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Electronic tone generating apparatus and signal-processing-characteristic adjusting method

US6696633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 2002
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2250/235
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

As an electronic tone is generated in response to performing operation, the electronic tone is picked up by microphones corresponding to left and right channels, and picked-up sound signals thus generated by the microphones are then subjected to signal processing, such as reverberation impartment utilizing acoustic conditions of the interior of a room. Picked-up sound signals having undergone such signal processing are audibly reproduced via rear speakers. Then, once an automatic adjustment instruction is given from a user, measuring tones are reproduced stereophonically, and contents of the signal processing of the individual channels are adjusted on the basis of measured results of picked-up sound signals generated by the microphones picking up the reproduced measuring tones.

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