Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sound radiating arrangement and method of providing the same
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Application No.: US16060684Application Date: 2016-12-09
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Publication No.: US10560779B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Jakob Dyreby
- Applicant: BANG & OLUFSEN
- Applicant Address: DK Struer
- Assignee: BANG & OLUFSEN
- Current Assignee: BANG & OLUFSEN
- Current Assignee Address: DK Struer
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Priority: DK201500801 20151211
- International Application: PCT/DK2016/000048 WO 20161209
- International Announcement: WO2017/097306 WO 20170615
- Main IPC: G10K11/178
- IPC: G10K11/178 ; H04R1/40 ; H04R3/12 ; H04R5/02 ; H04S5/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to a sound wall comprising in total M elements comprising a front face (F), where the sound wall (1) has a lateral extension along an x-axis and a vertical extension along a y-axis, where the sound wall (1) comprises N elements (3), where N≤M, which N elements in the front face (F) of each respective of these N elements are provided with a sound radiating unit, such as one or more loudspeaker units, configured to radiate sound energy from the respective front face and into the surroundings, such that a sound field can be created in front of the sound wall; where the sound wall is provided with signal providing means configured to provide the sound radiating units with a signal that is a combination of input signals, such as the left and right channel signals S1(t), S2(t) of a stereophonic signal. In embodiments of the invention, the sound wall (1) further comprises A elements (2), where A≤M−N, which A elements (2) are provided with sound absorbing means associated with the front face (F), whereby the sound wall (1) can be used to reduce the reverberation time of a room or other enclosure, in which the sound wall (1) is provided and/or H elements (4), where H≤M−N−A, which H elements (4) comprises hardware components configured to control and provide signals to the sound radiating units in said N elements (3). The invention also relates to a method for controlling a sound field in front of the sound wall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190014409A1 SOUND WALL Public/Granted day:2019-01-10
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