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US 2010/0142733 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Generating Directional Sound
OwnerJung-woo CHOI, Young-tae Kim +2inventors
InventorsJung-woo CHOI, Young-tae Kim, Jung-ho Kim, Sang-chul Ko
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for generating directional sound are provided to output sound towards a specific sound zone. The apparatus includes an internal loudspeaker array having at least one sound source and edge loudspeakers, each with a sound source having directivity, located at respective ends of the internal loudspeaker array.
Claims14
An apparatus to generate directional sound, comprising:
- an internal loudspeaker array comprising at least one sound source;
- and
- edge loudspeakers located at respective ends of the internal loudspeaker array and each comprising a sound source having directivity.
A method for generating directional sound performed by a directional sound generating apparatus, the method comprising:
- generating a sound signal for a directional loudspeaker and a sound signal for a non-directional loudspeaker;
- and
- supplying the sound signal for the non-directional loudspeaker to an internal loudspeaker array of the directional sound generating apparatus, the internal loudspeaker array comprising at least one sound source, and supplying the sound signal for the directional loudspeaker to edge loudspeakers of the directional sound generating apparatus, the edge loudspeakers being located at respective ends of the internal loudspeaker array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.