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Sound field correcting apparatus and method

Assignee: Pioneer Corp
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Filing: 1993-03-09
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Granted: 1994-11-29
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Expires: 2013-03-09
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Abstract

Abstract Sound field correcting apparatus and method, in which at least two reflected sound generating circuits are cascade connected and output signals of the reflected sound generating circuits are added. A plurality of initial reflected sound signals for an original signal are first generated. Further many reflected sound signals are subsequently generated for the plurality of initial reflected sound signals. Those many reflected sound signals are obtained as reverberation sound portions.

Inventors

  • 👤 Sampei Asai

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10K; G10K15/00; G10K15/08; G10K15/12; H; H03; H03G; H03G5/00; H03G5/16; H03G5/165; H04; H04R; H04R27/00; H04R3/00; H04R3/04; H04R2227/00; H04R2227/007; H04S; H04S7/00; H04S7/30; H04S7/305

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 117 words
A sound field correcting apparatus comprising: at least two reflected sound generated circuits each of which is constructed by a plurality of delay circuits which are cascade connected, a plurality of coefficient multipliers connected to respective outputs of said plurality of delay circuits, and an adder for adding output signals of said plurality of coefficient multipliers and for generating an added signal; connecting means for cascade connecting said reflected sound generating circuits such that the added signal generated by one of said reflected sound generating circuits serves as an input signal for a succeeding one of said reflected sound generating circuits in the cascade; and adding means for adding output signals of said reflected sound generating circuits.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 117 words
A sound field correcting apparatus comprising: at least two reflected sound generated circuits each of which is constructed by a plurality of delay circuits which are cascade connected, a plurality of coefficient multipliers connected to respective outputs of said plurality of delay circuits, and an adder for adding output signals of said plurality of coefficient multipliers and for generating an added signal; connecting means for cascade connecting said reflected sound generating circuits such that the added signal generated by one of said reflected sound generating circuits serves as an input signal for a succeeding one of said reflected sound generating circuits in the cascade; and adding means for adding output signals of said reflected sound generating circuits.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 35 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reflected sound generating circuit at the post stage among at least said two reflected sound generating circuits includes a filter on the input side or output side.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said filter is a band pass filter or a low pass filter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 118 words
A sound field correcting method comprising the steps of: generating a first plurality of initial reflected sound signals by using a plurality of delay circuits which are cascade connected to a first input terminal to which an input signal is supplied; adding said plurality of initial reflected sound signals to form a first added signal; generating a second plurality of reflected sound signals of said first plurality of initial reflected sound signals by using a plurality of delay circuits which are cascade connected to a second input terminal to which the first added signal is supplied; adding said second plurality of reflected sound signals to form a second added signal; and adding said first and second added signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 118 words
A sound field correcting method comprising the steps of: generating a first plurality of initial reflected sound signals by using a plurality of delay circuits which are cascade connected to a first input terminal to which an input signal is supplied; adding said plurality of initial reflected sound signals to form a first added signal; generating a second plurality of reflected sound signals of said first plurality of initial reflected sound signals by using a plurality of delay circuits which are cascade connected to a second input terminal to which the first added signal is supplied; adding said second plurality of reflected sound signals to form a second added signal; and adding said first and second added signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 35 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein said method further comprises the step of cutting off high frequency components of said first added signal before supplying said first added signal to said second input terminal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 35 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein said method further comprises the step of cutting off high frequency components of said second added signal before adding said second added signal to said first added signal.

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