Global Patent Index - EP 1068774 A1

EP 1068774 A1 20010117 - INTELLIGENT SPEAKER TUNING USING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

Title (en)

INTELLIGENT SPEAKER TUNING USING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

Title (de)

INTELLIGENTE LAUTSPRECHERABSTIMMUNG MIT VERWENDUNG VOM NICHTFLÜCHTIGENSPEICHER

Title (fr)

SYNTONISATION D'UN HAUT PARLEUR INTELLIGENT AU MOYEN D'UNE MEMOIRE NON VOLATILE

Publication

EP 1068774 A1 20010117 (EN)

Application

EP 00908414 A 20000126

Priority

  • US 0002274 W 20000126
  • US 23690099 A 19990126

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0044200A1] A non-intrusive system and method for tuning the speaker (50) is performed by applying a reference signal and a control signal to the input of the programmable speaker (50). A microphone (54) detects a sound corresponding to the input reference signal at the output (53) of the speaker and feeds it back to a tester (55) which analyzes the frequency response of the speaker (50) by comparing the input reference signal to the audible output signal (53) from the speaker (50). Depending on the results of the comparison, the tester provides to the speaker (50) an updated digital control signal with new characterization data which is then stored in the speaker memory (52) and used to again perform transform functions on the input reference signal. The tuning feedback cycle continues until the input reference signal and the audible output signal (53) from the speaker (50) exhibit the desired frequency response as determined by the tester.

IPC 1-7

H04R 29/00; H04R 3/00; H03G 11/00

IPC 8 full level

H03G 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

H03G 5/005 (2013.01 - EP); H04R 3/00 (2013.01 - EP KR)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0044200 A1 20000727; WO 0044200 A9 20011115; AU 2976100 A 20000807; EP 1068774 A1 20010117; JP 2002535946 A 20021022; KR 20010102817 A 20011116

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0002274 W 20000126; AU 2976100 A 20000126; EP 00908414 A 20000126; JP 2000595516 A 20000126; KR 20007010602 A 20000925