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Method of actively controlling noise, and apparatus thereof

US5689572A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 1994
Grant dateNov 18, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K2210/3039
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In an active noise-reduction controlling apparatus, there are provided a reference sensor for outputting a reference signal corresponding to information about a noise source, a noise-reduction error sensor for detecting a noise-reduction condition, an adding acoustic wave source controlled to produce an acoustic wave having the same amplitude as that of an acoustic wave received at the noise-reduction error sensor and having a phase opposite to that of the acoustic wave received as the noise-reduction error sensor; a first adaptive digital filter for processing the reference signal to output a control signal of the adding acoustic wave source, a second adaptive digital filter for setting a predicted value of a transfer function between an input signal of the adding acoustic wave source and an output signal of said noise-reduction error sensor, a filter coefficient controlling unit for optimizing a coefficient of the first adaptive digital filter with employment of the predicted value of the transfer function and the output of the noise-reduction error sensor, and a control unit for correcting the predicted value of the transfer function in accordance with an environmental change.

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