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US 6,990,210 · App. 09/996,016 · Granted Jan 24, 2006

System for headphone-like rear channel speaker and the method of the same

Assignee: C-Media Electronics, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 6,990,210
App. No.
09/996,016
Granted
Jan 24, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of performing sound effect comprising providing a headphone-like or earphone-like device with rear speakers carried therein, wherein the headphone-like or earphone-like device includes an opening for receiving the front speaker signal. Then, the signal is transmitted to the front, rear and sub-woofer signal to associated speakers. The signal to the rear speakers is processed by HRTF and means for creating virtual speakers to obtain virtual speakers of the rear side. The processed signal is transmitted to the rear speaker.

Claims (2)

1. A method of performing sound effect comprising: providing a headphone or earphone device with rear speakers carried therein, wherein said headphone or earphone device includes an opening for receiving the front speaker signal signals from a front speaker; transmitting front, rear and sub-woofer signal signals to associated speakers; wherein, the front speakers and subwoofer speaker are remotely located from the headphone or earphone device; processing and delaying the signal under transmitting rear signals transmitted to rear speakers by head-related transfer function (HRTF) according to the distance between a user and a front speaker; and transmitting said processed signal signals to said rear speaker speakers to create virtual speakers of the rear side without losing the rear side bass basses.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a delay time of said delay signal is determined by a distance between said user and said front speakers divided by the velocity of the sound in air.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2001
From: CHANG, ERIC
To: C-MEDIA ELECTRONICS, INC.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030099369A1 · May 29, 2003