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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Werner Paulus Josephus DE Bruijn, Eindhoven, NL;
William John Lamb, Eindhoven, NL;
Werner Paulus Josephus De Bruijn, Eindhoven, NL;
William John Lamb, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A speaker system includes a first speaker () and a second speaker (). A driving circuit receives an audio signal and has a first drive circuit () generating a first drive signal for the first speaker () in response to a first filtering of the audio signal with a first passband. A second drive circuit () generates a second drive signal for the second speaker () in response to a second filtering having a second passband which includes a frequency band below the first passband. A delay () delays the second drive signal relative to the first drive signal. The sound from the second speaker is directionally radiated with a directional radiation pattern having a notch towards the listening position (). The system uses the precedence effect and non-direct low frequency audio radiation to ensure that directional cues are predominantly provided by the first speaker () which may be small and positioned remote from the second speaker ().