Balanced push-pull loudspeaker device, a control method thereof, and an audio processing circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9820050-B2
Application number	US-201715415792-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2017
Priority date	Mar 9, 2016
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A balanced push-pull loudspeaker device includes a loudspeaker box, a first loudspeaker component, a second loudspeaker component and an audio processing unit. The audio processing unit generates a bass audio signal according to low frequency parts of a first audio channel signal and of a second audio channel signal, mixes the bass audio signal and a high frequency part of the first audio channel signal, outputs a mixture of the bass audio signal and the high frequency part of the first audio channel signal to the first loudspeaker component, inverts the bass audio signal, mixes the inverted bass audio signal and a high frequency part of the second audio channel signal, and outputs a mixture of the inverted bass audio signal and the high frequency part of the second audio channel signal to the second loudspeaker component. This disclosure also provides a control method applied to the above loudspeaker device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A balanced push-pull loudspeaker device, comprising:
a loudspeaker box comprising a first opening and a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening are on a casing of the loudspeaker box;
a first loudspeaker component comprising a first vibration diaphragm, wherein the first vibration diaphragm covers the first opening of the loudspeaker box and sinks into an inner space of the loudspeaker box relative to the first opening;
a second loudspeaker component comprising a second vibration diaphragm, wherein the second vibration diaphragm covers the second opening of the loudspeaker box and sinks into the inner space of the loudspeaker box relative to the second opening; and
an audio processing module configured to generate a bass audio signal according to a low frequency part of a first audio channel signal and a low frequency part of a second audio channel signal, mix the bass audio signal and a high frequency part of the first audio channel signal, output a mixture of the bass audio signal and the high frequency part of the first audio channel signal to the first loudspeaker component, invert the bass audio signal, mix the inverted bass audio signal and a high frequency part of the second audio channel signal, and output a mixture of the inverted bass audio signal and the high frequency part of the second audio channel signal to the second loudspeaker component, and the first vibration diaphragm and the second vibration diaphragm respectively thrusting in two opposite directions relative to the inner space of the loudspeaker box when the first loudspeaker component and the second loudspeaker component output sound effects.

2. The balanced push-pull loudspeaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the audio processing module comprises:
a first audio processor configured to receive the first audio channel signal and output the high frequency part, which has a frequency higher than a first cutoff frequency, of the first audio channel signal and the low frequency part, which has a frequency lower than the first cutoff frequency, of the first audio channel signal;
a second audio processor configured to receive the second audio channel signal and output the high frequency part, which has a frequency higher than a second cutoff frequency, of the second audio channel signal and the low frequency part, which has a frequency lower than the second cutoff frequency, of the second audio channel signal; and
a bass mixer configured to mix the low frequency part of the first audio channel signal and the low frequency part of the second audio channel signal to generate the bass audio signal.

3. The balanced push-pull loudspeaker device according to claim 1 , wherein the audio processing module comprises an audio mixer, a low pass filter, a first high pass filter and a second high pass filter, the audio mixer is configured to mix the first audio channel signal and the second audio channel signal and output a mixture of the first audio channel signal and the second audio channel signal to the low pass filter for low pass filtering, the low pass filter is configured to output the bass audio signal, the first high pass filter is configured to process the first audio channel signal by high pass filtering and output the high frequency part of the first audio channel signal, and the second high pass filter is configured to process the second audio channel signal by high pass filtering and output the high frequency part of the second audio channel signal.

4. The balanced push-pull loudspeaker device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third loudspeaker component, wherein the audio processing module is configured to generate the bass audio signal further according to a low frequency part of a third audio channel signal, and the audio processing module further comprising a plurality of output mixers and a plurality of inverters, the plurality of inverters is respectively coupled to the plurality of output mixers, and the plurality of output mixers is respectively coupled to the first loudspeaker component, the second loudspeaker component and the third loudspeaker component, the output mixer, which is coupled to the third loudspeaker component, is configured to receive the bass audio signal according to control information selectively from the coupled inverter, mix the bass audio signal and the high frequency part of the third audio channel signal, and output a mixture of the bass audio signal and the high frequency part of the third audio channel signal to the third loudspeaker component.

5. A control method of a balanced push-pull loudspeaker device, comprising a loudspeaker box, a first loudspeaker component and a second loudspeaker component, wherein the first loudspeaker component comprises a first vibration diaphragm, the second loudspeaker component comprises a second vibration diaphragm, and the control method comprises steps of:
generating a bass audio signal according to a low frequency part of a first audio channel signal and a low frequency part of a second audio channel signal;
mixing the bass audio signal and a high frequency part of the first audio channel signal and providing a mixture of the bass audio signal and the high frequency part of the first audio channel signal to the first loudspeaker component;
inverting the bass audio signal; and
mixing the inverted bass audio signal and a high frequency part of the second audio channel signal and providing a mixture of the inverted bass audio signal and the high frequency part of the second audio channel signal to the second loudspeaker component;
wherein the first vibration diaphragm and the second vibration diaphragm respectively thrust in two opposite directions relative to an inner space of the loudspeaker box when the first loudspeaker component and the second loudspeaker component output sound effects.

6. The control method according to claim 5 , further comprising steps of:
filtering the first audio channel signal to generate the high frequency part, which has a frequency higher than a first cutoff frequency, of the first audio channel signal and the low frequency part, which has a frequency lower than the first cutoff frequency, of the first audio channel signal;
filtering the second audio channel signal to generate the high frequency part, which has frequency higher than a second cutoff frequency, of the second audio channel signal and the low frequency part, which has a frequency lower than the second cutoff frequency, of the second audio channel signal; and
mixing the low frequency part of the first audio channel signal and the low frequency part of the second audio channel signal to generate the bass audio signal.

7. The control method according to claim 5 , further comprising steps of:
mixing the first audio channel signal and the second audio channel signal;
processing a mixture of the first audio channel signal and the second audio channel signal by low pass filtering to generate the bass audio signal;
processing the first audio channel signal by high pass filtering to generate the high frequency part of the first audio channel signal; and
processing the second audio channel signal by high pass filtering to generate the high frequency part of the second audio channel signal.

8. The control method according to claim 5 , wherein the balanced push-pull loudspeaker device further comprises a third loudspeaker component, comprising a third vibration diaphragm; in the step of generating the bass audio signal according to the low frequency part of the first audio channel signal and the low frequency part of the second audio channel signal, the loudspeaker device generates the bass audio signal further according to a low frequency part of a third audio chan

Assignees

• Amtran Technology Co Ltd
• Amtran Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Chia-Yu
• Yang Chih-Chung
• Lin Ya-Hsuan

Classifications

• H04R1/025

  Arrangements for fixing loudspeaker transducers, e.g. in a box, furniture · CPC title

• H04R3/14 Primary

  Cross-over networks · CPC title

• H04R1/24

  Structural combinations of separate transducers or of two parts of the same transducer and responsive respectively to two or more frequency ranges · CPC title

• H04R1/26

  Spatial arrangements of separate transducers responsive to two or more frequency ranges · CPC title

• H04R1/2896

  for loudspeaker transducers · CPC title