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Improved directional microphone system

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AU2001270181A1
AU2001270181A1 AU2001270181A AU7018101A AU2001270181A1 AU 2001270181 A1 AU2001270181 A1 AU 2001270181A1 AU 2001270181 A AU2001270181 A AU 2001270181A AU 7018101 A AU7018101 A AU 7018101A AU 2001270181 A1 AU2001270181 A1 AU 2001270181A1
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Prior art keywords
microphone system
directional microphone
improved directional
order microphone
null
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Abandoned
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AU2001270181A
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Roman E. Roginsky
Jon C. Taenzer
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GN Hearing Care Corp
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GN Hearing Care Corp
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Publication of AU2001270181A1 publication Critical patent/AU2001270181A1/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R29/00—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements
    • H04R29/004—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements for microphones
    • H04R29/005—Microphone arrays
    • H04R29/006—Microphone matching
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R3/00—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R3/005—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones for combining the signals of two or more microphones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2201/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones covered by H04R1/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2201/40—Details of arrangements for obtaining desired directional characteristic by combining a number of identical transducers covered by H04R1/40 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2201/403—Linear arrays of transducers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/40—Arrangements for obtaining a desired directivity characteristic
    • H04R25/407—Circuits for combining signals of a plurality of transducers

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Circuit For Audible Band Transducer (AREA)
  • Obtaining Desirable Characteristics In Audible-Bandwidth Transducers (AREA)
  • Transplanting Machines (AREA)
  • Valve Device For Special Equipments (AREA)
  • Control Of Electric Motors In General (AREA)

Abstract

A second-order microphone system is constructed of two null-less first-order microphone elements. The null-less first-order microphone elements prevent the degradations that occur in performance when a second-order microphone system is used at the side of a person's head.
AU2001270181A 2000-07-05 2001-06-26 Improved directional microphone system Abandoned AU2001270181A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09610188 2000-07-05
US09/610,188 US7116792B1 (en) 2000-07-05 2000-07-05 Directional microphone system
PCT/US2001/020328 WO2002003750A2 (en) 2000-07-05 2001-06-26 Improved directional microphone system

Publications (1)

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AU2001270181A1 true AU2001270181A1 (en) 2002-01-14

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AU2001270181A Abandoned AU2001270181A1 (en) 2000-07-05 2001-06-26 Improved directional microphone system

Country Status (7)

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US (1) US7116792B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1317871B8 (en)
AT (1) ATE447300T1 (en)
AU (1) AU2001270181A1 (en)
DE (1) DE60140304D1 (en)
DK (1) DK1317871T3 (en)
WO (1) WO2002003750A2 (en)

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Publication number Publication date
US7116792B1 (en) 2006-10-03
EP1317871B8 (en) 2009-12-09
WO2002003750A3 (en) 2002-05-23
EP1317871A4 (en) 2007-09-19
EP1317871A2 (en) 2003-06-11
EP1317871B1 (en) 2009-10-28
WO2002003750A2 (en) 2002-01-10
DE60140304D1 (en) 2009-12-10
DK1317871T3 (en) 2010-03-01
ATE447300T1 (en) 2009-11-15

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