Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Parametric array loudspeaker, signal processing device, and signal processing method
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Application No.: US18007855Application Date: 2022-02-25
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Publication No.: US12185058B2Publication Date: 2024-12-31
- Inventor: Takanobu Nishiura
- Applicant: The Ritsumeikan Trust
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: The Ritsumeikan Trust
- Current Assignee: The Ritsumeikan Trust
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan P.C.
- Agent William F. Nixon
- Priority: JP2021-092599 20210601
- International Application: PCT/JP2022/007867 WO 20220225
- International Announcement: WO2022/254830 WO 20221208
- Main IPC: H04R1/40
- IPC: H04R1/40 ; H04R5/02

Abstract:
A parametric array loudspeaker 10 includes: a plurality of ultrasonic wave generating elements 23A, 23B arranged in a first direction R1; and a modulation circuit 32 configured to generate a modulation signal in which audible sound is modulated with a carrier wave. The plurality of ultrasonic wave generating elements include a first ultrasonic wave generating element 23A included in a first area being at least one side of both end areas in the first direction, and a second ultrasonic wave generating element 23B included in a second area present between the both end areas. The modulation circuit generates a first modulation signal SG1 to be provided to the first ultrasonic wave generating element and a second modulation signal SG2 to be provided to the second ultrasonic wave generating element. The first modulation signal is a signal in which the phase of at least one of the carrier wave and a sideband wave of the second modulation signal is shifted by a predetermined phase shift amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240236558A1 PARAMETRIC ARRAY LOUDSPEAKER, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Public/Granted day:2024-07-11
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