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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama-shi, JP;
Takeshi Hashimoto, Motomiya, JP;
Tetsuo Watanabe, Hasuda, JP;
Yasuhiro Fujita, Kashiwa, JP;
Kazutomo Fukue, Kitamoto, JP;
CLARION CO., LTD., Saitama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a vibration audio system for transmitting an audio signal outputted from a sound source to a listener in the form of vibration while reducing output level of the signal and power consumption. The system includes an envelope detection unit () for detecting an envelope signal of the audio signal outputted from a sound source, a vibration transmission member for allowing the listener to perceive vibration of a low-frequency sound outputted from a low-frequency output speaker that outputs audio signals, and a frequency conversion unit () for generating an audio signal frequency-converted on the basis of resonant frequencies by multiplying the envelope signal by sine waves having the same frequencies as resonance frequencies obtained from an impulse response of the low-frequency output speaker disposed in the vibration transmission member. The audio signal frequency-converted by the frequency conversion unit () is outputted from the low-frequency output speaker.