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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Miura, Chiba, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Miura, Chiba, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An audio signal is supplied to a loudspeaker array to perform wavefront synthesis. A virtual sound source is produced at an infinite distance using wavefront synthesis. A propagation direction of a sound wave emitted from the virtual sound source is changeable.