Stereophonic effect speaker arrangement

• US 4,256,922 A
• Filed: 03/15/1979
• Issued: 03/17/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rudolf Gorike
• Original Assignee: Rudolf Gorike
• Inventors: Gorike, Rudolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Olms, Douglas W.
• Application Number:
  US06/020,713
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 179/1 GA, 179/1 G, 179/1 E, 179/1 J, 181/144, 181/153, 181/154
• US Class Current: 381/308
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/345 for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2205/022 Plurality of transducers corresponding to a plurality of sound channels in each earpiece of headphones or in a single enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

A device for reproducing acoustic events carried on at least two channels, in a room with at least two sidewalls, comprising, at least one first sound-radiating transducer positioned to radiate sound toward a listener with at least two second sound-radiating transducers positioned in association with the first sound-radiating transducer and for radiating sound toward the at least two sidewalls, respectively. The two channels carrying the acoustic event are supplied to the first and second transducers so that the first transducer receives both channels and each of the second transducers receives one of the two channels. The listener thus receives sound waves from the two second transducers with delay. A delay device may also be connected to the two second sound transducers for producing an additional delay in the first and second channels supplied thereto.

Claims

1. A loudspeaker arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, carried on at least two channels, in a room with at least two sidewalls, comprising a housing at least one first sound-radiating transducer positioned in said housing to radiate sound directly toward a listener, at least two second sound transducers, positioned in said housing for radiating sounds toward the at least two sidewalls, respectively, and means connected to said first and second transducers for supplying the acoustic events carried on said channels to said first and second transducers with one of said channels supplied to one of said second transducers, another of said channels supplied to the other of said second transducers and said another of said channels supplied to said first transducer, whereby, sound from said second transducers reach the listener with a delay with respect to sound reaching the listener from said first transducer.

2. A loudspeaker arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 1, further including means connected to said second transducers for delaying the sound emitting therefrom with respect to the sound emitted from said first transducer.

3. A loudspeaker arrangement for reproducing acoustic events of the type transmitted through at least two channels in a room having sound reflecting sidewalls comprising a housing;

loudspeaker means mounted in said housing for radiating sound from said housing in at least two directions;

said loudspeaker means having at least one loudspeaker for each channel transmitting the acoustic events to be reproduced and for reproducing middle and high range frequencies in the acoustic events to be reproduced being positioned to laterally radiate sound toward one of the sidewalls to cause the sound to be reflected off the sidewall and delay its reaching a listener in the room, and a loudspeaker positioned to radiate sound forwardly;

means for controlling the amplitude or frequency response of the loudspeaker of each channel; and

delay means operative for delaying the sound radiated from each loudspeaker positioned to laterally radiate sound with respect to sound radiating from said loudspeaker positioned to radiate sound forwardly.

4. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of said loudspeakers positioned to laterally radiate sound is operative to laterally radiate sound toward an opposite side wall and symmetrically mirrors each other.

5. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said loudspeaker means includes at least one further loudspeaker for reproducing middle and high range frequencies in the acoustic events positioned to radiate sound from said housing upwardly and forwardly, and said laterally and upwardly radiating loudspeakers including a spherical housing, a box-like housing provided for the frontally radiating loudspeaker and the spherical housing supported on top of the box-like housing.

6. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said control means is provided in said housing.

7. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 3, wherein each loudspeaker connected to different channels has a different frequency response, and the frequency response of said loudspeakers connected to one channel are at least approximately identical to each other.

8. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said loudspeaker means comprises two identically designed, frontally radiating loudspeaker groups of woofers, middle range loudspeakers and tweeters, of which one group is supplied with an undelayed signal from a right-hand channel and the other is supplied with an undelayed signal from a left-hand channel.

9. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said loudspeaker means includes at least one loudspeaker which is positioned obliquely to radiate sound upwardly, said delay means being operative to supply said obliquely positioned loudspeaker with time-delayed signals.

10. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 9, wherein said loudspeaker positioned obliquely of the room is operatively connected to all the channels.

11. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said loudspeaker means includes loudspeakers positioned to radiate sound laterally or obliquely upwardly and being movably mounted on said housing.

12. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 8, wherein the operating range of the woofer frontally radiating the undelayed signal ends in the range between 300 Hz and 400 Hz, and the laterally radiating loudspeakers are supplied from their associated channels with delayed signals of higher frequency range.

13. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said delay means is one of a digital delay line and a bucket-brigade line.

14. An arrangement for reproducing acoustic events, as claimed in claim 13, wherein said delay means includes means for varying the delay time thereof.