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Personal Audio Headrest

Authors: Chung, Chiho; Elliott, Steve J.

AES Convention 120 · Paper 6768 · May 2006

Abstract

Active noise control was implemented using loudspeakers embedded in the headrests of two adjacent seats. The goal of this study was to create a quiet zone surrounded by headrest 1 which was free from noise caused by the adjacent loudspeaker mounted in the next-to headrest 2. While Headrest 1 was generating noise, headrest 2 was designed to cancel out noise that was being generated by headrest 1, by driving the anti-noise signal through the loundspeaker, without using earphones/headphones. Control source, the speaker of Headrest 1 generating anti-noise, was made from FIR convolution with the electrical signal going to the primary source, the speaker of headset 2 generating target-noise. Implementing both primary and control sources results in a 20-30 dB noise reduction throughout the targeted frequency range (2kHz and below) in terms of squared acoustic pressure.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 120
AES Convention
120
Paper number
6768
Publication date
May 6, 2006
Session subject
Signal Processing; High Resolution Audio
Affiliation
ISVR, University of Southampton; Samsung Electronics (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper