IP Library Granted Patent US 12666206
Granted Patent B2
US 12666206 · App. 18/578,272 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Acoustic feature computing apparatus, acoustic feature computing method, and program

Inventors: Kenji Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Yoshifumi Shiraki (Tokyo, JP); Takehiro Moriya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04R23/008H04R29/001H04R2217/03
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Patent No.
US 12666206
App. No.
18/578,272
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique for accurately measuring acoustic characteristics of a parametric array is provided. A first calculation unit that calculates a complex amplitude d of an optical phase at a frequency f d from an amount of change φ s of the optical phase caused by demodulated sound S, assuming that q diff (ξ′, η′) is a function defined using a Gaussian beam expansion method, a second calculation unit that calculates a function value q diff (ξ, η) at a point X and a line integral value ∫ L q diff (ξ′, η)dξ′ of the function q diff (ξ′, η) along the optical path L, and a third calculation unit that calculates a complex amplitude p of the demodulated sound with the frequency f d at the point X using the complex amplitude d, the function value q diff (ξ, η), and the line integral value ∫ L q diff (ξ′, η)dξ′ are included.

Claims (225)

1 . An acoustic characteristics measurement device comprising

a transducer configured to generate a parametric array to generate demodulated sound S as audible sound in a sound field, the transducer being a substantially circular sound source;

a phase change measurement device configured to measure a phase change of light due to the demodulated sound S;

a light source device configured to emit the light along an optical path toward the phase change measurement device through the sound field; and

a processor configured to execute operations comprising:

where L represents the optical path for the phase change measurement device,

C represents a point at which the optical path L intersects a straight line passing through the transducer and parallel to a propagation direction of the demodulated sound S,

X represents a point on the optical path L at which a distance from the point C is x,

z represents a distance from the transducer to the optical path L,

a represents a radius of the transducer, f d =|f 1 −f 2 | (where f 1 is a frequency of a carrier wave and f 2 is a frequency of a sideband wave) represents a frequency of the demodulated sound S, and

c represents a speed of sound,

calculating a complex amplitude d of an optical phase at the frequency f d from an amount of change φ s of the optical phase caused by the demodulated sound S;

where a function q diff (ξ′, η′) represents a predetermined function using a Gaussian beam expansion method,

calculating a function value of the function q diff (ξ, η) at the point X (where ξ=x/a, η=2z/ka 2 , k 1 =f 1 /c, k 2 =f 2 /c, and k=(k 1 +k 2 )/2 are satisfied) and a line integral value ∫ L q diff (ξ′, η)dξ′ of the function q diff (ξ′, η) along the optical path L; and

calculating a complex amplitude p of the demodulated sound with the frequency f d at the point X using the complex amplitude d of the optical phase at the frequency f d , the function value q diff (ξ, η) at the point X, and the line integral value ∫ L q diff (ξ′, η)dξ′ of the function q diff (ξ′, η) along the optical path L, and the complex amplitude p of the demodulated sound represents an acoustic characteristic of the parametric array with accuracy.

2 . The acoustic characteristics calculation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the function q diff (ξ′, η′) is a function defined by the following expressions:

q

diff

(

ξ

,

η

)

=

m

=

1

10

m

=

1

10

A

m

A

m

q

diff

(

mm

)

(

ξ

,

η

)

q

diff

(

mm

)

(

ξ

,

η

)

=

1

4

r

1

(

mm

)

exp

(

-

s

1

(

mm

)

r

1

(

mm

)

ξ

′2

)

×

[

E

1

(

s

2

(

mm

)

r

1

(

mm

)

(

r

1

(

mm

)

η

+

r

2

(

mm

)

)

ξ

′2

)

-

E

1

(

s

2

(

mm

)

r

1

(

mm

)

r

2

(

mm

)

ξ

′2

)

]

(where r 1 (mm′) =(k a B k_bm′ +k b B k_am )+i(k a +k b )η′B k_am B k_bm′ , r 2 (mm′) =(k a B k_am +k b B k_bm′ )η′−i(k a +k b ), s 1 (mm′) =(k a +k b ) 2 B k_am B k_bm′ , s 2 (mm′) =−i(k a +k b )k a k b (B k_am −B k_bm′ ) 2 , B k_am =B m (1) /k a +i/δ, B k_bm′ =B m′ (2) /k b +i/δ, k a =k 1 /k, and k b =−k 2 /k are satisfied, and A m , A m′ , B m (1) , B m′ (2) , and δ predetermined constants), and

the calculating the complex amplitude p further comprises generating the complex amplitude p using the following expression:

p

(

ξ

,

η

)

=

1

C

ao

q

diff

(

ξ

,

η

)

L

q

diff

(

ξ

,

η

)

d

ξ

d

(where C ao is a value determined under a physical condition at a time of measuring a sound field).

3 . A non-transitory recording medium recording a computer-executable program instructions that when executed causes a computer to function as the acoustic characteristics measurement device according to claim 1 .

4 . An acoustic characteristics measurement method comprising:

generating a parametric array, by a transducer, to generate demodulated sound S as audible sound in a sound field, the transducer being a substantially circular sound source;

measuring, by a phase change measurement device, a phase change of light due to the demodulated sound S;

emitting, by a light source device, the light along an optical path toward the phase change measurement device through the sound field;

where L represents the optical path for the phase change measurement device,

C represents a point at which the optical path L intersects a straight line passing through the transducer and parallel to a propagation direction of the demodulated sound S,

X represents a point on the optical path L at which a distance from the point C is x,

z represents a distance from the transducer to the optical path L,

a represents a radius of the transducer, f d =|f 1 −f 2 | (where f 1 is a frequency of a carrier wave and f 2 is a frequency of a sideband wave) represents a frequency of the demodulated sound S, and

c represents the speed of sound,

calculating a complex amplitude d of an optical phase at the frequency f d from an amount of change φ s of the optical phase caused by the demodulated sound S;

where a function q diff (ξ′, η′) represents a predetermined function using a Gaussian beam expansion method,

calculating a function value of the function q diff (ξ, η) at the point X (where ξ=x/a, η=2z/ka 2 , k 1 =f/c, k 2 =f 2 /c, and k=(k 1 +k 2 )/2 are satisfied) and a line integral value ∫ L q diff (ξ′, η)dξ′ of the function q diff (ξ′, η) along the optical path L; and

calculating a complex amplitude p of the demodulated sound with the frequency f d at the point X using the complex amplitude d of the optical phase at the frequency f d , the function value q diff (ξ, η) at the point X, and the line integral value ∫ L q diff (ξ′, η)dξ′ of the function q diff (ξ′, η) along the optical path L, and the complex amplitude p of the demodulated sound represents an acoustic characteristic of the parametric array with accuracy.