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Directional electroacoustical transducing

US9014404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Bose Corporation · US

Inventors

J. Richard Aylward · Ashland, US
Charles Barker · Harvard, US
Klaus Hartung · Lompoc, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2012
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04S2420/01
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multichannel audio system for radiating sound to a listening area that includes a plurality of listening spaces. The audio system includes directional audio devices, positioned in a first of the listening spaces, close to a head of a listener, for radiating first sound waves corresponding to components of one of the channels and nondirectional audio devices, positioned inside the listening area and outside the listening space, distant from the listening space, for radiating sound waves corresponding to components of a second of the channels.

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