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US 10,255,029 B2Granted
Instant-on one-button aural ambiance modification and enhancement
OwnerYvette Seifert Hirthinventor
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Abstract
An instant-on nothing-to-download “soundscaping” device that provides natural, atonal sounds such as the rolling surf of the ocean, running streams, gurgling brooks, rain, thunder, wind, crowd sounds, et al is provided.
Claims6
A sound playback device, comprising:
- a playback circuit, including:
- a processor;
- a permanent storage medium;
- at least one sound file permanently stored on said permanent storage medium at device manufacture;
- program instructions, which when executed on said processor, playback the contents of said at least one sound file instantly responsive to a user initiating power to the sound playback device;
- a power supply for the playback circuit;
- and
- at least one sound reproduction element for emitting sound produced responsive to playback of said at least one sound file;
- wherein said program instructions, when executed on said processor, responsive to said at least one sound file being played, cause two of said at least one sound reproduction element wired one hundred and eighty degrees out-of-phase with each other to emit sound in a dipole pattern having two null zones, the two null zones being perpendicular to an axis common to the two sound reproduction elements.
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A sound playback device, comprising:
- a playback circuit, including:
- a processor;
- a permanent storage medium;
- at least one sound file permanently stored on said permanent storage medium at device manufacture;
- program instructions, which when executed on said processor, playback the contents of said at least one sound file instantly responsive to a user initiating power to the sound playback device;
- a power supply for the playback circuit;
- and
- at least one sound reproduction element for emitting sound produced responsive to playback of said at least one sound file;
- wherein multiple sound files of said at least one sound file are mixed together by said processor into one resultant reproducible sound, the resultant reproducible sound being emitted by three of said at least one sound reproduction element wired in-phase with each other, thereby creating an omnidirectional sound pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.