ACOUSTIC DEVICE
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1. An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, comprising:
- a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer;
a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer; and
a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers.
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An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, with a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer, a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer, and a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers.
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27 Claims
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1. An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, comprising:
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a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer; a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer; and a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, comprising:
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a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer, and the second transducer is at least about two times farther away from the first ear than is the first transducer; a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer, and the fourth transducer is at least about two times farther away from the second ear than is the third transducer; and a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers, and is further adapted to establish first, second and third different signal processing modes.
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27. An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, comprising:
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a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer; a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer; a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers; wherein the controller is further adapted to establish first, second and third different signal processing modes; wherein in the second signal processing mode the first and second transducers are played in phase with each other, and the third and fourth transducers are played in phase with each other, and where the first and second transducers are played out of phase with the third and fourth transducers; and wherein in the third signal processing mode all four transducers are played in phase with each other.
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