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US 9,961,445 B2Granted
Microphone unit for stereo recording
AssigneeZoom Corporation
InventorMasahiro Iijima
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Abstract
A microphone unit for stereo recording capable of switching an arrangement of left and right microphones between a true XY technique and another technique. A microphone unit for stereo recording, including: a pair of unidirectional left and right microphones; and a retractable mechanism joined to the respective left and right microphones. The retractable mechanism is configured—to allow change in a horizontal angle and a vertical position of each of the left and right microphones.
Claims6
A microphone unit for stereo recording, comprising:
- a pair of unidirectional left and right microphones;
- and
- a retractable mechanism joined to the respective left and right microphones, wherein
- the retractable mechanism is configured
- to allow change in a horizontal angle and a vertical position of each of the left and right microphones,
- when the horizontal angle of the left and right microphones reaches an angle of sound pickup axes of the microphones intersecting with each other, to differentiate the vertical positions of the left and right microphones and thus to arrange at least part of the left and right microphones in vertical overlap, and
- when the horizontal angle of the left and right microphones reaches an angle of the sound pickup axes not intersecting with each other, to equalize the vertical positions of the left and right microphones.
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