norris rec'd patent today for parametric,
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Jun 12, 2012 03:24PM
he is our "first inventor" on 774 (rexam) and our reexam certificate might be filed under Norris...
but here is "our " great inventor, once again, doing well for Parametric....i say, if you're going to take your chances, do it with a MIT award winner!!
US 8,199,931 B1 |
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PARAMETRIC LOUDSPEAKER WITH IMPROVED PHASE CHARACTERISTICS | |
Elwood G. Norris, Poway, Calif. (US); Joseph O. Norris, Kapolei, Hi. (US); and James J. Croft, III, San Diego, Calif. (US) | |
Assigned to American Technology Corporation, San Diego, Calif. (US) | |
Filed on Apr. 21, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/106,909. | |
Application 10/984343 is a division of application No. 09/430801, filed on Oct. 29, 1999, granted, now 6,850,623, filed on Feb. 01, 2005. | |
Application 12/106909 is a continuation of application No. 11/899410, filed on Sep. 04, 2007, abandoned. | |
Application 11/899410 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/984343, filed on Nov. 08, 2004, abandoned. | |
Application 11/899410 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/065698, filed on Feb. 24, 2005, abandoned. | |
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | |
Int. Cl. H04R 1/40 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 381—97 [381/89; 381/77; 381/111; 181/142] | 49 Claims |
1. A parametric loudspeaker system, comprising:
an electronic modulator, adapted to receive audio signals, wherein the electronic modulator generates a carrier signal to be modulated with the audio signals to produce a modulated signal; and
at least one electro-acoustical emitter having at least two ultrasonic frequency emission zones coupled to the electronic modulator to reproduce the modulated signal, the at least two ultrasonic frequency emission zones each having at least one resonant frequency, wherein a center frequency of the carrier signal is offset from each at least one resonant frequency in view of a rate of change of phase of each emission zone in a vicinity of each at least one resonant frequency in order to increase a phase coherence and combined parametric output of said emission zones.
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