Global Patent Index - EP 1042866 A1

EP 1042866 A1 20001011 - SYSTEM FOR DRIVING SPEAKERS WITH A 90 DEGREE PHASE SHIFT

Title (en)

SYSTEM FOR DRIVING SPEAKERS WITH A 90 DEGREE PHASE SHIFT

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUM TREIBEN VON LAUTSPRECHERN MIT EINER 90 GRADPHASENVERSCHIEBUNG

Title (fr)

SYSTEME DE HAUT-PARLEUR A DECALAGE DE PHASE DE 90 DEGRES

Publication

EP 1042866 A1 20001011 (EN)

Application

EP 98966031 A 19981221

Priority

  • US 9827174 W 19981221
  • US 6871697 P 19971223

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9933173A1] A method and system for providing enhanced coupling of a stereophonic pair of full-range loudspeakers (5, 6) or subwoofers (8, 9) to all room modes of a laterally symmetric listening room wherein the preferred location of a listener is on the lateral center line thereof, by applying the left and right audio signals (30, 32) or the low frequency components thereof through a pair of all-pass phase shift networks having an in-phase relationship at low audio frequencies where localization is not possible. The method and system may further be compensated by a 3 dB bass boost in each channel to provide the same sound pressure level at low frequencies as would occur with a pair of subwoofers (8, 9) placed together in one corner of the room and driven in phase, thereby ensuring a constant sound pressure level along the lateral center line of the listening room at all audio frequencies.

IPC 1-7

H03G 3/00

IPC 8 full level

H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04S 1/002 (2013.01); H04S 7/307 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9933173 A1 19990701; AU 2202299 A 19990712; EP 1042866 A1 20001011; EP 1042866 A4 20030618

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9827174 W 19981221; AU 2202299 A 19981221; EP 98966031 A 19981221