WO2007127842A3 - Communicating with active noise reducing headset - Google Patents

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WO2007127842A3
WO2007127842A3 PCT/US2007/067496 US2007067496W WO2007127842A3 WO 2007127842 A3 WO2007127842 A3 WO 2007127842A3 US 2007067496 W US2007067496 W US 2007067496W WO 2007127842 A3 WO2007127842 A3 WO 2007127842A3
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noise reducing
active noise
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reducing headset
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Amar G Bose
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    • G10K11/17821Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general using interference effects; Masking sound by electro-acoustically regenerating the original acoustic waves in anti-phase characterised by the analysis of input or output signals, e.g. frequency range, modes, transfer functions characterised by the analysis of the input signals only
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    • G10MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10KSOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10K11/00Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
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    • G10K2210/00Details of active noise control [ANC] covered by G10K11/178 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
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    • G10K2210/10Applications
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    • G10K2210/1081Earphones, e.g. for telephones, ear protectors or headsets

Abstract

An active noise reducing headphone has a noise reducing microphone (11) in a noise reducing circuit, an outside microphone, a signal input terminal (24) and an outside microphone (41) output terminal (SlB) and a switch (SI) for selectively coupling the headphone to one of. the signal input (SlA) and microphone output terminals (SlB).
PCT/US2007/067496 2006-04-26 2007-04-26 Communicating with active noise reducing headset WO2007127842A2 (en)

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