NOISE CANCELLATION FOR WIRELESS AUDIO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A noise canceling wireless audio distribution system, comprising:
- a plurality of monaural and/or stereo audio channels;
a selection switch for selecting a speaker audio channel, from the plurality of audio channels, to be played on a plurality of speakers in a vehicle;
a wireless transmitter for transmitting a serial bitstream including at least a subset of the plurality of audio channels combined with digital control codes;
a wireless receiver responsive to the serial bitstream for selecting, and playing on a headset associated with the wireless receiver, a headset audio channel from the plurality of audio channel; and
a noise cancellation processor in the headset, for canceling noise related to the playing of the speaker audio channel on the speakers while the headset audio channel is played on the headset in accordance with the control codes in the serial bitstream, by subtracting speaker anti-noise signals related to the wirelessly received speaker audio channel from the headset audio channel being played.
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Abstract
A wireless audio distribution system may have a wireless transmitter, responsive to a plurality of audio input channels, for transmitting signals carrying the audio, a receiver, responsive to the transmitted signals for selecting one or more of the audio input channels to be reproduced in accordance with local setting selectors at the receiver. Speaker audio channel anti-noise signals can be subtracted from the head audio channel to cancel the noise related to the playing of the speaker audio on the speakers while the headset audio is played on the headset. Analog anti-noise signals can be produced by use of a microphone associated with the headset and later subtracted from the headset audio.
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9 Claims
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1. A noise canceling wireless audio distribution system, comprising:
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a plurality of monaural and/or stereo audio channels;
a selection switch for selecting a speaker audio channel, from the plurality of audio channels, to be played on a plurality of speakers in a vehicle;
a wireless transmitter for transmitting a serial bitstream including at least a subset of the plurality of audio channels combined with digital control codes;
a wireless receiver responsive to the serial bitstream for selecting, and playing on a headset associated with the wireless receiver, a headset audio channel from the plurality of audio channel; and
a noise cancellation processor in the headset, for canceling noise related to the playing of the speaker audio channel on the speakers while the headset audio channel is played on the headset in accordance with the control codes in the serial bitstream, by subtracting speaker anti-noise signals related to the wirelessly received speaker audio channel from the headset audio channel being played. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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