Abstract:
The public address system 1 comprises a transmission medium 4 having a loop shape and a plurality of loudspeakers 3. The transmission medium 4 transmits a transmission signal therethrough in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The transmission signal includes a communication signal having a predetermined frequency range and an audio signal having a different frequency range than the communication signal. The public address system 1 further comprises a first filter unit 51 connected to the transmission medium 4 that is configured to filter the transmission signal to attenuate the communication signal and output the audio signal. The first filter unit 51 is connected to the transmission medium 4 such that the communication signal is prevented from transmission in the first direction while the communication signal and the audio signal are transmitted in the second direction.
Abstract:
The public address system 1 comprises a transmission medium (4) including a main transmission path (4-1) and at least one branch transmission path (4-2) branching from the main transmission path (4-1), a plurality of loudspeakers (3) connected to the transmission medium (4), a first branch monitoring device (10a), and a second branch monitoring device (10b). The second branch monitoring device (10b) only transmits a transmission signal (S-2) from the main transmission path (4-1) into the branch transmission path (4-2) when the second branch monitoring device (10b) has detected that there is no transmission of the transmission signal (S-1) from the branch transmission path (4-2) to the second branch monitoring device (10b).
Abstract:
The public address system (1) comprises a transmission medium (4) configured to transmit a communication signal, a plurality of loudspeakers (3), and a plurality of communication controllers (10) arranged in parallel on the transmission medium (4) so as to correspond to the loudspeakers (3) respectively. Each of the communication controllers (10) includes a first filter unit (11) configured to prevent passage of the communication signal, a receiver (15a) arranged so as to receive the communication signal before the first filter unit (11), a controlling unit (13) configured to determine whether to transfer the communication signal received by the receiver (15a) onto the transmission medium (4), and a transmitter (16b) configured to transfer the communication signal received by the controlling unit (13) onto the transmission medium (4) according to the determination by the controlling unit (13).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a mutant beetle luciferase and the like, having mutation in which the amino acid corresponding to valine at position 288 in the amino acid sequence of wild-type Photinus pyralis luciferase is isoleucine, leucine or phenylalanine, mutation in which the amino acid corresponding to leucine at position 376 in the aforementioned sequence is proline, mutation in which the amino acid corresponding to glutamic acid at position 455 in the aforementioned sequence is valine, alanine, serine, leucine, isoleucine or phenylalanine, or mutation in which the amino acid corresponding to glutamic acid at position 488 in the aforementioned sequence is valine, alanine, serine, leucine, isoleucine or phenylalanine, in the amino acid sequence encoding a wild-type beetle luciferase, and characterized in that a luminescence intensity due to a luciferin-luciferase luminescence reaction in a 0.9% by mass NaCl solution is 50% or more of that in a NaCl-free solution.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a mutant beetle luciferase and the like, having mutation in which the amino acid corresponding to valine at position 288 in the amino acid sequence of wild-type Photinus pyralis luciferase is isoleucine, leucine or phenylalanine, mutation in which the amino acid corresponding to leucine at position 376 in the aforementioned sequence is proline, mutation in which the amino acid corresponding to glutamic acid at position 455 in the aforementioned sequence is valine, alanine, serine, leucine, isoleucine or phenylalanine, or mutation in which the amino acid corresponding to glutamic acid at position 488 in the aforementioned sequence is valine, alanine, serine, leucine, isoleucine or phenylalanine, in the amino acid sequence encoding a wild-type beetle luciferase, and characterized in that a luminescence intensity due to a luciferin-luciferase luminescence reaction in a 0.9% by mass NaCl solution is 50% or more of that in a NaCl-free solution.
Abstract:
Problem to be SolvedTo effectively operate a microphone array provided with a sound source position estimating function.SolutionA microphone control system of the present invention is realized by the use of a tablet-type computer, for example. On the display of the control system, a two-dimensional simulation diagram 302, for example, simulating the space in which the microphone array is disposed. An array mark 304 simulating the exterior shape of the microphone array is displayed on the simulation diagram 302. Further, a sound source mark 316 indicating the position of the sound source estimated by the microphone array is displayed on the simulation diagram 302. Thus, an operator can intuitively find the position of the sound source in the space in which the microphone array is disposed, by referring to the simulation diagram 302, the array mark 304 and the sound source mark 316 displayed on the simulation diagram. Thus, the usage of the microphone array is improved.
Abstract:
Provided is a loudspeaker system capable of easily determining control parameters for controlling the directional characteristics of a speaker set including two or more speaker units. The loudspeaker system is configured to include: a speaker set 11 including two or more speaker units 2; a camera 15 adapted to photograph an acoustic space of the speaker set 11; a monitor 22 adapted to display a camera image 30 photographed by the camera 15; and a directional control parameter generating part 24 adapted to generate directional control parameters providing the directional characteristics of the speaker set 11. The directional control parameter generating parts 24 includes: a target position designation part 101 adapted to, on the basis of user operations, designate target positions 32 on the camera image 30; a directional control angle calculation part 103 adapted to, on the basis of the target positions 32, obtain directional control angles θ with respect to a front direction of the speaker set 11; and a directional control parameter determination part 104 adapted to, on the basis of the directional control angles θ, determine the directional control parameters.
Abstract:
An object is to provide a public address device that effectively prevents occurrence of howling without a drop of the gain. A public address device 100 includes: a loudspeaker 1 that generates a reproduced sound on the basis of a loudspeaker driving signal u(n); a microphone 2 that collects the reproduced sound and an input sound v(n) to generate a microphone-collected-sound signal y(n); a first filter 301 that generates, on the basis of the loudspeaker driving signal u(n), a pseudo echo signal e(n); an echo-cancelling unit 302 that obtains a difference between the microphone-collected-sound signal y(n) and the pseudo echo signal e(n) to generate an echo-cancelled signal d(n); a second filter 311 that whitens the input sound v(n) included in the loudspeaker driving signal u(n); a third filter 312 that whitens the input sound v(n) included in the microphone-collected-sound signal y(n); a first adaptive filter 313 that uses, as a reference signal, an output signal output from the second filter 311, and uses, as a desired signal, an output signal output from the third filter 311, and estimates a propagation characteristic Wo from the loudspeaker 1 to the microphone 2; a unit that repeatedly updates a filter coefficient W of the first filter 301 on the basis of a filter coefficient W identified by the first adaptive filter 313; and a frequency shifting unit 32 that performs a frequency shift on the echo-cancelled signal d(n) to generate the loudspeaker driving signal u(n).
Abstract:
Problem to be SolvedTo effectively operate a microphone array provided with a sound source position estimating function.SolutionA microphone control system of the present invention is realized by the use of a tablet-type computer, for example. On the display of the control system, a two-dimensional simulation diagram 302, for example, simulating the space in which the microphone array is disposed. An array mark 304 simulating the exterior shape of the microphone array is displayed on the simulation diagram 302. Further, a sound source mark 316 indicating the position of the sound source estimated by the microphone array is displayed on the simulation diagram 302. Thus, an operator can intuitively find the position of the sound source in the space in which the microphone array is disposed, by referring to the simulation diagram 302, the array mark 304 and the sound source mark 316 displayed on the simulation diagram. Thus, the usage of the microphone array is improved.