1 |
能動騒音制御装置 |
JP2012534465 |
2012-03-29 |
JPWO2012137448A1 |
2014-07-28 |
水野 耕; 耕 水野 |
設置位置を騒音源近傍に限る必要がなく、且つ、広い範囲で騒音を低減できる能動騒音制御装置を提供する。所望の制音対象領域(104)内の制音対象音を相殺する能動騒音制御装置(10)であって、波面制御信号に基づいて、制御音を出力する複数の制御音出力部(171〜17n)と、前記複数の制御音出力部(171〜17n)の夫々に対し、前記波面制御信号を出力する波面制御部(9)とを備え、前記波面制御部(9)は、前記複数の制御音出力部の夫々から出力される前記制御音の合成音が、予め設定された位置の仮想音源(11)から前記制音対象領域(104)に向かう方向に出力され、且つ、前記制音対象領域(104)で前記制音対象音を相殺するように、前記波面制御信号を生成する。 |
2 |
Sound inspection method and device using time inversion |
JP24536393 |
1993-09-30 |
JPH06341978A |
1994-12-13 |
FUINKU MATEISU |
PURPOSE: To determine a geometric feature of the wave front by repeating time inversion and re-propagation of extracted signals in a time window, and detect target reflection by an ultrasonic echo graph image to trace a position.
CONSTITUTION: A center transducer of a matrix 12 of ultrasonic transducers 1,...n distributed in concentric circles first irradiates a target 10 in a medium 18 by the excitation of a circuit 14. A circuit 16 extracts each echo signal from the medium 18 and stores a relative position to waveform. Input signals are inspected to select a time window T of duration including extracted total reflection energy, and only the signals included in the window T are stored (16). The extracted signals in the window T are time-inverted first and propagated to all transducers with amplification gain, and received echos appear in a signal form symmetric to the center maximum value outputted from each transducer. This time inversion and re-propagation are repeated, and after 2n+1 times of time inversion, a geometric line or face of the wave front approximate to the maximum value of the signals can be determined.
COPYRIGHT: (C)1994,JPO |
3 |
Method for acoustic localization of reflective target and device therefor |
JP3133290 |
1990-02-08 |
JPH0394743A |
1991-04-19 |
MATEIASU FUINKU |
PURPOSE: To converge precisely ultrasonic beam to such a target as a calculus by utilizing technique referred to 'phase conjugate optical amplification' which is somewhat similar to 'phase conjugate mirror' to be used in optics.
CONSTITUTION: An array 12 accompanying the first circuit 14 complements transducers 1, 2...n by way of the signals formulated and distributed to transmit the beam which is not converged in the direction of the target 10. The echo received by the transducer is converted to an electric signal. The size of a signal and time distribution location is stored by a circuit 16. The stored signal supplements the transducer of the receiver array 12 after the reversal of the time distribution and size of the signal. The feedback wave surface caused by the supplement is converged to the target 10 and the distortion which appears in the transmission route passing a medium 18 is precisely compensated by the feedback route. The divergent ultrasonic sound picked up by the array 12 generates constringing waves precisely converged. An amplification gain (g) between the electric signal transmitted by the transducer and the electric signal afforded by the circuit 16 gives a sound energy required for destroying the target 10.
COPYRIGHT: (C)1991,JPO |
4 |
DISPOSITIF DE THERAPIE POUR LA DESTRUCTION D'UNE CIBLE PAR DES SIGNAUX ACOUSTIQUES COMPORTANT UN RETOURNEMENT TEMPOREL |
EP93921972.0 |
1993-09-30 |
EP0615625A1 |
1994-09-21 |
FINK, Mathias |
Ce dispositif de thérapie comprend des moyens de repérage et de destruction comprenant: une matrice de transducteurs (numérotés par exemple de 0 à 120); un circuit d'émission et de réception des signaux acoustiques comprenant des moyens de mémorisation et de retournement temporel des signaux recueillis, des moyens d'itération du séquencement émission/réception/retournement; caractérisé en ce que les moyens de repérage et de destruction comprennent en outre: des moyens pour déterminer les maxima des signaux reçus après un nombre impair d'itérations. L'invention permet de réaliser une thérapie pour la destruction d'une cible telle que calcul dans les tissus, notamment le rein, la vésicule biliaire, la vessie ou l'urètre, ou une tumeur. |
5 |
Procédé et dispositif de repérage et de focalisation d'ondes |
EP90400319.1 |
1990-02-06 |
EP0383650B1 |
1994-09-07 |
Fink, Mathias |
|
6 |
Sound and video object tracking |
US15624475 |
2017-06-15 |
US10074012B2 |
2018-09-11 |
Cong Zhou; Timo Kunkel; Cristina Michel Vasco |
Image data relating to real-world objects or persons is collected from a scene while collecting audio data relating to the real-world objects or persons from the same scene. The audio data is used to derive sound objects corresponding to the real-world objects or persons. The image data is used to derive video objects corresponding to the real-world objects or persons. Based on the sound objects and the video objects, candidate salient objects are generated. A salient object is selected from among the candidate salient objects. Perceptual enhancement operations are performed on the selected salient object. |
7 |
Adaptive beamformer for sonar imaging |
US14857337 |
2015-09-17 |
US10024957B2 |
2018-07-17 |
Ronald Joe Horner |
Provided are method, system, and computer program product for imaging an underwater environment. The method may include receiving sonar returns and converting the sound energy of the sonar returns into sonar return data, and generating first beam data associated with a first beam having at least one first main lobe oriented in a first direction. Generating the first beam data may include: forming the sonar return data in the first direction; applying a first predetermined window to the sonar return data to define a first weighted return data; applying a second predetermined window to the sonar return data to define a second weighted return data; comparing a first power of the first weighted return data to a second power of the second weighted return data; and defining, when the first power is less than the second power, the first beam data based upon the first weighted return data. |
8 |
Apparatus with adaptive acoustic echo control for speakerphone mode |
US15443659 |
2017-02-27 |
US09930183B2 |
2018-03-27 |
Sanjay N. Kadiwala; Joseph C. Dwyer; Jincheng Wu |
A method includes cycling through a plurality of microphone and speaker combinations in a mobile device in response to the mobile device being placed in speakerphone mode. The mobile device includes a plurality of microphones and at least one speaker. The method obtains acoustic echo data from an echo canceller for each microphone and speaker combination, calculates an acoustic isolation value for each combination and then selects a microphone and speaker combination based on the acoustic isolation value. The method may also include determining an echo spectrum for each microphone and speaker combination using the obtained acoustic echo data, and select an echo control profile based on a characteristic of the echo spectrum. The echo control profile is selected to further improve acoustic isolation for the selected microphone and speaker combination. |
9 |
APPARATUS WITH ADAPTIVE ACOUSTIC ECHO CONTROL FOR SPEAKERPHONE MODE |
US15443659 |
2017-02-27 |
US20170180561A1 |
2017-06-22 |
Sanjay N. Kadiwala; Joseph C. Dwyer; Jincheng Wu |
A method includes cycling through a plurality of microphone and speaker combinations in a mobile device in response to the mobile device being placed in speakerphone mode. The mobile device includes a plurality of microphones and at least one speaker. The method obtains acoustic echo data from an echo canceller for each microphone and speaker combination, calculates an acoustic isolation value for each combination and then selects a microphone and speaker combination based on the acoustic isolation value. The method may also include determining an echo spectrum for each microphone and speaker combination using the obtained acoustic echo data, and select an echo control profile based on a characteristic of the echo spectrum. The echo control profile is selected to further improve acoustic isolation for the selected microphone and speaker combination. |
10 |
ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMER FOR SONAR IMAGING |
US14857337 |
2015-09-17 |
US20170082739A1 |
2017-03-23 |
Ronald Joe Horner |
Provided are method, system, and computer program product for imaging an underwater environment. The method may include receiving sonar returns and converting the sound energy of the sonar returns into sonar return data, and generating first beam data associated with a first beam having at least one first main lobe oriented in a first direction. Generating the first beam data may include: forming the sonar return data in the first direction; applying a first predetermined window to the sonar return data to define a first weighted return data; applying a second predetermined window to the sonar return data to define a second weighted return data; comparing a first power of the first weighted return data to a second power of the second weighted return data; and defining, when the first power is less than the second power, the first beam data based upon the first weighted return data. |
11 |
Apparatus with adaptive acoustic echo control for speakerphone mode |
US14204533 |
2014-03-11 |
US09584642B2 |
2017-02-28 |
Sanjay N Kadiwala; Joseph C Dwyer; Jincheng Wu |
A method includes cycling through a plurality of microphone and speaker combinations in a mobile device in response to the mobile device being placed in speakerphone mode. The mobile device includes a plurality of microphones and at least one speaker. The method obtains acoustic echo data from an echo canceller for each microphone and speaker combination, calculates an acoustic isolation value for each combination and then selects a microphone and speaker combination based on the acoustic isolation value. The method may also include determining an echo spectrum for each microphone and speaker combination using the obtained acoustic echo data, and select an echo control profile based on a characteristic of the echo spectrum. The echo control profile is selected to further improve acoustic isolation for the selected microphone and speaker combination. |
12 |
DATA RECONSTRUCTION FOR IMPROVED ULTRASOUND IMAGING |
US14373261 |
2013-01-18 |
US20150265250A1 |
2015-09-24 |
Bruno Madore |
A system and method for reconstructing ultrasound images provides improvements in image quality by using and digitally processing the acquired data along a plurality of dimensions. The echo signal reflected off different features in the object is reconstructed into images by solving a regularized linear system of equations that involves the geometry of the imaging transducer and of the image field-of-view. Processing can be performed ahead of time to create reconstruction matrices that can be reused indefinitely for a given transducer and field-of-view. The present invention can include a temporal encoding and decoding scheme, which includes changes in the direction of propagation and/or focusing characteris-tics of the transmitted ultrasound field from one time frame to the next, to provide improved discrimination between desired object features and artifacts. |
13 |
Method and apparatus for acoustic examination using time reversal |
US125855 |
1993-09-24 |
US5428999A |
1995-07-04 |
Mathias Fink |
A method for acoustic examination of a medium and detection of reflective targets includes a preliminary step of injecting a divergent sound beam into the medium from at least one transducer. Then the echo signals reflected by the medium and received by several transducers in an array are picked up. A time gate is used to select echoes coming from a particular zone of the medium. The echoes are stored, time-reversed and re-emitted. The signals newly reflected by the medium are stored and the time-reversal operation is repeated. After a final time reversal of rank 2n+1 (where n is a positive non-zero integer) over the full depth of the measurement time gate, the characteristics of the wavefront passing closest to the maxima of the signals are determined, advantageously in the form of a time distribution of the maxima. The characteristics can often be approximated with a polynomial law. An apparatus is disclosed for implementing the method. |
14 |
能動騒音制御装置 |
JP2012534465 |
2012-03-29 |
JP5991487B2 |
2016-09-14 |
水野 耕 |
|
15 |
Acoustic inspection method and apparatus using time reversal |
JP24536393 |
1993-09-30 |
JP3623246B2 |
2005-02-23 |
フィンク・マティス |
|
16 |
Method and apparatus for acoustically localized reflective targets |
JP3133290 |
1990-02-08 |
JP3084033B2 |
2000-09-04 |
マティアス・フィンク |
|
17 |
Systems and Methods for Acoustic Radiation Control |
US15588977 |
2017-05-08 |
US20180319491A1 |
2018-11-08 |
Martin Kearney-Fischer |
Disclosed is a system for controlling acoustic radiation from an aircraft. The system comprising a plurality of rotor systems (one or more) and a noise controller configured to regulate acoustic radiation from the plurality of rotor systems. The noise controller can be configured to regulate a commanded flight setting from the flight control system and to output a regulated flight setting to the plurality of rotor systems. Based on the regulated flight setting, the plurality of rotor systems are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, acoustic radiation having a target acoustic behavior. The target acoustic behavior may be achieved using beamforming techniques to, for example, change the directionality of acoustic radiation from the plurality of rotor systems, or otherwise tune the acoustic radiation to reduce detectability and/or annoyance. |
18 |
TROLLING MOTOR WITH A TRANSDUCER ARRAY |
US15214968 |
2016-07-20 |
US20160325814A1 |
2016-11-10 |
Barry M. Antao; Jeremiah Clark |
Various implementations described herein are directed to a trolling device having a motor with a propeller coupled to the motor and a shaft configured to couple or mount the motor to a watercraft. The trolling device may include a housing encapsulating the motor and the housing may include a nosecone. A sonar transducer assembly may be incorporated within the housing or nosecone including a phased array configured to transmit sonar beams into an underwater environment. |
19 |
System and method for performing progressive beamforming |
US13831436 |
2013-03-14 |
US08929177B2 |
2015-01-06 |
Clinton T. Siedenburg; Juin-Jet Hwang; Nikolaos Pagoulatos; Garet Nenninger |
A progressive beamformer in an imaging system includes a number of stages. A first stage delays and combines a number of received data streams to align the streams to a point of interest on a first beamline. The first stage feeds a number of subsequent stages that operate to buffer and re-delay at least a portion of the data streams received from a previous stage in order to align the data streams to a point of interest on a new beamline. In one embodiment, each stage operates to reduce the number of data streams that are passed to a subsequent stage without suffering from grating lobes. A beam reclamation process includes a number of stages that receive data streams from end elements in order to produce reclaimed beams that are added to beamline produced in a mainline beamforming process in order to produce output beamlines. |
20 |
Apparatus with Adaptive Acoustic Echo Control for Speakerphone Mode |
US14204533 |
2014-03-11 |
US20140274218A1 |
2014-09-18 |
Sanjay N. Kadiwala; Joseph C. Dwyer; Jincheng Wu |
A method includes cycling through a plurality of microphone and speaker combinations in a mobile device in response to the mobile device being placed in speakerphone mode. The mobile device includes a plurality of microphones and at least one speaker. The method obtains acoustic echo data from an echo canceller for each microphone and speaker combination, calculates an acoustic isolation value for each combination and then selects a microphone and speaker combination based on the acoustic isolation value. The method may also include determining an echo spectrum for each microphone and speaker combination using the obtained acoustic echo data, and select an echo control profile based on a characteristic of the echo spectrum. The echo control profile is selected to further improve acoustic isolation for the selected microphone and speaker combination. |