Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arrangements and methods for generating natural directional pinna cues
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Application No.: US15860489Application Date: 2018-01-02
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Publication No.: US10559291B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Genaro Woelfl
- Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Karlsbad
- Assignee: Harman Becker Automative Systems GmbH
- Current Assignee: Harman Becker Automative Systems GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Karlsbad
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Priority: EP17150264 20170104
- Main IPC: H04R1/02
- IPC: H04R1/02 ; H04R1/10 ; H04S3/00 ; H04S5/02 ; H04R5/04 ; G10K11/178 ; G10K1/38 ; H04R3/02 ; H04R5/02 ; H04S7/00 ; H04R5/033

Abstract:
A headphone arrangement is configured to induce natural directional pinna cues. The arrangement comprises an ear cup comprising a frame configured to at least partly encircle the ear of a user, wherein the frame is at least partially hollow. The arrangement further comprises a loudspeaker arranged within a wall of a frontal part, a rear part, an upper part, and/or a lower part of the frame, the loudspeaker comprising a membrane, a first side of the membrane facing a cavity inside the frame, and a second side of the membrane facing the outside. At least one loudspeaker is arranged at a first angle with respect to a median plane crossing a user's head midway between the user's ears such that a main direction of sound propagation is directed away from the median plane, and the second side of the membrane is directed away from the median plane.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180192228A1 ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NATURAL DIRECTIONAL PINNA CUES Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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