NOISE-CANCELING SYSTEM

• US 20100046769A1
• Filed: 07/28/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-technica
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-technica
• Inventors: KIMURA, Tominori
• Application Number:
  US12/510,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20100046769A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/71.100
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17823 Reference signals, e.g. ambient acoustic environment
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17853 of the filter
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17873 using a reference signal without an error signal, e.g. pure feedforward
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17885 additionally using a desired external signal, e.g. pass-through audio such as music or speech
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/1081 Earphones, e.g. for telephones, ear protectors or headsets
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/3028 Filtering, e.g. Kalman filters or special analogue or digital filters

Abstract

The noise canceling system includes: a microphone unit picking up ambient noise and outputting a noise signal; a cancel signal generator generating and outputting a cancel signal eliminating the noise, and having a filter circuit outputting a signal in a predetermined frequency band included in the noise signal, an inverting amplifier circuit inverting and amplifying the output signal of the filter circuit, an amplification degree being greater than zero and smaller than one, and an adding circuit outputting a signal obtained by adding the output signal of the inverting amplifier circuit to the noise signal; and a speaker unit outputting an audio signal and the cancel signal.

Claims

1. A noise-canceling system comprising:

a microphone that picks up ambient noise and outputs a noise signal;

a cancel signal generator that receives the noise signal, and generates and outputs a cancel signal for reducing the ambient noise; and

a speaker that receives and outputs an audio signal and the cancel signal, wherein the cancel signal generator comprises;

a filter circuit that outputs a signal included in the noise signal in a predetermined frequency band;

an inverting amplifier circuit that inverts and amplifies the signal output by the filter circuit and outputs the inverted and amplified signal, wherein the signal is amplified by an amplification degree that is greater than zero and less than one; and

an adding circuit that outputs the cancel signal by adding the inverted and amplified signal output by the inverting amplifier circuit to the noise signal.

3. The noise-canceling system according to claim 1, wherein the filter circuit comprises a low-pass filter.

4. The noise-canceling system according to claim 1, wherein the filter circuit comprises a high-pass filter.

5. The noise-canceling system according to claim 1, wherein the filter circuit comprises a band-pass filter.

6. The noise-canceling system according to claim 1, wherein the filter circuit comprises a notch filter.

7. The noise canceling system according to claim 1, wherein the cancel signal is for canceling or substantially eliminating the ambient noise.

2. A noise-canceling system comprising:

a microphone that picks up ambient noise and outputs a noise signal;

a cancel signal generator that receives the noise signal, and generates and outputs a cancel signal for reducing the ambient noise; and

a speaker that receives and outputs an audio signal and the cancel signal, wherein the cancel signal generator comprises;

a filter circuit that outputs a signal included in the noise signal in a predetermined frequency band;

an amplifier circuit that amplifies the signal output by the filter circuit and outputs the amplified signal, wherein the signal is amplified by an amplification degree that is greater than zero and less than one; and

a subtracting circuit that outputs the cancel signal obtained by subtracting the amplified signal output by the amplifier circuit from the noise signal.

8. The noise-canceling system according to claim 2, wherein the filter circuit comprises a low-pass filter.

9. The noise-canceling system according to claim 2, wherein the filter circuit comprises a high-pass filter.

10. The noise-canceling system according to claim 2, wherein the filter circuit comprises a band-pass filter.

11. The noise-canceling system according to claim 2, wherein the filter circuit comprises a notch filter.

12. The noise canceling system according to claim 2, wherein the cancel signal is for canceling or substantially eliminating the ambient noise.