Acoustic scatterer

An acoustic scatterer, comprising:

• a. a plurality of acoustic scatterer elements, wherein each acoustic scatterer element of said plurality of acoustic scatterer elements is selected from a full acoustic scatterer element and a partial acoustic scatterer element;
• b. wherein said full acoustic scatterer element comprises:
• i. at least one first curved surface, wherein at least a portion of said at least one first curved surface is curved about a first axis;
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• ii. at least one second curved surface, wherein at least a portion of said at least one second curved surface is curved about a second axis, said at least one second surface is continuous with said at least one first surface across a boundary therebetween, said at least one first curved surface is asymmetric with respect to said at least one second curved surface relative to said boundary between said at least one first curved surface and said at least one second curved surface, said acoustic scatterer element is adapted to be located on at least one reference surface, at least a portion of said at least one reference surface comprises or is proximate to a boundary of a region of an acoustic space, said first and second axes are in different directions, at least one of said first and second axes is either oblique or orthogonal to said at least one reference surface, said full acoustic scatterer element is bounded by said at least one reference surface, and said at least one first curved surface and said at least one second curved surface of said full acoustic scatterer are otherwise continuous with one another;
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• c. said partial acoustic scatterer element comprises a portion of an associated virtual full acoustic scatterer element, wherein said portion is partially bounded by at least a third surface that would otherwise cut through said associated virtual acoustic scatterer element.

An acoustic scatterer, comprising:

• a. at least one portion of an acoustic scatterer panel, wherein said acoustic scatterer panel comprises:
• i. a plurality of acoustic scatterer elements, wherein each acoustic scatterer element of said plurality of acoustic scatterer elements is selected from a full acoustic scatterer element and a partial acoustic scatterer element, at least two of said plurality of acoustic scatterer elements have corresponding different sizes, and said at least one portion of said acoustic scatterer panel spans at least two of said plurality of acoustic scatterer elements having corresponding different sizes;
• ii. wherein said full acoustic scatterer element comprises:
• a) at least one first curved surface, wherein at least a portion of said at least one first curved surface is curved about a first axis;
• and
• b) at least one second curved surface, wherein at least a portion of said at least one second curved surface is curved about a second axis, said at least one second surface is continuous with said at least one first surface across a boundary therebetween, said at least one first curved surface is asymmetric with respect to said at least one second curved surface relative to said boundary between said at least one first curved surface and said at least one second curved surface, said acoustic scatterer element is adapted to be located on at least one reference surface, at least a portion of said at least one reference surface comprises or is proximate to a boundary of a region of an acoustic space, said first and second axes are in different directions, at least one of said first and second axes is either oblique or orthogonal to said at least one reference surface, said full acoustic scatterer element is bounded by said at least one reference surface, and said at least one first curved surface and said at least one second curved surface of said full acoustic scatterer are otherwise continuous with one another, and
• iii. said partial acoustic scatterer element comprises a portion of an associated virtual full acoustic scatterer element, wherein said portion is partially bounded by at least a third surface that would otherwise cut through said associated virtual acoustic scatterer element.

An acoustically treated room of a building, comprising:

• a. a plurality of acoustic scatterer elements, wherein each acoustic scatterer element of said plurality of acoustic scatterer elements is selected from a full acoustic scatterer element and a partial acoustic scatterer element, at least two of said plurality of acoustic scatterer elements have corresponding different sizes;
• b. wherein said full acoustic scatterer element comprises:
• i. at least one first curved surface, wherein at least a portion of said at least one first curved surface is curved about a first axis;
• and
• ii. at least one second curved surface, wherein at least a portion of said at least one second curved surface is curved about a second axis, said at least one second surface is continuous with said at least one first surface across a boundary therebetween, said at least one first curved surface is asymmetric with respect to said at least one second curved surface relative to said boundary between said at least one first curved surface and said at least one second curved surface, said acoustic scatterer element is adapted to be located on at least one reference surface, at least a portion of said at least one reference surface comprises or is proximate to a boundary of a region of an acoustic space within said room, said first and second axes are in different directions, at least one of said first and second axes is either oblique or orthogonal to said at least one reference surface, said full acoustic scatterer element is bounded by said at least one reference surface, and said at least one first curved surface and said at least one second curved surface of said full acoustic scatterer are otherwise continuous with one another;
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• c. said partial acoustic scatterer element comprises a portion of an associated virtual full acoustic scatterer element, wherein said portion is partially bounded by at least a third surface that would otherwise cut through said associated virtual acoustic scatterer element.