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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2001
Kenichi Terai, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Isao Kakuhari, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Terai, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Osaka, JP;
Isao Kakuhari, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A headphone system includes a headphone; and a signal processing circuit for outputting an acoustic signal to the headphone. The headphone includes a first speaker and a third speaker for a right ear of a listener, a second speaker and a fourth speaker for a left ear of the listener, and a support for supporting the first through fourth speakers so that the first and second speakers are located forward with respect to a vertical plane including a straight line connecting the hole of the right ear and the hole of the left ear of the listener, the second and fourth speakers are located rearward with respect to the vertical plane, and the first through fourth speakers are out of contact with the right ear and the left ear of the listener.