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:
This application outlines several applications of a piezoelectric materials invention to produce quality loudspeakers in applications where coil driven dynamic speakers are difficult or impossible to implement with an appreciable degree of sound quality. This invention includes a series of modifications to a laptop computer such as the IBM 750c. The modifications to the computer consist of placing piezoelectric patches behind the LCD and directly to the back wall of the laptop lid. Damping materials and stiffeners are also added to the back wall to reduce structural resonance. A system consisting of an audio amplifier and transformer is used to drive the piezo speaker.
Abstract:
This invention involves the integration of piezoelectric speaker panels (66, 67) and microphones (68) into a personal computer (65) with a sound card to form a novel multimedia computer. In addition noise cancellation electronics and algorithms are also applied to enhance performance of a voice recognition system included in the computer.
Abstract:
An active control system for multiple interacting channels to control a constant noise or vibration consisting of first (3) and second (8) sensor means adapted to provide reference and residual signals respectively, a first and second filter means and first (12) and second (18) subtraction means to provide first and second output control signals and means for combining said output signals.
Abstract:
A digitally controlled analog cancellation system containing an analog noise cancellation circuit with a residual microphone (39) with a digital virtual earth controller (40) for optimizing variable parameters employed in the analog cancellation circuit.
Abstract:
An active foam system for noise and vibration control which employs embedded PVDF layers (12) in a urethane foam pad (13). The system can be used to isolate and/or attenuate vibration. It can also be used to cause a reduction in far-field acoustic pressure and to act as a structurally radiated speaker (130).
Abstract:
An active noise cancellation system for attenuating both mechanical vibration and the acoustic noise occasioned by the operation of vibratory feeder bowls in manufacturing having an accelerometer (58) adjacent the feeder bowl and an inertial actuator (57) for detecting the mechanical vibration and generating the disturbance for attenuating the vibration respectively, microphones (56, 57) and loudspeakers (52, 53) for detecting the acoustic noise and generating the counter acoustic noise respectively, and a controller (59) to control both the disturbances.
Abstract:
An active noise cancellation system for mufflers having an anti-noise source (2) connected to an outlet pipe (3) that terminates adjacent the end of a tailpipe (1) in the same plane or at an acute angle thereto.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an improved method of on-line system identification for use with active control systems. The method requires less computation and reduces the problem of coefficient jitter in the filters (12, 22) of the active control system. The system of this invention uses a fixed test signal (y(n)) which is designed to have a particular power spectrum. In one embodiment of the invention the spectrum is chosen to be "block white", in another the spectrum is chosen to be dependent upon the spectrum of the residual signal and/or the amplitude of the system transfer function. The use of a fixed test signal reduces the computational requirement of the system identification. In another aspect of the invention, a means (model) is provided for estimating the effect of the test signal and subtracting this from the residual (error) (u(n)) signal used to adapt the control system. This greatly reduces the problem of coefficient or weight jitter.
Abstract:
An active high transmission loss panel for quieting either one or two way sound radiation which incorporates a number of cells (11) which contain sensors and actuators (12) adapted to be controlled independently or interactively so as to attenuate noise attempting to pass through said panel.