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<title>freepatentsonline.com: Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices</title>
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<description>USPTO Class 381 Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices</description>
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<title><![CDATA[Audio processing apparatus for implementing level corrections of audio data]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613312.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A audio processing apparatus capable of judging and correcting volume levels of audio data, with a level judgment thinning controller for thinning the frequency of the level judgments provided therein, can reduce a throughput and implement the level judgments and corrections in the case of multi-channel input audio data maintaining the original number of the channels thereof. The audio processing apparatus, with a plurality of level judging devices and level correcting devices further provided therein, can implement audio processings at optional settings in response to users' preferences. The present invention thereby provides the capability of judging and correcting levels of the multi-channel audio data while maintaining the original number of the channels thereof.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Interference suppression techniques]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613309.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[System ( 10 ) is disclosed including an acoustic sensor array ( 20 ) coupled to processor ( 42 ). System ( 10 ) processes inputs from array ( 20 ) to extract a desired acoustic signal through the suppression of interfering signals. The extraction/suppression is performed by modifying the array ( 20 ) inputs in the frequency domain with weights selected to minimize variance of the resulting output signal while maintaining unity gain of signals received in the direction of the desired acoustic signal. System ( 10 ) may be utilized in hearing aids, voice input devices, surveillance devices, and other applications.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile terminals including compensation for hearing impairment and methods and computer program products for operating the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613314.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile terminal includes a processor that is programmed to provide a user of the mobile terminal with a hearing test and to determine a set of coefficients. A microphone is configured to receive audio signals therethrough. A digital filter is programmed with the determined set of coefficients and is configured to process the audio signals and transmit the processed audio signals to an earphone.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Configurable headset]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613315.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The headset according to the invention has an elongate cabinet adapted for placement behind the ear lobe, a speaker enclosure hinged to the cabinet part and extending downwards from the upper portion of the cabinet part and a microphone boom extending from the lover tip of the cabinet part. The microphone boom is fastened to the cabinet part in rotatable fashion, and the speaker enclosure has sound exit openings pointing in a direction toward the ear and away from the ear. According to the invention the speaker enclosure has a circumferentially extending band which is detachable from the speaker enclosure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for treating an electric sound signal]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613305.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for generating a sound giving a sensation of depth by applying, after extraction, a transfer function quadrille onto electric sound signals on the left and right thereof. The transfer functions simulate the trajectories taken by the sound associated with the electric signal to be processed in order to reach two receivers, if this sound was emitted in air. The signals that have been processed, one by one, by one of the four transfer functions of the quadrille, are combined with each other, then the sound signal thus obtained is mixed with the original electric sound signal to be processed after a temporal reset.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Audio encoder and audio decoder]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613306.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An audio encoder, generating a stereo signal based on a multi-channel signal, includes a downmix unit for downmixing a multi-channel signal exceeding two channels to a two-channel stereo signal, a first coding unit for generating a first coded signal by coding the downmixed stereo signal, a second coding unit for generating a second coded signal by coding information to restore the downmixed stereo signal to a multi-channel signal, a code size calculating unit for calculating a code size of the second coded signal, and a first multiplexing unit for multiplexing the calculated code size in either the first coded signal or the second coded signal. Accordingly a decoder is able to easily extract a coded signal of the multi-channel signal based on the code size, and the decoder reproducing only the downmixed signal can be configured inexpensively.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adjustable earpiece]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613292.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An adjustable earpiece for a communications headset includes a hook, an arm to displaceably connect to the hook, a hinge to connect to the arm and to the communications headset, and a connection mechanism to adjustably prevent relative displacement of the arm and the hook.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and program for setting signal processing parameter in an audio mixer]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613530.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scene data including a set of values of a plurality of signal processing parameters are stored in a memory. Adjusting values (offset values) of the parameters stored in a buffer are each modified only when a user has performed operation for modifying the value, and never modified automatically. Upon selection of new scene data, the individual parameters of the new scene data are read out from the memory, and the value of at least one of the read-out parameters is modified in accordance with the adjusting value. The values of the parameters, including the thus-modified value of the parameter, are collectively set in a signal processor, such as a mixer. If the modified parameter value is beyond a predetermined limit value, a value corresponding to the limit value is set in the processor, in which case the adjusting value stored in the buffer is not changed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Active sound reduction apparatus and active noise insulation wall having same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613307.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An active noise insulation wall includes an active sound reduction apparatus disposed on an upper end surface of a noise insulation wall. The active sound reduction apparatus comprises a combination of an active acoustic control cell and a sound tube. The active acoustic control cell controls a coming noise such that a diffracted sound pressure component of the coming noise at the upper end surface of the noise insulation wall is actively reduced. The sound tube decreases a sound wave of a frequency different from a target frequency of the active acoustic control cell. Thus, the active noise insulation wall can effectively reduce noises including many frequency components.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Audio input system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613310.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for reducing noise associated with an audio signal received through a microphone sensor array is provided. The method initiates with enhancing a target signal component of the audio signal through a first filter. Simultaneously, the target signal component is blocked by a second filter. Then, the output of the first filter and the output of the second filter are combined in a manner to reduce noise without distorting the target signal. Next, an acoustic set-up associated with the audio signal is periodically monitored. Then, a value of the first filter and a value of the second filter are both calibrated based upon the acoustic set-up. A system capable of isolating a target audio signal from multiple noise sources, a video game controller, and an integrated circuit configured to isolate a target audio signal are included.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spatially correlated audio in multipoint videoconferencing]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7612793.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The disclosed method provides audio location perception to an endpoint in a multipoint videoconference by providing a plurality of audio streams to the endpoint, wherein each of the audio streams corresponds to one of the loudspeakers at the endpoint. The audio streams are differentiated so as to emphasize broadcasting of the audio streams through one or more loudspeakers closest to a position of a speaking endpoint in a videoconference layout that is displayed at the endpoint. For example, the audio broadcast at a loudspeaker that is at a far-side of the screen might be attenuated or time delayed compared to audio broadcast at a loudspeaker that is located at a near-side of the display. The disclosure also provides a multipoint control unit (MCU) that processes audio signals from two or more endpoints according to the positions in a layout of the endpoints and then transmits processed audio streams to the endpoints in a way that allows endpoints to broadcast spatially correlated audio.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System for eliminating acoustic feedback]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613529.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system is provided for eliminating acoustical feedback in a system. The method determines a parameter for at least one notch filter, adjusting the notch filter based on the parameter, processing the digital signals through the notch filter, testing at the effect of the notch filter in the system, and removing the notch filter if the notch filter is not effective. Also disclosed is a method and system of selecting candidate frequencies which might be feedback, as opposed to other wanted sound frequencies. The selection method sampling the digital signals, converting the time domain digital signal samples by a fast Fourier transform algorithm into the frequency domain, using a ballistics approach to find prominences in the frequency spectrum, and testing the sizes of the prominences.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Systems and methods for improving the signal to noise ratio for audio input in a computing system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613532.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and methods for improving the signal to noise ratio for audio input in a computing system are provided. Signal to noise ratio improvements are enabled for an input audio signal by incorporating a plurality of microphones into the PC environment, for example, to improve the processing of voice or speech input or other audio capture applications. In various embodiments, a plurality of microphones are spaced apart, e.g., attached to or within a PC housing, in such a way that noise from PC components can be “subtracted” or reduced from an input audio signal, which increases the signal to noise ratio and improves audio processing accuracy. The “subtraction” or reduction techniques applied by the present invention are unique to the PC environment wherein different noises having particular characteristics can be identified, including, but not limited to, rattle of device components, fan noise and disk noise.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for control of audio field based on position of user]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613313.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for control of an audio field based on the position of the user. In one embodiment, a system and a method for audio reproduction are provided. One or more audio signals are obtained that are representative of sounds occurring at a first location. The audio signals are communicated from the first location to a second location of a person. A position of the head of the person is determined in at least two dimensions at the second location by obtaining at least one image of the person. An audio field is reproduced at the second location from the audio signals, wherein sounds emitted by each means for reproducing are controlled based on the position of the head of the person. This may include controlling the volume of reproduction by each of a plurality of sound reproductions means based on the position of the head of the person. In another embodiment, delay associated with of reproduction may be controlled based on the position of the head of the person.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[User aware audio playing apparatus and method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613531.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An audio player apparatus ( 1 ) and method ( 2 ). The audio player apparatus comprises input means ( 10 ), such as buttons ( 11, 12, 13, 14 ) or soft-buttons on a touch screen, for inputting the presence of at least one user at a location of said audio player apparatus. The player apparatus ( 1 ) further has input means ( 20 ) for preferred audio-preferences. Thus audio being reproduced by said audio player apparatus ( 1 ) is adapted to the current audio taste and/or mood of users present at the location of the audio player apparatus ( 1 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Speaker and method of outputting acoustic sound]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7610991.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A speaker contains a pipe member containing opposed ends and a sounding body that is driven on the basis of an acoustic signal which is applied to the sounding body. The sounding body is arranged on the same axis as that of the pipe member. Sound wave radiated from the sounding body radiates from the opposed ends of the pipe member.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital implementation of a fourth order Linkwitz-Riley network with a low cutoff frequency]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613311.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A simplified digital implementation of a fourth order Linkwitz-Riley crossover network is provided using approximations and transformations of the classical form. The approximation is particularly beneficial when the crossover frequency is low relative to the digital sampling rate, such as when an audio stream is split between bass and treble at about 30-300 Hz and the sampling frequency is about 100 times the cutoff frequency or higher. Rather than merely cascading two sets of second order filters, such as Butterworth filters, a fourth order transfer function is more directly implemented. Conventional transfer functions are simplified through approximations resulting in the elimination of all except one parameter, c, which is a linear function of the cutoff frequency. Additionally, multipliers are moved in line with the integrator elements. A modulator may be inserted in the processing path at the output of each integrator element if limited fixed precision of the operators is desired while maintaining high performance. A crossover of the inventive design requires a fewer number of state variables, multipliers and adders.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods for producing acoustic sources]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7610810.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Embodiments include an acoustic source for use in a hemi-anechoic chamber comprising a source assembly and a waveguide assembly for producing sound outside of a measurement hemisphere and channeling the sound into the measurement hemisphere. A waveguide end from which sound emanates is positioned close to the reflecting plane of the chamber and can approximate a point source.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Remote control interface for replacement vehicle stereos]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7613308.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An interface circuit for interconnecting the fixed controls of a vehicle to a replacement stereo. The interface circuit is capable of receiving control signals from fixed controls, such as steering wheel controls, backseat controls, handlebar controls, and the like, and then transmitting corresponding control signals to a replacement stereo. In one embodiment, the output signals from the interface circuit are comprised of wireless signals, such as IR signals. In another embodiment, the interface device is programmable such that the interface device can be programmed to emit signals corresponding to the same signals that would be emitted from a handheld remote control sold in conjunction with an after-market stereo receiver.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for manufacturing a diaphragm assembly]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7610670.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A diaphragm assembly used for a condenser microphone has a diaphragm made of a resin film including a metallized film on one surface of a supporter ring. The diaphragm is made by a first step of bonding a ring jig of a larger diameter than the supporter ring to the resin film having the metallized film composed of a ductile metallic material on the one surface via an adhesive without exerting tension on the resin film; a second step of heating and contracting the resin film bonded to the ring jig without applying the tension at a temperature over a glass transition point of a film material; and a third step of bonding the supporter ring to the resin film via an adhesive in a state of exerting predetermined tension on the resin film. The diaphragm assembly is cut out of the resin film after the adhesive becomes hardened.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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