Abstract:
An ultra-quiet vacuum cleaner system having an active noise controller (26) adapted to measure with microphones (28), (29) the noise generated by the system and to provide via a speaker (27) an equal counter-noise to thereby attenuate the generated noise. The system also includes designing the coupling (22) between the bag cavity (20) and the motor chamber (23) and the motor chamber (23) itself as structures for reducing noise.
Abstract:
The invention relates to noise or sound control achieved by enclosing the noise source in an active enclosure (10). Arrays of vibration inputs such as shakers, piezoceramic, etc. (14, 15) are attached to the walls of the active enclosure, or loudspeakers located inside the enclosure can be used to excite the sites of the enclosure. An array of error microphones are located in the radiated acoustic field or PVDF strips (20, 21, 22) are positioned on the wall. A controller (19) senses the levels of sound observed at the error microphones (16, 17, 18) or PVDF film (20, 21, 22) and adjusts the oscillating inputs (in terms of frequency, content, phase and magnitude) to the active vibration inputs in order to minimize the radiated sound.
Abstract:
A simple, low cost active noise cancellation system employing a delay and actuator estimator (35), a gain determination (34), a gain (33) and speaker (36) that cancels stationary random noise such as that encountered on a rangehood fan.
Abstract:
A digital virtual earth (DVE) cancellation system which receives a phenomena input signal via multiple sensors (1, 2, 3) representing residual phenomena to be canceled, and has adaptive filters (12, 24, 25) for each of the multiple sensor/actuator pairs, (1, 4, 2, 5, 3, 6) which generate the appropriate cancellation signal (19, 20, 21) for the associated actuator (4, 5, 6). The multiple interacting DVE (MIDVE) algorithm estimates the noise at each sensor (1, 2, 3) by subtracting out the combined effects of each actuator signal (19, 20, 21) from the residual signal (16, 17, 18) at that sensor (1, 2, 3). This estimated noise signal is used to control the adaptive filters (12, 24, 25) associated with the subject actuator (4, 5, 6). These filters (12, 24, 25) receive the estimated noise as input. They then produce the cancellation signals by filtering the estimated noise with the filter weights. These weights are adapted using the residual signal (16, 17, 18) and the estimated noise convolved with the system impulse responses.
Abstract:
A harmonic filter for active or adaptive noise attenuation control systems for obtaining the complex amplitude of a single harmonic component from a signal which contains one or more harmonic components.
Abstract:
A digital virtual earth active cancellation system which receives a phenomena input signal representing residual phenomena to be cancelled and has an adaptive filter which generates a cancellation signal. A system impulse response is convolved with the cancellation signal and is subtracted from the input signal to produce an estimate of noise. This substantially eliminates the problems associated with destructive feedback due to phase shifts. The residual signal is used to control an adaptive filter that receives the estimated noise as an input. The adaptive filter produces the cancellation signal by filtering the estimated noise with filter weights that are adapted using the residual signal and the estimated noise convolved with the system impulse response.
Abstract:
An active sound attenuation system for combustion engine exhaust systems and the like is disclosed. The system includes counter-noise acoustic wave generators (19) that are protected from the environment of a medium propagating undesireable noise by an acoustically tuned anti-noise chamber (5, 11) interposed between the wave generators (19) and the medium with the undesirable noise. To provide for noise cancellation at an outlet end (4) of an exhaust pipe (10) the anti-noise chamber (5, 11) has an annular opening disposed substantially in the plane of the exhaust pipe outlet thereby giving an effective common point source for the propagated undesirable noise and the counter-noise acoustic wave.
Abstract:
An active-controlled vibrating mount (142) permits static forces from a machine (23) to support while decoupling the transmission of dynamic vibrational forces. The mount provides a reduction of force losses from a first generating area (152) to a second force applying area (130, 132) to actively control vibrations of a vibrating element (23). These force losses are minimized due to minimization of the mass and velocity of fluid pumped by pumping the fluid through the short large cross-sectional area passageways (144, 146). The device provides for proper channeling of the forces to the vibrating element (23) in a uniaxial direction (x) and constrains the application of forces in non-working directions.
Abstract:
A cancellation system including a processor having single adaptive filters adapting its filtering characteristic as a function of a phenomena signal and phenomena timing signal and a phase circuit to maintain the adapting of the filtering characteristics within 90 degrees phase of the phenomena signal. The phase circuit has the capability to measure the delays of the processor and the environment.
Abstract:
A cancellation system including a processor having single adaptive filters adapting its filtering characteristic as a function of a phenomena signal and phenomena timing signal and a phase circuit to maintain the adapting of the filtering characteristics within 90 degrees phase of the phenomena signal. The phase circuit has the capability to measure the delays of the processor and the environment.