Onkyo Corporation

Onkyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Takamine Gakki Co., Ltd.

Koichi Sadaie

Kenichiro Toyofuku

Hiroyasu Kumo

Joji Kasai

Kazumasa Takemura

Tetsuro Nakatake

Yoshihide Toyoshima

Yoshinori Nakanishi

Sadatoshi Hisamoto

Norimasa Kitagawa

Yushi Ono

Ryuta Shigematsu

Yoshitada Takeshima

Satofumi Nagaoka

Kosuke Heki

Kouichi Abe

Yoshinori Ujimoto

Hiroyuki Mizutani

Mitsuhiko Tokuda

A diffuser which forms a first acoustic passage that sound waves propagate and which radiates the sound waves to an outer diameter direction between a diaphragm and an annular conical surface of a first reflection member, and forms a second acoustic passage the sound waves which pass the opening of the first reflection member propagate and which radiates the sound waves to an outer diameter direction between the annular concave surface of the first reflection member and a conical surface of a second reflection member.

Diffuser

A speaker cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pair of side plates whose outer peripheral portions define no apexes; and a bent plate curved in conformity with the outer peripheral portions of the pair of side plates and mounted to the pair of side plates.

Speaker cabinet and speaker using the same

According to the invention, a whole-surface driven, flat thin loudspeaker that brings about smooth frequency characteristics with split vibration hardly caused is realized, and a voice coil assembly that has high reproduction efficiency and fewer operation failures, and brings about favorable work efficiency in manufacturing and further reduced manufacturing cost, and a loudspeaker using the same are manufactured. The voice coil assembly includes a rectangular voice coil including a rectangular bobbin formed with a rectangular cross section and a rectangular coil bonded to the rectangular bobbin, and a rectangular reinforcing member coupling the plurality of rectangular voice coils to one another in a grid pattern, wherein a portion of inner wall surfaces of the rectangular reinforcing member is bonded to any of outer wall surfaces of the rectangular bobbins of the plurality of rectangular voice coils, and the outer wall surfaces of the rectangular bobbins, to which the inner wall surfaces of the rectangular reinforcing member are not bonded, and portions of the inner wall surfaces of the rectangular reinforcing member, which are not bonded to the outer wall surfaces of the rectangular bobbins define a rectangular space between a pair of the adjacent rectangular voice coils.

Voice coil assembly and loudspeaker using the same

A voice coil assembly capable of realizing a flat thin loudspeaker having a high efficiency, reduced divided vibrations, a flat frequency response, and reduced operation defects. The voice coil assembly includes a plurality of internal-winding voice coils, each including a rectangular bobbin having a rectangular cross section and defining a rectangular space therein and an internal rectangular coil fixed to an inner wall surface of the rectangular bobbin defining the rectangular space, wherein an outer wall surface of the rectangular bobbin of one internal-winding voice coil is adhered and fixed to an outer wall surface of the rectangular bobbin of another internal-winding voice coil.

Voice coil assembly, loudspeaker using the same, and method for producing the same

A small-sized speaker system having a very excellent bass-range reproduction capability includes a sound radiation component for guiding acoustic waves radiated from the speaker units to a free space by causing a larger degree of air compression and expansion than in the case where acoustic waves are directly radiated to the free space with the speaker units mounted in corresponding enclosures of the same shape as the speaker units. The speaker system has 20% or more lower fthan in the case where acoustic waves are directly radiated to the free space with the speaker units mounted in corresponding enclosures of the same shape as the speaker units.

Speaker system

A small-sized speaker system having extremely excellent bass range reproduction capability comprises a speaker unit provided in a closed box and a sound guide through which sound radiated from the speaker unit is guided into the free space so as to cause compression and expansion of air in an extent greater than that in which the speaker unit is provided in a closed box of the same shape but sound is radiated directly into the free space. The f0 of the speaker system is 20% or more lower than that of when the speaker unit is provided in a closed box of the same shape but sound is radiated directly into the free space.

The present invention includes producing a first processed signal which localizes sound image at a first localization position and a second processed signal which localizes sound image at a second localization position; multiplying one of the first and the second processed signals by a coefficient k which varies in the range of 0 to 1; multiplying the other signal by a coefficient 1&minus;k; and adding the processed signal multiplied by the coefficient k and the processed signal multiplied by the coefficient 1&minus;k. When the predetermined position is located away at an angle &thgr; in a circumferential direction from the front of the listener, the first localization position is in the vicinity of the predetermined position and located away at an angle &thgr; in a circumferential direction from the front of the listener wherein &thgr; <&thgr;, and the second localization position is in the vicinity of the predetermined position and located away at an angle &thgr; in a circumferential direction from the front of the listener wherein &thgr; >&thgr;.

Apparatus and method for localizing sound image

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for localizing a sound image capable of achieving so called 'surround-effect' sufficiently with a simple structure while maintaining a sufficient width of a frontal sound field. Both surround left and surround right signals SL, SR are supplied to a sideward localizer 12 for localizing the sound image reproduced by the signals to positions of sideward of a listener. Also, front left and front right signals FL, FR are supplied to the sideward localizer 12. In this way, the sound image reproduced by the signals is localized at positions between speakers arranged in front side and sidewards of the listener, so that a sufficient width of frontal sound field can be maintained eventually.

Apparatus for localizing a sound image and a method for localizing the

A stereophonic reproduction system which improves an unnatural sound image localization at an asymmetric position relative to right and left loudspeakers. Deterioration in tone quality incidental thereto is improved by filters providing right and left channels with selected phase characteristics.

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Neyagawa, Japan

Koichi Sadaie