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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Applicant:
The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael C. Heilemann, Rochester, NY (US);
Mark F. Bocko, Caledonia, NY (US);
Assignee:
THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/30 (2013.01); H04R 1/2811 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 7/045 (2013.01); H04R 2440/01 (2013.01); H04R 2440/05 (2013.01); H04R 2440/07 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A loudspeaker system composed of a flexible panel with an affixed array of force actuators, a signal processing system, and interface electronic circuits is described. The system described is capable of creating a pattern of standing bending waves at any location on the panel and the instantaneous amplitude, velocity, or acceleration of the standing waves can be controlled by an audio signal to create localized acoustic sources at the selected locations in the plane of the panel.