IP Library Granted Patent US 8,306,243
Granted Patent B2
US 8,306,243 · App. 12/663,684 · Granted Nov 6, 2012

Audio device

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Patent No.
US 8,306,243
App. No.
12/663,684
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal processing section 3 is set up which provides an anti-phase component signal S extracted by an anti-phase component extracting section 2 with a transfer characteristic (H d +H x )/(H d −H x ); an adder 4 adds the phase-inverted signal of the anti-phase component signal S provided with the transfer characteristic by the signal processing section 3 and an in-phase component signal M extracted by an in-phase component extracting section 1 ; and an adder 5 adds the anti-phase component signal S provided with the transfer characteristic by the signal processing section 3 and the in-phase component signal M extracted by the in-phase component extracting section 1.

Claims (28)

1. An audio device comprising:

in-phase component extracting means for receiving a right signal and left signal of an audio signal, and for extracting an in-phase component signal of the right signal and left signal;

anti-phase component extracting means for receiving the right signal and left signal of the audio signal, and for extracting an anti-phase component signal of the right signal and left signal;

signal processing means for providing the anti-phase component signal extracted by the anti-phase component extracting means with a transfer characteristic for canceling a crosstalk component;

first adding means for adding a phase-inverted signal of the anti-phase component signal provided with the transfer characteristic by the signal processing means and the in-phase component signal extracted by the in-phase component extracting means; and

second adding means for adding the anti-phase component signal provided with the transfer characteristic by the signal processing means and the in-phase component signal extracted by the in-phase component extracting means.

2. The audio device according to claim 1 , wherein when a transfer characteristic of sound which is reproduced from a speaker on one side of stereo speakers and arrives at a listener's ear on the same side of the speaker, is represented by H d , and a transfer characteristic for the sound which is reproduced from the speaker on the one side and arrives at a listener's ear on the other side of the speaker, is represented by H x , the signal processing means provides the anti-phase component signal extracted by the anti-phase component extracting means with a transfer characteristic obtained by dividing the sum of the transfer characteristic H d and the transfer characteristic H x by the difference between the transfer characteristic H d and the transfer characteristic H x as a transfer characteristic for canceling a crosstalk component.

3. The audio device according to claim 2 , wherein the signal processing means comprises:

a first adder for adding the anti-phase component signal extracted by the anti-phase component extracting means and a feedback signal, and for outputting a sum signal of the anti-phase component signal and the feedback signal;

a delay section for delaying the sum signal output from the first adder by a length of prescribed samples;

a multiplier for multiplying the sum signal delayed by the delay section by a constant, and for outputting a multiplication result of the sum signal and the constant as the feedback signal; and

a second adder for adding the sum signal output from the first adder and the feedback signal output from the multiplier, and for outputting a sum signal of the sum signal and the feedback signal to the first and second adding means.

4. The audio device according to claim 3 , further comprising a high frequency attenuation section for attenuating a high frequency component contained in the sum signal, which is placed at a stage before or after the delay section.

5. The audio device according to claim 4 , wherein the high frequency attenuation section attenuates the high frequency component contained in the sum signal by performing moving average processing on the sum signal.

6. An audio device comprising:

first signal output means for receiving a right signal of an audio signal, and for outputting the right signal as a driving signal of a right main speaker;

second signal output means for receiving a left signal of the audio signal, and for outputting the left signal as a driving signal of a left main speaker;

anti-phase component extracting means for receiving the right signal and left signal of the audio signal, and for extracting an anti-phase component signal of the right signal and left signal;

signal processing means for providing the anti-phase component signal extracted by the anti-phase component extracting means with a transfer characteristic for canceling a crosstalk component;

third signal output means for inverting a phase of the anti-phase component signal provided with the transfer characteristic by the signal processing means, and for outputting the phase-inverted anti-phase component signal as a driving signal of a first canceling speaker; and

fourth signal output means for outputting the anti-phase component signal provided with the transfer characteristic by the signal processing means as a driving signal of a second canceling speaker.

7. The audio device according to claim 6 , wherein when a transfer characteristic of sound which is reproduced from a main speaker on one side of stereo speakers and arrives at a listener's ear on the other side of the main speaker, is represented by H D X , a transfer characteristic of sound which is reproduced from a canceling speaker on one side and arrives at a listener's ear on the same side as the canceling speaker, is represented by H S D , and a transfer characteristic of the sound which is reproduced from the canceling speaker on one side and arrives at a listener's ear on the other side of the canceling speaker, is represented by H S X , the signal processing means provides the anti-phase component signal extracted by the anti-phase component extracting means with a transfer characteristic obtained by dividing the transfer characteristic H D X by the difference between the transfer characteristic H S D and the transfer characteristic H S X as a transfer characteristic for canceling the crosstalk component.

8. The audio device according to claim 7 , wherein the signal processing means comprises:

a first delay section for delaying the anti-phase component signal extracted by the anti-phase component extracting means by a length of prescribed samples;

a first multiplier for multiplying the anti-phase component signal delayed by the first delay section by a constant;

an adder for adding the anti-phase component signal multiplied by the constant with the first multiplier and a feedback signal, and for outputting the sum signal of the anti-phase component signal and the feedback signal to the third and fourth signal output means;

a second delay section for delaying the sum signal output from the adder by a length of prescribed samples; and

a second multiplier for multiplying the sum signal delayed by the second delay section by a constant, and for outputting a multiplication result of the sum signal and the constant to the adder as the feedback signal.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2009
From: KIMURA, MASARU; MATSUOKA, BUNKEI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023665/0172 →