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Stereo microphone unit

US5206910A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1991
Grant dateApr 27, 1993
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R5/027
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A stereo microphone unit adapted to be installed in a video camera or the like, includes a cabinet, two nondirectional microphones disposed with a predetermined distance therebetween on respective walls of the cabinet for collecting an outside sound signal, delay circuits for delaying each output of the microphones by a time period corresponding to the predetermined distance, and signal subtractors for subtracting the output of the delay circuit relative to one microphone from the output of the other microphone. A stereo audio signal is provided only with regard to the output sound signal of any frequency lower than a predetermined frequency of 6 kHz or so.

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