IP Library Patent Application 18849002
Patent Application
App. No. 18/849,002

SOUND SYSTEM AND VEHICLE

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App. No.
18/849,002
Abstract

A sound system capable of reproducing a sound that cannot be heard by surrounding users without using the earphone or the headphone is provided. A sound system has at least two speaker unit pairs that includes a positive speaker including no speaker box and a negative speaker including no speaker box, and includes a selection unit that selects any one speaker unit pair in accordance with a position of an user's auditory organ and a position of the speaker unit pair, and a control unit that controls to emit an acoustic signal (hereinafter referred to as a first acoustic signal) of a predetermined sound source only from the positive speaker of the selected speaker unit pair, and to emit an acoustic signal (hereinafter referred to as a second acoustic signal) having an opposite phase to that of the first acoustic signal only from the negative speaker of the selected speaker unit pair.

Claims (13)

1 . A sound system has at least two speaker unit pairs that comprises a positive speaker comprising no speaker box and a negative speaker comprising no speaker box, the sound system comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

select any one speaker unit pair in accordance with a position of a user's auditory organ and a position of the speaker unit pair; and

control to emit an acoustic signal (hereinafter referred to as a first acoustic signal) of a predetermined sound source only from the positive speaker of the selected speaker unit pair, and to emit an acoustic signal (hereinafter referred to as a second acoustic signal) having an opposite phase to that of the first acoustic signal only from the negative speaker of the selected speaker unit pair.

2 . A sound system has at least three speakers comprising no speaker box, the sound system comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

select any two speakers in accordance with a position of a user's auditory organ and a position of the speaker; and

control to emit an acoustic signal (hereinafter referred to as a first acoustic signal) of a predetermined sound source only from the selected one speaker, and to emit an acoustic signal (hereinafter referred to as a second acoustic signal) having an opposite phase to that of the first acoustic signal only from the selected other speaker.

3 . A vehicle is ridden by a human and moves its position by turning wheels driven by human power or electric power, the vehicle comprising:

a directivity control device configured to comprise processing circuitry configured to implement at least one directivity control unit that executes predetermined signal processing giving directivity to a sound emitted by a speaker unit pair to generate a first processed acoustic signal from an acoustic signal (hereinafter referred to as a first acoustic signal) of a predetermined sound source and to generate a second processed acoustic signal from an acoustic signal (hereinafter referred to as a second acoustic signal) having an opposite phase to that of the first acoustic signal;

a speaker system configured to comprise at least one speaker unit pair that comprises a speaker (hereinafter referred to as a positive speaker) not comprising a speaker box and emitting a sound based on the first processed acoustic signal and a speaker (hereinafter referred to as a negative speaker) not comprising a speaker box and emitting a sound based on the second processed acoustic signal; and

processing circuitry configured to implement a position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position where a user's auditory organ exists or a position where the speaker unit pair exists and select a filter in which directivity of a sound emitted by the speaker unit pair is directed to the acquired position where the user's auditory organ exists, wherein

the directivity control device performs predetermined signal processing by using the selected filter.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 1, 2026
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 074164/0623 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2024
From: FUKUI, MASAHIRO; KOBAYASHI, KAZUNORI; KAMADO, NORIYOSHI; WAKISAKA, YOHEI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068966/0678 →