Acoustic apparatus, connection polarity determination method, and recording medium

• US 20060262940A1
• Filed: 04/19/2006
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Asada, Kohei
• Granted Patent: US 7,734,054 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/05 Detection of connection of loudspeakers or headphones to amplifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 29/001 for loudspeakers H04R29/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 3/00 Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic H04S5/00, H04S7/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/302 Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation H04S7/301 takes precedence

Abstract

An acoustic apparatus includes an obtaining section configured to obtain impulse response data between at least one speaker and a microphone; a computation section configured to compute step response data by integrating the impulse response data obtained by the obtaining section; and a determination section configured to determine a connection polarity of the speaker in accordance with the size relationship of areas of a region on the positive side and a region on the negative side of the step response data in a determination segment of a predetermined time width in which a rise point of the step response is a starting point.

Claims

1. An acoustic apparatus, comprising:

obtaining means for obtaining impulse response data between at least one speaker and a microphone;

computation means for computing step response data by integrating the impulse response data obtained by the obtaining-means; and

determination means for determining a connection polarity of the speaker in accordance with the size relationship of areas of a region on the positive side and a region on the negative side of the step response data in a determination segment of a predetermined time width in which a rise point of the step response is a starting point.

2. An acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

signal generation means for generating a test signal for measuring the impulse response;

an output amplifier for supplying the test signal to the speaker; and

an input amplifier for supplying an output signal of the microphone for collecting the test signal emitted from the speaker to the obtaining means.

3. The acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising output means for outputting a determination result in the determination means.

4. The acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising signal inversion means for inverting the polarity of an audio signal to be supplied to the speaker when the determination result in the determination means indicates a negative connection.

5. The acoustic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

determination means for determining whether the determination results of the connection polarities of speakers used in a pair in the determination means differ from each other; and

signal inversion means for inverting the polarity of an audio signal of an audio channel connected to one of the pair of speakers when it is determined by the determination means that the determination results differ from each other.

6. A connection polarity determination method comprising:

obtaining impulse response data between at least one speaker and a microphone;

computing step response data by integrating the obtained impulse response data; and

determining a connection polarity of the speaker in accordance with the size relationship of areas of a region on the positive side and a region on the negative side of the step response data in a determination segment of a predetermined time width in which a rise point of the step response is a starting point.

7. A recording medium having stored thereon a connection polarity determination program for enabling a computer installed in an acoustic apparatus to perform a process for determining connection polarity, the process comprising:

obtaining impulse response data between at least one speaker and a microphone;

computing step response data by integrating the impulse response data obtained in the obtaining step; and

determining a connection polarity of the speaker in accordance with the size relationship of areas of a region on the positive side and a region on the negative side of the step response data in a determination segment of a predetermined time width in which a rise point of the step response is a starting point.

8. An acoustic apparatus, comprising:

an obtaining section configured to obtain impulse response data between at least one speaker and a microphone;

a computation section configured to compute step response data by integrating the impulse response data obtained by the obtaining section; and

a determination section configured to determine a connection polarity of the speaker in accordance with the size relationship of areas of a region on the positive side and a region on the negative side of the step response data in a determination segment of a predetermined time width in which a rise point of the step response is a starting point.