Sonic method and apparatus
OwnerCharles G. Morrowinventor
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Abstract
Full field sound and the perception of a moving sound source are combined by mounting an array of sound transducers. Some of the transducers are mounted above a listener's ear level and some of the transducers are mounted below the listener's ear level. The sounds generated by all of the transducers are oriented toward a common volume in which all of the generated sound intersects. A further sound transducer spaced from some of the other transducers also projects its generated sound into the common volume, thereby producing both a full field effect and the perception of a moving sound source.
Claims9
Sound production apparatus for generating a full field sound and the perception of a moving source for a binaural listener comprising an array of sound transducers for providing a sound output spaced from each other, at least one of said sound transduce is being spaced above the listener's ears and at least one of said transducers being spaced below the listener's ears, and at least one further sound transducer having a sound output and being spaced from said above-ear level transducer and said below-ear level transducer, said sound transducer and said further sound transducer sound outputs intersecting in a volume to provide the full field sound and the moving sound source listener perception.
Sound production apparatus for generating a full field sound and the perception of a moving source of sound for a binaural listener comprising an array of eight sound transducers for generating sound, each of said eight transducers being spaced from each other to form a parallelepiped, four of said sound transducers being positioned above the listener's ear level and four of said sound transducers being positioned below the listener's ear level, said parallelepiped having sides formed thereby, at least a ninth sound transducer for generating sound being mounted at one of said parallelepiped sides oriented to project sound into said parallelepiped, and means for enabling sound generated by said eight sound transducers to intersect in a common volume within said parallelepiped with said ninth sound transducer sound orientation.
A method for generating a full field sound and the perception of a moving source of the sound for a binaural listener comprising the steps of mounting a plurality of sound transducers for generating sound above the listener's ear level, mounting another plurality of sound transducers for generating sound below the listener's ear level, forming parallel surfaces among at least some of said sound transduce is in said respective two pluralities of mounted sound transducers, spacing said parallel surfaces from each other, orienting said sound from said above-ear level sound transducers and said below-ear level sound transducers into the volume between said parallel surfaces to enable said sound generated from said transducers to intersect therewithin and orienting another sound transducer sound output to further intersect with said two pluralities of sound transducer orientations.
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