CA2049295A1 - Acoustic signal reproducing apparatus - Google Patents

Acoustic signal reproducing apparatus

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CA2049295A1
CA2049295A1 CA2049295A CA2049295A CA2049295A1 CA 2049295 A1 CA2049295 A1 CA 2049295A1 CA 2049295 A CA2049295 A CA 2049295A CA 2049295 A CA2049295 A CA 2049295A CA 2049295 A1 CA2049295 A1 CA 2049295A1
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signal
head
listener
turning angle
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CA2049295A
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French (fr)
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CA2049295C (en
Inventor
Kiyofumi Inanaga
Hiroyuki Sogawa
Yasuhiro Iida
Susumu Yabe
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Sony Corp
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Kiyofumi Inanaga
Hiroyuki Sogawa
Yasuhiro Iida
Susumu Yabe
Sony Corporation
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Priority claimed from JP2008518A external-priority patent/JP2893779B2/en
Priority claimed from JP2008517A external-priority patent/JP2751514B2/en
Priority claimed from JP2008515A external-priority patent/JP2751513B2/en
Application filed by Kiyofumi Inanaga, Hiroyuki Sogawa, Yasuhiro Iida, Susumu Yabe, Sony Corporation filed Critical Kiyofumi Inanaga
Publication of CA2049295A1 publication Critical patent/CA2049295A1/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS 
    • H04S7/00—Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
    • H04S7/30—Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field
    • H04S7/302—Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation
    • H04S7/303—Tracking of listener position or orientation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R5/00—Stereophonic arrangements
    • H04R5/033—Headphones for stereophonic communication
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04S—STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS 
    • H04S1/00—Two-channel systems
    • H04S1/002—Non-adaptive circuits, e.g. manually adjustable or static, for enhancing the sound image or the spatial distribution
    • H04S1/005—For headphones

Abstract

With an acoustic signal reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, position-detecting reference signals from reference signal source are sensed by a pair of signal sensors, provided at two places over a listener's head M, the turning angle and the relative distance of the head with respect to the reference signal source are calculated by processing units on the basis of these signal sensors, transmission characteristics with respect to an arbitrarily positioned imaginary sound source are found from the information concerning said relative distance and said turning angle, with said reference signal source as a reference position, and acoustic signals are processed by acoustic signal processing devices on the basis of the transmission characteristics to realize satisfactory binaural reproduction with respect to the imaginary sound source. A level detection unit also detects that the output level of at least one of the signal sensors becomes lower than a reference level and, on the basis of a detection output of the detection unit, the acoustic signals supplied to the headphone device are controlled by a control unit to realize a stable binaural playback operation.
With a headphone device of the present invention, a pair of signal sensors, sensing a signal for detecting an information concerning a turning angle of the listener's head relative to a sound source, with a main headphone body attached to the listener's head, are mounted on the main headphone body by means of supporting units and the signal sensors are supported at spaced apart positions from the main headphone body, so that the signal sensors sense the information concerning the turning angle of the listener's head satisfactorily to realize stable detection of the information concerning the turning angle of the listener's head.
CA002049295A 1990-01-19 1991-01-18 Acoustic signal reproducing apparatus Expired - Lifetime CA2049295C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JPP2-008518 1990-01-19
JPP2-008517 1990-01-19
JP2008518A JP2893779B2 (en) 1990-01-19 1990-01-19 Headphone equipment
JP2008517A JP2751514B2 (en) 1990-01-19 1990-01-19 Sound signal reproduction device
JP2008515A JP2751513B2 (en) 1990-01-19 1990-01-19 Sound signal reproduction device
JPP2-008515 1990-01-19

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CA2049295A1 true CA2049295A1 (en) 1991-07-20
CA2049295C CA2049295C (en) 1998-06-23

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EP (2) EP0465662B1 (en)
KR (1) KR100225546B1 (en)
AU (1) AU648773B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2049295C (en)
DE (1) DE69129087T2 (en)
WO (1) WO1991011079A1 (en)

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EP0465662A1 (en) 1992-01-15
EP0661906A1 (en) 1995-07-05
EP0465662B1 (en) 1998-03-18
KR100225546B1 (en) 1999-10-15
EP0465662A4 (en) 1992-06-10
DE69129087T2 (en) 1998-07-09
WO1991011079A1 (en) 1991-07-25
DE69129087D1 (en) 1998-04-23
KR920702176A (en) 1992-08-12
US5452359A (en) 1995-09-19
AU7056491A (en) 1991-08-05
CA2049295C (en) 1998-06-23
AU648773B2 (en) 1994-05-05

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