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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Applicants:
Shioto Okita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Akino, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Shioto Okita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Akino, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stereo microphone has four condenser microphone units having respective directional axes in the same horizontal plane. The four units each have unidirectivity and a quadrangular shape viewed from the direction of the directional axis. The units are disposed by rotating the directional axes of adjacent units by 90°. A pair of two units diagonally positioned and having the directional axes directed at 180° to each other collaborate with each other to form a pair of bidirectional microphone units.