Sound field control system, analysis device, and acoustic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9843882-B2
Application number	US-201715431182-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2017
Priority date	Feb 24, 2016
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A sound field control system SY according to the present invention is provided with: a sound emission unit 210 which causes a plurality of speakers to emit a test sound; a sound pickup unit 130 which picks up the test sound using a microphone; an analysis unit 150 which compares information indicating a sound emission timing of a test signal sequence for causing the speakers to successively emit the test sound at a prescribed timing with a sound pickup timing of each test sound that has been picked up, and which calculates a time difference between the sound emission timing of each test sound and the sound pickup timing; and a signal processing unit 230 which performs, based on the calculated time difference between the sound emission timing of each test sound and the sound pickup timing, a delay process for a voice signal supplied to each speaker.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sound field control system comprising:
a sound emission unit which causes a plurality of speakers to emit a test sound;
a sound pickup unit which picks up the test sound using a microphone;
an analysis unit which compares information indicating a sound emission timing of a test signal sequence for causing the speakers to successively emit the test sound at a prescribed timing with a sound pickup timing of each test sound that has been picked up, and which calculates a time difference between the sound emission timing of each test sound and the sound pickup timing; and
a signal processing unit which performs a delay process for a voice signal supplied to each speaker based on the calculated time difference between the sound emission timing of each test sound and the sound pickup timing,
wherein the test signal sequence is a signal sequence for causing the test sound to be emitted at constant intervals, and
with reference to a point in time earlier by a predetermined time than the sound pickup timing of the n-th (where n is an integer such that n≧1) emitted test sound based on the test signal sequence, divided intervals are set at the constant intervals, and the analysis unit calculates a time difference between a time length from a start point of each of the divided intervals to the sound pickup timing of each test sound and the predetermined time.

2. The sound field control system according to claim 1 , comprising:
an analysis device including the sound pickup unit and the analysis unit; and
an acoustic device including the sound emission unit and the signal processing unit,
wherein the analysis device and the acoustic device are connected via wireless communication.

3. The sound field control system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the analysis device includes a sound emission command unit which issues a sound emission command to the sound emission unit of the acoustic device; and
the sound emission command unit issues a sound emission command for the test signal sequence via a single wireless communication.

4. An analysis device comprising:
a sound emission command unit which issues a sound emission command serving as a command for causing a plurality of speakers to emit a test sound;
a sound pickup unit which picks up the test sound using a microphone;
an analysis unit which compares information indicating a sound emission timing of a test signal sequence for causing the speakers to successively emit the test sound at a prescribed timing with a sound pickup timing of each test sound that has been picked up, and calculates a time difference between the sound emission timing of each test sound and the sound pickup timing; and
an information generation unit which, based on the calculated time difference between the sound emission timing of each test sound and the sound pickup timing, generates adjustment information used for a delay process for a voice signal supplied to each speaker, or sound field control information serving as a command for matching distances from the speakers to the microphone,
wherein the test signal sequence is a signal sequence for causing the test sound to be emitted at constant intervals, and
with reference to a point in time earlier by a predetermined time than the sound pickup timing of the n-th (where n is an integer such that n≧1) emitted test sound based on the test signal sequence, divided intervals are set at the constant intervals, and the analysis unit calculates a time difference between a time length from a start point of each of the divided intervals to the sound pickup timing of each test sound and the predetermined time.

5. An acoustic device comprising:
a sound emission unit for causing a plurality of speakers to emit a test sound;
a sound pickup information reception unit which receives, from an external device having a microphone, sound pickup information indicating a sound pickup timing of each test sound that has been picked up using the microphone;
an analysis unit which compares information indicating a sound emission timing of a test signal sequence for causing the speakers to successively emit the test sound at a prescribed timing, with the sound pickup timing of each test sound obtained from the sound pickup information, and which calculates a time difference between the sound emission timing of each test sound and the sound pickup timing; and
a signal processing unit which, based on the calculated time difference between the sound emission timing of each test sound and the sound pickup timing, performs a delay process for a voice signal supplied to each speaker,
wherein the test signal sequence is a signal sequence for causing the test sound to be emitted at constant intervals, and
with reference to a point in time earlier by a predetermined time than the sound pickup timing of the n-th (where n is an integer such that n≧1) emitted test sound based on the test signal sequence, divided intervals are set at the constant intervals, and the analysis unit calculates a time difference between a time length from a start point of each of the divided intervals to the sound pickup timing of each test sound and the predetermined time.

Assignees

• Onkyo Kk

Inventors

• Baba Takayuki

Classifications

• H04R29/001

  for loudspeakers (H04R29/007 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04S7/301 Primary

  Automatic calibration of stereophonic sound system, e.g. with test microphone · CPC title

• H04R5/02

  Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers · CPC title