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US 4,068,091 AGranted
Binaural sound pickup
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorToshitada Doi
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Abstract
A binaural sound pickup assembly composed of a hollow cone-like member made of plastic resin and having a flange member on its rear portion on the larger diameter portion of the cone-like member and with a pair of microphones mounted by mounting means at both sides of the cone-like member adjacent the flange member and wherein the hollow cone-like member simulates the acoustic characteristics of a human head but which does not give the physical appearance of a human head.
Claims14
A binaural sound pickup assembly comprising:
- a first member formed of a conical member having a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion, said large- and small-diameter portions being coupled with a continuous surface;
- a second member projecting from the large-diameter portion of said first member toward its outer peripheral direction;
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- microphone mounting means for supporting a pair of microphones which are located at both sides of said first member opposing to said second member.
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A binaural sound pickup comprising:
- a conical shaped member for simulating sound reception in characteristic of a human head which has an appearance different from a human head having a larger diameter approximating the diameter of a human head;
- a pair of extending acoustical damping members attached to said conical shaped member near its larger diameter portion on opposite sides thereof and extending outwardly in the diameter direction;
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- a pair of microphones mounted adjacent said pair of extending acoustical damping members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.