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Headphone device, signal processing device, and signal processing method

US8218782B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 2009
Grant dateJul 10, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 12, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

A headphone device includes: a sound reproduction unit having a diaphragm which is configured to perform sound reproduction based on a sound signal; a sound pickup unit configured to perform a sound pickup operation; a filtering unit configured to apply filtering to a picked-up sound signal obtained by the sound pickup unit, to give a noise-cancelling signal characteristic; a combining unit configured to combine the picked-up sound signal that has undergone filtering, and a listening sound signal which is inputted separately, to generate a sound signal supplied to the sound reproduction unit; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine occurrence or non-occurrence of an abnormal sound, on the basis of a result of level detection of a sound signal obtained within a sound signal processing system that includes the filtering unit and the combining unit and is formed between the sound pickup unit and the sound reproduction unit.

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