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Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices

20120121091 - Ambience coding and decoding for audio applications: A method comprising determining at least one first parameter, wherein the first parameter is dependent on a difference between at least two audio signals; determining at least one second parameter, wherein the second parameter is dependent on at least one directional component of the at least two signals; and generating... Agent: Nokia Corporation

20120121093 - Acoustic signal processing device and acoustic signal processing method: When a correlation between an L channel and an R channel of a reproduction-target sound source is considerably high, virtual sound obtained from a reproduction signal is often more likely to be localized inside the head of a listener. A device includes: a correlation analysis unit (3) that analyzes a... Agent:

20120121092 - Single enclosure surround sound loudspeaker system and method: A single enclosure loudspeaker system projects multi-channel surround sound into a listener's room, and so replaces multiple conventional surround channel loudspeakers. The loudspeaker system includes a pair of opposing multi transducer arrays oriented laterally toward walls or reflecting surfaces (relative to the viewing axis) within the media space. The multi-element... Agent:

20120121095 - Wireless binaural hearing system: A binaural healing system includes a left-ear hearing device, a right-ear hearing device and an auxiliary device. The auxiliary device has a connected mode wherein it transmits data messages and a disconnected mode wherein it does not transmit data messages, and the auxiliary device is adapted to enable the connected... Agent:

20120121094 - Wireless system for hearing communication devices providing wireless stereo reception modes: The present subject matter relates to the wireless stereo reception of first and second audio information by wireless hearing communication devices. One type of device which may employ the present subject matter is a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid. Various forms and protocols of signal transmission are... Agent: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

20120121096 - Intelligibility control using ambient noise detection: A communications device is configured to control the intelligibility of speech in a downlink voice signal during a call. The device determines a current noise level based on sampling ambient acoustic noise and based on a previously determined noise level. The device then determines an overall output gain and a... Agent: Apple Inc.

20120121097 - Utilizing information from a number of sensors to suppress acoustic noise through an audio processing system: A method includes associating a spatially separate audio sensor and/or a vibration sensor with an audio processing system having one or more audio sensor(s) associated therewith. The spatially separate audio sensor is on a remote location distinct from that of the one or more audio sensor(s). The method also includes... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20120121098 - Control of a loudspeaker output: m

20120121099 - Aid test system: This disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for diagnosing operation errors in hearing assistance devices, including but not limited to hearing aids. The hearing assistance device includes a microphone and a receiver. In various approaches, a housing is configured to hold the hearing assistance device and to provide a... Agent: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

20120121100 - Method and apparatus for wind noise detection and suppression using multiple microphones: Unlike sound based pressure waves that go everywhere, air turbulence caused by wind is usually a fairly local event. Therefore, in a system that utilizes two or more spatially separated microphones to pick up sound signals (e.g., speech), wind noise picked up by one of the microphones often will not... Agent: Broadcom Corporation

20120121101 - Method for reducing the noise emission of a transformer: A method for reducing the noise emission of a transformer, the transformer tank of which is filled with liquid and the tank wall of which vibrates during operation, is provided. The method is characterized by the sequence of the following method steps: detecting natural frequency values of the tank wall... Agent:

20120121102 - Earphone antenna device for receiving dual band signal: An earphone antenna device is provided. The earphone antenna device includes a first antenna connected to an earphone, configured in the form of a wire that is separate from an audio line, for receiving a first band frequency, and a connector connecting the earphone to a terminal device. The connector... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

20120121103 - Audio/sound information system and method: Certain aspects relate to providing an at least one audio source to at least one user. Certain aspects relate to selectively modifying an at least one first sound source to be provided to the at least one user, wherein the at least one first sound source is combined with an... Agent: Searete LLC, A Limited Liability Corporation Of The State Of Delaware

20120121104 - Wired, wireless, infrared, and powerline audio entertainment systems: A method and system for communicating audio signals between an input device and an output device via a network. The output device can include loudspeakers and headphones. In some embodiments an output device, for example a center channel speaker, transmits audio signals to other output devices. In some embodiments, the... Agent: Ksc Industries, Inc.

20120121105 - System for networked routing of audio in a live sound system: A system to automate networked routing of audio in a live sound system includes a computing device having a processor and memory and in which the live sound system is configurable for a venue. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to route audio signals over a network based... Agent: Harman International Industries, Incorporated

20120121106 - Distortion suppression in high-level capable audio amplification circuit: The present invention relates to an audio amplification circuit comprising a first preamplifier for receipt of an audio input signal and a second preamplifier comprising a first differential input for receipt of an attenuated audio input signal. The attenuated audio input signal is generated by an attenuator coupled to the... Agent: Analog Devices, Inc.

20120121107 - Method for signal processing of solid-borne sound signals, in particular in motor vehicles, and an occupant protection system with corresponding signal processing unit: Thus, not only does the signal delay in the filter become significantly lower, but also the frequencies in the operating range become not equal, but rather components below the cut-off frequency are accordingly damped more heavily, whereby triggering cases not only can be detected earlier, but also non-triggering cases can... Agent: Continental Automotive Gmbh

20120121108 - Cooperative voice dialog and business logic interpreters for a voice-enabled software application: Embodiments of the invention address the deficiencies of the prior art by providing a method, apparatus, and program product to cooperatively mediate between voice-enabled operations and business logic. The method comprises receiving XML data and generating at least one object from the XML data. The method further comprises, in response... Agent:

20120121109 - Analog-to-digital converting method and functional device using the same: An analog-to-digital converting method for converting an analog signal to a digital signal is disclosed. The analog-to-digital converting method includes decomposing the analog signal into a major analog signal and a minor analog signal, converting the major analog signal to a major digital signal, determining to which of a plurality... Agent:

20120121110 - Ribbon microphone circuit: A ribbon microphone circuit includes a ribbon microphone unit; a step-up transformer; buffer amplifier circuits connected to a secondary winding of the step-up transformer; an external power supply circuit as a power source for driving the buffer amplifier circuits; and a switch circuit including photo-relays having lights that are turned... Agent:

20120121111 - Sound reproduction apparatus and a method for speaker charging/calibration employed in said apparatus: There is provided a sound reproduction apparatus including a sub-woofer unit and a plurality of wireless speakers. A method of speaker charging and speaker calibration using the sound reproduction apparatus is also provided. The sub-woofer unit may be configured to perform tasks of both charging a power source in each... Agent: Creative Technology Ltd

20120121112 - Speaker: A speaker includes a base, a diaphragm, a separating module, a first electrode set and a second electrode set. The base and a porous structure are formed a cavity. The diaphragm is disposed in the cavity and includes a first part and a second part. The separating module is located... Agent: Compal Electronics, Inc.

20120121113 - Directional control of sound in a vehicle: A system for directing sound in a vehicle includes a passenger selector, a controller, a pattern generator and a speaker array. The passenger selector is configured to generate a direction signal based on a selection of at least one passenger in the vehicle. The controller is configured to generate a... Agent: National Semiconductor Corporation

20120121114 - Hearing instrument with linearized output stage: This invention relates to a hearing instrument, which comprises a first microphone converting ambient sound to an ambient sound signal, a signal processor generating a processed sound signal based on the ambient sound signal, a controllable output stage generating a driving signal based on the processed sound signal and in... Agent:

20120121115 - Hearing aid with wireless signal transmission: A hearing aid with wireless signal transmission is provided which includes a radio reception unit for wireless reception of modulated and/or coded audio signals, a device to estimate the reception quality of the received audio signal, a device to generate an acoustic limit signal whose level increases when the estimated... Agent:

20120121116 - Suspension for a hearing device receiver, and a method of producing a hearing device, and a hearing device: A suspension for a hearing device having a receiver includes a first part, a second part, and a vibration isolator positioned between the first and the second parts, and mechanically coupled to the first and second parts, wherein the first part is configured to at least partly enclose the receiver,... Agent: Gn Resound A/s

20120121117 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a case defining a body of the mobile terminal, a circuit board located in the body, an electronic device located in the body, a mounting portion formed at the case so as to mount the electronic device to the case, and... Agent:

20120121118 - Slotted waveguide for loudspeakers: A slotted waveguide for use with an electrodynamic transducer is described. The slotted waveguide has a transducer front surface for radiating acoustic energy from the electrodynamic transducer. The transducer front surface is concave and the electrodynamic transducer is operable to a desired high frequency. The slotted waveguide may include a... Agent: Harman International Industries, Incorporated

20120121119 - In-ear monitor with concentric sound bore configuration: A in-ear monitor is provided that is coupleable to an external audio source and that may be configured as a custom fit IEM or configured to accept a removable eartip, the in-ear monitor including at least two drivers and at least two concentric sound delivery tubes that acoustically couple the... Agent: Logitech Europe, S.a.

20120121120 - Non-entangling electrical cables: An electrical cable is disclosed that is tangle-free. This is achieved by having alternating lengths of firm elements with flexible lengths of cable. More specifically, the present invention provides various mechanisms for securing a length of electrical cable in a closed/folded state which can be easily opened without entanglements.... Agent:

20120121121 - Speaker having a horizontal former: A speaker includes a frame, a sound radiating surface, and a suspension that couples the sound radiating surface to the frame. A horizontal former is coupled to the radiating surface. The former extends substantially horizontally outward of a peripheral portion of the radiating surface, to a peripheral portion that is... Agent: Apple Inc.

20120114126 - Audio format transcoder: An audio format transcoder for transcoding an input audio signal, the input audio signal having at least two directional audio components. The audio format transcoder including a converter for converting the input audio signal into a converted signal, the converted signal having a converted signal representation and a converted signal... Agent:

20120114125 - Audio signal processing devices having power signal decoding circuits therein: An audio signal receiver includes left and right audio ports that are configured to receive left and right audio signals, respectively. The audio signal receiver also includes a power signal decoding circuit that is configured to extract a DC voltage from at least one of the left and right audio... Agent:

20120114128 - Audio beamforming: An audio beamforming apparatus comprises a receiving circuit (103) which receives signals from an at least two-dimensional microphone array (101). A reference circuit (105) generates reference beams and a combining circuit (107) generates an output signal corresponding to a desired beam pattern by combining the reference beams. An estimation circuit... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20120114127 - Reproduction apparatus, reproduction method, provision apparatus, and reproduction system: A reproduction apparatus includes: a reproduction unit which reproduces sound data; and a volume correction unit which correct a volume of the sound data reproduced by the reproduction unit on the basis of a relationship between a volume characteristic value of each of a plurality of pieces of sound data... Agent:

20120114129 - Mixer with adaptive post-filtering: A noise reduction system includes multiple transducers that generate time domain signals. A transforming device transforms the time domain signals into frequency domain signals. A signal mixing device mixes the frequency domain signals according to a mixing ratio. Frequency domain signals are rotated in phase to generate phase rotated signals.... Agent: Qnx Software Systems Co.

20120114130 - Cognitive load reduction: A cognitive load reduction system comprises a sound source position decision engine configured to receive one or more audio signals from a corresponding one or more signal generators, wherein the sound source position decision engine is further configured to identify two or more discrete sound sources within at least one... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20120114133 - Detecting the repositioning of an earphone using a microphone and associated action: A system detects the repositioning of an earphone that is worn by a user, and changes an operation mode of a host coupled to the earphone. Within the earphone is a pressure transducer that detects a pressure change caused by the repositioning of the earphone. A signaling mechanism sends a... Agent: Apple Inc

20120114132 - Headset with accelerometers to determine direction and movements of user head and method: An audio headset system for a mobile phone or other audio player includes a pair of earpieces, each including a speaker in a housing and configured to provide audio output, the housing configured for positioning with respect to a user's ear to direct audio output to the ear; and a... Agent: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

20120114131 - User configurable headset: A headset is described. The headset includes a frame configured to be worn substantially behind the ears of a user. The frame includes a top surface having a first plurality of attachment features and a bottom surface having a second plurality of attachment features. A boom is mechanically coupled to... Agent: Symbol Technologies, Inc.

20120114134 - Methods and apparatus for control and traffic signaling in wireless microphone transmission systems: Methods and apparatus for controlling the communications between a wireless microphone receiver and one or more wireless microphone transmitters are described. In accordance with some embodiments a common control channel is used for communicating control signals between the wireless microphone receiver and one or more wireless microphone transmitters, while separate... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20120114135 - Modular automotive multimedia and telematic extension box and head unit: The present invention relates to a modular automotive multimedia and telematic extension unit and head unit. In one embodiment, the present invention is an extension unit including a storage unit storing an application of an external personal electronic device, a processor connected to the storage unit, and a first connection... Agent: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

20120114136 - Speaker device: A speaker device has a diaphragm, a static part vibratably supporting the diaphragm in a vibration direction and a driving part applying vibration to the diaphragm in response to an audio signal. The driving part is provided at the static part. The driving part includes a magnetic circuit forming a... Agent: Pioneer Corporation

20120114137 - Acoustic control apparatus and acoustic control method: Disclosed herein is an acoustic control apparatus including: a speaker-position computation section configured to find the position of each of a plurality of speakers located in a speaker layout space on the basis of a position computed as the microphone position in the speaker layout space based on a taken... Agent:

20120114138 - Sound source signal processing apparatus and method: A sound source signal processing apparatus including a first sound source detection unit having at least one microphone to detect a sound source signal, a second sound source detection unit having at least one microphone to detect the sound source signal, the second sound source detection unit being spaced apart... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20120114141 - Howling canceller: A howling canceller is adapted to an acoustic system having a speaker and first and second microphones. The speaker and the first microphone form a first acoustic feedback loop; the speaker and the second microphone form a second acoustic feedback loop. The howling canceller includes a howling suppressing unit for... Agent: Yamaha Corporation

20120114139 - Methods and systems for suppressing noise: The present invention relates to a suppressing noise system applied in a mobile device, comprises: at least two microphones are used for respectively transmitting a first audio signal with noise and a second audio signal with noise; a pre-processing unit is coupled to the at least two microphones for oversampling... Agent: Industrial Technology Research Institute

20120114140 - System and method for a noise reduction controller in a communication device: A system and method control the level of applied noise reduction, the level of noise reduction being influenced by monitoring audio signals, analyzing audio signal components, bandwidth of background noise, user preferences and other factors.... Agent: Noise Free Wireless, Inc.

20120114142 - Acoustic signal processing apparatus, processing method therefor, and program: A difference spectrum calculation unit 320 calculates, as a difference spectrum, the absolute difference value between frequency spectra of the left and right channels sent from frequency spectrum generation units 311 and 312. A low-level band determination unit 330 determines a difference spectrum corresponding to a low-level band among difference... Agent:

20120114143 - Sound output apparatus: A sound output apparatus includes a mixing unit configured to mix an L (left) channel voice signal and an R (right) channel voice signal to generate an L+WF signal and an R−WF signal containing a mix of a WF(woofer) channel voice signal, and power amplifiers which amplify the L+WF signal... Agent:

20120114144 - Sound control device, computer-readable recording medium, and sound control method: Sound is outputted, without giving the sense of incongruity to the user, even if reproduction of animation is stopped by the user. An animation acquiring section 11 acquires animation data D1 representing an animation generated in advance based on a setting operation by the user, and sound data D2 representing... Agent:

20120114145 - Microphone arrangement: A microphone arrangement has an SMD housing with a sound inlet opening. A transducer receives sound waves through the sound inlet opening and converts the received sound waves into electrical signals. An analog-to-digital converter provides digital signals. An interface control unit with a digital interface is used by the chip... Agent: Epcos Ag

20120114146 - Condenser microphone: A condenser microphone includes a plurality of condenser microphone units, each unit including a diaphragm and a fixed electrode one of which has an electret layer thereon. The condenser microphone units include respective sensitivity controllers changing sensitivities of the units. The sensitivity controllers include respective variable resistors connected between a... Agent:

20120114147 - Speaker apparatus: A speaker system includes: a first speaker unit having a predetermined directivity angle in the horizontal direction; and a pair of second speaker units which are disposed opposite to each other with the first speaker unit sandwiched between them when viewed in the vertical direction and which have a directivity... Agent: Sony Corporation

20120114148 - Loudspeaker driver and loudspeaker arrangement: A loudspeaker arrangement comprises a loudspeaker driver (201) mounted in an enclosure (203). The loudspeaker driver (201) comprises a speaker frame (209) which forms an outer support (221) and an inner support (213). An active radiator (205) is mounted on the inner support (213) and a passive radiator (207) is... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20120114149 - Diaphragm for speaker, frame for speaker, dust cap for speaker, speaker and apparatus using them, and method for manufacturing component for speaker: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20120114150 - Speaker apparatus: A speaker apparatus includes: an actuator serving as a source of vibration; a vibration transmitting member connected to the actuator; and two sheet-like diaphragms provided opposite to each other in the thickness direction thereof with the vibration transmitting member and disposed in contact with the vibration transmitting member, wherein vibration... Agent: Sony Corporation

20120114153 - Apparatus and method of reproducing surround wave field using wave field synthesis based on speaker array: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of surround wave field synthesizing a multi-channel signal excluding sound image localization information. A wave field synthesis and reproduction apparatus may include a signal classification unit to classify an inputted multi-channel signal into a primary signal and an ambient signal, a sound image localization... Agent: Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute

20120114151 - Audio speaker selection for optimization of sound origin: A method consistent with certain implementations involves in an audio system having an array of a plurality of loudspeakers and a stored speaker map identifying the geometric relationship between the plurality of loudspeakers and a listening position, identifying a location on the speaker map of a Source Origin of a... Agent:

20120114152 - Determining loudspeaker layout using audible markers: A method consistent with certain implementations involves switching one or more loudspeakers to behave as one or more microphones while remaining loudspeakers behave as speakers. An audible signal is generated and the outputs of the microphones are processed to identify geometric location of loudspeakers. A filter transfer function is generated... Agent:

20120114154 - Using accelerometers for left right detection of headset earpieces: An earplug to provide sounds to a user's ear includes a housing, a speaker in the housing, a reference location or direction indicator associated with the housing to identify a preferential orientation of the housing in a user's ear, and an accelerometer configured to provide an output signal to distinguish... Agent: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

20120114155 - Hearing aid: A hearing aid, that outputs a microphone input signal and an external input signal, improved includes a directional microphone, an external input terminal, a hearing aid processor that inputs sound signals from the microphone and the external input terminal, and a receiver that outputs sound signal that have undergone hearing... Agent:

20120114156 - Hearing aid and method for operating a hearing aid with a humidity sensor: A hearing aid has a hearing aid housing and an associated method for operating the hearing aid. The hearing aid contains a first humidity sensor which determines a first ambient humidity and a modification unit, which modifies an operating state and/or an operating parameter of the hearing aid in dependence... Agent: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.

20120114158 - Hearing assistance system: A hearing assistance system having a transmission unit (10, 10′) with a microphone arrangement (16) for capturing audio signals from a speaker's voice and means (20, 22) for transmitting audio signals via a wireless audio link (24); at least one receiver unit (12) for receiving audio signals from the transmission... Agent: Phonak Ag

20120114157 - Method and hearing aid for determining moisture and computer program product implementing the method: A method for determining moisture on a covering of a microphone opening of a hearing aid housing without additional components includes determination of an acoustic parameter originating from an earpiece in a microphone signal of a microphone disposed below the covering, comparison of the determined acoustic parameter with a reference... Agent: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.

20120114159 - Microphone and microphone apparatus: A microphone includes a microphone unit having a diaphragm, a fixed electrode and a FET as an impedance converter; a plug outputting audio signals output from the microphone unit; and a jack into which audio signals inputted in the microphone unit are inputted. While the plug of the other microphone... Agent:

20120114161 - Earbud and method of manufacture: An earbud (10) for carrying sound from a source (16) to a person's ear canal, includes a soft foam body (20) and a sleeve (26) of stiffer material lying within the body. The body is molded around the sleeve and is chemically bonded to the sleeve without an adhesive between... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20120114160 - Tunable earphone: Provided is a tunable earphone, including an earphone shell, a sound generation device and a tuning device. The earphone shell disposes a pivot hole and a number of tuning holes. The sound generation device is located in the earphone shell. The tuning device includes a tuning member and a damping... Agent: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20120114162 - Built-in telescopic earphone structure and terminal device: The present invention provides a built-in telescopic earphone structure and a terminal device. The built-in telescopic earphone structure comprises a housing having a containing space, an earphone arranged within the containing space and having an earphone assembly and an earphone line, a connection means for connecting the earphone with a... Agent:

20120114163 - Speaker system including a speaker device having a speaker unit mounted with an antenna: A speaker system includes a circuit board and a speaker device disposed on the circuit board. The speaker device includes a speaker unit for generating an audio output, and an antenna directly mounted on the speaker unit for radiating and receiving radio waves.... Agent:

20120114164 - Improvements in or relating to surrounds for audio drivers: A ring-shaped surround for a loudspeaker is disclosed, in the form of a membrane formed in a shape that, when relaxed (i.e. when not being driven), has a cross sectional shape with a first portion extending in a radial direction for a first distance, a second portion extending in an... Agent: Gp Acoustics (uk) Limited

20120114165 - Diaphragm for speaker, frame for speaker, dust cap for speaker, speaker and apparatus using them, and method for manufacturing component for speaker: A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20120114166 - Speaker and electronic apparatus and device using the same: The present invention relates to a loudspeaker in the acoustic field and the information communication field. The invention provides a loudspeaker that can realize a thinner size. To achieve this, the loudspeaker of the present invention is structured so that a part of a diaphragm is inserted to a dent... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20120106742 - Audio content enhancement using bandwidth extension techniques: Methods, devices and computer program products facilitate the generation of high quality audio content. The audio content includes upper harmonics that are associated with a bass band of frequencies in order to enhance the perception of bass audio components that cannot be produced by the audio speakers. The upper harmonics... Agent:

20120106744 - Auditory display apparatus and auditory display method: An auditory display apparatus is provided that places sounds such that sounds whose fundamental frequencies are close to each other are not adjacent to each other. A sound transmission/reception section receives sound data. A sound analysis section analyzes the sound data, and calculates a fundamental frequency of the sound data.... Agent:

20120106743 - Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals: Scaling, by a desired amount sm, the overall perceived loudness Lm of a multichannel audio signal, wherein perceived loudness is a nonlinear function of signal power P, by scaling the perceived loudness of each individual channel Lc by an amount substantially equal to the desired amount of scaling of the... Agent: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

20120106745 - 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:

20120106746 - Technique for estimating particular audio component: Candidate frequencies per unit segment of an audio signal are identified. First processing section identifies an estimated train that is a time series of candidate frequencies, each selected for a different one of the segments, arranged over a plurality of the unit segments and that has a high likelihood of... Agent: Yamaha Corporation

20120106747 - System and method for automatic selection of audio configuration settings: In one embodiment the present invention includes a circuit for automatically adjusting an output of an audio device. The circuit includes a memory circuit, a detector circuit, a control circuit, and an output circuit. The memory circuit stores configuration information. The detector circuit detects environment information related to an environment... Agent: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation

20120106748 - System for simulated multi-gear vehicle sound generation: A vehicle sound generator system is configured to generate a signal configured to drive one or more speakers produce sound waves simulating sounds associated with a desired engine type. The signal is based on one or more operating conditions of a vehicle. The vehicle sound generator system is configured to... Agent: Harman International Industries, Incorporated

20120106749 - Microphone non-uniformity compensation system: A microphone compensation system responds to changes in the characteristics of individual microphones in an array of microphones. The microphone compensation system provides a communication system with consistent performance despite microphone aging, widely varying environmental conditions, and other factors that alter the characteristics of the microphones. Furthermore, lengthy, complex, and... Agent: Nuance Communications, Inc.

20120106750 - Audio driver system and method: A system and apparatus for constructing a displacement model across a frequency range for a loudspeaker is disclosed. The resultant displacement model is centered around the distortion point. Once a distortion model is constructed it can be incorporated into an audio driver to prevent distortion by incorporating the model and... Agent:

20120106751 - Methods and apparatus for wireless microphone synchronization: Methods and apparatus related to timing synchronization used in a wireless microphone system to reduce and/or minimize interference are described. A wireless microphone receiver in some embodiments performs open loop timing control based on signals from an adjacent wireless microphone receiver and participates in closed loop timing control of wireless... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20120106752 - Lightweight electronic device for automotive applications and method: A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20120106753 - Digital dual microphone module with intelligent cross fading: A method of operating a microphone system includes providing first and second microphones associated with a same human speaker. An analog ambient noise signal is received from the first microphone. An analog speech signal is received from the second microphone. The analog ambient noise signal is converted into a digital... Agent: Bosch Security Systems Inc.

20120106755 - Handheld electronic device with microphone array: A handheld electronic device includes a body and a microphone array. The body includes a side and a recess formed on the side. The microphone array includes a first microphone and a second microphone. Either the first and second microphones are disposed in the recess, or the first microphone is... Agent: Fortemedia, Inc.

20120106754 - Transitioning multiple microphones from a first mode to a second mode: An apparatus includes multiple microphones and a controller. The controller is coupled to receive a signal from each of the multiple microphones. The controller is configured to control a transition of the multiple microphones from an active mode to a dormant mode. When the multiple microphones are in the active... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20120106757 - Mobile wireless communications device having improved rf immunity of audio transducers to electromagnetic interference (emi): A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor operative with each other. Audio circuitry is carried by the circuit board and an audio transducer assembly, such as a speaker, has electrical contacts that electrically... Agent: Research In Motion Limited

20120106756 - System and method for a noise reduction switch in a communication device: A switch system and novel method control the application of noise reduction upon a signal.... Agent:

20120106758 - Technique for suppressing particular audio component: A coefficient train processing section, which sequentially generates per unit segment a processing coefficient train for suppressing a target component of an audio signal, includes a basic coefficient train generation section and coefficient train processing section. The basic coefficient train generation section generates a basic coefficient train where basic coefficient... Agent: Yamaha Corporation

20120106759 - Speaker system and method for optimizing output of speaker thereof: A speaker system and a method for optimizing an output of a speaker thereof are provided. The speaker system includes a speaker, an automatic gain control amplifier, a volume adjustment unit, a controller, and an indication unit. The function of the automatic gain control amplifier may be intelligently optimized by... Agent: Optoma Technology, Inc.

20120106760 - Audio amp with spurious wave noise reduction circuit: An audio amplifier with a spurious wave noise reduction circuit according to the present invention comprises: an input unit receiving the audio signal for each channel; a modulation unit converting the audio signal into a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal; an amplification unit amplifying the PWM signal; an output unit... Agent: M Designs Inc

20120106761 - Driving interface device adaptive to a flat speaker: A driving interface device adaptive to a flat speaker is introduced herein. The driving interface device is coupled with an external sound source for receiving sound signals, and boosts voltage levels of the sound signals to drive the thin flat speaker without using an external power source. In one embodiment,... Agent: Industrial Technology Research Institute

20120106762 - Hearing aid device for frequency compression: With a hearing aid device suitable for executing a frequency compression, the aim is for different input signals entering the hearing aid device to be easily distinguishable even after frequency compression. To this end it is proposed that form factors should be determined from source frequency bands in which the... Agent: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.

20120106763 - Audio signal processing device, audio signal processing method, and program: An audio signal processing device includes two audio signal processing units that serially perform a processing with respect to an input audio signal, and obtain an output audio signal for driving a speaker. One audio signal processing unit of the two audio signal processing units performs, with respect to the... Agent:

20120106764 - Multi-function mobile device carrying case: A multi-function mobile device carrying case for a mobile device includes a case housing incorporating a retractable headset, a microphone, a multi-function control button, and an interface cable. The carry case further includes a device housing attached to the case housing and configured to accommodate a mobile device. When a... Agent: Gomango, LLC

20120106766 - Electronic device: An electronic device of the present invention comprises: an electronic-device body which has a first sound hole that radiates a sound wave generated at a built-in vibration source; and a panel which has a second sound hole at the position corresponding to the first sound hole, and is attached to... Agent:

20120106765 - Loudspeaker system and waveshaping unit: The invention concerns a loudspeaker system having a plurality of segmented line array speakers and a plurality of acoustic waveshapers. In addition there is provided an overlap region between two adjacent waveshapers.... Agent:

20120106767 - Shaped loudspeaker: A driver for a loudspeaker is mounted in an opening in an acoustic surface, for example a horn, and has a piston shaped to conform to the shape of the acoustic surface. This ensures that the presence of the driver does not disrupt the acoustic properties of the desired shape... Agent: Martin Audio Limited

20120106768 - Front resonator for a speaker of a wireless device: A front resonator for a speaker of a wireless device, comprising: an enclosure mounted over the speaker and forming with an upper surface of the speaker a front volume for the front resonator; and, a horizontal or approximately horizontal tube formed or mounted on a surface of the enclosure, the... Agent: Research In Motion Limited

20120106769 - Filter circuit for an electret microphone: A miniature electret microphone includes a housing, a back plate/diaphragm assembly, an integrated circuit and a filter circuit. The housing for the microphone includes a sound inlet port. The back plate/diaphragm assembly is disposed within the housing and the assembly has an output responsive to sound pressure incident on the... Agent:

20120106770 - Earphone antenna, earphone and electronic device employing the same: One or more antennas within an earphone arrangement used in an electronic device includes a plurality of coaxial cables, a first antenna unit, a second antenna unit, and a third antenna unit. The coaxial cables carry radio frequency (RF) signals of different frequency bands. The first antenna unit, the second... Agent: Foxconn Communication Technology Corp.

20120106771 - Aesthetic linear speaker assembly: A linear speaker assembly including a plurality of speakers in side by side relation within a piece of furniture in such a manner that a horn element, a phase plug and other ancillary speaker structure forms a sound path that communicates from the speakers to the environment and the speaker... Agent:

20120106772 - Speaker device: A diaphragm, a static part vibratably supporting the diaphragm in the vibration direction, and a driving part provided at the static part and applying vibration to the diaphragm in response to an audio signal are provided, and the driving part includes a magnetic circuit forming a magnetic gap, a voice... Agent: Pioneer Corporation

20120106773 - Speaker device and method for forming speaker device: A speaker device which can form an ideal cylindrical wave as sound traveling nondirectionally in a horizontal direction toward a listener. A vibration transmitting member is supported at one end thereof to the vertex of a conical diaphragm, and vibration generated by a vibrating element according to an acoustic signal... Agent: Sony Corporation

20120106775 - Speaker: A speaker includes a base defining a pair of receiving cavities separated from each other in a longitudinal direction and an engaging portion disposed between the pair of receiving cavities, a pair of magnetic circuit systems received into the pair of the receiving cavities, a diaphragm attached on the base,... Agent: Aac Acoustic Technologies (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20120106774 - Speaker, and mobile electronic device: A housing (110) includes one main surface (111) having a polygonal shape, and an opening portion (112) in the one main surface. A diaphragm (120) is disposed in the opening portion so as to cover the one main surface, except for corner regions (115a, 115b, 115c, and 115d) which are... Agent:

20120106776 - Slim speaker: A slim speaker includes a casing having an enlarged front opening and a rear end with a magnetic circuit mounted thereto; a voice coil located over a central area of the magnetic circuit; a diaphragm located between the enlarged front opening of the casing and the voice coil; and a... Agent:

20120106777 - Speaker damper and speaker device: A damper for a speaker for vibratably supporting a voice coil to a static part includes a first damper and a second damper formed in an annular shape having an inner periphery part and an outer periphery part, respectively. The first and second dampers are formed in a shape expandable... Agent: Pioneer Corporation

20120099733 - Audio adjustment system: A stereo widening system and associated signal processing algorithms are described herein that can, in several embodiments, widen a stereo image with fewer processing resources than existing crosstalk cancellation systems. These system and algorithms can advantageously be implemented in a handheld device or other device with speakers placed close together,... Agent: Srs Labs, Inc.

20120099731 - Estimation of synthetic audio prototypes: An approach to forming output signals both permits flexible and temporally and/or frequency local processing of input signals while limiting or mitigating artifacts in such output signals. Generally, the approach involves first synthesizing prototype signals for the output signals, or equivalently characterizing such prototypes, for example, according to their statistical... Agent: Bose Corporation

20120099732 - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for far-field multi-source tracking and separation: An apparatus for multichannel signal processing separates signal components from different acoustic sources by initializing a separation filter bank with beams in the estimated source directions, adapting the separation filter bank under specified constraints, and normalizing an adapted solution based on a maximum response with respect to direction. Such an... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20120099735 - Endoscope with function of acoustic wave detection and voiceprint comparison: The present invention provides an endoscope with function of acoustic wave detection and voiceprint comparison. The endoscope includes a flexible tube, a hand-held host and a sound receiving element. The hand-held host includes an analog-to-digital converter, a storage unit and a digital signal processor. The sound receiving element is disposed... Agent: Three-in-one Ent Co., Ltd

20120099734 - Method for qualitative evaluation of a digital audio signal: The invention relates to a method of qualitatively evaluating a digital audio signal. It calculates a quality indicator consisting of a vector associated with each time window in real time, in continuous time, and in successive time windows. For example, the generation of a quality indicator vector calculates, for a... Agent: Telediffusion De France

20120099736 - Noise cancellation system: A method of controlling a noise cancellation system, for use in an audio device, comprises: generating an ambient noise signal representative of ambient noise; filtering and applying gain to the ambient noise signal to generate a noise cancellation signal; passing the noise cancellation signal to a speaker; and generating an... Agent:

20120099737 - Apparatus and methods: An apparatus including: a body including a first surface defining an aperture; and an audio output device configured to pivot relative to the body between at least a first position in which the audio output device is at least partially positioned within the aperture, and a second position in which... Agent: Nokia Corporation

20120099738 - Automatic detection of the wearing style of a convertible headset: A system for adjusting an audio setting for a headset, comprises a communications device, a detachable headband containing a detectable element that can be coupled to the communications device, a sensor coupled to the communications device configured to determine whether the headband is coupled to the communications device and a... Agent: Plantronics, Inc.

20120099739 - Estimation of synthetic audio prototypes: An approach to forming output signals both permits flexible and temporally and/or frequency local processing of input signals while limiting or mitigating artifacts in such output signals. Generally, the approach involves first synthesizing prototype signals for the output signals, or equivalently characterizing such prototypes, for example, according to their statistical... Agent: Bose Corporation

20120099740 - All-digital speaker system device: The present invention disclosed an all-digital speaker system device based on multi-bit Σ-Δ Modulation, comprising an A/D converter, an interpolation filter, a Σ-Δ modulator, a dynamic mismatch regulator, a differential buffer and a speaker array. The present invention takes advantage of the Σ-Δ modulation technique to effectively reduce the cost... Agent: Suzhou Sonavox Eletronics Co., Ltd.

20120099741 - Acoustic signal processing apparatus: An acoustic signal's high frequency component extracted by an HPF 13 is multiplied in a multiplier 16 by the first coefficient to control the level of the high frequency component. The first coefficient is generated by a coefficient generation portion 21 in accordance with the full band level of an... Agent: Yamaha Corporation

20120099742 - Audio jack with esd protection: A plug-and-jack for use with an electronic device that is configured to ensure circuitry of the device is protected from electrostatic discharge. In one case, the jack is an audio jack designed to protect high gain circuitry of the device against electrostatic discharge from the leads of an audio plug.... Agent: Research In Motion Limited

20120099743 - Class d amplification device: A controller 103 that conducts various controls corresponding to input information selects target voltage information and target dead time information corresponding to input audio signal level information from data table information, outputs the target voltage information to a variable power supply unit 104, and outputs the target dead time information... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20120099744 - Condenser microphone: There is provided a condenser microphone including a microphone capsule having a diaphragm and a capsule mounting, and a sound guide unit for guiding sound. The sound guide unit is provided at at least one side of the capsule mounting.... Agent:

20120099745 - Portable electronic device having oblique sound output arrangement: An exemplary portable electronic device includes a flat shell, two speakers received in the shell, and a display panel. The shell includes a front plate at a front side thereof, a rear plate at a rear side thereof, and a sidewall between the front plate and the rear plate. The... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20120099746 - Piezoelectric acoustic transducer: Provided is a piezoelectric type loudspeaker capable of reproducing a high sound pressure in a limited space, without increasing a voltage applied to a piezoelectric element in a bass range. A plurality of piezoelectric diaphragms are disposed in parallel, and coupled to one another in a thickness direction of the... Agent:

20120099747 - Audio signal system: An audio signal system is provided having, in one embodiment, a magnetostrictive core of varying shapes, sizes, and permeability. The core is wound with a wire, thereby forming an inductor for producing a magnetic field when current is passed through the wire. A speaker, or other audio output device, is... Agent:

20120099748 - Method of providing input parameters or information for the fitting process of hearing instruments or ear pieces for a hearing device: Input parameters or information for the fitting process of individually shaped or customized hearing devices and/or ear pieces of a hearing device are provided by storing fitting relevant data during the manufacturing process of an ear piece for the use with a hearing device into storage means, the data storage... Agent: Phonak Ag

20120099749 - Electronic device with hinge mechanism: An electronic device is described that has a base and a lid, where device can be opened so that part of the base is exposed and closed so that the same part of the base is hidden. The lid is connected to the base by two bars. The bars allow... Agent: Google Inc.

20120099750 - Speaker and mixer assembly: A transportable audio system is described. The transportable audio system may include a speaker module and speaker mating module. The speaker module may include a backside mating edge and a backside interior inset from the backside mating edge. The backside mating edge may include a first attachment mechanism. The speaker... Agent: Harman International Industries, Incorporated

20120099751 - Attachable external acoustic chambers for a mobile device: A wireless mobile electronic device includes a first housing and a first acoustic chamber disposed within the first housing. A sound generator, within said first housing, is acoustically coupled to the first acoustic chamber. Additionally, a first acoustic port defines an opening into the first acoustic chamber. The acoustic port... Agent: Motorola Mobility, Inc.

20120099753 - Backplate for microphone: A microphone has a membrane (20) mounted to vibrate in response to pressure fluctuations, a backplate (30) facing the membrane and being more rigid than the membrane, and circuitry (95) for sensing the vibrations relative to the backplate, the backplate being prestressed and having a geometry such that a response... Agent: Knowles Electronics Asia Pte. Ltd.

20120099752 - Boundary microphone: A boundary microphone is provided to effectively reduce noises caused by external electromagnetic waves by providing electrostatic shielding, including on the portion of lead wires from a microphone unit to a circuit board. The boundary microphone has a base plate, a cover, a circuit board, and a microphone unit mounted... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-technica

20120099754 - Audio accessory: In an audio headphone assembly (1) having a pair of earpieces (3, 5) with associated speaker units (4, 6), being attached generally to an end region (2C, 2D) of head band (2), whereby each earpiece is associated with the headband, for adjustment of the position of the ear-pieces relative to... Agent:

20120099755 - Earphone mounting structure: An earphone mounting structure includes an earphone consisting of a flat base frame shell, a speaker, a cover frame shell capped and a detachable decorative cap shell, and a mounting device adapted for securing the earphone to a cap for the head of a person. The mounting device can be... Agent: