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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Zhan Peng Huo, Beijing, CN;
Yang Liang, Beijing, CN;
Shu Jun Tang, Beijing, CN;
Ying Zhao Yan, Beijing, CN;
Ting Yin, Beijing, CN;
Hui Hui Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A noise source emits an acoustic noise wave with a noise frequency corresponding to an attribute of a control-status signal associated with the noise source. A method to reduce the noise comprises generating, based on the noise frequency corresponding to the attribute, an anti-noise signal having the noise frequency. The method further comprises phase-shifting the anti-noise signal to output a phase-shifted anti-noise signal that can be used to generate a noise-cancelling acoustic wave. The method can include aligning the first anti-noise signal to be in-phase with the acoustic noise wave. An anti-noise apparatus to implement the method includes an anti-noise generator, to generate the anti-noise signal, and a phase shifter to generate and output the phase-shifted anti-noise signal. The anti-noise apparatus can include a phase detector and phase alignment element to align the anti-noise signal to be in-phase with the acoustic noise wave.