Headphones with integrated microphones
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorRonaldus Maria Aarts
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Abstract
A sound reproduction system comprises headphones (11). Said headphones comprise means for generating sound (4, 5) and microphones (6, 7)(i.e. means for recording sound). Further the system comprises filter means (8,9) to filter a signal such that the sound produced simulates external sound sources. The system comprises a feed-back and control system (10) in which a signal (rl(k), rr(k)) from the microphone (6, 7) is used to set the settings WXL(k), WXR(k) of the filter means (8,9).
Claims8
Sound reproducing system comprising headphones (11) with sound generating means (4, 5) and means to control (8, 9) the sound signal generated by said head phone sound generating means to simulate external sound sources (PL1, PL2, PL3, PL4), characterized in that the headphones (11) are provided with microphones (6, 7), and the means to control comprise or are coupled to means to regulate (10) the sound production by the headphone sound generating means such that a signal (rl(k), rr(k)) registered by the microphones is substantially zero when at least one external sound source (PL1, PL2) is operative in response to a signal (x(k)) and means (8,9) to record the results of said regulating to influence external source simulating sound generation in the headphones and/or the means to control comprise or are coupled to means (10) to regulate the sound production by the headphone sound generating means such that a comparison between a signal registered by the microphones (r′(k)) and a known or calculated signal (r″(k), r′″(k), r″″(k)) show said two signals to be substantially the same and means (8,9) to record the results of said regulation to influence external sound simulating sound generation in the headphones.
Sound reproducing system as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the sound transporting means comprise a tube (12).
Headphone for use in a sound system as claimed in any of the preceding claims.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.