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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Miura, Chiba, JP;
Susumu Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Miura, Chiba, JP;
Susumu Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of reproducing audio signals includes the steps of supplying a predetermined audio signal to a speaker array to synthesize surface wavefronts and forming a virtual sound source by the wavefront synthesis; and controlling the audio signal in order to change the position of the virtual sound source in the vicinity of the virtual sound source.