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Journal Article

Practical Implementation of Personal Audio in a Mobile Device

Authors: Cheer, Jordan; Elliott, Stephen J.; Kim, Youngtae; Choi, Jung-Woo

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 61 · Issue 5 · pp. 290–300 · May 2013

Abstract

When a loudspeaker of a mobile device is used in a public space, the side effects are the lack of personal privacy and annoying other people. There is, therefore, a need to reduce radiated power while preserving the sound pressure at the listener’s ears. Superdirective beamforming is one approach. A finite-element (FE) model of the two-source line array positioned on the mobile phone-sized baffle is defined and then used to investigate the effect of a finite-sized baffle on the directional pattern of the piston sources. Based on these results, a two-source personal audio system was implemented in real-time, and the results validated the predictions of the FE model. At frequencies where accurate transfer response measurements are achievable, the personal audio system performs as predicted by offline simulations.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
61
Issue
5
Pages
290–300
Publication date
May 6, 2013
Affiliation
Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK; Digital Media & Communications R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Korea; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article