a power amplifier. A controller in communication with the multiplexer may control switching of the multiplexer. A display may... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080226103 - Audio data processing device for and a method of synchronized audio data processing: An audio data processing device (100), comprising a first audio data storage unit (101) and a first processor unit (102), wherein the first audio data storage unit (101) is adapted to store first audio data, wherein the first processor unit (102) is coupled to the first audio data storage unit... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080226102 - Headphone with expansion space in either receiver: A headphone includes left and right receivers each including an elongate shell including a peg projecting inwardly from either end; a housing shaped to conform to the shell and including a peripheral wall, a slot in either end, the slot adapted to securely engage with the peg, a first receiving... Agent: Sam Chen

20080226104 - Wireless handsfree device and hearing aid: The present invention relates to a handsfree device capable of enhancing analog audio signals and RF signals for improved hearing comprising: at least one variable gain amplifier which amplify signals transmitted to and from said handsfree device; a CODEC, where said CODEC transmits to and receives signals from said at... Agent: Jerry Haynes

20080226105 - Method for the time-controlled adjustment of a hearing apparatus and corresponding hearing apparatus: The training of a hearing apparatus in respect of an individual adjustment is to be developed in a more user-friendly manner. To this end, provision is firstly made to automatically classify a hearing situation, to adjust a parameter of the signal processing facility of the hearing apparatus and to automatically... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080226106 - Method for adjusting a hearing device by using a morphometric feature of the hearing device wearer: The invention is based on the knowledge that there are morphometric features or parameters of the hearing device wearer, which enable an effective adjustment of the hearing device to the individual requirements of the wearer. In accordance with the invention, provision is made for a method for adjusting a hearing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080226107 - Transmission method with dynamic transmission power adjustment and corresponding hearing device system: With the date transmission in a hearing device system, overloads are to be avoided and the energy consumption during transmission is to be kept as low as possible. To this end, a transmission method and a corresponding system for the inductive transmission is proposed, in which the receiver returns an... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080226108 - Receiver with an additional shielding facility: The magnetic interference fields, which originate from a receiver in a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device, are to be reduced further. To this end, provision is made for a shielding facility to be incorporated into the housing of a receiver in order to magnetically shield between the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080226109 - Acoustic vibration reproducing apparatus: An acoustic vibration reproducing apparatus includes: a first vibration plate; a first exciting unit applying a vibration to the first vibration plate; and a second exciting unit applying, to the first vibration plate, a vibration different from the vibration applied by the first exciting unit.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080226110 - Microphone shield system: A microphone shield system captures sound in adverse conditions. The system includes a microphone positioned within a membrane. The membrane is inflated around the microphone to form an enclosure. The inflated membrane passes signals within a selected frequency range. The membrane may block or attenuate signals above and/or below the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080226111 - Headphone with components secured together by snapping: A headphone is disclosed that includes left and right receivers each including an outer housing, an inner housing secured to the outer housing by snapping, a first disk, a second disk, a speaker, and a clapper wherein the first and second disks are mounted in a space formed by the... Agent: Sam Chen

20080226113 - In-ear headset and in-ear earphone: The invention relates to a headset comprising at least one earphone and a headset microphone for registering voice signals of the headset wearer. The headset microphone is fixed to one of the earphones. The earphone comprises at least one electroacoustic transducer, a rear volume, and a front volume which lies... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080226112 - Structure of cordless earphones: Cordless earphones include first earphone and second earphones connected together by means of wires, an FM (frequency modulation) receiver inside the first earphone, a Bluetooth module inside the first earphone, a chief switch button and a microphone on the first earphone, a power input terminal and a switching button on... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080226114 - Earbud adapter with enhanced frequency response: Adapters for use with sound devices and methods for making and using the same. An adapter may include an adapter body including a wall having a first surface and a second surface, and a projection extending from the wall. The adapter is generally configured to be attachable to a sound... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080226115 - Moving armature receiver: A compact moving armature receiver where the diaphragm element is positioned in the air gap of the magnet assembly and where a suspension element is provided for defining the front chamber, the suspension element has a stiffness of at the most 500 N/m. The suspension element and the diaphragm element... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080226116 - Diaphragm and loudspeaker using same: Diaphragm (9) has through-hole (10) for fixing a voice coil at its center part, and has a fixing part of edge (12) at its outer periphery whose shape is substantially circular. The shape of the outer periphery of diaphragm (9) is formed as follows: first circle and second circle (9A,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080219454 - Sound image localization apparatus: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sound image localization apparatus which can provide a sound image localized in a targeted spot with accuracy for each listener, and reduce the amount of data and calculations needed to localize the sound image in the targeted spot with... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080219455 - Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding noise signal: Provided is a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an audio signal. Sections which are not used to output noise components near important spectral components and sub-bands which are not used to output noise components, are determined to be encoded or decoded, so that the efficiency of encoding and decoding an... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080219456 - Acoustic dampening compensation system: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an acoustic management system configured to compensate for acoustical dampening comprising: a microphone configured to detect a first acoustic signal from an acoustic environment; and a logic circuit, where the logic circuit detects an onset of acoustical dampening between the acoustic environment... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080219457 - Enhancement of speech intelligibility in a mobile communication device by controlling the operation of a vibrator of a vibrator in dependance of the background noise: The invention relates to a mobile communication device comprising:—a loudspeaker (14) for reproducing speech from a speech signal (s(n)),—a vibrator (22),—means (24) for measuring background noise in relation to said reproduced speech, and—a vibrator processing unit (16) for generating a control signal dependent on said background noise for controlling operation... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080219458 - Self-adjusting and self-modifying addressable speaker: A self-adjusting speaker integrated with an alarm system is provided. The self-adjusting speaker may be used to aurally monitor an area (such as monitoring the ambient noise in the vicinity of the speaker) and adjust the speaker accordingly. The circumstances under which to aurally monitor a premises (such as how... Agent: Gerald M. Bluhm Tyco Safety Products

20080219459 - System and method for processing audio signal: The present invention provides for methods and systems for digitally processing an audio signal. Specifically the present invention provides for a speaker system that is configured to digitally process an audio signal in a manner such that studio-quality sound that can be reproduced.... Agent: Don J. Pelto Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080219460 - Bug detector: This present invention provides a bug detector for detecting a hidden bug, comprising: an acoustic generator, an identification decoder, and a control device. The acoustic generator generates a specific audio signal for the microphone of the bug receiving the specific audio signal and outputting a radio signal through the radio... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080219461 - System for monitoring audible tones in a multiple planar chassis: Aspects for monitoring audible tones indicative of operational status of each planar in a multiple planar chassis are described. Included in the aspects is the monitoring of a speaker channel of each planar of a plurality of planars in a common chassis for state changes of beep tones. An operational... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080219462 - Device and method for shaping a digital audio signal: A device (100) for shaping a digital audio signal is provided. The device comprises an input (110) for a digital audio input signal, an output (120) for a shaped digital audio output signal, and at least one of the following means: a means (m1) for inserting an echo into the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080219463 - Acoustic echo cancellation system: An embodiment of an acoustic echo cancellation system is disclosed. The system comprises an echo cancellation unit, a second filter and a subtraction unit. The echo cancellation unit comprises a first attenuator, a first filter and a first subtractor. The first attenuator has a first down-scaling factor for attenuating a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080219464 - Transducer for sensing actual or simulated body sounds: A transducer system is disclosed for detecting actual or simulated body sounds. An audio signal generation and detection system is disclosed for the purposes of simulating the medical examination of a patient or simulating the listening of sounds seeming to emanate from a live or inanimate body. A signal generator... Agent: Colin P Abrahams

20080219466 - Low bit-rate universal audio coder: A biologically-inspired process for universal audio coding based on neural spikes is presented. The process is based on the generation of sparse two-dimensional time-frequency representations of audio signals, called spikegrams. The spikegrams are generated by projecting the audio signal onto a set of over-complete adaptive gamma-chirp kernels. A masking model... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20080219468 - Apparatus for transmitting sound to a fetus: An apparatus for delivering sound to a fetus through a pregnant woman's abdomen. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus utilizes limited-volume, modular sound transmitters encased in housings which are affixed on their undersides with a compound that safety adheres each transmitter to any appropriate location on the outer wall of... Agent: Pryor Cashman, LLP

20080219467 - Systems, methods and articles that facilitating memorization and/or retention of information: Systems, methods and articles are disclosed for facilitating memorization and/or retention of information. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a learning aid to assist memorizing information. The learning aid may include media containing machine-readable information used to disseminate audio communications to a user regarding a sequence of words to... Agent: Andrew B. Schwaab

20080219469 - Full range planar magnetic microphone and arrays thereof: Contemplated planar magnetic microphones have a magnet and diaphragm arrangement such that substantially homogenous vertical and high horizontal magnetic flux density is realized in the inter-magnet space. Most preferably, the diaphragm is disposed in the inter-magnet space and includes a voice coil covering a significant fraction of the active portion... Agent: Fish & Associates, Pc Robert D. Fish

20080219470 - Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and program recording medium: A signal processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive an audio signal, and a noise reducing unit configured to reduce a wind noise component of the audio signal received by the receiving unit by reducing a signal component that has a frequency less than or equal to a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080219471 - Signal processing method and apparatus, and recording medium in which a signal processing program is recorded: A signal processing method for converting a signal received via a transmission path or read from a storage medium into a first audible signal, and suppressing a noise other than a desired signal contained in the first audible signal based on predetermined audio quality adjustment information, comprising steps of: in... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080219472 - Noise suppressor: A method of determining noise in an audio stream, the method comprising: acquiring a plurality of consecutive time frames of the audio stream each comprising samples of the audio stream; generating a discrete frequency spectrum for each frame responsive to the frame samples; partitioning the frequency spectrum of each frame... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP

20080219473 - Signal processing method, apparatus and program: The present invention is characterized in performing noise suppression immediately before or after mixing signals received from a plurality of terminals. Thus, in multi-point connection for a plurality of terminal devices, a mixed signal can be supplied with high sound quality to a receiver terminal, regardless of the presence and... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080219465 - Noise control device and method: A noise control device and method effectively reduce noise throughout a broad frequency band. A noise detecting part can detect the noise from a noise source. A stimulus source control signal is output according to a frequency of the noise detected. A stimulus source is provided based on the stimulus... Agent: Young & Basile, P.c.

20080219474 - Microphone with voltage pump: An integrated circuit configured to provide a microphone output signal, comprising: a preamplifier coupled to receive an input signal, generated by either a first microphone member or a second microphone member, where one of the members is movable relative to the other microphone member; a voltage pump to output a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080219477 - Audio device: In an audio device that has a port for connection and that constitutes an audio system together with at least one external device having a port for connection with the audio device via a communication line, a plurality of connection setting templates are previously prepared, which contain target port connection... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080219476 - Audio signal processing apparatus mixing plurality of input audio signals: An audio signal processing apparatus comprises input channels, a mix bus, a volume level controller, a path disconnector that connects or disconnects a path from each input channel to the mix bus, a signal selector that select either one of a post-signal and a pre-signal, a volume adjusting operator that... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080219478 - Digital mixer: In a digital mixer that processes audio signals in a plurality of channels, layer data which indicates a channel to be assigned to each channel strip in a channel strip section can be set to indicate retainment of assignment status for any of the channel strips. When the layer is... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080219475 - Method for processing audio signal: A method for processing an audio signal during the multi-channel audio coding is disclosed. The present invention provides the method for processing an audio signal comprising: generating a fixed output channel using a down-mix signal and a basic matrix; and generating an arbitrary output channel using the fixed output channel... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080219479 - Audio output circuit and audio output method: An audio output circuit including an input-signal generation block generating an input signal obtained by integrating a cyclic waveform and inputting the input signal to an audio amplifier at a transition from a normal operation to a power down state or at a return from the power down state to... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080219480 - Circuit for priority selection of audio signals: An audio selection circuit. The audio selection circuit includes a control/switch circuit having a first input, a second input, and a first output, and a signal detector module configured to detect an audio signal on the second input. If the signal detector detects presence of the audio signal on the... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080219481 - Loudspeaker having a movable cone body: A loudspeaker (1) has a chassis (2). A movable cone body (3), a resilient suspension for guiding the movable cone body (3) with respect to the chassis (2) along a translation axis T, and an electric actuator (4) for driving the movable cone body (3) along the translation axis T,... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, Pa C/o Peter Nieves

20080219482 - Condenser microphone: An electroacoustic transducer includes a condenser microphone, which includes a package having a cavity and a through-hole, a plate whose thickness is thinner than the length of the through-hole and which has a sound hole overlapping with the through-hole in plan view, and an electroacoustic transducer die, which is stored... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080219483 - Small-footprint microphone module with signal processing functionality: An acoustic processing module receives an acoustic signal, and outputs an analog output signal. Microphone sensors are provided for generating a corresponding electrical signal in response to the acoustic signal. A signal processing circuit is connected to the microphone sensors, and processes the electrical signals according to one or more... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080219484 - Apparatus and method for controlling a plurality of speakers means of a dsp: In a reproduction environment, speakers are grouped in directional groups, wherein the directional groups overlap with respect to the associated speakers so that speakers are present which have a speaker parameter having different values for the first directional group and the second directional group. A controller for controlling a plurality... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmerman , Stockeller & Zinkler C/o Keating & Bennett , LLP

20080219485 - Apparatus, system and method for acoustic signals: The invention relates to an apparatus, system, and method for receiving or reproducing sound. In the method, acoustic signals are received with two dual-diaphragm acoustic transducers (10, 20) having a figure-of-eight directional pattern, which are directed on two-dimensional plane perpendicular to each other, and the directional patterns have directional pattern... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080219486 - Method and device for evaluating auditory health: An earpiece (100) and a method (300) for evaluating auditory health can include embedding (302) at least one excitation signal (402) in an audio clip (404) to produce an embedded excitation signal (406), emitting (304) the embedded excitation signal to an ear canal (131) at least partially occluded by the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080219487 - Voltage source with a coated housing: In the case of a voltage source with a housing for supplying power to a medical device which can be worn on or in the human body, the failure rate determined by external environment influences or contamination is to be reduced. To this end, provision is made for the exterior... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080219488 - Personal media device docking station having an acoustic interface: Systems and methods are provided for a media device docking station having one or more acoustic channels to transfer sound to or from the media device while the media device is docked with the docking station.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080219489 - Speaker set and electronic product incorporating the same: An electronic product (100) includes a casing (10) containing a speaker set (20) therein. The speaker set includes a hollow shell (60) and a loudspeaker (50). The loudspeaker is accommodated in the shell, dividing an inner space of the shell into a first resonance chamber (61a) and a second resonance... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080219490 - Speaker set for electronic product: A speaker set (20) for an electronic product (100) includes a hollow shell (60), and a loudspeaker (50) accommodated in the shell. The shell includes at least a spacing plate (68) which divides an inner space of the shell into a first resonance chamber (61a) and a second resonance chamber... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080219491 - Variable earphones and speaker: A variable speaker and earphone apparatus having a first and second earphone having an inside portion with an earphone speaker and an outside portion with a speaker having at least one subwoofer; a switching means in communication with the first earphone and the second earphone, wherein the switching means provides... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, Pllc

20080219492 - Headphone: A headphone including a housing that includes a speaker unit and that has a generally flat surface that comes into contact with an outward facing surface of an auricle of an ear and a neckband that is connected to the housing. The neckband has a ring form with a partially... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080212784 - Parametric multi-channel decoding: A sound decoding device (1) is arranged for decoding sound represented by sets of parameters, each set comprising sinusoidal parameters (SP) representing sinusoidal components of the sound and further parameters (NP, TP) representing further components of the sound, such as noise and/or transients. The device comprises a separate sinusoids generator... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080212785 - Appliance for converting digital audio broadcast (dab) signals: The invention relates to an appliance (1) for converting DAB signals into FM signals and for transmitting the FM signals to an FM receiver (2), with a DAB receiver (3), which is equipped with an antenna input (4) and, at an output (10), emits an audio signal derived from a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080212786 - Method and apparatus to reproduce multi-channel audio signal in multi-channel speaker system: A method and an apparatus to reproduce a multi-channel audio signal, in which mixing of a center channel signal is performed with a center channel signal in a home theater system. The method of reproducing a multi-channel audio signal includes calculating a delay value of a center channel signal according... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080212787 - Earhealth monitoring system and method i: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of operating an audio device comprising: calculating estimated sound pressure levels for drive signals directed to an ear canal receiver (ECR) during a time increment Δt; calculating an estimated SPL_Dose during the time increment Δt using the estimated sound pressure... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080212788 - Recording, synthesis and reproduction of sound fields in an enclosure: The invention relates to simulation of sound fields in enclosures, for instance for application in listening tests, where test subjects assess the sound quality or other sound perception characteristics of the sound field. According to a specific embodiment, the system comprises a binaural synthesis portion which synthesises sound for instance... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080212789 - At-home hearing aid training system and method: The present invention is a system for and method of training an individual on the use of a hearing aid. The training is conducted based on the individuals hearing profile such that specific words that are troublesome to the user are played to the user after changing the frequency and... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080212790 - Sound effect processing system applied to computer: A sound effect processing system applied to a computer includes a sound quality processing unit provided on the computer for processing and modifying sound quality as a signal frequency characteristic of sounds being input to or output from the computer, and a hardware sound quality adjustment control interface, via which... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080212791 - Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method: Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus including: a first decimation processing section for generating, based on a digital signal in a first form, a digital signal in a second form; a second decimation processing section for generating, based on the digital signal in the second form, a digital signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080212792 - Microphone apparatus: A microphone apparatus is obtained capable of preventing howling effectively, while having no time difference between a timing of voice utterance to a microphone and a timing of sound emission from a speaker and having simple and low-cost physical and electrical configurations. There are provided microphone units or microphones disposed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080212793 - Arrangement structure of sound system in motorcycle: To provide an arrangement structure of a sound system in a motorcycle which can ensure the operability of a sound operation unit while ensuring the visibility of a meter. In a motorcycle which arranges a meter indicating information on a vehicle and a sound operation unit for providing a reproduction... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080212794 - Audio processing apparatus: A signal processing apparatus includes sound collecting elements, a noise detector for detecting a level of noise in a low-frequency band of audio signals output from the sound collecting elements, a noise reduction unit for reducing the noise in the audio signals in accordance with a signal output from the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080212795 - Transient detection and modification in audio signals: A system and method are disclosed for transient detection and modification in audio signals. Digital signal processing techniques are used to detect transients and modify an audio signal to enhance or suppress such transients, as desired. A transient audio event is detected in a first portion of the audio signal.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080212796 - 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... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080212797 - Bass boost filtering techniques: Bass frequencies of audio can be boosted using various techniques and tools. The described techniques and tools can be applied separately or in combination. For example, bass frequencies of audio can be boosted using an integer bass boost filter by receiving user-settable parameters, such as “c” and “s” coefficients, and... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20080212798 - System and method for intelligent equalization: An equalizer/mixer receives an input signal from a musical source and equalizes the input signal based on the musical source using equalization parameters associated with the musical source. User-adjustable equalization controls may be applied where the equalization parameters defining the controls are associated with the musical source.... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20080212799 - Audio compressor with feedback: An audio compressor may regulate the level of an audio input signal depending on whether the level is above or below a threshold value. The audio compressor may control a pumping that is created when regulating a dynamic range of an audio signal with the threshold value. A feedback loop... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080212800 - Diaphragm for speaker, method for producing same, speaker using such diaphragm, and apparatus using such speaker: A diaphragm for a loudspeaker contains resin, aramid fibers, and an organic silicon compound binding the resin with the aramid fibers. By this structure, high elasticity and high internal loss as characteristics of the aramid fibers are maintained; flexibility in the setting of properties of the diaphragm is thus increased.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080212801 - Amplifier for musical instruments, particularly a guitar amplifier: The invention relates to an amplifier for musical instruments, particularly a guitar amplifier, comprising at least one channel and at least one electronic memory for set parameter values such as delay, reverb, chorus, flanger, tremolo, treble, middle, bass, volume and the like. According to the invention, means are provided with... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080212803 - Apparatus for encoding and decoding audio signal and method thereof: A method and/or apparatus for encoding and/or decoding an audio signal is disclosed, in which a downmix gain is applied to a downmix signal in an encoding apparatus which, in turn, transmits, to a decoding apparatus, a bit stream containing information as to the applied downmix gain. The decoding apparatus... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080212802 - Audio processing system: The audio processing system disclosed in the invention comprises an audio processor and an audio amplifier. The audio processor receives a data signal to generate a processed signal, and comprises at least one gain control circuit and at least one operational amplifier. The gain control circuit generates a gain signal... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080212804 - Sound receiver: In a sound receiver, a sound wave is directly received by microphones at a predetermined phase difference. The microphones are arranged in opening cavities of a casing, at positions that are different from the volume center points of the opening cavities. The microphones are supported by supporting springs in a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080212805 - Loudspeaker line array configurations and related sound processing: A sound reproduction system includes one or more arrays of drive units, coupled with sound processing allowing improved steerability, directional control, width control, and/or beam overlay. A speaker column may comprise two arrays facing one another, the drive units being perpendicular to the speaker unit front, with the acoustic output... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20080212806 - High-frequency pneumatic loudspeaker for audio broadcasting: A high-frequency pneumatic loudspeaker for sound broadcasting is provided, and comprises a housing, silencer exhaust holes, air inlet port, supporting plate, throat canal, central cone, annular nozzle, obstructing ring, and a voice coil and leads. Lower and an upper press plates hold the obstructing ring and the voice coil in... Agent: Mark Clodfelter

20080212807 - Micromachined acoustic transducers: The present invention relates to an acoustic transducer that includes one or more capsules, side walls and a backing plate. Each capsule contains a cavity formed by the side walls and a plurality of film stacks. Each film stack has one or more membranes that can be a piezoelectric layer.... Agent: Venture Pacific Law, PC

20080212808 - Diaphragm, diaphragm assembly and electroacoustic transducer: A slender-type diaphragm longer in a longitudinal direction and shorter in a transversal direction in relation to the longitudinal direction, has a base member and a slant member. The base member has a pair of extending members provided in parallel in the longitudinal direction as facing each other, and a... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080212809 - Headphone surround using artificial reverberation: A surround experience for headphones can be created using various techniques and tools. The described techniques and tools can be applied separately or in combination. For example, a surround experience can be created by splitting input audio channel signals into high-pass and low-pass signals. The low-pass signals can undergo cross-mixing... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20080212810 - Binaural hearing aid system with coordinated sound processing: The present invention relates to a binaural hearing aid system comprising a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid, each of which comprises a microphone and an A/D converter for provision of a digital input signal in response to sound signals received at the respective microphone in a sound... Agent: Michael J Bolan Bingham Mccutchen

20080212811 - Binaural signal enhancement system: A signal processing system, such as a hearing aid system, adapted to enhance binaural input signals is provided. The signal processing system is essentially a system with a first signal channel having a first filter and a second signal channel having a second filter for processing first and second channel... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080212812 - Hearing apparatus having a receiver compensation coil: A receiver of a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device is to be shadowed in a simple fashion against other magnetically sensitive components. To this end, an electrical coil is provided, which is attached directly to a segment of the receiver housing. The principle axis of the electrical... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080212813 - Snap-on fastening device for hearing device: With housing elements of a hearing device which are fastened to a frame for accommodating internal components of the hearing device, the use of a large number of additional parts is problematic because of the risk of losing parts. In accordance with the invention a snap-on fastening means is used... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080212815 - Apparatus for transmitting and receiving sound: The apparatus for transmitting and receiving sound is disclosed, wherein a directional microphone for detecting sound for transmission is applied and a sound output unit for outputting the received sound is arranged at a side of the directional microphone where sensitivity is low, thereby preventing sound coupling for received sound... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080212814 - Differential directional microphone system and hearing aid device with such a differential directional microphone system: A differential direction microphone system for a hearing aid device is described, comprising: a first directional microphone stage with a first differential directional microphone, and a second directional microphone stage with a further differential directional microphone, with the second directional microphone stage being connected downstream from the first directional microphone... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080212816 - Hearing aid with feedback cancellation: A hearing aid includes a hearing aid housing enclosing a microphone for converting sound into an audio signal, first feedback compensation means for providing a first feedback compensation signal of signals picked up by the microphone by modelling an internal mechanical feedback signal path of the hearing aid, second feedback... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080212817 - Hearing device with basic structure: A frame is provided for the hearing device, which frame is constructed in such a way that it holds all of the internal components. The shells or the battery compartment are secured to the frame. Thereby, a conversion of a hearing device by the ordinary acoustician is possible.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080212818 - Audio system with synthesized positive impedance: An audio system including an audio power amplifier, a transducer electrically connected to the audio power amplifier, an enclosure coupled to the transducer, and a secondary resonant element coupled to the enclosure. An electrical feedback signal representative of the transducer current is negatively fed back to the audio power amplifier... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080212819 - Low noise microphone for use in windy environments and/or in the presence of engine noise: A microphone for use in windy environments. The microphone uses a transducer to flood the environment outside the microphone with a high frequency (such as an ultrasonic) acoustic field. The sounds desired to be detected are mixed with the high frequency carrier, and can then be received by the microphone... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080212820 - Audio signal output method and apparatus for short-range communication enabled headset: An audio signal output method and apparatus for a short-range communication enabled headset are disclosed. An audio signal of the headset can be output through an internal speaker or be transmitted to an in-vehicle speaker unit. The audio signal output method includes checking, when an audio signal is present, an... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080212821 - Loudspeaker: A loudspeaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit supported by the frame, voice coil body provided movably in relation to a magnetic gap provided at the magnetic circuit, a diaphragm having an outer rim being joined via a first edge to the frame and an inner rim being joined to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080212822 - Loudspeaker suspension: Disclosed is a loudspeaker suspension structure having asymmetrical grooves. In an aspect, an apparatus includes a loudspeaker suspension structure having grooves, each extending from an inner circumferential border, to an outer circumferential border, at least one groove having a groove depth that varies asymmetrically from the inner circumferential border to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080212823 - Loudspeaker and assembly of loudspeakers: A loudspeaker comprising a magnet unit that generates a magnetic field and a membrane which is mounted in a frame and which is provided with an electrical conductor arranged in a pattern on the membrane, which membrane is positioned in the magnetic field in such a manner that a force... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP