[0001] The present invention relates to a pickup. In particular, the present invention relates
to an individual-type or a combined-type noise-canceling pickup with the orientations
of its front and rear sound inlets being roughly toward the same or perpendicular
to each other.
[0002] When receiving voice, especially in a relatively high frequency band, it is desirable
that pickups used in both communication systems and our daily life are able to reduce
ambient noises as much as possible, while not decreasing or notably lowering sensitivity
of the pickups. Particularly, when used in high noise environment, it is more important
for the pickups to have a strong noise-canceling ability. Therefore, the main objective
of the present invention is to provide an improved pickup, which has an excellent
ability to cancel noise.
[0003] The technical solutions disclosed in the present application are novel improvements
over several previous patent applications commonly owned by the present inventor.
The present inventor's prior patent applications PCT/CN99/00097 (electret noise-canceling
pickup), CN Utility Model Application No.98207092.6, and CN Utility Model Application
No. 99217256.X, disclosed in detail the electret noise-canceling pickup and the whole
structure and internal assembling interrelationship of a combined noise-canceling
pickup. These pickups are composed of two portions, i.e. a main cylinder body and
a rear cylinder body. As an individual type of noise-canceling pickup, the individual-type
noise-canceling pickup has such advantages as high signal/noise ratio, as well as
excellent noise-canceling ability even in high frequency band. It is light in structure,
easy to assemble. The microphone no longer needs a shell and can be directly fixed
on other external devices. However, as the front and rear sound inlets of the individual-type
electret noise-canceling pickup are located on the front wall of the front cover and
the rear wall of the rear cover of the pickup body, one faces right to the main sound
source and the other one is deviated from the main sound source. Therefore, if the
pickup is over 10 cm away from the main sound source, the sound wave arriving at that
point is close to a plane wave, thus, a significant difference in characteristics
between the two sound waves at front sound inlet and rear sound inlet will occur,
which will affect the noise canceling result, even though the thickness of the main
cylinder body has been reduced. Under certain adverse circumstances, such as high
noise environment, the individual-type noise-canceling pickup does not show sufficient
noise-canceling ability. Especially, when used for signal input in a computer voice-identification
system, the individual-type noise-canceling pickup does not meet the needs. Hence,
it is an urgent task to design a noise-canceling pickup with an assembled structure,
which has an improved ability to cancel noises and other excellent performances even
in adverse circumstances of high noise or used for voice signal input at higher frequency
band. Therefore, it is desirable to design a pickup with a strong noise-canceling
ability, in which front and rear sound inlets face roughly the same direction or face
to directions substantially perpendicular to each other.
[0004] In conventional electret non-anti-noise pickups, components not for receiving voice
signal, such as an impedance conversion circuit, are directly arranged within the
cylinder body of the non-anti-noise pickup, resulting in a thick profile of the pickup.
In the noise-canceling pickup with front and rear sound inlets facing roughly the
same direction or perpendicular to each other according to the present invention;
however, two individual electret noise-canceling sound sensors or two individual non-anti-noise
electret sound sensors are arranged to overlap each other. The effect of noise canceling
and the frequency range of noise canceling are directly associated with the distance
between the two voice receiving ports, which receive voice from a main voice resource,
of the two individual sound sensors. In other words, the shorter the distance is,
the better effect of noise canceling is obtained, and the wider frequency range of
noise canceling is applicable. According to the above-mentioned patent applications
of the present inventor, the drawback resulted from the big value thickness of the
voice receiving portion of the main cylinder body of the electret noise canceling
pickup has been overcome. The thickness of the voice receiving portion of the main
cylinder body can be reduced to 0.2 to 20mm based on the design or process requirements,
and can be thinner or thicker than 0.2 to 20mm if necessary. In the conventional non-anti-noise
electret pickup, the corresponding thickness is relatively large, and there is a gap
between the two individual sound sensors for voice entering into, so that the two
voice receiving ports of the main voice resource of the two individual sound sensors
is far away from each other. As a result, the required performance can not be obtained.
[0005] In conventional electret non-anti-noise pickups, the sound inlet is on the front
wall of the front cover. In the noise-canceling pickup with front and rear sound inlets
facing roughly the same direction or perpendicular to each other according to the
present invention, however, two individual electret noise-canceling sound sensors
or two individual non-anti-noise electret sound sensors are arranged to overlap each
other. In order to let the sound wave go into the inlet on the front wall of the front
cover of the rear sound sensor, a sound pass should be set up between two front and
rear non-anti-noise electret sound sensors to increase the distance between two sound
sensors.
[0006] As the pickup of the present invention cancels environmental noise by means of different
distances between the pickup and the main sound source and between the pickup and
the environmental noise, it is a sound device very sensitive to the distance between
the pickup and the main sound source. When it exceeds effective receiving distance,
the sound signal from the main sound source will be attenuated rapidly; therefore,
an alarming signal for exceeding the receiving distance should be generated timely.
In addition, an amplifying ratio control circuit that can automatically adjust the
amplifying ratio according to the distance between the pickups and the main sound
source is needed.
[0007] The object of the present invention is to provide a noise canceling pickup with front
and rear sound inlets that face roughly the same direction or substantially perpendicular
to each other, which has a high ability to cancel noises, and overcomes the drawbacks
of conventional individual noise canceling sound sensors, which has an insufficient
ability to cancel noise in adverse circumstances of high noises.
[0008] Another object of the present invention is to provide a noise canceling pickup with
front and rear sound inlets that face roughly the same direction or substantially
perpendicular to each other to control the tolerance of the parts and raise the yield
when producing in large scale.
[0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of pickup, which has
the sound inlets on the sidewalls of non-anti-noise sound sensors. This kind of pickup
can be used for places where the sound inlets need to be on the sidewall. For example,
in case that several non-anti-noise sound sensors ranged front and back are used to
form a noise canceling pickup, if the conventional non-anti-noise pickup has its sound
inlet on its front wall of the front cover, in order to let sound wave go into the
sound inlets on the front wall of the front cover of the rear sound sensor, a sound
pass between front and rear sound sensors will need to be set up. In the case of a
pickup with its sound inlets on its sidewall, a sound pass will not be needed and,
thus, the distance between front and rear sound inlets of a noise canceling pickup
that includes a plurality of non-anti-noise sensors can be reduced. Of course, this
kind of pickup is also suitable for use in places where other conventional pickups
are usually used.
[0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide a device and a circuit, which
can monitor whether or not the distance between the pickup and the main sound source
exceeds the receiving distance, make an over-distance alarm and adjust the amplifying
ratio of the amplifier according to the distance between the pickup and the main sound
source.
[0011] A noise-canceling pickup according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises
a main cylinder body and a rear cylinder body. The main cylinder body has one or more
noise-canceling sound sensors and/or one or more non-anti-noise sound sensors with
a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional structure. There are one or more front sound
inlets and/or one or more rear sound inlets on front end and rear end of the sidewall
of the main cylinder body. The angle between the orientations of a front sound inlet
and a rear sound inlet is 0 °∼ 135°. The outside main cylinder body has one or more
noise-canceling sound sensors and/or one or more non-anti-noise sound sensors with
a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional structure. There are one or more front sound
inlets and/or one or more rear sound inlets on front end and rear end of the sidewall
of the main cylinder body. The angle between the orientations of a front sound inlet
and a rear sound inlet is 0 °∼ 135 °.
[0012] Especially, the sound inlets are not connected to each other in the main cylinder
body and located at the corresponding side of a vibration diaphragm. Especially, the
front sound inlets are on the sidewall of the main cylinder body and/or the rear sound
inlets are on the sidewall of the main cylinder body. Especially, the sound inlets
are on the sidewall of the sound sensors. Especially, there are sound collecting caps
at the front and rear sound inlets on external sidewall of the main cylinder body.
Especially, there are diaphragm-tightening rings in the main cylinder body. A division
plate with an extrusion portion at its center is placed between the front spacer in
front of diaphragm-tightening ring and the division plate spacer. The extrusion portion
at the center of the division plate is set into the diaphragm-tightening ring with
the edge of the extrusion portion touching tightly with the inner edge of the diaphragm-tightening
ring, making a cavity between it and the vibration diaphragm. Especially, the division
plate in the noise canceling sensor is set in inside edge of the diaphragm-tightening
ring and there is set a division plate spacer between the vibration diaphragm and
the division plate. Especially, there is a symmetrical structure in the noise canceling
sound sensor, including from both sides of the vibration diaphragm to front and rear
sound inlets. Especially, there is a back electrode, which goes through a back-electrode
hole in the back electrode seat at the same level of back electrode and is connected
to the related circuit. Especially, there is a sound guide and a sound tube at the
place of sound inlet in the main cylinder body. Especially, the electric circuit of
noise-canceling sound sensor is set in the main cylinder body or in the rear cylinder
body. Especially, there is a conductive contact in the rear cylinder body and between
the diaphragm-tightening ring and the outer shell of sound sensor body in the noise
canceling pickup. Especially, there is a sound control switch circuit that consists
of detecting circuit, comparison circuit and switching circuit. Especially, there
is a distance alarm circuit in the pickup, which consists of comparison circuits.
Especially, there is included an amplifying ratio control circuit that can regulate
the amplifying ratio of amplification circuit according to receiving distance. This
amplification circuit consists of window comparison circuits of multiple sections.
Especially, there is included a second common mode rejection circuit for second differential
mode sound signals received by sound sensors. Especially, the front and rear sound
inlets are on the sidewall of the front cover of the main cylinder body and/or on
the sidewall of the main cylinder body individually. Especially, along the lines of
the main sound source on a side of the main cylinder body, the front and rear sound
inlets are on a sidewall of the front cover of the main cylinder body and/or on the
other side of the rear cover of the main cylinder body and ranged front and back,
or along the lines of the main sound source on a side of the main cylinder body, the
front and rear sound inlets are on a sidewall of the front cover of a main cylinder
body and on the other side of the rear cover of the other main cylinder body and ranged
front and back. Especially, the multi-front-cylinder-body are ranged front and back,
and the front and rear sound inlets are set on the sidewall of the front cover of
the front cylinder-body individually and/or at the sidewall of rear cover of the front
cylinder-body, along the lines of the main sound source on a side of the main cylinder
body, the front and rear sound inlets are set near the center of the sidewall of the
front cover and/or rear cover, or along the lines of the main sound source on a side
of the main cylinder body, they are set on the both sides of front and/or rear sidewalls
front and back.
[0013] The primary advantage of the present invention is an individual-type or combined-type
noise-canceling pickup that comprises multiple sound inlets arranged in front and
back, or at least, a pair of corresponding front and rear sound inlets. The orientations
or directions of the openings of the corresponding front and rear sound inlets are
roughly the same (the range is 0° ± 45°), or substantially perpendicular to each other
(the range is 90° ± 45°), (i.e. the angle between the orientations of the opening
s of the front and rear sound inlets is about 0 °∼ 135 °). The meaning of roughly
same direction or perpendicular is that when the main sound source 38 is located at
the extension line 40 of the central line of the main cylinder body of pickup of the
front wall 39 of front cover of the pickup, there can be one or more front sound inlets,
and one or more rear sound inlets. Let the angle between the direction of the opening
of the front sound inlet and the extension line 40 be α and the angle between the
direction of the opening of the rear sound inlet and the extension line 40 be β. If
α - β is about 0°, it means the directions or orientations of the front and rear sound
inlets are roughly the same. If α - β is about 90 °, it means the directions or orientations
of the front and rear sound inlets are roughly perpendicular to each other. The difference
between the two anglesis within about 0°∼ 130°.
[0014] The anti-noise function of the present invention is much better than that of existing
pickup with only one sound sensor. As the directions of sound inlets are same (especially
acoustic structure of acoustic channels to the vibration diaphragm are roughly same),
the phase of inlet sound signals are roughly same. The phase of a sound signal reached
at the vibration diaphragm can be changed by changing the structure of acoustic structure
of acoustic channels or through an electrical circuit. Then a common mode rejection
circuit is used for common mode rejection of that signal with other inlet signal.
The final output is a differential mode signal without noise. Even under very harsh
environment with high noise, the pickup of the present invention still has a high
signal-to-noise ratio. It can be treated with a computer digital treatment procedure
to make an anti-noise treatment, so as to reach a receiving purpose at a fixed position.
The noise-canceling pickup of this present invention can also be used in places where
low noise pickup are usually used. Furthermore, a problem of non-symmetrical acoustic
structure at the front and back sides of the vibration diaphragm in the main cylinder
body in my patents mentioned above has been improved. This is achieved by changing
structure of the pickup. For example, the shape and position of the division plate
9 with a central extrusion and the division plate spacer 10 between the front spacer
8 and the diaphragm-stretching ring 11 can be changed by providing a ring-shaped division
plate 9 and putting it into the diaphragm-stretching ring 11, with its outside edge
closing to the inside edge of the diaphragm-stretching ring 11. Division plate spacer
10 can be set between the division plate 9 and the vibration diaphragm 12. The back
electrode and the back electric electrode can be integrated in a single unit. The
back electric electrode can be connected from the back electrode seat directly to
inner back cylinder body. These structure improvements also increase the yield of
the products.
Brief Description of Drawings
[0015] The embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with accompanying
drawings as follows.
Fig. 1 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention. Fig.
1A ∼ 1C are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B and C-C as shown in Fig.
1, respectively.
Fig. 2 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Figs. 2A to 2C are the cross section views in lines A-A, B-B and C-C as shown in Fig.
2, respectively.
Fig. 3 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention. Fig.
3A ∼ 3C are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B and C-C as shown in Fig.
2 respectively.
Fig. 4 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention. Fig.
4A ∼ 4B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig. 4, respectively.
Fig. 5 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention. Fig.
5A ∼ 5C are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B and C-C as shown in Fig.
5, respectively.
Fig. 6 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Figs. 6A to 6B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig. 6,
respectively.
Fig. 7 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Figs. 7A to 7B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig. 7,
respectively.
Fig. 8 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Figs. 8A to 8B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig. 8,
respectively.
Fig. 9 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Fig. 9A is the cross section view in line A-A as shown in Fig. 9.
Fig. 10 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Fig. 10A is the cross section view in line A-A as shown in Fig. 10.
Fig. 11 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
5 Fig. 11A ∼ 11C are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B and C-C as shown
in Fig. 11, respectively.
Fig. 12 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 12A ∼ 12B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig. 12,
respectively.
Fig. 13 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 13A ∼ 13C are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B and C-C as shown in
Fig. 13, respectively.
Fig. 14 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 14A ∼ 14C are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B and C-C as shown in
Fig. 14, respectively.
Fig. 15 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 15A ∼ 15B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig. 15,
respectively.
Fig. 16 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 16A is the cross section views in line A-A as shown in Fig. 16.
Fig. 17 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 17A is the cross section views in line A-A as shown in Fig. 17.
Fig. 18 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 18A, Fig. 18B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig.
14, respectively.
Fig. 19 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 15A, Fig. 15B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig.
15, respectively.
Fig. 20 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 16A is the cross section views in line A-A as shown in Fig. 16.
Fig. 21 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 17A is the cross section views in line A-A as shown in Fig.17.
Fig. 22 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 18A, Fig. 18B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig.14
respectively.
Fig. 23 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 18A, Fig. 18B are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B as shown in Fig.
14, respectively.
Fig. 24a is a circuit diagram illustrating a sound controlled switch used in a noise
canceling pickup according to the present invention.
Fig. 24b is a circuit diagram illustrating a sound controlled switch used in a noise
canceling pickup according to the present invention.
Fig. 24c is a circuit diagram illustrating a sound controlled switch used in a noise
canceling pickup according to the present invention.
Fig. 25 is a circuit diagram illustrating a distance alarm circuit used in a noise
canceling pickup according to the present invention.
Fig. 26 is a cross section view of noise-canceling pickup of present invention. Fig.
26A-Fig. 26C are the cross section views in lines A-A, B-B and C-C as shown in Fig.
26, respectively.
Fig. 27 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 27A-Fig. 27C are the cross section views in lines A-A, B-B and C-C as shown in
Fig. 27, respectively.
Fig. 28 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 28A-Fig. 28C are the cross section views in lines A-A, B-B and C-C as shown in
Fig. 28 respectively.
Fig. 29 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 29A-Fig. 29C are the cross section views in lines A-A, B-B and C-C as shown in
Fig. 29 respectively.
Fig. 30 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of present invention.
Fig. 30A-Fig. 30B are the cross section views in lines A-A, B-B as shown in Fig. 30
respectively.
Fig. 31 is a circuit diagram illustrating an over-distance alarm circuit used in a
noise canceling pickup according to the present invention.
Fig. 32 is a circuit diagram illustrating an over-distance alarm circuit used in a
noise canceling pickup according to the present invention.
Fig. 33a is a digital data acquisition common mode rejection system block diagram.
Fig. 33b is a digital data acquisition common mode rejection system block diagram.
Fig 34 is a computer flow chart of a noise-canceling pickup on over receiving distance
used in the pick up of present invention.
Fig 35 is a computer flow chart of a noise-canceling pickup on over receiving distance,
which is made from a non-anti-noise sound sensor, used in the pickup of present invention.
Fig 36 is an electric circuit of a noise-canceling pickup on over receiving distance
used in the pickup of present invention.
Fig 37 is a computer flow chart for digital noise-canceling used in a pickup, which
receives a voice at fixed distance or at a fixed point, according to the present invention.
Fig 38 is a window comparison circuit of multiple sections used in the pickup of present
invention, which can regulate the amplifying ratio of amplification circuit according
to receiving distance.
Fig 39 is an amplifying ratio control circuit used in the pickup of present invention,
which can regulate the amplifying ratio of amplification circuit according to receiving
distance.
Fig 40 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Fig 41 is a computer flow chart for digital noise-canceling used in the pickup of
the present invention.
Fig 42 is a noise canceling circuit bock diagram according to present invention.
Fig. 43 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Fig. 43A is the cross section view in line A-A as shown in Fig. 43.
Fig. 44 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Fig. 44A is the cross section view in line A-A as shown in Fig. 44.
Fig 45 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Detailed Description of Embodiments
[0016] Fig. 1 is a cross section view of a noise-canceling pickup of the present invention.
Fig. 1A ∼ 1C are the cross section views in lines A-A and B-B and C-C as shown in
Fig. 1 respectively. In Fig 1, the electret noise-canceling pickup of present invention
has a cylinder shell that is formed by combining inner sidewall 1 with inner rear
cylinder body 20. At the front of the sidewall 1 of inner cylinder body there is provided
a front wall 2 of the front cover, and at the rear of the sidewall 1 of inner cylinder
body there is provided a rear wall 3 of the rear cover. The cylinder shell can also
be square, or rectangular, or oval, or other shape. The outer diameter of the sidewall
1 of inner cylinder can be within 0.2 ∼ 55mm and the height within 0.2 ∼50mm according
to the test results. In the main cylinder body there are provided anti-noise sound
picking unit(s), which can comprise following elements: One or more front sound inlets
4 and one or more rear -sound inlets 4a are provided at the front end and rear end
of the sidewall 1 of inner cylinder of the cylinder shell, respectively. A sound-collecting
cover 19 is located on the outer surface of sidewall 1 of the inner cylinder at locations
corresponding to the front and rear sound inlets. On the inner wall of the inner sidewall
1 around the front and rear sound inlets 4 and 4a, there are provided a front damping
film 5 and a rear damping film 5a, which are placed in a cavity formed between a front
damping film fixing sheet 6, a rear damping film fixing sheet 6a and the sidewall
1 of inner cylinder body. If desirable, those damping films can be placed at other
positions at the front or back side of the vibration diaphragm in the main cylinder
body or at the outside of the inlets. According to design requirements, a complete
or a part of diaphragm can be used, or some parts can be added or removed. In addition,
vibration diaphragm 12 near to division plate spacer 10 and diaphragm-stretching ring
11 can be set at the position near the center of the sidewall 1 of the inner cylinder
or close to front wall of front cover or rear wall of rear cover. The division plate
9 with a central extrusion is set at the position between the division plate spacer
10 in front of the diaphragm-stretching ring 11 and the front spacer 8, with the central
extrusion of the division plate 9 inserting into the diaphragm stretching ring 11
and the edge of the central extrusion is pressed against the inner edges of the division
plate spacer 10 and the diaphragm-stretching ring 11, so that a cavity between the
vibration diaphragm 12 and the division plate 9 is formed. Therefore, the rear surface
of the division plate 9 is near to the front surface of the vibration diaphragm 12,
but there is a distance between the rear surface of the division plate 9 and the front
surface of the vibration diaphragm 12. There is a division plate in the main cylinder
body and there is a gap between the vibration diaphragm and the division plate. If
desirable, the separate distance between the rear surface of the division plate 9
and the front surface of the vibration diaphragm 12 can be made about the same as
that between the near surface of the vibration diaphragm 12 and the front surface
of back electrode 15. In general, the distance between the rear surface of the division
plate 9 and the front surface of the vibration diaphragm 12 should be determined according
to the acoustic characters of the front and rear sides of vibration diaphragm 12,
so that the time for a sound to travel from the front sound inlet to the front side
of the vibration diaphragm 12 is about the same as that from the rear sound inlet
to the rear side of the vibration diaphragm 12, Thus, the acoustic characters at both
sides of the vibration diaphragm 12 are about the same. According to design requirements,
the front spacer 8, the division plate 9 and the division plate spacer 10 can be made
of conductive or non-conductive metal or nonmetal materials. If division plate 9 is
made of metal material, the division plate 9 can be electrically connected with the
diaphragm stretching ring 11, e.g., through direct contact, on the other hand, the
two can be separated with a nonmetal material between them and insulated from each
other. The nonmetal material can also secure a tight connection. The thickness of
the central extrusion of division plate 9 can be equal to or not equal to the thickness
of the back electrode 15. In order to make their thickness about equal, the front
surface of the division plate 9 can be made flat, or convex, or concave relative to
the vibration diaphragm 12. The thickness and shape of division plate 9, back electrode
15 and division plate spacer 10 may be adjusted so as to make the acoustic characters
at both sides of the vibration diaphragm 12 be similar or about the same. For example,
the shape for the rear surface of the back electrode, which faces the rear wall of
the rear cover, can be designed to be a similar or the same shape as that of the front
surface of the division plate 9, or the thickness of the back electrode can be made
equal to that of the central extrusion of division plate 9 and so on. There is set
a hole 18 on the division plate 9, and a hole 18a on the back electrode. The quantity,
size and position of the holes 18 and 18a on the two can be symmetrical or non-symmetrical.
[0017] The division plate spacer 10 can be set at the position between the front surface
of diaphragm stretching ring 11 and the edge of the non-extruding portion of division
plate 9, or at the inner edge of diaphragm stretching ring 11 between the vibration
diaphragm 12 and the central extrusion of division plate 9, so as to form a cavity
between the vibration diaphragm 12 and the central extrusion of division plate 9 and
the inner edge of division plate 9. The division plate 9 can be installed at other
places as long as it has the function of separating the vibration diaphragm 12 from
the central extrusion of division plate 9 at a predetermined distance. The distance
between the division plate 9 and the vibration diaphragm 12 depends on the thickness
of division plate spacer 10. The corresponding inner edge of back electrode spacer
13 can be extended to a position corresponding to the inner edge of division plate
spacer 10.
[0018] At the front end of the sidewall 1 of inner cylinder body, there are provided a front
sound inlet 4, a rear sound inlet 4a. Between a front damping film fixing sheet 6
and a rear damping film fixing sheet 6a, there are provided a front sound wave guide
7 and a rear sound wave guide 7a. Through the guide by the front and the rear sound
wave guides 7 and 7a and the front and rear sound channels 27 and 27a, the transmission
direction of sound wave entered into the front and rear sound inlets are changed towards
the vibration diaphragm so that the sound vibrations at both sides of vibration diaphragm
are similar and the common mode rejection can be done efficiently. According to design
requirements, sound channels 27 and 27a can point to other directions. It is possible
to use only sound channel without the sound guide, or not to use the sound channel
and the sound guide. A division plate front cavity 16 is formed between the inner
surface of sound wave guide 7, inner wall of the front spacer 8 and the front surface
of the division plate 9. A vibration diaphragm front cavity 17 is formed between the
vibration diaphragm 12, diaphragm stretching ring 11 set along the sidewall of inner
cylinder body and the rear surface of the division plate 9. Sound wave goes through
sound gathering cover 19, front sound inlet 4, front damping film 5, front damping
film fixing sheet 6, guide 7, sound channel 27, into division plate front cavity 16,
then though division plate hole 18 on the division plate 9 into vibration diaphragm
front cavity 17, and acts on the front surface of vibration diaphragm 12. In order
to reduce environmental noise and form a "8" shape or "hart" shape direction character,
at the rear end of sidewall of inner cylinder body there is set one or more rear sound
inlets 4a. The sound wave goes through sound gathering cover 19, rear sound inlet
4a, rear damping film 5a, rear damping film fixing sheet 6a, rear sound channels 27
in rear sound wave guide 7a, and enters back electrode rear cavity 16a that is formed
between the rear surface of the back electrode 15, front surface of sound wave 7a
and the rear surface of the back electrode set 14, then passes through the back electrode
hole 18a of the back electrode 15 and reaches into the vibration diaphragm rear cavity
17a between the back electrode 15 and the vibration diaphragm 12, which are separated
with the back electrode spacer 13, and acts on the rear surface of the vibration diaphragm
12. According to design requirements, it will be possible to remove division plate
spacer 10, frond sound wave guide 7, rear sound wave guide 7a and sound channels 27
in rear sound wave guide 7a, completely or partially. The sound wave guide can be
made of conductive or non-conductive metal or nonmetal materials. The sound wave guide
and the damping film fixing sheet can be made from same or different materials. They
can be made into one unit or individual units. According to design requirements, it
will be possible to remove the sound wave guide.
[0019] By making the acoustic characters of the sound wave signal arriving at the vibration
diaphragm 12 from the front sound inlet be similar or about the same as that from
the rear sound inlet to the vibration diaphragm 12 and by means of mechanical structure,
the phase difference of the sound waves acted on two sides of the vibration diaphragm
12 can be roughly about 180°, which will have better common mode rejection results,
outputting differential mode signal to cancel noise.
[0020] Because except that the electret noise-canceling pickup of this present invention
adds sound gathering cover19, front and rear sound inlets 4 and 4a on the sidewall
of inner main cylinder body, frond sound wave guide 7, rear sound wave guide 7a, front
damping film 5 and rear damping film 5a in front of front and rear sound wave guide
7 and 7a, inner rear cylinder body 20, and inner-rear-cylinder-body-fixing unit 26,
and some other structures, its operating principle, structure, materials, and circuits
are similar as those of the above-mentioned patents and prior patent applications,
so their details are omitted.
[0021] The opening of sound gathering cover 19 can point towards the main sound source (or
other directions). The direction of each opening of sound gathering cover 19 should
be same. Of course, those directions of the openings of sound gathering covers can
be made different. Sound gathering covers 19 collect sound waves generated from the
main sound source and guide them into sound inlets 4 and 4a and, in the mean time,
reduce noises from other directions. It can be larger than, equal to or less than
outside size of the sound inlet. The sound gathering cover 19 has the function to
change the direction of the sound inlets of the main cylinder body, which can make
the directions of the front and rear sound inlets about the same and make the phases
of sound waves at the front and rear sound inlets roughly the same. Phase shift of
the sound wave entered into sound sensors is then conducted by mechanical or electrical
method to make the phase difference of sound waves from the front and the rear sound
inlets about 180°, which will be input to a common mode rejection circuit for common
mode rejection, outputting differential mode signal to cancel noise. Depending on
design requirements, the noise-canceling sound sensors used in the preset invention
may or may not use sound gathering covers 19 over the sound inlets, or only use over
some of the sound inlets. The positions of sound inlets of the sound sensors and the
sound gathering cover 19 can be symmetrical or non- symmetrical and their direction
can be same or distinct. The central line 32 of front sound gathering cover 19 can
be on or not on the same line with the central line 32a of rear sound gathering cover
19. When they are on different lines, front central line 32 can be in parallel with
rear central line 32a, or they are intersected at a certain angle. Front central line
32 and rear central line 32a can be in parallel with the axial line of inner main
cylinder body or they are intersected at a certain angle. When the sound gathering
cover is not used" (1) the directions of sound inlet 4 and 4a on the sidewall of inner
cylinder body do not point towards the main sound source but point the same direction,
as shown in Figure 1, or (2), as shown in Figure 3, partial sound inlets are set on
the front wall 2 of front cover, towards to the main sound source, and other partial
sound inlets are set on the sidewall 1 of inner cylinder body, towards to a direction
perpendicular to the main sound source. Under this situation, through its anti-noise
function is not as good as when sound gathering cover 19 with direction towards to
main sound source is used, but its anti-noise efficiency is better than when the sound
inlets are formed on the rear sidewall of front and rear covers and is still satisfactory.
Therefore, the sound gathering cover 19 can be used or not used according to design
requirement. The internal and external shape of external rear cylinder body, external
main cylinder body, internal main cylinder body, internal main cylinder body support
31, internal rear cylinder body 20, rear cylinder body 20a, sound gathering cover
19, front and rear sound wave guide 7 and 7a, sound inlets 4 and 4a, sound channels
27 and 27a, division plate 9, division plate hole 18 and front spacer 8 etc can be
regular or irregular square, rectangle, circle, cylinder, triangle, diamond, polygon,
sector, oval or other curved shapes, such as para-curve and so on, or other geometry,
or other basic shapes, partial curve, or a complex shape that consists of some simple
curves and so on. They can be made of metal or nonmetal or other complex materials.
[0022] The internal main cylinder body and internal rear cylinder body 20 can be straight-line
or curved. The length and width of sidewall 1 of internal cylinder body can be within
the range of 0.2 ∼ 50 mm, in general within 1 ∼ 15mm. The sound wave guides 7 and
7a can be made as a unit with damping film fixing sheets 6 and 6a or separately made.
They can use metal or nonmetal materials, or they can be made with the same or different
materials. In order to have a heart-shape direction character, it is possible to fill
damping materials into the back electrode cavity 16a to adjust transmitting speed
of sound wave, so that sound waves entered from the front and rear sound inlets reach
at the two sides of vibration diaphragm 12 at about the same time. Using that filling
method, the two sound waves can be correctly coupled to cancel noise. If it is an
"8"-shape direction character, the damping material (called as "damping material 'A'")
for reducing transmitting speed of sound wave can be omitted. The kind and quantity
of the filled "damping material 'A"' depend on design requirements and can be decided
through test. Damping film 5 and/or 5a can be used at any point of the sound transmitting
passage from the outside of inlets 4 and 4a on the sidewall of the cylinder body to
the vibration diaphragm. Damping film 5 and/or 5a can also be removed. Damping film
5 and/or 5a can be made of non-metal material such as carpet or non-woven fabric etc,
or metal material such as metal net, or mixed metal with nonmetal materials, or other
synthetic materials with sound damping functions (called as "damping material 'B"').
Using "damping material 'B' damping film is to cancel possible noise generated by
the breath from the user's mouth imposed onto vibration diaphragm 12. The material
and application principle are the same as that of the damping film installed at front
of sound inlet on the internal shell of the noise-canceling electret sensor. When
the noise-canceling electret sensor of present invention is used directly without
being protected by a microphone shell, in order to present vibration diaphragm 12
from being damaged and to prevent it from reducing its effect, the noise-canceling
electret sensor may be put into an external shell. Damping film 5 can be made of damping
carpet or damping non-woven fabric or other materials with sound damping performance.
Damping film 5 and/or 5a, and damping film fixing sheet 6 and/or 6a can be used or
not used according to design requirement. For example, in case that a sound sensor
is put into the external shell, the damping film may be not put into the pickup. If
an external shell is not used and the pickup of present invention is used alone, it
may be put in the pickup according to the demand in application. Back electrode seat
14 can be made with insulation materials.
[0023] Because only necessary elements of a noise-canceling electret sound sensor are put
in the internal cylinder body, other elements such as impedance transformer circuit
21 (it can be a composition field effect transistor or IC or other circuits), printed
circuit board 23, connection terminals 24 are put in the internal rear cylinder body,
the distance between front and rear sound inlets on the sidewall of internal main
cylinder body respectively facing to sound source can be very short to have higher
anti-noise capability at high frequency. On the other hand, the internal rear cylinder
body can also be connected with the microphone supporter directly without external
shell of the microphone. In order to install the pickup onto an external device and
prevent it from falling down, a fixing mechanism 26 is provided on the outside of
internal rear cylinder body 20 or on any proper position of the internal rear cylinder
body 20. The fixing mechanism 26 can have bulging or hollow shape or other shape.
Figure 1 shows a fixing mechanism 26 with hollow shape. In rear cylinder body there
are put a front internal support 22 and a rear internal support 25. There is a back
electrode 15a on the back electrode seat 14 and the support going through the hole
28 and a sidewall of the internal main cylinder body into the internal rear cylinder
body.
[0024] Back electrode 15a goes through the back electrode through hole 28 of the back electrode
seat 14 at the same level of back electrode 15. It can be made together with back
electrode 15 as a single unit or made as an individual unit. Back electrode 15a is
connected with a pin of field effect transistor 21 (or IC). The composition field
effect transistor 21 and other circuit components are installed on the printed circuit
board 23, which is connected with an external circuit through output pin 24. The lead
of back electrode, "Back electrode 15a", can also be led out through the rear wall
3 of rear cover or the wall of internal rear cylinder body. The lead of back electrode,
"Back electrode 15a", can be made together with the back electrode as an integrated
unit or made as an individual unit. According to design requirement, the electric
circuit can be installed in the rear cylinder body or on other position in the outside
of the pickup, not in internal main cylinder body or the internal rear cylinder body.
The internal rear cylinder body 20 can be cylindrical or other shapes. Its diameter
(or its section area) can be more than, equal to or less than diameter of the sidewall
1 of internal cylinder body. Internal rear cylinder body 20 can be installed at any
proper position in the internal main cylinder body as long as it does not disturb
sound wave going into the front sound inlet 4 and the rear sound inlet 4a. It can
point to any direction.
[0025] According to the performance of vibration diaphragm 12 on vibration, vibration diaphragm
12 can be made of FEP50A (Copolymer of Teflon with polysixfluoroethylene) or polyester
film and so on, or metal, nonmetal, composite or other materials for vibration film.
Its thickness can be decided by test, it may be about 12 µm, or larger or less than
12 µm. There may be a metal layer on the vibration diaphragm 12. An electret film
can be applied on the back electrode 15. The sidewall 1 of internal cylinder body,
the front wall of front cover 2, the rear wall of rear cover 3, the internal rear
cylinder body 20, and the shell of sound gathering cover 19 can be made of stainless
steel, copper, aluminum and other metal materials, or plastic materials or other composite
materials. For other parts of the pickup of present invention please refer to the
structure and materials of various 1-stage or multi-stage air-conductive type of electret
noise-canceling pickups with the direction character of "heart shape" or "8-shape".
The sidewall 1 of internal cylinder body, the front wall of front cover 2, the rear
wall of rear cover 3, the internal rear cylinder body 20, and the shell of sound gathering
cover 19 can be made separately and assembled together as shown in the drawings or
be made assome composites and then assembled. The same method can be used for internal
structures.
[0026] Other new high performance anti-noise pickups can be made by using various inner
main cylinder body of noise-canceling pickups in present inventor's prior patents
and patent applications and by improving various existing sound noise-canceling pickups,
as well as by adding the sound gathering cover 19, sound inlets 4 and 4a on the sidewall
of internal main cylinder body, front sound wave guide 7, rear sound wave guide 7a
and so on.
[0027] Actually, each embodiment of present invention can be established by using noise-canceling
sound picking-up and distance sound receiving pickup that consists of single or multiple
noise canceling sound sensor/sensors and/or single or multiple non-noise-canceling
sound sensor/sensors.
[0028] Figure 2 shows the sectional view of an acoustic noise canceling pickup of this invention
and Figures 2A to 2C are the sectional view of the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line
shown in Figure 2. From the comparison between Figure 2, Figure 1 and Figures 1A to
1C, we can see that their difference lies in: Back electrode electrode 15a bypasses
the sound channel 27a of back electrode seat 14 from outside back electrode seat 14
and is connected to the impedance conversion electric circuit 21 and printed electric
circuit board 23 placed at rear end of the internal main cylinder body (They can also
be placed inside the internal rear cylinder body 20 connected to the rear end of the
side wall 1 of the internal cylinder body).
[0029] Figure 3 shows the sectional view of an acoustic noise canceling pickup of this invention
and Figures 3A to 3C are the sectional view of the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line
shown in Figure 3. From the comparison with Figure 2, Figure 1 and Figures 1A to 1C,
we can see that their difference lies in: the division plate and the division plate
spacer in front of the vibrating diaphragm 12 are removed. Sound waves entering from
sound gathering cover 19 and front sound inlet 4 pass through front damping film 5
and front damping film fixing sheet 6 and are guided by the sound channel 27 on sound
wave guide 7, so that the transmission direction of sound waves is changed to approximately
pointing to the vibrating diaphragm. The sound waves then directly enter the cavity
17and act on vibrating diaphragm 12 in front surface of vibrating diaphragm 12 to
cause it to vibrate. And since internal rear cylinder body is unavailable, electric
circuits are placed in the internal cylinder body. Therefore, those structures behind
back electrode 15 need to be modified accordingly. Back electrode electrode 15a does
not pass through the back electrode through hole 28 on back electrode seat 14 and
the side wall of the internal main cylinder body to enter the rear cylinder body,
rather it directly enters the rear section of the pickup to connect with impedance
conversion electric circuit 21. Printed electric circuit board 23 is also in the internal
cylinder body 1. (In reality, it means the addition of inlets 4 and 4a on the side
wall of internal main cylinder body, front sound wave guide 7, rear sound wave guide
7a, front damping film 5 and rear damping film 5a on one of the available acoustic
noise canceling pickup to change into the acoustic noise canceling pickup of this
invention, with the direction of front and rear sound inlets is approximately the
same or approximately perpendicular to each other.)
[0030] The most basic requirements of this embodiment of the present invention is to provide
the openings of front and rear sound inlets 4 and 4a on the side wall of the internal
main cylinder body, rather than install the rear opening on the rear wall of the rear
cover, as is the case in the conventional acoustic noise canceling pickups.
[0031] Figure 4 the sectional view of an acoustic noise canceling pickup of this invention
and Figures 4A to 4B are the sectional view of the A-A line and B-B line shown in
Figure 4.
[0032] From the comparison between Figure 4, Figure 3 and Figures 3A to 3C, we can see that
their difference lies in: Front sound inlet is not on the side wall of internal cylinder
body side wall, rather it is on front cover front wall 2. In this way, the sound gathering
cover 19 outside front sound inlet 4 will be of no use. The most basic requirements
of this embodiment of the present invention is to install the opening of rear sound
inlet 4a on the side wall 1 of the internal main cylinder body, rather than install
the opening of rear sound inlet 4a on the rear wall of rear cover as is the case in
conventional acoustic noise canceling pickups, and to add sound gathering cover 19
outside rear sound inlet 4a and allow the direction of the opening of sound gathering
cover 19 to be approximately the same as that of the opening of the front sound inlet.
[0033] Figure 5 shows the sectional view of an acoustic noise canceling pickup of this invention
and Figures 5A to 5C are the sectional view of the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line
shown in Figure 5.
[0034] From the comparison between Figure 5 and Figure 1, we can see that their difference
lies in: The rear cylinder body of the electret pickup in this embodiment of the present
invention is a complete supporting cylinder body. It can serve as the rear cylinder
body of the internal main cylinder body of two or more single sound sensors (In the
Figure are the upper electret sound sensor 29 and lower electret sound sensor 30 of
on two single sound sensors). Therefore, the internal main cylinder body of rear cylinder
body 20a and upper electret sound sensor 29 and the internal main cylinder body of
lower electret sound sensor 30 are made into one component. Rear cylinder body 20a
can be made of stainless steel, copper, aluminum and other metals, plastics or nonmetal
materials or compound materials. Its shape can be approximately the same as that of
the internal rear cylinder body 20 in Figure 1 or different from it. When several
sound sensors are used, this invention uses a common mode signal inhibition electric
circuit to take out the differential mode signals received by two sound sensors to
cancel noises. Common mode signal inhibition electric circuit 32 can be placed in
the internal cylinder body 20a or at other proper places.
[0035] Here, the central axis (axis formed by the extended central line) of the internal
main cylinder body of various single electret sound sensors (such as the internal
main cylinder body of upper electret sound sensor 29 and the internal main cylinder
body of lower electret sound sensor 30) can be overlapped or not overlapped. When
they are not overlapped, they can be parallel to each other or have a certain angle
between them.
[0036] In this embodiment of the present invention, the distance between various single
electret sound sensors and the main sound source must be different and the distance
between front sound inlets 4 on the front covers (front wall 2 of front cover) of
the front sound receiving ends of the internal main cylinder body of two electret
noise canceling sound sensors (such as the internal cylinder body side wall 1 of upper
electret sound sensor 29 and the internal cylinder body side wall 1 of lower electret
sound sensor 30) is decided based on design requirement. For instance, it can either
range from 0.1 to 200mm or be higher or lower than this distance. It can be decided
by test and usually ranges from 1 to 20mm.
[0037] Based on design requirement, the internal main cylinder body of various electret
sound sensors can either be placed inside an external main cylinder body for protection
and support or multiple electret sound sensors can share the same external main cylinder
body. Based on design, an internal main cylinder body support 31 can be used to connect
and fix multiple internal main cylinder bodies of various electret sound sensors (such
as the internal main cylinder body of upper electret sound sensor 29 and the internal
main cylinder body of lower electret sound sensor 30) or internal main cylinder body
and external main cylinder body 33 (see Figure 11) are connected and fixed for strengthening
fixation. There can be one or more internal main cylinder body support 31, whose shape
can either be a cross or circle. In this embodiment of the invention, all external
rear cylinder body, external main cylinder body, internal main cylinder body support
31, internal cylinder body side wall 1, internal rear cylinder body 20, rear cylinder
body 20a, sound gathering cover 19, front and rear sound wave guiding module 7 and
7a, sound channels 27 and 27a and front spacer 8 can be either regular or irregular
in shape based on design and actual needs, such as square, rectangle, circle, oblong,
triangle, rhombus, polygon and fan, or arcs in shape, such as oval, parabolic camber
and other basic shapes. They can also be complicated shapes due to the combination
of various basic shapes or a simple shape, or the a three-dimensional structure (or
a hollow three-dimensional structure) of various shapes, such as the compound consisting
of various single shapes, such as tube, channel, ball, board, piece, etc. They can
either be a whole or a part of a whole. But the shape and installation position of
this external rear cylinder body, external main cylinder body, internal main cylinder
body support, internal rear cylinder body and external rear cylinder body cannot affect
the noise canceling effects of each electret sound sensor, electret noise canceling
sound sensor and noise canceling pickup whose front and rear sound inlets are generally
of almost the same direction or perpendicular. This external main cylinder body, internal
main cylinder body support, internal rear cylinder body and external rear cylinder
body can be integrated or independent from each other. All of them can be used or
only some of them are used based on design.
[0038] To obtain differential mode signals to cancel noises, two methods can be employed:
a. The acoustic characters of the two sound wave channels from two corresponding initial
sound inlets of front and rear internal main cylinder bodies 29 and 30 to the vibration
diaphragm are made approximately the same (or not completely the same), and the phase
difference of the two sound wave signals is made about 180° by the mechanical structures,
so that they have better common mode inhibition effect when acting on vibration diaphragm
to obtain differential mode signals to cancel noises; b. The acoustic characters of
the two sound wave channels from two corresponding sound inlets of front and rear
internal main cylinder bodies 29 and 30 to the vibration diaphragm are made approximately
the same (or not completely the same) and their phases are almost the same and common
mode inhibition electric circuit can be used for common mode inhibition to obtain
differential mode signals to cancel noises.
[0039] Based on design, shockproof spacer 36 or shockproof cushion 37 can be provided for
shockproof separation between external main cylinder body 25, internal main cylinder
body support 31 and the internal main cylinder body of electret sound sensor. The
single sound sensors and components used in this invention can be various available
noise canceling sound sensors or non-noise canceling sound sensors, such as electret
sound sensor, moving-coil sound sensor, electromagnetic sound sensor, piezoelectric
ceramic sound sensor, semiconductor sound sensor, etc.
[0040] Of course, it is also possible not to use the internal main cylinder body of noise
canceling pickup whose front and rear sound inlets are of the same direction or perpendicular
approximately and use the main cylinder bodies of the various noise canceling pickups
in this inventor's previous patents and patent applications mentioned above to work
out a new assembled high noise canceling pickup together with the available noise
canceling sound sensors.
[0041] Figure 6 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention and
Figures 6A to 6B are the sectional view of the A-A line and B-B line shown in Figure
6. From the comparison between Figure 6, Figure 5 and Figures 5A to 5C, we can see
that their difference lies in: The rear sound inlet 4a, rear damping film fixing sheet
6a and rear sound wave guiding module 7a inside the internal main cylinder body of
upper electret sound sensor 29 and lower electret sound sensor 30 and the rear sound
channel 27a in rear sound wave guiding module 7a are removed and the front sound inlet
4, front damping film fixing sheet 6 and front sound wave guiding module 7 inside
the internal main cylinder body of upper electret sound sensor 29 and lower electret
sound sensor 30 and the front sound channel 27 in front sound wave guiding module
7 are kept to get an assembled noise canceling pickup with high noise canceling ability
whose front and rear sound inlets are of approximately the same direction or perpendicular
approximately. The pickup comprises an internal main cylinder body with upper electret
sound sensor 29 of non-noise canceling sound sensor and internal main cylinder body
and rear barel body 20a with lower electret sound sensor 30 to cancel noises with
common mode inhibition electric circuits. The internal main cylinder body of upper
electret sound sensor 29 and that of lower electret sound sensor 30 can be integrated
into a single internal main cylinder body based on needs, rather than two independent
ones.
[0042] In this way, the acoustic properties of the two sound wave channels from two corresponding
sound inlets of two front and rear internal main cylinder bodies to vibration diaphragm
can be approximately the same and their phases can also be about the same and common
mode inhibition electric circuit can be used for common mode inhibition to obtain
differential mode signals to cancel noises.
[0043] Figure 7 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention and
Figures 7A to 7B are the top view of Figure 7 and the A-A line sectional view. From
the comparison between Figure 7, Figure 6 and Figures 6A to 6B, we can see that their
difference lies in: The internal main cylinder body of upper electret sound sensor
29 and that of lower electret sound sensor 30 are placed side by side, one in front
and the other behind, front and rear sound inlets 4 and 4a are placed on the side
wall of internal cylinder body (Though the one which should face vibration diaphragm
12 is front cover and front wall 2, since the two sound sensors are placed side by
side with one in front and the other behind, a front and rear wall is formed at the
sides in front of and behind the cylinder body of each sound sensor, therefore, their
front wall 2 of the front cover forms cylinder body side wall 1) and sound gathering
cover 19 is placed outside inlet 4, with openings facing the same direction. Based
on design, internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between upper electret
sound sensor 29 and lower electret sound sensor 30. It can be made of metal or non-metal
material. If it is non-metal and the internal main cylinder body of upper electret
sound sensor 29 and lower electret sound sensor 30 need electromagnetic shielding,
a metal main support shielding frame 31a can be used. It can be a metal sheet or metal
film coated on the non-metal material of internal cylinder body support 31. It can
be made into one single main cylinder body or two main cylinder bodies. The pickup
section and electric circuit section which are commonly-used today can also be placed
into the non-noise canceling sound sensor structure (the sound sensor structure as
shown in Figure 18) of a main cylinder body to form an assembled high noise canceling
pickup with internal barrel bodies placed one in front and the other behind, rather
than the pickup consisting of main cylinder body and internal rear cylinder body as
shown in the Figure.
[0044] Figure 8 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention and
Figures 8A to 8B are the A-A line and B-B line sectional view as shown in Figure 8.
From the comparison between Figure 8, Figure 6 and Figures 6A to 6B, we can see that
their difference lies in: Since internal rear cylinder body is not used and the electrical
circuit is placed inside the internal main cylinder body, the structures behind back
electrode 15 need to be modified accordingly. Rather than passing the back electrode
pass hole 28 on back electrode seat 14 and entering the internal rear cylinder body
through the sidewall of the internal main cylinder body, back electrode 15a directly
enters the rear of pickup to connect with impedance conversion electric circuit 21.
Printed electric circuit board 23 is also in the internal cylinder body 1 to form
two sections, namely, upper sound sensor 31 and lower sound sensor 32. This in fact
is just the addition of front sound wave guiding module 7 and front sound channel
27 to the internal structure of a non-noise canceling sound sensor. Many pickup and
electric circuit sections which are the same as the currently available non-noise
sound sensors can be installed inside a cylinder body, and internal cylinder body
side wall sound inlet 4, front sound wave guiding module 7, front damping film 5,
front damping film fixing sheet 6 and sound gathering cover 19 can be added in front
of the pickup section of various electret sound sensors to form an assembled noise
canceling pickup with the openings of sound inlets facing the same direction.
[0045] Figure 9 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention and
Figure 9A is the A-A line sectional view as shown in Figure 9. From the comparison
between Figure 9, Figure 7 and Figures 7A to 7B, we can see that their difference
lies in: The direction of the internal main cylinder body of the upper electret sound
sensor 29 in the main cylinder body of a non-anti-noise sound sensor is changed to
facing the front, inlet 4 is on front wall 2 the front cover facing the front and
sound gathering cover 19 is outside the inlet 4 at the side of the internal main cylinder
body of lower electret sound sensor 30, with openings facing the same direction. Based
on design, internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between upper electret
sound sensor 29 and lower electret sound sensor 30. It can be made into one single
main cylinder body or two main cylinder bodies. The pickup section and electric circuit
section which are commonly-used today can also be placed into the non-noise-canceling
sound sensor structure (the sound sensor structure as shown in Figure 18) of a main
cylinder body to form an assembled high noise canceling pickup with internal barrel
bodies placed one in front and the other behind, rather than the pickup comprising
main cylinder body and internal rear cylinder body as shown in the Figure.
[0046] Figure 10 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figure 10A is the A-A line sectional view as shown in Figure 10.
[0047] From the comparison between Figure 10, Figure 7 and Figures 7A to 7B and Figure 9,
we can see that their difference lies in: The direction of the internal main cylinder
body of the lower electret sound sensor 30 in the main cylinder body of a non-noise
sound sensor is changed to facing the front, inlet 4 is on front wall 2 of the front
cover facing the front and sound gathering cover 19 is outside the inlet 4a at the
side of the internal main cylinder body of lower electret sound sensor 30, with opening
facing the same direction as the sound gathering cover 19 of upper eletret sound sensor
29. Based on design, internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between
upper electret sound sensor 29 and lower electret sound sensor 30, rear sound wave
guiding module 7a can be placed in front of the inlet 4 of lower electret sound sensor
30 and rear sound channel 27a of rear sound wave guiding module 7a is available between
inlets 4a and 4. It can be made into one single main cylinder body or two main cylinder
bodies separately. The pickup section and electric circuit section which are commonly-used
today can also be placed into the non-noise canceling sound sensor structure (the
sound sensor structure as shown in Figure 18) of a main cylinder body to form an assembled
high noise canceling pickup with internal barrel bodies placed one in front and the
other behind, rather than the pickup consisting of main cylinder body and internal
rear cylinder body as shown in the Figure. Likewise, the upper electret sound sensor
29 and lower electret sound sensor 30 can also be reversed to get a new application.
[0048] Based on design, the internal main cylinder bodies of the upper electret sound sensor
29 and lower electret sound sensor 30 as shown from Figures 5 to 10 can also be designed
into two separate main cylinder body casings or a shared internal main cylinder body
casing. The internal main cylinder body of the original upper electret sound sensor
29 and the components inside lower electret sound sensor 30 are placed at the front
and back inside the shared internal main cylinder body casing, between which internal
main cylinder body support 31 inside the shared internal main cylinder body casing
is placed for isolation, which can both have the effect of isolating sound waves and
keeping the front and rear sound reception sections at a certain distance, as well
as connection and supporting functions. Subject to needs, the internal main cylinder
body support 31, the rear sound wave guiding module 7a of the front sound sensor and
the front sound wave guiding module 7 of the rear sound sensor can be integrated or
separated. The internal main cylinder body support 31 can either use materials with
sound wave impedance or other materials and can be designed into various appropriate
shapes based on needs.
[0049] Figure 11 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 11 A and 11C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 11. From the comparison between Figure 11, Figure 1 and Figures 1A
to 1C we can see that their difference lies in: External main cylinder body 33 and
external rear cylinder body 34 are used and various types of noise canceling sound
sensors in this inventor's above-mentioned patents and patent applications are installed
and used in the carriage.
[0050] The internal rear cylinder body 20 of a high noise canceling sound sensor is inserted
into hole 35 of external rear cylinder body 34. The internal main cylinder bodies
of various noise canceling sound sensors are placed in external main cylinder body
33 and sound wave guiding modules 7 and 7a and sound channels 27 and 27a in sound
wave guiding modules 7 and 7a are placed outside the front sound inlet 4 and rear
sound inlet 4a of internal cylinder body side wall 1.
[0051] Shockproof spacer 36 and shockproof cushion 37 can be provided between external main
cylinder body 33, internal main cylinder body support 31, sound wave guiding modules
7 and 7a, internal cylinder body side wall 1, front cover front wall 2 and rear cover
rear wall 3 for shockproof isolation. Subject to needs, shockproof spacer 36 can be
used or not used between the internal rear cylinder body of electret sound sensor
20 and the internal wall of internal rear cylinder body insertion hole 35.
[0052] At the front end and rear end of noise canceling sound sensor inside the external
main cylinder body are provided front sound inlet 4 and rear sound inlet 4a, and front
sound wave guiding module 7 and rear sound wave guiding module 7a are placed between
the front wall of the external front cover and rear wall of the external rear cover
of external main cylinder body and the front cover front wall and rear cover rear
wall of high noise canceling sound sensor inside. The inward openings of the front
sound channel 27 and rear sound channel 27a among them should correspond to the front
and rear sound inlets 4 and 4a on the front cover front wall and rear cover rear wall.
Based on needs, shockproof cushion 37 can be used between the front cover front wall
and rear cover rear wall and front sound wave guiding module 7 and rear sound wave
guiding module 7a of high noise canceling sound sensor. A sound pass hole should be
available on the shockproof cushion.
[0053] Sound gathering cover 19 can be provided at the front and rear sound inlets of the
external wall of external main cylinder body 33.
[0054] Figure 12 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 12A and 12B are the A-A line and B-B line sectional views as shown in
Figure 12. From the comparison between Figure 12, Figure 11 and Figures 11A to 11D
we can see that their difference lies in: The internal main cylinder body and internal
rear cylinder body 20 used from Figures 11A to 11D are changed into a common noise
canceling pickup whose components are placed in a single cylinder body. Outside it
is provided external main cylinder body 33. Sound gathering cover 19 can be installed
at the rear sound inlet at the external side wall of external main cylinder body 33.
The front sound inlet of external main cylinder body is not on side wall but on front
cover front wall. Rear sound wave guiding modules 7a are provided behind external
main cylinder body 33 and the inward opening of their rear sound channel 27a corresponds
to the rear sound inlet 4a on rear cover rear wall 3. Front damping film 5 can be
placed between the front sound inlet of external main cylinder body 33 and the front
sound inlet 4 of internal cylinder body side wall 1, or between the front sound inlet
4 of internal cylinder body side wall 1 and vibration diaphragm 12. It can also be
not used. Figure 13 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 13A and 13C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 13. From the comparison between Figure 13 and Figure 11, and Figures
11A to 11D and Figure 1 and Figures 1A to 1C we can see that their difference lies
in: External main cylinder body 33 and external rear cylinder body 34 are used and
various types of noise canceling sound sensors in this inventor's above-mentioned
patents and patent applications are installed and used in the carriage.
[0055] The internal rear cylinder body 20 of high noise canceling sound sensor is inserted
into hole 35 of the external rear cylinder body 34, the internal main cylinder bodies
of various noise canceling sound sensors are placed in the external main cylinder
body 33 (such as the internal main cylinder body of upper electret sound sensor 29a
and the internal main cylinder body of lower electret sound sensor 30a) and sound
wave guiding modules 7 and 7a and sound channels 27 and 27a in sound wave guiding
modules 7 and 7a are placed outside the front sound inlet 4 and rear sound inlet 4a
of internal cylinder body side wall 1.
[0056] Shockproof spacer 36 and shockproof cushion 37 can be provided between external main
cylinder body 33, sound wave guiding modules 7 and 7a and the internal main cylinder
body of upper electret sound sensor 29a and the internal main cylinder body of lower
electret sound sensor 30a for shockproof isolation. They can also not be used.
[0057] Internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between two internal main cylinder
bodies. Sound gathering cover 19 can be installed on the external side wall of external
main cylinder body 33 and at the openings of the front and rear sound inlets 4 and
4a of the various noise canceling sound sensors inside a carriage cylinder body. Front
sound wave guiding module 7 and the front sound channel 27 in sound wave guiding module
7 are placed between the front sound inlet and rear sound inlet of external main cylinder
body 33, the front cover front wall and rear cover and rear wall of the various noise
canceling sound sensors in external main cylinder body and the front cover front wall
and rear cover rear wall of high noise canceling sound sensor. Based on needs, shockproof
cushion can be used between the front cover front wall and rear cover rear wall and
front sound wave guiding module 7 of high noise canceling sound sensor. A sound pass
hole is provided on the shockproof cushion.
[0058] Shockproof spacer 36 can be used between the internal rear cylinder body 20 of electret
sound sensor and the internal wall of internal rear cylinder body insertion hole 35
based on needs.
[0059] Figure 14 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 14A and 14D are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 12. From the comparison between Figure 14 and Figure 11, and Figures
11A to 11D and Figure 13 and Figures 13A to 13D we can see that their difference lies
in: In the sound sensor used in this embodiment, the rear sound inlet 4c, rear sound
inlet 4, rear damping film fixing sheet 6 and rear damping film 5 on the internal
main cylinder body of upper electret sound sensor 29a and lower electret sound sensor
30a in main cylinder body are removed. The rear sound wave guiding module 7a inside
external main cylinder body 33 and the rear sound channel 27a in rear sound wave guiding
module 7a and sound gathering cover 19 are also removed. The front sound inlet 4,
front damping film fixing sheet 6 and front damping film 5 in the internal cylinder
body side wall 1 of upper electret sound sensor 29 and the internal cylinder body
side wall 1 of lower electret sound sensor 30 are kept. The sound inlet 4b in front
of the main cylinder body of external main cylinder body 33, the front sound wave
guiding module 7 placed at front wall of the front cover of the various sound sensors
inside external main cylinder body, the front sound channel 27 in the front sound
wave guiding module 7 and the sound gathering cover are also kept to get an assembled
high noise canceling pickup including an external main cylinder body 33 and external
rear cylinder body 34 of the internal cylinder body of non-noise canceling sound sensor,
whose front and rear sound inlets are of the same direction approximately or perpendicular
approximately.
[0060] Figure 15 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 15A and 15B are the top view and A-A line of Figure 15.
[0061] From the comparison between Figure 15 and Figure 14, and Figures 14A and 11B we can
see that their difference lies in: The internal main cylinder body of the upper electret
sound sensor 29a and the internal main cylinder body of the lower electret sound sensor
30a in the main cylinder body of a non-noise sound sensor are placed side by side,
inlet 4b is provided on the front cover and front wall 2a at the sidewall of external
main cylinder body 33 and sound gathering cover 19 is provided outside the inlet 4b,
with openings facing the same direction. Based on design, internal main cylinder body
support 31 or shockproof spacer 36 can be placed between upper electret sound sensor
29a and lower electret sound sensor 30a.
The pickup section and electric circuit section which are commonly-used today can
also be placed into the non-noise canceling sound sensor in a main cylinder body to
get a assembled high noise canceling pickup with internal barrel bodies placed one
in front and the other behind, rather than the pickup consisting of main cylinder
body and rear cylinder body as shown in the Figure.
[0062] Figure 16 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 16A is the A-A line sectional view as shown in Figure 16. From the comparison
between Figure 16 and Figure 15, and Figures 15A and 15B we can see that their difference
lies in: The internal main cylinder body of the upper electret sound sensor 29a in
the main cylinder body of a non-noise sound sensor is placed facing the front, inlet
4 is on the front cover and front wall 2 facing the front and sound gathering cover
19 is outside the inlet 4a on the side wall of external main cylinder body 33 corresponding
to the inlet 4 of lower electret sound sensor 30, with the openings of upper electret
sound sensor 29a and upper electret sound sensor 30a facing the same direction. Based
on design, internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between upper electret
sound sensor 29a and lower electret sound sensor 30a. The pickup section and electric
circuit section which are commonly-used today can also be placed into the non-noise
canceling sound sensor (the sound sensor as shown in Figure 18) in a main cylinder
body to get a assembled high noise canceling pickup with internal barrel bodies placed
one in front and the other behind, rather than the pickup consisting of main cylinder
body and rear cylinder body as shown in the Figure.
[0063] Figure 17 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figure 17A is the A-A line sectional view as shown in Figure 17. From the comparison
between Figure 17 and Figure 15, and Figures 15A and 15B and Figure 16 we can see
that their difference lies in: The internal main cylinder body of the lower electret
sound sensor 30a in a main cylinder body is placed facing the front, inlet 4 is on
the front cover and front wall 2 facing the front and sound gathering cover 19 is
outside the inlet 4a on the side wall of corresponding external main cylinder body
33. Rear sound wave guiding module 7a is placed in front of the inlet 4 of the lower
electret sound sensor 30 in external main cylinder body 33 and rear sound channel
27a of the rear sound wave guiding module 7a is available between inlet 4a and inlet
4. The openings of the sound gathering covers 19 of upper electret sound sensor 29
and lower electret sound sensor 30 face the same direction. Based on design, internal
main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between upper electret sound sensor 29a
and lower electret sound sensor 30a.
[0064] The pickup section and electric circuit section which are commonly-used today can
also be placed into the non-noise canceling sound sensor (the sound sensor as shown
in Figure 18) in a main cylinder body to get a assembled high noise canceling pickup
with internal barrel bodies placed one in front and the other behind, rather than
the pickup consisting of main cylinder body and rear cylinder body as shown in the
Figure. Likewise, the upper electret sound sensor 29a and lower electret sound sensor
30a can also be reversed to get a new application.
[0065] Figure 18 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 18A and 18B are the A-A line and B-B line sectional views as shown in
Figure 18. From the comparison between Figure 18 and Figure 14, and Figures 14A to
14C and Figure 11 and Figures 11A to 11C we can see that their difference lies in:
In the sound sensor used in this embodiment, the back electrode electrodes 15a in
the internal main cylinder body of upper electret sound sensor 29 and that of lower
electret sound sensor 30 do not enter the back electrode pass hole 28 on back electrode
seat 14 to enter internal rear cylinder body along the side of internal cylinder body,
rather they directly enter the rear of the pickup to connect with impedance conversion
electric circuit 21. Printed electric circuit board 23 is also in internal cylinder
body 1 to form front sound sensor 31a and rear sound sensor 32a. This in fact means
the use of noise canceling sound sensor assembled high noise canceling pickup whose
front and rear sound inlets face approximately the same direction or perpendicular
to each other approximately made of various commonly-used non-noise canceling electret
sound sensors.
[0066] Figure 19 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 19A to 19C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 19. From the comparison between Figure 19 and Figure 1 and Figures
1A to 1C we can see that their difference lies in: Division plate 9 is placed inside
the internal edge of diaphragm binding ring. Division plate spacer 10 is placed between
vibration diaphragm 12 and division plate 9. In this way, there will be a cavity between
vibration diaphragm 12, division plate 9 and division plate spacer 10 placed in between.
Division plate spacer 10 can also be place at other places based on design, so long
as it can separate 12 and 10 at a certain distance. The distance between 12 and 10
will be decided by the thickness of 9. Accordingly, the internal edge of back electrode
spacer 13 can also be extended inwardly to a place corresponding to the internal edge
of 9.
[0067] The extruding part of sound wave guiding module 7b, the extruding part of front spacer
8a, extruding part of diaphragm binding ring 11a, extruding part of back electrode
seat 14a and extruding part of back electrode 15a can be used as marks for positioning,
so that the components of the front and rear acoustic channels of vibration diaphragm
can be installed corresponding to each other based on design. Other marks serving
as placement reference can also be used. Positioning mark for a component can be decided
based on needs. The conducting contacts between the diaphragm binding ring and the
casing of the cylinder body of sound sensor can also be moved from front cylinder
body to the casing of rear cylinder body. Its connection with the casing can either
be hard connection through conductive piece or elastic connection through such elastic
conductor as conductive spring lamination 26. This makes the acoustic structures between
the front and rear sound inlets at the sides of vibration diaphragm in noise canceling
sound sensor even the same and symmetrical approximately.
[0068] Figure 20 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 20A to 20C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 20. From the comparison between Figure 20 and Figure 1, and Figures
1A to 1C we can see that their difference lies in:
[0069] Figure 21 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 21A to 21C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 21. From the comparison between Figure 21 and Figure 1, and Figures
1A to 1 C we can see that their difference lies in: From the comparison between Figures
21 and 20 and Figures 20A and 20C we can see that: Front and rear sound inlets are
not on the side wall of internal cylinder body side wall 1, rather they are on front
cover front wall 2 and rear cover rear wall 3. In this way, there is no need to use
the front and rear sound wave guiding modules 7 and 7a and the front and rear sound
channels 27 and 27a in 7 and 7a. This application can also be used as the modified
type for actual production of various noise canceling pickups in this inventor's patents
and patent applications mentioned above.
[0070] Figure 22 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 22A to 22C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 22. From the comparison between Figure 22 and Figure 21, and Figures
21A to 22C we can see that their difference lies in:
[0071] Place application No.21 in external cylinder body 33 and external rear cylinder body
34. The various noise canceling sound sensors and various noise canceling sound sensors
in this inventor's patents and patent applications mentioned above can also be placed
in external cylinder body 33 and external rear cylinder body 34 to get the noise canceling
pickup of this invention.
[0072] Figure 23 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 23A to 23C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 23. From the comparison between Figure 23 and Figure 19, and Figures
19A to 19C we can see that their difference lies in: This is mainly a modified one
for actual production in the applications of this invention. This application can
also be used as a modified type for actual production of the various noise canceling
pickups in this inventor's patents and patent applications.
[0073] Figure 24a shows the circuit diagram of the sound signal control switch of a noise
canceling pickup in this invention.
[0074] A sound controlled switch electric circuit as shown in Figure 24a is arranged between
capacitor C10 and NOT gate, analog switches U6 and U5. The low deformation and low
noise sound signals outputted from common mode signal inhibition electric circuit
pass through C10 and the detecting circuit consisting of diodes D1, D2 and resistance
R9, the sound controlled switch electric circuit consisting of triode T2, capacitors
C15, C16 and C17, resistances R14, R15 and R16, NOT gates U8, U13, U11 and U12, analog
switch U10 and R-J trigger U9 to control the control end 13 of U5 so that it opens.
Sound signals inputted from input end 1 are outputted from output end 2 and then pass
through NOT gate U4 which is reverse to control the control end 13 of analog switch
U6 so that it closes. Sound signals inputted from input end 1 cannot be outputted
from output end 2. In U5 andU6, one is open and another is closed. On the contrary,
when there are no input of sound signals sent out by main sound source, opening and
close are reversed. U5 and U6 opening and closing time can be decided by capacitor
C17 and R16 after a speech is finished (say 10s) to avoid error opening and closing
due to short interruptions during a speech. In this electric circuit, all electric
circuits can use integrated circuits or discrete electric component circuits. Analog
switch electric circuit, digital logic switch electric circuit and other types of
electric circuits which can carry out the functions of the electric circuit can also
be used based on needs.
[0075] Figure 24b shows the circuit diagram of the sound signal control switch of a noise
canceling pickup in this invention.
[0076] A sound controlled switch electric circuit as shown in Figure 24b is provided between
capacitor C10 and U4, U6 and U5. Its theory is the same as that of application 24a,
only that the sound controlled electric circuit for controlling analog switch adopts
comparator electric circuit. We now make a description of the comparator electric
circuit: The low deformation and low noise sound signals outputted from common mode
signal inhibition electric circuit pass through C10 and the detecting circuit consisting
of diodes D1, D2 and resistance R9, the sound controlled switch electric circuit consisting
of resistances R17, R18, R19 and R120, voltage-regulator diode D3, diode D4, capacitors
C15 and C18, arbitrary electrical level comparator U14 and R-J trigger U15 to control
the control end 13 of analog switch U5 so that it opens. Sound signals inputted from
input end 1 are outputted from output end 2 and then pass through NOT gate U4 which
is reverse to control the control end 13 of analog switch U6 so that it closes. Sound
signals inputted from input end 1 cannot be outputted from output end 2. In U5 and
U6, one is open and another is closed. On the contrary, when there are no input of
sound signals sent out by main sound source, opening and close are reversed. U5 and
U6 opening and closing time can be decided by capacitor C18 and R22 after a speech
is finished (say 10s) to avoid error opening and closing of U5 and U6 due to short
interruptions during a speech.
[0077] Figure 24c shows the circuit diagram of the sound signal control switch of a noise
canceling pickup in this invention.
[0078] And a sound signal controlled switch electric circuit as shown in Figure 24c is provided
between the above capacitor C10 and C12 and U4, U6 and U5. Its theory is the same
as that of application 24a, only that the sound controlled electric circuit for controlling
analog switch uses the sound signals which have not bee treated for reduction of environmental
noises received by sound sensor and compares with the sound signals with low environmental
noises outputted from common mode signal inhibition electric circuit before controlling
sound controlled switch electric circuit. Its theory is the same as that of application
13b, only that it adopts lagging comparator. The low deformation and low noise sound
signals outputted from common mode signal inhibition electric circuit pass through
C10 and the detecting circuit consisting of diodes D1, D2 and resistance R13 and the
sound signals from one of the two sound sensors which have not been treated for reduction
of environmental noises pass through capacitor C12 and the detecting electric circuit
consisting of diodes D5 and D6 and resistance R23 and sound controlled switch electric
circuit consisting of resistances R24, R26, R26 and R22, diode D4, capacitors C15,
C19 and C18, lagging comparator U16 and R-J trigger U15 to control the control end
13 of analog switch U5 so that it opens. Sound signals inputted from input end 1 are
outputted from output end 2 and then pass through NOT gate U4 which is reverse to
control the control end 13 of analog switch U6 so that it closes. Sound signals inputted
from input end 1 cannot be outputted from output end 2. In U5 and U6, one is open
and another is closed. On the contrary, when there are no input of sound signals sent
out by main sound source, opening and close are reversed. U5 and U6 opening and closing
time can be decided by capacitor C18 and R22 after a speech is finished (say 10s)
to avoid error opening and closing of U5 and U6 due to short interruptions during
a speech.
[0079] The electric circuits in the signal controlled switch electric circuit used in 24a
to 24c can use either integrated electric circuits or discrete component electric
circuits and use different comparator electric circuits and trigger electric circuits.
Analog electric circuits, digital electric circuits, operational procedures needed
or analog digital composite electric circuits can be used based on needs, as well
as various electric circuits which can carry out the functions of the entire electric
circuit. Figure 25 shows the electric circuit of a noise canceling pickup for giving
off alarms when receiving distance is exceeded.
[0080] When the distance between the noise canceling pickup of this invention and main sound
source exceeds a certain range, signals will be greatly attenuated, which may even
affect effective reception. To remind users that the distance between noise canceling
pickup and main sound source exceeds applicable range, this invention designs an electric
circuit of a noise canceling pickup for giving off alarms when receiving distance
is exceeded.
[0081] When the distance between a noise canceling pickup and main sound source exceeds
an applicable range, the sound wave signals received by noise canceling sound sensor
(different mode signal) will be greatly attenuated and the power of received sound
wave signals will be too low. And it is made based on this theory.
[0082] This electric circuit is in reality a window comparator electric circuit. If the
voltage of the sound wave signals (single loop different mode signals) received by
input single loop noise canceling sound sensor is between two designated voltages
(Upper limit is the lower limit of designed distance range and lower limit is the
upper limit when distance exceeds designed distance by a certain range), then electric
circuit has output (0V in this example). If output is positive outside this window,
two comparators, namely, U17 and U18, can be used as window voltage comparator. If
Vin is more positive than Vref (high side), U17 output will be positive and is forward
bias. Otherwise, output is negative and U17 is negative bias, thus Vout is 0V. Likewise,
if Vin is more negative than Vref (low side), U18 output will be positive and U18
is positive bias, then output is positive. Otherwise, Vout is 0V. If Vin is located
in the window established by reference voltage, Vout will be 0V. When window comparator
detects that input voltage is between two designated voltages, it will give off starting
signals to alarming electric circuit U19 and output alarming signal will remind users
that the applicable range of the distance between noise canceling pickup and main
sound source has been exceeded.
[0083] The single interval electric circuit in the middle of single interval window comparator
electric circuits U17 and U18 can be changed into the window comparator electric circuit
with multiple-interval electric circuits. Some of the intervals can adjust the amplification
coefficient of amplifier based on the intensity of sound signals received to constitute
an automatic gain control electric circuit using comparator electric circuit, and/
or some other intervals can adjust alarming electric circuit (either single step alarming
electric circuit or multiple-step one) based on reception distance. Other automatic
gain control electric circuits and alarming electric circuits can also be used.
[0084] In this application, comparator electric circuit can be MC14574 comparator or comparators
of other models and types. And the comparator electric circuit can use window comparator,
other types of comparator electric circuits or others consisting of transistor, operational
amplifier, comparator or digital electric circuit. It can use integrated electric
circuit, discrete component electric circuit, various types of comparator electric
circuit and trigger electric circuit. Analog electric circuits, digital electric circuits,
operational procedures needed or analog digital composite electric circuits can be
used based on needs, as well as various electric circuits which can carry out the
functions of the entire electric circuit.
[0085] Figure 10 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figure 10A is the A-A line sectional view as shown in Figure 10.
From the comparison between Figure 10, Figure 7 and Figures 7A to 7B and Figure 9
we can see that their difference lies in: The direction of the internal main cylinder
body of the lower electret sound sensor 30 of the main cylinder body of non-noise
sound sensor is changed to facing the front, inlet 4 is on the front cover and front
wall 2 facing the front and sound gathering cover 19 is outside the inlet 4a at the
side of the internal main cylinder body of lower electret sound sensor 30, with opening
facing the same direction as the sound gathering cover 19 of upper eletret sound sensor
29. Based on design, internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between
upper electret sound sensor 29 and lower electret sound sensor 30, rear sound wave
guiding module 7a can be placed in front of the inlet 4 of lower electret sound sensor
30 and rear sound channel 27a of rear sound wave guiding module 7a is available between
inlets 4a and 4. It can be made into one single main cylinder body or two main cylinder
bodies separately. The pickup section and electric circuit section which are commonly-used
today can also be placed into the non-noise canceling sound sensor structure (the
sound sensor structure as shown in Figure 18) of a main cylinder body to form a assembled
high noise canceling pickup with internal barrel bodies placed one in front and the
other behind, rather than the pickup consisting of main cylinder body and internal
rear cylinder body as shown in the Figure. Likewise, the upper electret sound sensor
29 and lower electret sound sensor 30 can also b reversed to get a new application.
[0086] Based on design, the internal main cylinder bodies of the upper electret sound sensor
29 and lower electret sound sensor 30 as shown from Figures 5 to 10 can also be designed
into two separate main cylinder body casings or a shared internal main cylinder body
casing. The internal main cylinder body of the original upper electret sound sensor
29 and the components inside lower electret sound sensor 30 are placed at the front
and back inside the shared internal main cylinder body casing, between which internal
main cylinder body support 31 inside the shared internal main cylinder body casing
is placed for isolation, which can both have the effect of isolating sound waves and
keeping the front and rear sound reception sections at a certain distance, as well
as connection and supporting functions. Subject to needs, the internal main cylinder
body support 31, the rear sound wave guiding module of front sound sensor 7a and the
front sound wave guiding module of rear sound sensor 7 can be integrated or separated.
The internal main cylinder body support 31 can either use materials with sound wave
impedance or other materials and can be designed into various appropriate shapes based
on needs.
[0087] Figure 11 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 11A and 11C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 11. From the comparison between Figure 11, Figure 1 and Figures 1A
to 1C we can see that their difference lies in: External main cylinder body 33 and
external rear cylinder body 34 are used and various types of noise canceling sound
sensors in this inventor's above-mentioned patents and patent applications are installed
and used in the carriage.
[0088] The internal rear cylinder body 20 of high noise canceling sound sensor and the internal
rear cylinder body inserted into external rear cylinder body 34 are inserted into
hole 35, the internal main cylinder bodies of various noise canceling sound sensors
are placed in the front and at the back of external main cylinder body 33 and sound
wave guiding modules 7 and 7a and sound channels 27 and 27a in sound wave guiding
modules 7 and 7a are placed outside the front sound inlet 4 and rear sound inlet 4a
of internal cylinder body side wall 1.
[0089] Shockproof spacer 36 and shockproof cushion 37 can be provided between external main
cylinder body 33, internal main cylinder body support 31, sound wave guiding modules
7 and 7a, internal cylinder body side wall 1, front cover front wall 2 and rear cover
rear wall 3 for shockproof isolation. Subject to needs, shockproof spacer 36 can either
be used or not used between the internal rear cylinder body of electret sound sensor
20 and the internal wall of internal rear cylinder body insertion hole 35. At the
front end and rear end of noise canceling sound sensor inside external main cylinder
body are available front sound inlet 4 and rear sound inlet 4a and front sound wave
guiding module 7 and rear sound wave guiding module 7a are placed between the front
wall of the external front cover and rear wall of the external rear cover of external
main cylinder body and the front cover front wall and rear cover rear wall of high
noise canceling sound sensor inside. The inward openings of the front sound channel
27 and rear sound channel 27a among them should correspond to the front and rear sound
inlets 4 and 4a on the front cover front wall and rear cover rear wall. Based on needs,
shockproof cushion 37 can be used between the front cover front wall and rear cover
rear wall and front sound wave guiding module 7 and rear sound wave guiding module
7a of high noise canceling sound sensor. A sound pass hole should be available on
the shockproof cushion.
[0090] Sound gathering cover 19 can be provided at the front and rear sound inlets of the
external wall of external main cylinder body 33.
[0091] Figure 12 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 12A and 12B are the A-A line and B-B line sectional views as shown in
Figure 12. From the comparison between Figure 12, Figure 11 and Figures 11A to 11D
we can see that their difference lies in: The internal main cylinder body and internal
rear cylinder body 20 used from Figures 11A to 11D are changed into a common noise
canceling pickup whose all component are placed in a single cylinder body. Outside
it is provided external main cylinder body 33. Sound gathering cover 19 can be installed
at the rear sound inlet at the external side wall of external main cylinder body 33.
The front sound inlet of external main cylinder body is not on side wall but on front
cover front wall. Rear sound wave guiding modules 7a are available behind external
main cylinder body 33 and the inward opening of their rear sound channel 27a corresponds
to the rear sound inlet 4a on rear cover rear wall 3. Front damping film 5 can be
placed between the front sound inlet of external main cylinder body 33 and the front
sound inlet 4 of internal cylinder body side wall 1, or between the front sound inlet
4 of internal cylinder body side wall 1 and vibration diaphragm 12. It can also be
not used. Figure 13 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 13A and 13C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 13. From the comparison between Figure 13 and Figure 11, and Figures
11A to 11D and Figure 1 and Figures 1A to 1C we can see that their difference lies
in: External main cylinder body 33 and external rear cylinder body 34 are used and
various types of noise canceling sound sensors in this inventor's above-mentioned
patents and patent applications are installed and used in the carriage.
[0092] The internal rear cylinder body 20 of high noise canceling sound sensor and the internal
rear cylinder body inserted into external rear cylinder body 34 are inserted into
hole 35, the internal main cylinder bodies of various noise canceling sound sensors
are placed in the front and at the back of external main cylinder body 33 (such as
the internal main cylinder body of upper electret sound sensor 29a and the internal
main cylinder body of lower electret sound sensor 30a) and sound wave guiding modules
7 and 7a and sound channels 27 and 27a in sound wave guiding modules 7 and 7a are
placed outside the front sound inlet 4 and rear sound inlet 4a of internal cylinder
body side wall 1.
[0093] Shockproof spacer 36 and shockproof cushion 37 can be provided between external main
cylinder body 33, sound wave guiding modules 7 and 7a and the internal main cylinder
body of upper electret sound sensor 29a and the internal main cylinder body of lower
electret sound sensor 30a for shockproof isolation. They can also not be used.
[0094] Internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between two internal main cylinder
body. Sound gathering cover 19 can be installed on the external side wall of external
main cylinder body 33 and at the openings of the front and rear sound inlets 4 and
4a of the various noise canceling sound sensors inside carriage cylinder body. Front
sound wave guiding module 7 and the front sound channel 27 in sound wave guiding module
7 are placed between the front sound inlet and rear sound inlet of external main cylinder
body 33, the front cover front wall and rear cover and rear wall of the various noise
canceling sound sensors in external main cylinder body and the front cover front wall
and rear cover rear wall of high noise canceling sound sensor. Based on needs, shockproof
cushion can be used between the front cover front wall and rear cover rear wall and
front sound wave guiding module 7 of high noise canceling sound sensor. A sound pass
hole should be available on the shockproof cushion.
[0095] Shockproof spacer 36 can be used between the internal rear cylinder body 20 of electret
sound sensor and the internal wall of internal rear cylinder body insertion hole 35
based on needs.
[0096] Figure 14 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 14A and 14D are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 12. From the comparison between Figure 14 and Figure 11, and Figures
11A to 11D and Figure 13 and Figures 13A to 13D we can see that their difference lies
in: In the sound sensor used, the rear sound inlet 4c, rear sound inlet 4, rear damping
film fixing sheet 6 and rear damping film 5 on the internal main cylinder body of
upper electret sound sensor 29a and that of lower electret sound sensor 30a in main
cylinder body are removed. The rear sound wave guiding module 7a inside external main
cylinder body 33 and the rear sound channel 27a in rear sound wave guiding module
7a and sound gathering cover 19 are also removed. The front sound inlet 4, front damping
film fixing sheet 6 and front damping film 5 in the internal cylinder body side wall
1 of upper electret sound sensor 29 and the internal cylinder body side wall 1 of
lower electret sound sensor 30 are kept. The inlet 4b in front of the main cylinder
body of external main cylinder body 33, the front sound wave guiding module 7 placed
at the front cover and front wall of the various sound sensors inside external main
cylinder body, the front sound channel 27 and sound gathering cover in the front sound
wave guiding module 7 are also kept to get a noise canceling pickup assembled high
noise canceling pickup consisting of an external main cylinder body 33 and external
rear cylinder body 34 of the internal cylinder body of non-noise canceling sound sensor,
whose front and rear sound inlets are of the same direction approximately or perpendicular
approximately.
[0097] Figure 15 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 15A and 15B are the top view and A-A line of Figure 15.
[0098] From the comparison between Figure 15 and Figure 14, and Figures 14A and 11B we can
see that their difference lies in: The internal main cylinder body of the upper electret
sound sensor 29a and the internal main cylinder body of the lower electret sound sensor
30a of the main cylinder body of non-noise sound sensor are placed at side direction,
inlet 4b is on the front cover and front wall 2a at the side of external main cylinder
body 33 and sound gathering cover 19 is outside the inlet 4b, with opening facing
the same direction. Based on design, internal main cylinder body support 31 or shockproof
spacer 36 can be placed between upper electret sound sensor 29a and lower electret
sound sensor 30a.
[0099] The pickup section and electric circuit section which are commonly-used today can
also be placed into the non-noise canceling sound sensor in a main cylinder body to
get a assembled high noise canceling pickup with internal barrel bodies placed one
in front and the other behind, rather than the pickup consisting of main cylinder
body and rear cylinder body as shown in the Figure.
[0100] Figure 16 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 16A is the A-A line sectional view as shown in Figure 16. From the comparison
between Figure 16 and Figure 15, and Figures 15A and 15B we can see that their difference
lies in: The internal main cylinder body of the upper electret sound sensor 29a of
the main cylinder body of non-noise sound sensor is placed facing the front, inlet
4 is on the front cover and front wall 2 facing the front and sound gathering cover
19 is outside the inlet 4a on the side wall of external main cylinder body 33 corresponding
to the inlet 4 of lower electret sound sensor 30, with the openings of upper electret
sound sensor 29a and upper electret sound sensor 30a facing the same direction. Based
on design, internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between upper electret
sound sensor 29a and lower electret sound sensor 30a. The pickup section and electric
circuit section which are commonly-used today can also be placed into the non-noise
canceling sound sensor (the sound sensor as shown in Figure 18) in a main cylinder
body to get a assembled high noise canceling pickup with internal barrel bodies placed
one in front and the other behind, rather than the pickup consisting of main cylinder
body and rear cylinder body as shown in the Figure.
[0101] Figure 17 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figure 17A is the A-A line sectional view as shown in Figure 17. From the comparison
between Figure 17 and Figure 15, and Figures 15A and 15B and Figure 16 we can see
that their difference lies in: The internal main cylinder body of the lower electret
sound sensor 30a of the main cylinder body of non-noise sound sensor is placed facing
the front, inlet 4 is on the front cover and front wall 2 facing the front and sound
gathering cover 19 is outside the inlet 4a on the side wall of corresponding external
main cylinder body 33. Rear sound wave guiding module 7a is placed in front of the
inlet 4 of the lower electret sound sensor 30 in external main cylinder body 33 and
rear sound channel 27a of the rear sound wave guiding module 7a is available between
inlet 4a and inlet 4. The openings of the sound gathering covers 19 of upper electret
sound sensor 29 and lower electret sound sensor 30 face the same direction. Based
on design, internal main cylinder body support 31 can be placed between upper electret
sound sensor 29a and lower electret sound sensor 30a.
[0102] The pickup section and electric circuit section which are commonly-used today can
also be placed into the non-noise canceling sound sensor (the sound sensor as shown
in Figure 18) in a main cylinder body to get a assembled high noise canceling pickup
with internal barrel bodies placed one in front and the other behind, rather than
the pickup consisting of main cylinder body and rear cylinder body as shown in the
Figure. Likewise, the upper electret sound sensor 29a and lower electret sound sensor
30a can also be reversed to get a new application.
[0103] Figure 18 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 17 and 18B are the A-A line and B-B line sectional views as shown in Figure
18. From the comparison between Figure 18 and Figure 14, and Figures 14A to 14C and
Figure 11 and Figures 11A to 11 C we can see that their difference lies in: In the
sound sensor used, the back electrode electrodes 15a in the internal main cylinder
body of upper electret sound sensor 29 and that of lower electret sound sensor 30
do not enter the back electrode pass hole 28 on back electrode seat 14 to enter internal
rear cylinder body along the side of internal cylinder body, rather they directly
enter the rear of pickup to connect with impedance conversion electric circuit 21.
Printed electric circuit board 23 is also Internal cylinder body 1 to form front sound
sensor 31a and rear sound sensor 32a. This in fact means the use of noise canceling
sound sensor assembled high noise canceling pickup whose front and rear sound inlets
face approximately the same direction or perpendicular to each other approximately
made of various commonly-used non-noise canceling electret sound sensors.
[0104] Figure 19 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 19A to 19C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 19. From the comparison between Figure 19 and Figure 1 and Figures
1A to 1C we can see that their difference lies in: Division plate 9 is placed inside
the internal edge of diaphragm binding ring. Division plate spacer 10 is placed between
vibration diaphragm 12 and division plate 9. In this way, there will be a cavity between
vibration diaphragm 12, division plate 9 and division plate spacer 10 placed in between.
Division plate spacer 10 can also be place at other places based on design, so long
as it can separate vibration diaphragm 12 and division plate 9 at a certain distance.
The distance between vibration diaphragm 12 and division plate 9 will be decided by
the thickness of division plate spacer 10. Accordingly, the internal edge of back
electrode spacer 13 can also be extended inwardly to a place corresponding to the
internal edge of division plate spacer 10.
[0105] The extruding part of sound wave guiding module 7b, the extruding part of front spacer
8a, extruding part of diaphragm binding ring 11a, extruding part of back electrode
seat 14a and extruding part of back electrode 15a can be used as marks for positioning,
so that the components of the front and rear acoustic channels of the vibration diaphragm
can be installed corresponding to each other based on design. Other marks serving
as positioning reference can also be used. Positioning mark for a component can be
decided based on needs. The conducting contact between the diaphragm binding ring
and the casing of the cylinder body of a sound sensor can also be moved from front
cylinder body to the shell of rear cylinder body. The connection with the shell can
be hard connection through conductive piece or elastic connection through an elastic
conductor such as conductive spring lamination 26. This makes the acoustic structures
between the front and rear sound inlets at the sides of vibration diaphragm in noise
canceling sound sensor roughly the same and symmetrical.
[0106] Figure 20 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 20A to 20C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 20. From the comparison between Figure 20 and Figure 1, and Figures
1A to 1C we can see the differences.
Figure 21 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention and
Figures 21 A to 21 C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as shown
in Figure 21. From the comparison between Figure 21 and Figure 1, and Figures 1A to
1C we can see that their difference lies in: From the comparison between Figures 21
and 20 and Figures 20A and 20C we can see that: Front and rear sound inlets are not
on the side wall of internal cylinder body side wall 1, rather they are on front cover
2 and rear cover 3. In this way, there is no need to use the front and rear sound
wave guiding modules 7 and 7a and the front and rear sound channels 27 and 27a in
7 and 7a. This application can also be used as the modified type for actual production
of various noise canceling pickups in this inventor's patents and patent applications
mentioned above.
[0107] Figure 22 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 22A to 22C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 22. From the comparison between Figure 22 and Figure 21, and Figures
21A to 22C we can see that their difference lies in:
[0108] The structure of embodiment 21 is placed in external cylinder body 33 and external
rear cylinder body 34. The various noise canceling sound sensors and various noise
canceling sound sensors in this inventor's patents and patent applications mentioned
above can also be placed in external cylinder body 33 and external rear cylinder body
34 to get the noise canceling pickup of this invention.
[0109] Figure 23 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and Figures 23A to 23C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in Figure 23. From the comparison between Figure 23 and Figure 19, and Figures
19A to 19C we can see that their difference lies in: This is mainly a modified version
of various embodiments of this invention for large scale production. This application
can also be used as a modified type for the production of the various noise canceling
pickups in this inventor's patents and patent applications.
[0110] Figure 24a shows the circuit diagram of the sound signal control switch of a noise
canceling pickup in this invention.
[0111] A sound controlled switch electric circuit as shown in Figure 24a is arranged between
capacitor C10 and NOT gate U4, analog switches U6 and U5. The low deformation and
low noise sound signals outputted from a common mode signal inhibition electric circuit
pass through C10 and the detecting circuit having diodes D1 and D2, and the sound
controlled switch electric circuit which comprises triode T2, capacitors C15, C16
and C17, resistances R14, R15 and R16, NOT gates U8, U13, U11 and U12, analog switch
U10 and R-J trigger U9 to control the control end 13 of U5 so that it opens. Sound
signals inputted from input end 1 are outputted from output end 2 and then pass through
NOT gate U4 which is reversed to control the control end 13 of analog switch U6 so
that it closes. Sound signals inputted from input end 1 cannot be outputted from output
end 2. In U5 andU6, one is open and another is closed. On the contrary, when there
are no input of sound signals sent out by main sound source, opening and close are
reversed. U5 and U6 opening and closing time can be decided by capacitor C17 and R16
after a speech is finished (say 10s) to avoid error opening and closing due to short
interruptions during a speech. In this electric circuit, all electric circuits can
use integrated circuits or discrete electric component circuits. Analog switch electric
circuit, digital logic switch electric circuit and other types of electric circuits
which can carry out the functions of the electric circuit can also be used based on
needs.
[0112] Figure 24b shows the circuit diagram of the sound signal control switch of a noise
canceling pickup in this invention.
[0113] A sound controlled switch electric circuit as shown in Figure 24b is provided between
capacitor C10 and U4, U6 and U5. Its theory is the same as that of the embodiment
shown in Figure 24a, only that the sound controlled electric circuit for controlling
analog switch adopts comparator electric circuit. We now make a description of the
comparator electric circuit: The low deformation and low noise sound signals outputted
from a common mode signal inhibition electric circuit pass through C10 and the detecting
circuit having diodes D1 and D2, and the sound controlled switch electric circuit
which comprises resistances R17, R18, R19 and R20, voltage-regulator diode D3, diode
D4, capacitors C15 and C18, arbitrary electrical level comparator U14 and R-J trigger
U15, and control the control end 13 of analog switch U5 so that it opens. Sound signals
inputted from input end 1 are outputted from output end 2 and then pass through NOT
gate U4 which is reversed to control the control end 13 of analog switch U6 so that
it closes. Sound signals inputted from input end 1 cannot be outputted from output
end 2. In U5 and U6, one is open and another is closed. On the contrary, when there
are no input of sound signals sent out by main sound source, opening and close are
reversed. U5 and U6 opening and closing time can be decided by capacitor C18 and R22
after a speech is finished (say 10s) to avoid error opening and closing of U5 and
U6 due to short interruptions during a speech.
[0114] Figure 24c shows the circuit diagram of the sound signal control switch of a noise
canceling pickup in this invention.
[0115] And a sound signal controlled switch electric circuit as shown in Figure 24c is provided
between the above capacitor C10 and C12 and U4, U6 and U5. Its theory is the same
as that of the embodiment shown in Figure 24a, only that the sound controlled electric
circuit for controlling analog switch uses the sound signals which have not been treated
for reduction of environmental noises received by sound sensor and compares with the
sound signals with low environmental noises outputted from common mode signal inhibition
electric circuit before controlling sound controlled switch electric circuit. Its
theory is the same as that of embodiment 13b, only that it adopts lagging comparator.
The low deformation and low noise sound signals outputted from common mode signal
inhibition electric circuit pass through C10 and the detecting circuit comprising
diodes D1, D2 and resistance R13 and the sound signals from one of the two sound sensors
which have not been treated for reduction of environmental noises pass through capacitor
C12 and the detecting electric circuit comprising diodes D5 and D6 and resistance
R23 and sound controlled switch electric circuit comprising resistances R24, R26,
R26 and R22, diode D4, capacitors C15, C19 and C18, lagging comparator U16 and R-J
trigger U15 to control the control end 13 of analog switch U5 so that it opens. Sound
signals inputted from input end 1 are outputted from output end 2 and then pass through
NOT gate U4 which is reversed to control the control end 13 of analog switch U6 so
that it closes. Sound signals inputted from input end 1 cannot be outputted from output
end 2. In U5 and U6, one is open and another is closed. On the contrary, when there
are no input of sound signals sent out by main sound source, opening and close are
reversed. U5 and U6 opening and closing time can be decided by capacitor C18 and R22
after a speech is finished (say 10s) to avoid error opening and closing of U5 and
U6 due to short interruptions during a speech.
[0116] The electric circuits in the signal controlled switch electric circuit used in 24a
to 24c can use either integrated electric circuits or discrete component electric
circuits and use different comparator electric circuits and trigger electric circuits.
Analog electric circuits, digital electric circuits, operational procedures needed
or analog digital composite electric circuits can be used based on needs, as well
as various electric circuits which can carry out the functions of the entire electric
circuit.
[0117] Figure 25 shows the electric circuit of a noise canceling pickup for giving off alarms
when receiving distance is exceeded.
[0118] When the distance between the noise canceling pickup of this invention and main sound
source exceeds a certain range, signals will be greatly attenuated, which may affect
effective reception. To remind users that the distance between the noise canceling
pickup and the main sound source exceeds applicable range, this invention designs
an electric circuit of a noise canceling pickup for giving off alarms when receiving
distance is exceeded.
[0119] When the distance between a noise canceling pickup and a main sound source exceeds
an applicable range, the sound wave signals received by noise canceling sound sensor
(different mode signal) will be greatly attenuated and the power of received sound
wave signals will be too low.
[0120] This electric circuit is a window comparator electric circuit. If the voltage of
the sound wave signals (single loop different mode signals) received by input single
loop noise canceling sound sensor is between two designated voltages (Upper limit
is the lower limit of designed distance range and lower limit is the upper limit when
distance exceeds designed distance by a certain range), then electric circuit has
output (0V in this example). If output is positive outside this window, two comparators,
namely, U17 and U18, can be used as window voltage comparator. If Vin is more positive
than Vref (high side), U17 output will be positive and is forward bias. Otherwise,
output is negative and U17 is negative bias, thus Vout is 0V. Likewise, if Vin is
more negative than Vref (low side), U18 output will be positive and U18 is positive
bias, then output is positive. Otherwise, Vout is 0V. If Vin is located in the window
established by reference voltage, Vout will be 0V. When window comparator detects
that input voltage is between two designated voltages, it will give off starting signals
to alarming electric circuit U19 and output alarming signal will remind users that
the applicable range ofthe distance between noise canceling pickup and main sound
source has been exceeded.
[0121] The single interval electric circuit in the middle of single interval window comparator
electric circuits U17 and U18 can be changed into the window comparator electric circuit
with multiple-interval electric circuits. Some of the intervals can adjust the amplification
coefficient of amplifier based on the intensity of sound signals received to constitute
an automatic gain control electric circuit using comparator electric circuit, and/
or some other intervals can adjust alarming electric circuit (either single step alarming
electric circuit or multiple-step one) based on reception distance. Other automatic
gain control electric circuits and alarming electric circuits can also be used.
[0122] In this embodiment, comparator electric circuit can be MC14574 comparator or comparators
of other models and types. And the comparator electric circuit can use window comparator,
other types of comparator electric circuits or others having transistor, operational
amplifier, comparator or digital electric circuit. It can use integrated electric
circuit, discrete component electric circuit, various types of comparator electric
circuit and trigger electric circuit. Analog electric circuits, digital electric circuits,
operational procedures needed or analog digital composite electric circuits can be
used based on needs, as well as various electric circuits which can carry out the
functions of the entire electric circuit.
[0123] Figure 26 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and figures 26A to 26C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in figure 26.
[0124] From the comparison between figure 26 and figure 20, and figures 20A to 20C and figure
14 and figures 14 A to 14C we can see that their difference lies in: The non-noise
canceling sound sensor used is the same as the noise canceling sound sensor in figure
20 except that the later's division plate spacer 10, front washer 8, division plate
9, rear sound inlet 4a, rear sound wave guide7a and rear sound channel 27a are removed.
This in reality means that the sound inlet on the front cover front wall of non-noise
canceling sound sensor is moved to the side wall of main cylinder body. Of course,
this sound inlet 4 can also be on the side wall of main cylinder body and front cover
front wall at the same time based on design requirements. In this case, there is no
need to leave space for sound inlet 4a and corresponding inlet passages between the
internal main cylinder body of the upper electret sound sensor 29a inside the external
main cylinder body in figure 14 and the sound inlet 4 on the front cover and front
wall 2 of the internal main cylinder body of lower electret sound sensor 30a. Based
on design requirements, main cylinder body carriage 31 can connect and fix the main
barrel bodies of various electret non-noise sound sensors (such as the main cylinder
body of upper electret sound sensor 29 and the main cylinder body of lower electret
sound sensor 30). In this figure, a noise canceling pickup consisting of these two
non-noise sound sensors 29 and 30. One or more of these non-noise sound sensors can
be used. The non-noise pickups used by the various noise canceling sound sensors in
this invention can b replaced by non-noise sound sensor whose sound inlet is moved
to the side wall of main cylinder body.
[0125] Figure 27 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and figures 22A to 22C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in figure 22.
[0126] From the comparison between figure 22 and figure 21, and figures 21 A to 21C we can
see that their difference lies in: The non-noise canceling sound sensor used is the
same as the non-noise canceling sound sensor in figure 26 only that the latter's sound
wave guide 7 and sound channel 27 are taken out. In this figure, a noise canceling
pickup consisting of these three non-noise sound sensors 29, 30 and 30a. One or more
of these non-noise sound sensors can be used. When diaphragm binding ring and the
casing of front cylinder body come into direct contact, conductive piece 26 can also
not be used.
[0127] Figure 28 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and figures 28A to 28C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in figure 28.
[0128] From the comparison between figure 28 and figure 28, and figures 26A to 26C we can
see that their difference lies in: The several non-noise canceling sound sensors in
this figure are noise canceling sound sensors with their rear cylinder body 20 being
inserted into external rear cylinder body 34.
[0129] Figure 28 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and figures 28A to 28C are the A-A line, B-B line and C-C line sectional views as
shown in figure 28.
[0130] Figure 29 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and figures 29A to 29B are the A-A line and B-B line sectional views as shown in figure
29.
[0131] From the comparison between figure 29 and figure 26, and figures 26A to 26C we can
see that their difference lies in: And the front cover front wall 2 of the sound sensors
inside non-noise canceling sound sensors faces the same direction. One or more of
these non-noise sound sensors can be used.
[0132] Figure 30 shows the sectional view of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
and figures 30A to 30B are the A-A line and B-B line sectional views as shown in figure
30.
[0133] From the comparison between figure 30 and figure 29, and figures 29A to 29B we can
see that their difference lies in: The sound wave guide7 and sound channel 27 inside
the non-noise canceling sound sensors in this figure are taken out. And the front
cover front wall 2 of the sound sensors inside the non-noise canceling sound sensors
is placed backward. One or more of these non-noise sound sensors can be used.
[0134] Based on design requirements, the noise canceling sound sensors and non-noise canceling
sound sensors in the applications of this invention can be used alone or connected
and fixed with each other at a certain interval or space structure to form a two-dimensional
or three-dimensional structure.
[0135] Figure 31 shows the electric circuit block diagram of a noise canceling pickup in
this invention for giving off alarms when receiving distance is exceeded.
[0136] When the distance between the noise canceling pickup of this invention and main sound
source exceeds a certain range, signals will be greatly attenuated, which may even
affect effective reception. To remind users that the distance between noise canceling
pickup and main sound source exceeds applicable range, this invention designs an electric
circuit of a noise canceling pickup for giving off alarms when receiving distance
is exceeded.
[0137] The sound wave difference mode signals received by noise sound sensors having a certain
interval (or noise canceling sound sensors formed by the difference mode signals extracted
by non-noise canceling sound sensors through common mode rejection electric circuit
two by two) are used. A comparison can be made through such parameter as sound wave
signal power between the loops of difference mode signals received by noise canceling
sound sensors to get the approximate relative distance between microphone and main
sound source. When distance is exceeded by a certain degree, electric circuit, such
as trigger electric circuit, will give off alarms. Non-noise canceling sound sensors
can also be used to directly measure the distance between sound sensor and main sound
source to give off alarms. Analog electric circuit, digital electric circuit or analog
and digital combined electric circuit can be used.
[0138] In this embodiment, non-noise canceling sound sensors are used for measuring distance
and giving off alarms. Non-noise canceling sound sensors 311, 312 and 313 receive
environmental noises from outside. The sound signal of 312 and eliminates common mode
signals together with the electric signals of 311 and 313, through common mode rejection
electric circuits 316 and 317 (This in reality means the formation of two loops of
noise canceling sound sensors). Two or more loops of difference mode signals extracted
(sound wave electric signals sent out by the near main sound source) are compared
through window comparator electric circuit 318. Another loop is compared with reference
standards. When the two are at a certain ratio (Lower limit of upper limit within
designed distance and upper limit of lower limit when designed distance is exceeded
by a certain degree), electric circuit has output to alarming electric circuit 319,
which will give off alarms through alarming device 3110. In this application, three
non-noise canceling sound sensors 311, 312 and 313 are used. Still more can be used.
Non-noise canceling sound sensors and noise canceling sound sensors can also be used
together.
[0139] Figure 32 shows the electric circuit block diagram of a noise canceling pickup in
this invention for giving off alarms when receiving distance is exceeded.
[0140] It is based on the following theory, namely, comparison of the ratio between the
multi-loop difference mode signals received by noise canceling sound sensors to calculate
the approximate distance between pickup and main sound source and when their distance
exceeds an appropriate range, alarms will be given off. Analog electric circuit, digital
electric circuit or the combination of the two can be used. Noise canceling sound
sensors 321 and 322 receive the sound wave electric signals sent out by the near main
sound source and make a comparison through window comparator electric circuit 325
together with the electric signals of pre-processing electric circuits 323 and 324,
such as vibration compensation electric circuit. Another loop is compared with reference
standards. When the two are at a certain ratio (Lower limit of upper limit within
designed distance and upper limit of lower limit when designed distance is exceeded
by a certain degree), electric circuit has signal output, to actuate alarming electric
circuit 326, which will then give off alarms through alarming device 327. In this
application, two noise canceling sound sensors 321 and 322 are used. Still more can
be used. Besides, non-noise canceling sound sensors and noise canceling sound sensors
can also be used together to form an automatic gain control electric circuit using
comparator electric circuit and (or) alarming electric circuit (single step alarming
electric circuit or multiple step alarming electric circuit), some of whose intervals
can be adjusted based on receiving distance. Other comparator electric circuits can
also be used.
[0141] In this application, comparator electric circuit can be MC14574 comparator or comparators
of other models and types. And the comparator electric circuit can use window comparator,
other types of comparator electric circuits or others consisting of transistor, operational
amplifier, comparator or digital electric circuit. It can use integrated electric
circuit, discrete component electric circuit, various types of comparator electric
circuit and trigger electric circuit. Analog electric circuits, digital electric circuits,
operational procedures needed or analog digital composite electric circuits can be
used based on needs, as well as various electric circuits which can carry out the
functions of the entire electric circuit.
[0142] Figures 33a and 33b are the electric circuit block diagram of a digital data collection
common mode rejection system:
[0143] Details on figures 33a and 33b have been fully disclosed in this inventor's patent
and patent application documents as mentioned above. They won't be detailed here again.
[0144] Figure 34 shows the computer flow chart of a noise canceling pickup used in the pickup
of this invention for giving off alarms when receiving distance is exceeded and adjusting
the amplification coefficient of amplifier based on receiving distance.
[0145] It is based on the following theory, namely, Comparison of the ratio between the
sound difference mode signals received by two noise canceling sound sensors to determine
whether the distance between pickup and main sound source exceeds the appropriate
receiving range of noise canceling pickup. If it is exceeded, alarms will be given
off.
[0146] When noise canceling sound sensors are used to convert the sound signals received
by noise canceling sound sensors 1, 2...through A/D, the same sound wave electric
signals in the sound signals received by noise canceling sound sensors 1, 2... are
extracted through filter electric circuit. The distance between main sound source
and pickup and (or) their location are calculated by means of calculating the power
of two loops of sound wave signals which are the same and (or) such parameters as
time difference and (or) consultation of tables, which will be compared with the set
effective receiving distance of pickup to decide whether the distance between main
sound source and microphone is within set upper and lower limits. When it is within
set upper and lower limits, the amplification coefficient of amplifier at the distance
should be calculated to see whether the amplifier is at the max. amplification capability.
If yes, the amplification coefficient of the amplifier should be adjusted. When it
is beyond the max. amplification capability of the amplifier, alarms will be actuated
and sent out from D/A. When the distance between the main sound source and microphone
is outside the upper and lower limits of the set distance, nothing will be done further.
[0147] Of course, the computer program flows of other noise canceling pickups for giving
off alarms when receiving distance is exceeded and adjusting the amplification coefficient
of amplifier based on receiving distance.
[0148] Figure 35 shows the computer flow chart of a noise canceling pickup among the pickups
of this invention which uses non-noise canceling sound sensor for giving off alarms
when receiving distance is exceeded.
[0149] When non-noise canceling sound sensors, such as three non-noise canceling sound sensors,
are used to convert the sound signals received by non-noise canceling sound sensors
1, 2 and 3 through A/D to calculate the difference mode signals between sound sensors
two by two. A comparison can be made among loops of difference mode signals based
on the calculation to roughly calculate the approximate distance between main sound
source and pickup, or the same sound wave electric signals in the sound signals in
two loops of sound sensors can be extracted through filter electric circuit or the
same sound wave electric signals in the sound signals directly picked up by pickups
through filter electric circuit. The accurate distance between main sound source and
pickup and (or) their location are calculated by means of calculating the power of
two loops of sound wave signals which are the same picked up by sound sensors and
(or) such parameters as difference in the time of reaching two sound sensors and (or)
consultation of tables, which will be compared with the set effective receiving distance
of pickup to decide whether the distance between main sound source and microphone
is within set upper and lower limits. When it is within set upper and lower limits,
the amplification coefficient of amplifier at the distance should be calculated to
see whether the amplifier is at the max, amplification capability. If yes, the amplification
coefficient of the amplifier should be adjusted. When it is beyond the max. amplification
capability of the amplifier, alarms will be actuated and sent out from D/A. When the
distance between the main sound source and microphone is outside the upper and lower
limits of the set distance, nothing will be done further.
[0150] Of course, the computer program flows of other noise canceling pickups for giving
off alarms when receiving distance is exceeded and adjusting the amplification coefficient
of amplifier based on receiving distance.
[0151] Figure 36 shows the electric circuit of a noise canceling pickup among the pickups
of this invention for giving off alarms when receiving distance is exceeded.
[0152] It is based on the following theory, namely, the ratio between the sound difference
mode signals received by two loops of noise canceling sound sensors is compared to
roughly determine whether the distance between pickup and main sound source exceeds
the appropriate receiving range of noise canceling pickup.
[0153] This electric circuit is in reality a window comparator electric circuit with gating
function. The sound source sound difference mode electric signals received by two
loops of noise canceling sound sensors can be pretreated by pretreatment electric
circuit through filtering, time delay, etc., based on design requirements. Pretreatment
electric circuit can also not be used. The sound source sound difference mode electric
signals received by two loops of noise canceling sound sensors pass through the sound
difference mode electric signals Va and Vb. Assume the main sound source sound electric
signal received by the noise canceling sound sensor next to main sound source is Va
and the main sound source sound electric signal received by the noise canceling sound
sensor far away from main sound source is Vb, Va or Vb can be deemed as reference.
Let's assume that Vb is the reference. If the ratio between Va and Vb is within designated
ratio M and N (M is the ratio of upper limit when designed distance is exceeded by
a certain degree and N the ratio of lower limit within designed distance), then the
electric circuit sends out signals to actuate the alarming electric circuit to amplify
Vb signal by M and N times (M and N can either be positive or negative or integer
or non-integer with decimal.) through amplification electric circuits 36A1 and 36A2.
Vb enters one of the input poles of operational amplifiers 36A3 and 36A4 respectively
and Va enters the other input pole of operational amplifiers 36A3 and 36A4 respectively
to make a comparison. When Va is higher than Vb by M time, the output of 36A3 is positive
and that of 36A4 is negative. The output of AND gate 36A5 Vo=0. When Va is lower than
Vb by N time, the output of 36A3 is negative and that of 36A4 is positive. The output
of AND gate 36A5 Vo=O. When N time of Vb is lower than Va which is higher than M time
of Vb, the output of 36A3 and 36A4 is negative. The output of AND gate 36A5 Vo=1.
[0154] Figure 37 shows the process flow of a computer used in the pickups of this invention
for digital elimination noise deciding distance or location.
[0155] We now make a description of the process flow of noise canceling sound sensor or
non-noise canceling sound sensor for positional reception in this invention which
uses many two-dimensional structures which are arranged in front and in rear, three-dimensional
structures with a certain stereoscopic structure or a three-dimensional array structure
with a certain space array arrangement: When the sound difference mode signals sent
out by the receiving sound source of non-noise canceling sound sensors are used, difference
mode signals between the sound wave electric signals received by sound sensors two
by two can be extracted through digital common mode rejection or directly treated
further without common mode rejection. Or noise canceling sound sensors can be used
directly to receive the difference mode signals of the sound signals sent out by main
sound source and filter each sound wave of the sound signals and (or) difference mode
signals received by one of the sound sensors through digital filter. Then, a comparison
is made of the sound power of each sound wave with the same wave form in the sound
signals received by sound sensors to calculate such parameters as the ratio and (or)
receiving time between the sound wave electric signals with the same wave form. Based
on the distance and (or) location between sound sensors and the ratio between the
sound signals sent out by main sound source whose distance is actually measured or
calculated, we can know the actual distance and (or) location of the main sound source
and pickup which have sent out this sound wave. We can also employ other calculation
and treatment methods to get the actual distance and (or) location of the main sound
source and pickup.
[0156] Figure 38 shows the window comparator electric circuit with intervals of one of the
noise canceling pickups in this invention which adjusts the amplification coefficient
of amplifier based on the ratio between loops of difference mode signals.
[0157] A comparison between figure 38 and figure 36 shows that their difference lies in:
Comparator with one interval is adopted in figure 36. This allows amplifier to adjust
the amplification coefficient or attenuation coefficient of amplifier based on the
ratio between difference mode signals (The approximate distance between pickup and
sound source can be obtained based on the ratio between difference mode signals) and
different amplification coefficients can be used based on the ratio between difference
mode signals (adjustment of either amplification coefficient or attenuation coefficient)
to realize automatic gain control electric circuit.
[0158] It is based on the following theory, namely, calculate the approximate distance between
pickup and main sound source based on the ratio between the difference mode signals
received by noise canceling sound sensors to find out the appropriate amplification
coefficient of the amplifier at this approximate distance. The sound wave difference
mode signals received by noise canceling sound sensors (Noise canceling sound sensors
can also be used from non-noise canceling sound sensors which, two by two, extracts
difference mode signals through common mode rejection electric circuit.) with a certain
interval can be used, comparison can be made of the loops of difference mode signals
received by noise canceling sound sensors through such parameter as sound wave signal
power to get the relative distance between microphone and main sound source.
[0159] This electric circuit is in reality a window comparator electric circuit with gating
function. Sound difference mode electric signals Va and Vb are sent out by the sound
source received by two noise canceling sound sensors. Assume the main sound source
sound electric signal received by the noise canceling sound sensor next to sound source
is Va and the main sound source sound electric signal received by the noise canceling
sound sensor far away from main sound source is Vb, Va or Vb can be deemed as reference.
Let's assume that Vb is the reference. If the ratio between Va and Vb is within designated
ratio M and N (M is the ratio of upper limit when designed distance is exceeded by
a certain degree and N the ratio of lower limit within designed distance), Vb signal
can be amplified by M and N times (M and N can either be positive or negative or integer
or non-integer with decimal.) through amplification electric circuits 36A1 and 36A2.
In this way, Vb signal can from one voltage sector between M and N after being amplified
by M and N times by amplification electric circuits 36A1 and 36A2. Assume the voltage
sector is Vbl and the comparator electric circuit with gating function and intervals
has four intervals and assume 37R3=37R4=37R5=37R6, then when Va is at 3/4 Vb1 to Vb1,
then Voa is high electric level output; when Va is at 1/2 Vb1 to 3/4 Vb1, then Vob
is high electric level output; when Va is at 1/4 Vb1 to 1/2 Vb1, then Voc is high
electric level output and when Va is at 0 Vb1 to 1/4 Vb1, then Vod is high electric
level output. Based on design requirements, Voa, Vob, Voc and Vod high electric level
output can be guided by actuating the switch of the amplification coefficient of one
stage or multiple stage analog or digital amplifier. Several alarming electric circuits
can also be actuated or the switch of the different amplification coefficients of
amplifier can be actuated and one or more alarming electric circuits can be actuated
at the same time.
[0160] The window comparator electric circuit of a noise canceling pickup in this invention
is used. Some intervals can adjust the amplification coefficient and (or) attenuation
coefficient based on receiving distance and (or) other intervals can adjust alarming
electric circuit based on receiving distance (one stage or multiple stage alarming
electric circuit).
Number of gating sectors and intervals and the window voltage of the sectors and intervals
of window comparator electric circuit with gating function and sectors and intervals
can be decided based on design requirements.
[0161] In the electric circuits of the applications in present invention, comparator electric
circuit can use MC14574 comparator or other comparactors and comparator electric circuits.
AND gate electric circuit can use CD4081. The comparator electric circuit and AND
gate electric circuit can also use other comparactor electric circuit, AND gate electric
circuit and NAND gate electric circuit. They can also use other comparactor electric
circuit, AND gate electric circuit and NAND gate electric circuit consisting of transistor,
operational amplifier, comparator or digital electric circuit, etc. They can use integrated
electric circuit, discrete component electric circuit, comparator electric circuit,
AND gate electric circuit, NAND gate electric circuit or trigger electric circuit,
etc. Different analog electric circuits, digital electric circuits or combination
of them can be used subject to needs, as well as electric circuits which can carry
out the functions of the electric circuit.
[0162] Figure 39 shows an amplifier electric circuit used by one noise canceling pickup
in the pickups of this invention which can adjust amplification coefficient based
on receiving distance.
[0163] Noise canceling sound sensors with a two-dimensional structure which are arranged
in front and rear or non-noise canceling sound sensors can be used for noise canceling
reception.
When the Voa, Vob, Voc and Vod, the output ends of the AND gate electric circuits
37a1, 137a12, 37a13 and 37a14 in figure 38 have high electric level output, the input
end of the Voa, Vob, Voc and Vod of analog switch 38a6 are actuated to open a1 to
a2, b1 to b2, c1 to c2 and d1 to d2 to allow amplifier 38A1 different amplification
coefficients.
[0164] Figure 40 shows the sectional view of the noise canceling pickup of this invention.
[0165] In comparison of Figure 40 with Figures 22 and 23, it can be seen that the difference
is that the pickup comprises multiple non-anti-noise sound sensors 40a1, 40a2 and
noise-canceling sound sensors 40a3 and 40a4. According to design requirements, it
is possible to combine one or more non-anti-noise sound sensors and one or more anti-noise
sound sensors.
[0166] Figure 41 shows a digital noise-canceling computer program flow chart of this present
invention.
[0167] A noise-canceling pickup comprising one or more noise-canceling sound sensors or
one or more non-noise-canceling sound sensors outputs multiple sound wave signals
received by noise-canceling sound sensors (multiple differential mode signals). The
noise-canceling treatment procedure is as follows:
1. When a sound signal from a main sound source is received by multiple non-noise-canceling
sound sensors, then
(1) Performing a delaying treatment to a sound wave signal received by one of twosound
sensors 1 and 2, or sound sensors 2 and 3 etc., which sound sensor is closer to the
main sound source. The delaying time is about equal to the time for the sound wave
signal to travel from one sound sensor to the other. Making common-rejection calculation
for every two sound signals received by each pair of sound sensors, or
(2) Performing a delaying treatment to all of the sound wave signals received by sound
sensors 1, 2, 3, ...except the sound wave signal received by the sound sensor located
farthest from the main sound source. The delaying time is about equal to the time
for the sound wave signal to travel from that corresponding sensor to the farthest
sound sensor. Making common-rejection calculation for every two sound signals received
by each pair of sound sensors. As a result, the distortion of the sound wave from
the main sound source will be minimized.
2. (1) Further delaying the differential mode signal received in the above step (1)
by the sound sensor closer to the main sound source. Making second common-rejection
calculation for every two differential -mode signals to obtain a second differential
mode signal, or
(2) Making common-rejection calculation for every two sound signals received by each
pair of sound sensors in the above step (2) to obtain differential mode signals. Then
making a second common-rejection calculation for every two differential -mode signals
to obtain a second differential mode signal. (The delaying time is that the sound
wave signal goes from a sound sensor to other sound sensor. All the delaying times
are intended to cancel the time difference that the sound wave generated by the main
sound source goes to different sound sensors with different distance from the main
sound source, which may result in distortion of the sound wave).
(3) Filtering, with a digital filter or other means, two differential -mode sound
signals that is a delaying or a non-delaying signal to output every sound wave of
single mode and/or differential-mode signals in the sound signals received by one
and/or multiple sound sensors. Then performing an acoustic power comparison between
sound waves with the same waveform in the acoustic signals received by multiple sound
sensors, computing acoustic power ratios between the sound waves and/or a difference
between their receiving time, and determining a specific relative distance and/or
direction between the main sound source emitting this acoustic wave and the receiving
pickup according to a ratio table obtained from a comparison between the actually
measured acoustic signal from a sound source in a particular position/direction and
a corresponding one acquired by computation. At that time, it is possible to select
a sound signal, from the sound signals received by one or multiple sound sensors,
that is consistent with the sound signal emitted from the main sound source located
at a predetermined distance from the pickup. It is also possible to select a sound
signal from one or multiple differential-mode signals that is consistent with the
sound signal emitted from the main sound source located at a predetermined distance
from the pickup. Then, memorizing and/or outputting that sound signal according to
a predetermined distance and/or direction. Re- memorizing or processing those final
differential-mode signals and/or sound wave signal generated from the main sound source.
For example, according to the difference between the real frequency-response curve
and required curve for design, adjusting the frequency-response characters of the
sound wave generated by the main sound source, or making common-mode calculation to
the differential -mode signals after amplifying some differential-mode signals and
one sound signal among the sound signals received by sound sensors 1, 2, 3,... to
output a new differential-mode signal and to obtain a sound signal from the main sound
source without environmental noise, which will be further memorized or processed or
output according to design requirements.
[0168] This computer process can be realized not only by digital circuit, but also by analogous
circuit or by composite circuit, which is integrated with analogous circuit and digital
circuit.
[0169] All the circuits in this present invention, such as the common-mode rejection circuit
and so on, can make use the various circuits in the different patents that I have
been applied and have been opened to the public.
[0170] Fig. 42 shows a block diagram of a noise-elimination circuit used in the acoustical
pickup in this present invention.
[0171] It illustrates the anti-noise pickup of the present invention, which comprises multipath
non-anti-noise sound sensors. The following block diagram illustrates the process
of the noise-canceling treatment of the sound wave signals received by multipath sound
sensors in the noise canceling pickup: When several non-anti-noise sound sensors 42a1,
42a2 and 42a3 are used for reception of a sound signal from a main sound source, the
above steps 1, and 2, can be used, or different sound wave signals received by sound
sensors 42a1, 42a2 and 42a3 can be passed through time-delay circuits 42a4, 42a5 and
42a6 except one channel sound wave signal picked up by the sound sensor which is located
farthest away from the main sound source among sound sensors 42a1, 42a2 and 42a3.
The delaying time is the time forthe sound wave signal to travel from different sound
sensors closer to the main sound source respectively to the sound sensor farthest
away from the main sound source. The sound wave signal picked up by the sound sensors
in different channels between a pair respectively should be passed through the common-mode
rejection circuits 42a7 and 42a8. Thus, the distortion of the sound wave send out
by the main sound source in the differential-mode signal can be minimized. The differential-mode
signal, which is picked up by the sound sensor nearer to the main sound source in
the multipath differential-mode signal gained in the above step 1, is passed through
the time-delay circuits 42a9 and 42a10 once again; the double-path differential-mode
signal is passed through the common-mode rejection circuit 42a11, and a differential-mode
signal is obtained. Alternatively as mentioned above in step 2, after the calculation
of common-mode rejection between a pair of signals, multipart differential-mode signals
are obtained from the sound wave signals picked up by the sound sensors in different
channels. Once again a differential-mode signal is obtained when the double-path or
multiple-path differential-mode signals are passed through the common-mode rejection
circuit 42a11. (The delayed time is the time used for the sound wave signal to travel
from a sound sensor to another sound sensor. All the time delay is intended for elimination
of the time difference in the double-path signals caused by the sound wave transmission
speed reaching to the front and back sound sensors. This time difference causes the
sonic distortion of the sound wave (which is sent out by the main sound source) in
differential-mode signal during the common-mode signal is rejected). The regained
differential-mode signal is output and /or other further treatment is conducted, for
example, taking one channel from the sound wave signals which are picked up from the
sound sensors 42a1, 42a2 and 42a3, with the regained differential-mode signal from
the amplifying circuit 42a12, then through common-mode rejection circuit 42a13, the
differential-mode signal between them will be obtained, and also the environmental
noise of the sound wave from the deleted main sound source is also obtained.
[0172] This block diagram process of noise elimination can be realized with digital circuit
or with composite circuit integrated with analogue circuit and digital circuit as
well. For example, analogue time-delay circuit, CCD time-delay circuit, digital time-delay
circuit, etc. can be used for time delay circuit.
[0173] Fig. 43 shows the sectional drawing of a kind of noise canceling pickup used in this
present invention, and Fig. 43A is the sectional drawing A-A in Fig.43. In comparison
with Fig.1, Figs.1A∼1C and Figs.21A∼21C from Fig. 43, their differences are: the front
and rear sound inlets 4 and 4a are not provided on the side wall of the outer wall
of the inner cylinder body but on the side wall 2 of the front cover of the main cylinder
body and on the side wall 3 of the rear cover of the main cylinder body (in those
examples mentioned before, the relative position between the main sound source and
sound sensor is a relationship of front and back, therefore they are named as side
wall of inner cylinder body 1, front wall of front cover 2 and rear cover of rear
cover 3. Although the absolute positions of every parts in examples 43, 44 and 45
are not changed, but the relative positions between the main sound source and the
sound sensor is changed, therefore the names are changed in Examples 43, 44 and 45
as outer wall of cylinder body 1, side wall of front, cover 2 and side wall of rear
cover 3), thus the front and rear sound wave leading modules 7 and 7a and the front
and rear sound pipes 27 and 27a in 7 and 7a, the outer main cylinder body 33 and the
outer rear cylinder body 34 are not used.
[0174] In Fig. 1, Figs. 1A∼1C and Figs. 21A∼21C, it is similar to the existing noise canceling
pickup, which is on the premises that assume the location of the main sound source
is ahead of the front wall of front cover or is at the rear direction on the rear
wall of rear cover in the sound sensor, and also is at the extension line of the main
cylinder body center line, thus the relative position between the front and rear sound
inlet and the main sound source are one at the front and another one at the rear arranged
in a row of front and rear. In case the location of the main sound source 40 is at
the side of the sound sensor, that is at the periphery of section A-A of the front
main cylinder body, the relative position between the front/rear sound inlets and
the main sound source is arranged in parallel, so as to reach the main sound source
in an equal distance approximately. In the present example, when the main sound source
38 is at the outer side of the outer wall of the cylinder body 1, the surface 39,
which corresponding to the outer wall of the cylinder body 1 and the main sound source
38, will become actually the front wall. Place both inlets 4 (one is on the side wall
of the main cylinder body front cover, another is on the side wall of the main cylinder
body rear cover), one after another corresponding to the side wall of the main cylinder
body and the corresponding surface 39 of the main sound source 38. Such as shown in
the Figure, the front sound inlet 4 is at one side of the side wall 2 of the main
cylinder body front cover (ahead), the rear sound inlet 4a is at the location of another
side 3 of the main cylinder body rear cover (rear), vice versa, there is a certain
distance difference between front and rear corresponding to the main sound source.
That means that the front and rear sound inlets are on the side wall of the main cylinder
body front cover and on the side wall of the main cylinder body rear cover respectively
in the noise canceling pickup, they are arranged in a row front and rear at one side
of the side wall of the main cylinder body front cover and at another side of the
side wall of the main cylinder body rear cover corresponding to the direction of the
main sound source of the main cylinder body side wall, and it can be either a single
inlet or several inlets.
[0175] The main sound source 38 in Fig.43A is placed at the location outside the cylinder
body outer wall opposite to the rear cylinder body 20, but is not placed outside of
the outer wall of the cylinder body parallel to the side direction of the rear cylinder
body 20. This shows when the main sound source 38 is different from the relative position
of the outer wall of the cylinder body, the relative position of the front and rear
sound inlets made on the side wall of the main cylinder body front cover and on the
side wall of the main cylinder body rear cover is also different.
[0176] The specific location of the main sound source on the peripheral of the outer side
surface of the pickup can be determined according to the design. The arrangement of
the direction and the location of the front and rear sound inlets 4 and 4a at the
side wall 1 of the main cylinder body front cover and the side wall 3 of the main
cylinder body rear cover as well as the distance difference of the arrangement corresponding
to both main sound sources all can be determined corresponding to the specific location
of the main sound source. The sound collecting cap 19 can be or can be not installed
outside the front and rear sound inlets.
[0177] A new type of high noise canceling pickup with front and rear sound inlets can be
produced through reformation according to various types of the noise canceling pickup
based on different patents and patent applications of the present inventor. The orientation
of the front and rear sound inlets are roughly the same or perpendicular roughly to
the high noise canceling pickup.
[0178] Fig. 44 shows a sectional view of a noise canceling pickup which is used in the present
invention, and Fig.44A is a section A-A as shown in Fig.44.
[0179] In comparison with Fig.1, Figs.1A∼1C, Fig.43 and Fig. 43A from Fig. 44. The differences
are: when the main sound source is at the side surface of the main cylinder body,
the inlets 4 and 4a are not made at the side wall of the outer wall 1 of the inner
cylinder body, but on the side wall 2 of the main cylinder body front cover and on
the side wall 2a of the main cylinder body rear cover in the two sensors 29 and 30
without noise canceling function parallel to each other. The 2 parallel placed sensors
without noise canceling function corresponding to the front sound inlet 4 at the side
wall 2 of the main cylinder body front cover and the rear sound inlet 4a on the side
wall 2a of the main cylinder body, are arranged in row one after another corresponding
to the orientation of the main sound source of the main cylinder body side wall. For
example, in the drawing, the front sound inlet 4 is at a side (ahead) of the side
wall 2 of the main cylinder body front cover in a sound sensor, the rear sound inlet
4a is another side (rear) of the side wall 2a of the main cylinder body in a sound
sensor, vise versa, there is a certain distance between the front and the rear corresponding
to the main sound source. That means the front and rear sound inlets at the two noise
canceling pickups 29 and 30 are not on a same surface in the different side walls
of the main cylinder front cover, they are arranged one after another with one at
one side of the side wall of the main cylinder body front cover corresponding to the
orientation of the main sound source of the main cylinder body side wall, and at another
side of the side wall of the cylinder body front cover in another sound sensor. The
arrangement may be one inlet or several inlets. In case of several inlets, they can
be arranged in parallel location, or formed in a certain angle, or in rows, or with
a certain distance between front and rear. Two sound sensors can be closely contacted
or with a certain distance (with some filling materials inside).
[0180] Fig. 45 shows a sectional drawing of a kind of noise canceling pickup used in the
present invention; Fig 45A is section A-A of Fig.45. In comparison with Fig.1, Figs.
1A∼1C, Fig. 43, Fig. 431A, Fig.44 and Fig.45 from Fig.45, the difference are: when
the main sound source is at the side surface of the main cylinder body, the sound
inlets 4 and 4a are not made at the side wall of the outer wall 1 of the inner cylinder
body, but on the side wall 2 of the main cylinder body front cover and on the side
wall 2a of the main cylinder body rear cover in the two non-voise0canceling sensors
29 and 30 which are positioned alternately.
[0181] The front sound inlet 4 on the side wall 2 of the cylinder body front cover and the
rear sound inlet 4a on the side wall 2a of the cylinder body front cover placed in
the two intersected sensors without noise canceling function, are at a relative centering
position on the side walls of the main cylinder body front wall in the two sound sensors,
or generally at the opening position of the normal inlet in the sound sensor. The
location the inlets in the two sound sensors are roughly the same, it arranged that
the two sound sensors without noise-canceling function are placed in parallel but
not totally overlap with each other, so as to enable the front and rear sound inlets
4 and 4a are placed one after another facing to the orientation of front end 39 of
the side wall in the main cylinder body of the main sound source 38.
[0182] As shown in Fig.43, Fig.44 and Fig.45, the new type of high noise canceling pickup
with front and rear sound inlets can be produced through reformation according to
various types of the noise canceling sound pickup based on different patents and patents
applications of the present inventor. The orientation of the front and rear sound
inlets are roughly the same or perpendicular roughly to the high noise canceling pick
up.
[0183] For example shown in Fig.43, Fig. 44 and Fig.45, although the front and rear sound
inlets are placed at the side wall of the main cylinder body front cover and at the
side wall of the main cylinder body rear cover in the noise canceling pickup that
are two locations at front end and rear end on different surfaces, but in comparison
with the end face 39 of the main sound source directly, the noise canceling pickup
is still located on the side wall of the outer side wall of the noise canceling pickup
( In fact, the pickup direct facing end face 39 of the main sound source is just the
side wall of the main cylinder body in the pickup, the side wall 2 of the front cover
and the side wall 2a of the rear cover in the main cylinder body are just the outer
side wall of the main cylinder body).
Explanation:
[0184]
1. All parts in the present invention can be re-designed either for their internal
structure or for their external form based on the design requirement and practical
needs, such as outer rear cylinder body, rear main cylinder body, inner main body,
inner main cylinder body supporting 31, side wall of inner cylinder body 1, cylinder
body 20, rear cylinder body 20a, sound collecting cap 19, leading modules of front
and rear sound wave 7 and 7a, sound inlets 4 and 4a, sound inlet pipe 27 and 27, baffle
plate 9, baffle plate opening 18, front washer 8, etc. The internal structure can
be modified and re-designed with different combination or dismantlement for different
parts and components. All parts and components can use all the different regular or
irregular and modified shapes: square, rectangle, circular, cylinder, triangle, diamond,
polygon, fan, oval different arcs, such as para-curve, and various curves and geometric
function curve, as well as different basic shapes with a part of their curves. The
shape can be also a complex shape in combination with different basic shapes, or can
be a single shape, or can be a composite body formed with different shapes and single
combined shape. The part can be a whole one or a part of a whole one. The part can
be made with metal material or nonmetal material, or composite material in combination
with both materials. However, the shapes and the location of outer rear cylinder body,
outer main cylinder body, inner main cylinder body, inner main cylinder body support,
inner rear cylinder body and outer cylinder body shall not influence each electret
sound sensor. The electret noise canceling pickup and the unit have the noise canceling
effect as same as the noise canceling pickup with the orientation and perpendicular
with each other roughly the same in the front and rear sound inlets. The parts of
inner main cylinder body, outer main cylinder body, inner main cylinder body support,
inner rear cylinder body, outer cylinder body, etc. can be connected as a whole one
or as separate parts with each other. The whole parts can be used simultaneously or
some selected parts can be used. The inner main cylinder body support 31 can be used
to connect several inner main cylinder bodies in the electret noise canceling sound
sensors (such as the inner main cylinder body of the upper electret sound sensor 29
and the inner main cylinder body of the upper electret sound sensor 29 and the inner
main cylinder body of the lower electret sound sensor 30) and several outer main cylinder
bodies 25 playing a part in fixing strength. The inner main cylinder body support
31 may be one piece or more with different shapes, such as cross, ring, disk, hook-like
or "-". In the combined type of noise canceling pickups, the axis (a center line formed
by extension of the center line) of the inner main cylinder body of each electret
sound sensor ( such as the inner main cylinder body of the upper electret sound sensor
29 and the inner main cylinder body of lower electret sound sensor 30 can be at a
same axis or at different axes. The axes can be paralleled or formed a certain angle
each other, when they are at different axes. As the same as mentioned above, in the
present invention, the front and rear sound inlets used in different sound sensors
and the sound collecting cap 19 placed outside the sound inlet can be placed on a
same line or placed on different lines. Both of them can be in parallel each other
or have a certain angle, or parallel to the axis of the side wall 1 of the inner cylinder
body with each other, or formed a certain angle when they are on different lines.
They can be placed on a line parallel to the axis of the sound pickup or on different
lines. When they are placed at different lines, the lines can be in parallel or have
a certain angle each other.
2. In the present invention, the orientations of the openings of the front and rear
sound inlets can be roughly the same (or can be different, the angle of the orientations
is about 0° to 135° between two front and rear inlets). The sound collecting cap can
be used to make the initial sound inlet forward to the orientation of the main sound
source, enable the phase of the entering sound wave roughly the same (but can be a
difference in a range of 0°∼135° approximately). (A) By making the acoustic characteristics
of two sound wave channels from two corresponding initial sound inlets (wherein the
two initial sound inlets are corresponding each other and can be located inside either
one of the two inner main cylinder bodies) to vibrating diaphragm roughly the same
(but can be not the same), and through mechanical action, the phase difference of
the sound wave signal between the two channels can be adjusted to about 180° (the
phase difference can also be adjusted to about 0 - 135°), and a better common-mode
rejection effect will be achieved when sound signals act on the vibrating diaphragm,
signal output of the differential -mode signal can be obtained so as to achieve the
goal of noise elimination. (B) By making the acoustic characteristics of two sound
wave channels from two sound inlets to the two sides of the vibrating diaphragm roughly
the same and making the phases of the sound signals roughly the same, (or it can be
different, the phase difference can be in the range of about 0°∼135°), the common-mode
rejection can be carried out to eliminate common-mode signal and pick up differential
-mode signal so as to achieve the effect of noise elimination, wherein the two sound
inlets are corresponding inlets located on the front and rear inner cylinder bodies,
respectively.
In the present invention, although the principle and parts of the electret noise canceling
sensor have been used, but other various types of sound sensors can also be used in
the present invention according to design requirement, such as sound sensors with
or without noise canceling function and the principle and parts of various types of
sound sensors. With all these principle and parts, the noise canceling sound sensors
and single type or combined type of high noise canceling sound sensors can be produced
as used in the present invention. The orientations of the front and rear sound inlets
used in these sensors can be almost the same or perpendicular to each other. Various
kinds of existing noise canceling sound sensors and non-anti-noise sound sensors as
well as various components of sound sensors can be used in the present invention,
such as: 1. electromagnetic sound sensors, including: a. electro-dynamic sound sensors,
consisting of moving-coil sound sensors, flat sound sensors, moving-coil sound sensors,
etc., b. electromagnetic sound sensors, etc., c. magnetostrictive sound sensors, etc.,
2. electrostatic sound sensors including: a. electrostatic sound sensors, consisting
of condenser sound sensors, electret sound sensors, electrostatic sound sensors, etc.,
b. piezo sound sensors, including those composed of materials such as piezoceramics,
Rochelle salts, crystals, piezo polymers, etc., c. electrostrictive sound sensors,
consisting of electrostrictive sound sensors, bimorph piezo sound sensors, etc., 3.
resistor-transducing sound sensors, including: a. contact impedance sound sensors
such as the granular carbon transmitters, etc., b, impedance-transducing sound sensors,
consisting of resistor-sensing sound sensors, the semiconductor-sensing sound sensors,
etc., 4. photoelectric sound sensors, including: a. phase-varying sound sensors, consisting
of interference sound sensors, DAD sound sensors, etc., b. light-quantity-varying
sound sensors, such as those that perform picking-up by detecting the light variation
reflected from the diaphragm, etc., as well as other sound sensors that can be equivalently
used instead of above mentioned sound sensors and its components.
Every kind of sound sensors and every kind of parts mentioned above can be exchanged
each other for using. For example, in embodiments of present invention on single noise-canceling
sensor, division plate spacer 10, front spacer 8, diaphragm-stretching ring 11, vibration
diaphragm 12 and back electrode 15 in internal front cylinder can be exchanged for
corresponding sound-picking elements or a complete sound sensor of other kinds of
electret sound sensors, condenser sound sensors, moving-coil sound sensors, electromagnetic
sound sensors, piezoceramics sound sensors, semiconductor-sensing sound sensors. With
Every kind of single existing and new invented non-noise-canceling sensor, the sound
sensor elements in the external front cylinder body 33 and the sidewall of the cylinder
body can also be exchanged for corresponding sound-picking elements or a complete
sound sensor of other kinds of electret sound sensors, condenser sound sensors, moving-coil
sound sensors, electromagnetic sound sensors, piezoceramics sound sensors, semiconductor-sensing
sound sensors. Of cause, the internal structure should be changed accordingly.
Through noise-canceling method of present invention has better noise-canceling result,
but the actual single generated by the main sound source shall be lower than that
of general sound sensor. Therefore, amplifier circuit and/or automatic gain control
circuit should be added. The general amplifier circuit can be used and can put into
the pickup or the outside of the pickup.
3. Accord to design requirements, it is possible to combine the signal noise-canceling
sensor or noise-canceling sound-picking-up unit, and/or noise-canceling sensor or
noise-canceling sound-picking-up unit that consist of signal non-noise-canceling sensor
or non-noise-canceling sound-picking-up unit each other to be multi-pickups with noise-canceling
sensor structure or non-noise-canceling sensor structure of front-back-ranged 2D structure
or a 3D structure or a 3D array structure.
When multi-noise sound sensors and/or non-noise-canceling sensors are used for front-rear-ranged
2D structure, it is an up-down-ranged structure in accompanied drawings in the manual,
and a far-near or front-back relationship for the distance to main sound source.
According to the design requirements, it is possible to use internal front cylinder
body and internal rear cylinder body that are connected each other, or only external
font cylinder body, or only the front wall of the front cover at the front of the
shell and the rear wall of the rear cover at the rear of the shell of the internal
front cylinder body and external front cylinder body, or without the front wall of
the front cover at the front of the shell or only one of them. When only one sound-picking-up
unit and sound sensor in the internal front cylinder body and external front cylinder
body, a noise-canceling sensor element and a noise-canceling sound sensor should be
used. In case that multiple elements of sound sensor and sound sensors are used, either
elements of noise-canceling sound sensor and noise-canceling sound sensor, or elements
of non-noise-canceling sound sensor and non-noise-canceling sound sensor can be used.
Those elements of sound sensor and sound sensors can set in a same internal front
cylinder body and the same external front cylinder body, or put them into the multi
internal cylinder body or multiple external front cylinder body. An internal rear
cylinder body and external rear cylinder body can connect with one or multiple internal
cylinder body/bodies and external cylinder body/bodies. In case multiple sound sensor
units or sound sensors are used, each kind of arrangement or combination for direction
and position of each sound sensor unit or sound sensor, e.g., each sensor can be series
or parallel in connection front and back, can point to the side or to the front or
to the back or to the direction at an angle within 360°. All the sound receiving ends
can point to same direction, or reverse direction, or opposite direction or to side
direction, or a partial to positive direction, other to negative direction or side
direction, or to any direction individually. While the position and the direction
of the sound-picking-up units or sound sensors is/are changed, each front sound inlet
or each rear sound inlet on the front end and the rear end of each electret sound
sensor in the internal or external shell and/or the sound gathering cover corresponding
to those sound inlets on the external sidewall of internal cylinder body and external
cylinder body and/or the front and rear sound guides set around the front and rear
sound inlets on internal walls of the internal cylinder body and the external cylinder
body, and front and rear sound channels, their positions and directions can be changed
partially or completely according to design requirements. Internal rear cylinder body
and external rear cylinder body can be installed any position in the internal front
cylinder body and external front cylinder body if it does not disturb sound wave going
into the front sound inlets and the rear sound inlets. They can point any direction.
The relative position between the front cylinder body and the rear cylinder body can
be adjusted correspondingly according to design requirements.
4. Due to limited space, every new embodiment established by re-combining every parts
and circuits listed in the above preferably embodiments of the present invention can
not be described one by one. For example, many new embodiments can be established
by exchanging or combining the internal parts in the support of the external rear
cylinder body, the external front cylinder body, and the internal front cylinder body,
or exchanging or re-combining every kind of sound sensors in present inventor's prior
patents and patent applications or every kind of existing noise-canceling sound sensors
and non- noise-canceling sound sensors, such as electret sound sensors, condenser
sound sensors, moving-coil sound sensors, electromagnetic sound sensors, piezoceramics
sound sensors, semiconductor-sensing sound sensors and other kinds of noise-canceling
sound sensors and non- noise-canceling sound sensors. Therefore, each kind of embodiments
formed by means of re-combining method should be included in this present invention.
5. Internal main cylinder body and external main cylinder body: when the pickup is
divided into two parts of front cylinder body and rear cylinder body as shown in Figure
1, the front cylinder body is the main cylinder body. If there is no rear cylinder
body and the electric circuits are set in the main cylinder body, that main cylinder
body includes two parts of sound picking-up and electric circuits. The main cylinder
body includes three parts: front wall of main cylinder body facing to main sound source,
rear wall of main cylinder body reversing from main sound source as well as sidewall
of main cylinder body. In each embodiment of pickup as shown in Figure 1 ∼42, sidewall
of main cylinder body is the sidewall 1 of the cylinder body, front wall of main cylinder
body is the front wall of front cover, and rear wall of main cylinder body is the
rear wall of rear cover. In each embodiment of pickup as shown in Figure 43 ∼45, sidewall
of main cylinder body is the sidewall of the front and/or rear cover of the main cylinder
body, front wall of main cylinder body is the sidewall of main cylinder body facing
to main sound source, and rear wall of main cylinder body is the sidewall of main
cylinder body reversing from main sound source. Therefore, in the accompanying Figures,
the front wall of front cover should be named as "sidewall of front cover", the rear
wall of rear cover as "sidewall of rear cover", the sidewall of the cylinder body
as "external wall of the cylinder body".
[0185] This present invention is designed according to the embodiment of electret high-noise-canceling
pickup that consists of electret sound sensor. It can use other kind of sound sensor
to make corresponding kind of noise-canceling pickup. Of course, the internal structure
should be adjusted accordingly.
[0186] Although the invention has been explained by detailed descriptions of the preferred
embodiments in connection with the accompany drawings as stated above, the present
invention is not limited as the disclosed embodiments. It will not difficult for those
skilled in the art to make various improvements, modifications and substitutions to
the noise-canceling pickup with a combined structure according to the present invention,
in the hints contained in the preferred embodiments within the spirits and the scope
of the present invention, which are only defined by the appended claims.