Tsinghua University

Htc Corporation

Yi-Yang Lo

Mingsian R Bai

Ching-Cheng Chen

Yu-Ming Chang

Chun-Kai Wang

Ming-Sian Bai

Shen-Wei Juan

Bo-Cheng You

Tang-Yao Jheng

A method of using a dual-port measurement system to measure acoustic impedance is used to measure an acoustic impedance Z of a tested object. The tested object includes an input end and an output end opposite to the input end. The dual-port measurement system comprises a first impedance tube and a second impedance tube. The first impedance tube includes a first inlet where a plane wave of a sound source is input, and a first outlet connected with the input end. The second impedance tube includes a second inlet connected with the output end, and a second outlet where the plane wave is output. The method uses the dual-port measurement system and a two-boundary method to obtain the acoustic impedances Z, whereby the dual-port measurement system is conveniently applied to various fields, such as the design of earphones, muffler tubes, sound absorption materials, and artificial ears.

Method of using dual-port measurement system to measure acoustic impedance

An audio playback device is provided. The audio playback device includes a magnetic module, an annular armature, a coil module and a diaphragm. The magnetic module includes a magnetic source and two yokes each connected to one of two magnetic poles generated by the magnetic source and extends to form a magnetic field. The annular armature includes a first, a second, a third and a fourth arms that form a hollow area. At least part of the first arm is located in the magnetic area. The coil module is winded on the second arm and generates two varying electro-magnetic poles according to an alternating current data signal. The annular armature vibrates according to a relation of the two varying electro-magnetic poles and the magnetic field. The diaphragm is connected to the annular armature through a driving rod to vibrate according to the annular armature to generate a sound wave.

Audio playback device

A method for visualizing sound source energy distribution in an echoic environment comprises steps: arranging in an echoic environment a plurality of arrayed sound pickup units, wherein each sound pickup unit includes at least two microphones separated by a directive distance enabling the sound pickup unit to have a primary pickup direction; disposing the sound pickup units with the primary pickup directions thereof pointing toward a sound source in the echoic environment, and measuring the sound source by the sound pickup units to obtain a sound source-related parameter; substituting the directive distance and the parameter into an algorithm to make the parameter have directivity; and then substituting the parameter into an ESM algorithm to establish a sound source energy distribution profile. Thereby, the method can measure a sound source in a specified direction in an echoic environment and establish a visualized sound source energy distribution profile.

Method for visualizing sound source energy distribution in echoic environment

A miniature electronic shotgun microphone, which is used to receive a sound source from a specified direction, comprises a pick-up member, an A/D (Analog/Digital) conversion unit, and a digital signal processor. The pick-up member includes a first pick-up unit, a second pick-up unit separated from the first pick-up unit by a first distance, and a third pick-up unit separated from the second pick-up unit by a second distance; the first distance is greater than the second distance. The first pick-up unit, the second pick-up unit and the third pick-up unit respectively receive the sound source and output an analog signal. The A/D conversion unit and the digital signal processor process the analog signals, and convert them into a directional digital acoustic signal. Thus, the directional digital acoustic signal has a maximum pick-up frequency. Thereby is decreased grating lobes and spatial aliasing.

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