Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A PHANTOM THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOUND SPACE WITH RECORDED SOUND
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006029006
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A central speaker (10) and personal headset speakers (12, 14) are used to create a three-dimensional phantom sound space for each listener (18). The speakers (12, 14) of the headset are located in close proximity to, but do not isolate, the ears of the listener (18) such that external sounds are allowed to impinge upon the pinna of the ears. The headset speakers (12, 14) form an isosceles triangle (see Figure 2)with the distant central speaker (10) as the apex. This speaker configuration with personal controls (16) can achieve a state of sound equilibrium for a phantom three-dimensional sound space. The sound signal may be synchronized with a video signal, and the sound pressure level of the left and right speakers (12, 14) can be adjusted to control the listener's perception of the virtual movement of phantom sound source image within the sound space according to changes in the point of view represented in a displayed video image.
Inventors:
TSUHAKO PARKER (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/031398
Publication Date:
June 01, 2006
Filing Date:
September 02, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TSUHAKO PARKER (US)
International Classes:
H04R5/02; H04R5/00
Foreign References:
| US4199658A | 1980-04-22 | |||
| US4569074A | 1986-02-04 | |||
| US5661812A | 1997-08-26 | |||
| US6307941B1 | 2001-10-23 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1795042A4
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