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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Polk Audio, Llc, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Inventors:
Brad Starobin, Baltimore, MD (US);
Scott Orth, Laurel, MD (US);
Stuart W. Lumsden, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Polk Audio, LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/301 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04R 2201/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-driver multi-channel single enclosure Height-Channel (e.g., ATMOS® or DTS-X®) enabled soundbar loudspeaker systemuses a novel signal processing system, driver mounting configuration (L,R) and method to provide a high fidelity home theater listening experience, in a manner which relies on a new method for cancellation of unwanted direct (not ceiling-bounced) radiation of the Height-Channel (or virtual height envelopment) channel's soundDS.