IP Library Granted Patent US 8,929,580
Granted Patent B2
US 8,929,580 · App. 13/202,486 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Sound generation system, sound recording system, sound generation method, sound recording method, sound adjusting method, sound adjusting program, sound field adjusting system, speaker stand, furniture, speaker cabinet, and speaker device

Inventors: Shinji Ohashi (Tokyo, JP); Koichi Yamashita (Tokyo, JP); Yasushi Satake (Tokyo, JP); Katsuyuki Kanazawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nittobo Acoustic Engineering Co., Ltd.
G10K11/20H04R1/20
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Patent No.
US 8,929,580
App. No.
13/202,486
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a sound generation system and a sound recording system, which are placed in a room to adjust sound. A columnar body is disposed around a sound source to adjust how much sound of a low-tone range, as well as of a middle- and high-tone range, is absorbed and diffused. Moreover, a columnar body is disposed around a recording device to adjust how much sound of a low-tone range, as well as of a middle- and high-tone range, is absorbed and diffused. The columnar bodies may be made of a combination of different diameters and/or lengths. The arrangement distances may be random. With the columnar body disposed at the most appropriate location, it is possible to adjust sound in a wide band.

Claims (27)

1. A sound adjusting method for adjusting sound fields of various kinds of acoustic room, the method comprising:

disposing a diffused-reflection body next to a sound source and/or sound-reception point; and

generating, by the disposition of the diffused-reflection body, a diffusion reflected sound in a section between a direct sound reaches a sound-reception point from a sound source and an early-reflected sound,

wherein:

the diffused-reflection body is so formed as to have a gap and cause multilayer diffused reflection; and

the density of the diffused-reflection body increases as the diffused-reflection body moves away from the sound source and/or sound-reception, and the diffused-reflection body is so disposed as to generate the diffusion reflected sound in the section.

2. The sound adjusting method according to claim 1 , wherein

further generating the diffusion reflected sound in a section of the early-reflected sound.

3. The sound adjusting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the diffused-reflection body is arranged randomly.

4. The sound adjusting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the diffused-reflection body is one of a plurality of diffused-reflection bodies which are columnar diffusion bodies that are substantially in the shape of a circular column, prismatic column or elliptic column and are different in diameter.

5. The sound adjusting method according to claim 4 , wherein

the columnar diffusion bodies are skewered state.

6. The sound adjusting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the diffused-reflection body is one of a plurality of diffused-reflection bodies which are in the shape of a ball, an elliptic ball or a rugged object skewered.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, performs a process of calculating a position at which the diffused-reflection body is disposed relative to the sound source and/or sound-reception point in the sound adjusting method according to claim 1 .

8. A sound field adjusting apparatus, comprising:

a computer processor that calculates a position at which the diffused-reflection body is to be disposed relative to the sound source and/or sound-reception point to generate the diffusion reflected sound in accordance with the sound adjusting method according to claim 1 ; and

an output device that outputs the position,

wherein the diffused-reflection body is disposed relative to the sound source and/or sound-reception point based on the output of the output device.

9. A speaker stand, in which are arranged:

the diffused-reflection body; and

a sound source, next to which the diffused-reflection body is disposed in order to generate the diffusion reflected sound in accordance with the sound adjusting method according to claim 1 .

10. Furniture, in which are arranged:

the diffused-reflection body; and

a sound source and/or sound-reception point, next to which the diffused-reflection body is disposed in order to generate the diffusion reflected sound in accordance with the sound adjusting method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Sep 13, 2016
From: NITTOBO ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING CO., LTD
To: NIHON ONKYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040005/0037 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2011
From: OHASHI, SHINJI; YAMASHITA, KOICHI; SATAKE, YASUSHI; KANAZAWA, KATSUYUKI
To: NITTOBO ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026784/0324 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2009-038426 · Feb 20, 2009 · national
JP 2009-081442 · Mar 30, 2009 · national
JP 2009-142518 · Jun 15, 2009 · national
JP 2009-255890 · Nov 9, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120014551A1 · Jan 19, 2012