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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiko Enamito, Chigasaki, JP;
Takuro Hayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/106 ; G10K 1/116 ; H03B 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/106 ; G10K 1/116 ; H03B 2/900 ;
Abstract
A speaker, serving as an additional sound source, is provided close to a noise source, two microphones are arranged on a central axis of a vibration surface of the speaker to be spaced from each other, acoustic intensity of the speaker is measured from outputs of these microphones, and an input to the speaker is controlled by a controller such that acoustic intensity, that is, acoustic power of the speaker is set to be zero or minimized.