IP Library Granted Patent US 10,547,958
Granted Patent B2
US 10,547,958 · App. 15/963,127 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Sound reproduction device, method for adapting a sound reproduction device, diving goggles, and communication device

Inventor: Michael Klose (Friedrichsdorf, DE)
Assignee: Peiker Acustic GmbH & Co. KG
H04R29/001B63C11/12B63C11/26G01R27/16H04R7/04
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Patent No.
US 10,547,958
App. No.
15/963,127
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a sound reproduction device which comprises a signal source, a power source, an amplifier, and a loudspeaker. The sound reproduction device further comprises an impedance measuring device and an analysis device. The impedance measuring device is connected to loudspeaker leads of the loudspeaker in order to measure impedance values, and the impedance measuring device is connected to the analysis device in order to forward the measurement results. The analysis device is also connected to the signal source and/or to the amplifier in order to adapt a signal fed to the loudspeaker.

Claims (10)

1. A method for adapting a sound reproduction device, which comprises a signal source, a power source, an amplifier and a loudspeaker, to different environmental media such as air and water,

wherein by means of an impedance measuring device a measurement of at least one impedance value of the loudspeaker is performed,

wherein a measurement result is forwarded to an analysis device,

wherein from the measurement result the medium, in which the loudspeaker is located, is determined by the analysis device,

wherein at least one of the signal source or the amplifier is controlled by the analysis device in such a manner that at least one of reproduction volume or frequency response is adapted to the detected medium in such a way that regardless of the medium in which the loudspeaker is operated, a consistent listening experience is ensured for a user.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one impedance value is measured by the impedance measuring device continuously, or the at least one impedance value is measured by the impedance measuring device at intervals, or the at least one impedance value is measured by the impedance measuring device in an event-driven manner.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the measurement of the at least one impedance value by the impedance measuring device is performed in a region of a resonance of the loudspeaker.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a test signal is generated by a tone generator of the sound reproduction device and transmitted to the loudspeaker, and at the same time the measurement of the at least one impedance value is carried out with the impedance measuring device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the test signal is generated during a communication pause.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the test signal is generated in a frequency range which is not perceptible by the user.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2024
From: PEIKER ACUSTIC GMBH
To: VALEO TELEMATIK UND AKUSTIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 069475/0930 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 15, 2024
From: PEIKER ACUSTIC GMBH & CO. KG
To: PEIKER ACUSTIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 069429/0120 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2018
From: KLOSE, MICHAEL
To: PEIKER ACUSTIC GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 047290/0408 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 118 588 · Oct 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2016072908 · Sep 27, 2016
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