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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
Applicants:
William Richard Saunders, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Michael Allen Vaudrey, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
William Richard Saunders, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Michael Allen Vaudrey, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Adaptive Technologies, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F011/06 ; G10K011/16 ; H03B029/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved personal noise attenuation system which attenuates both tonal and broadband sound and which includes a spatially adjustable acousto-electric sensor and attenuation means including both feedback and feed forward components so as to provide a heteronomous attenuation and more complete active noise attenuation and the adjustable acousto-electric sensor is moved to exploit the changing physical characteristics of spatial silent zones in different noise fields.