Methods and Systems for Producing a Zone of Reduced Background Noise
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1. A system for producing a zone of reduced background noise, said system comprising:
- at least one microphone for sensing background noise, said at least one microphone generating a signal as a function of said background noise;
a background noise processor configured to process said signal to create an anti-noise waveform configured to reduce an amplitude of said background noise in said zone, and at least one speaker configured to directionally broadcast said anti-noise waveforms as anti-noise audio output into said zone, wherein said anti-noise audio output destructively interferes with said background noise.
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Abstract
A system for facilitating conversational communications in an environment with background noise, the system including a microphone for sensing the background noise, a signal processor configured to process the microphone output and produce an anti-noise electrical output, and a directional speaker array configured to receive the anti-noise electrical output and directionally broadcast anti-noise audio output, the anti noise audio output destructively interfering with the environmental background noise.
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1. A system for producing a zone of reduced background noise, said system comprising:
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at least one microphone for sensing background noise, said at least one microphone generating a signal as a function of said background noise;
a background noise processor configured to process said signal to create an anti-noise waveform configured to reduce an amplitude of said background noise in said zone, and at least one speaker configured to directionally broadcast said anti-noise waveforms as anti-noise audio output into said zone, wherein said anti-noise audio output destructively interferes with said background noise. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable apparatus for producing a zone of reduced background noise, said apparatus comprising:
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a base, a telescoping mast having a first and a second end, said first end attached to said base;
a microphone configured to sense background noise and convert said background noise into a signal;
a background noise processor configured to process said signal and generate a corresponding anti-noise signal;
at least one speaker attached to said second end of said mast;
said at least one speaker configured to broadcast said anti-noise signal as an anti-noise audio waveform;
said anti-noise audio waveform broadcast destructively interfering said background noise, thereby creating said zone within which speech can be more clearly heard. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for producing a zone of reduced background noise comprising:
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sensing said background noise using an array of directional microphones, each directional microphone creating a signal representing said background noise, sending each of said signals to a central background noise processor, said background noise processor creating a plurality of anti-noise waveforms as a function of said signals, and directing each of the plurality of anti-noise waveforms to a plurality of directional speakers, said plurality of directional speakers directionally broadcasting said anti-noise waveforms as audio anti-noise output, said audible anti-noise output destructively interfering with a portion of said audible background noise to reduce background noise in said zone. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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