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is real and is fine to knock the socks of any conventional loud speaker.
pulses with very small wavelength which act in a manner very similar to
speaker and as the beam moves through the air gradual distortion takes
most recent and dramatic change in the way we perceive sound since
the invention of coil loud speaker, audio spot light technology can do
INTRODUCTION
struggled for nearly a century to produce a speaker design with the ideal
light. Specific listeners can be targeted with sound without others nearby
hearing it, i.e. to focus the sound into a coherent and highly directional
sound that behaves like beam of light. Audio spotlight exploits the
sound. This source can projected about an area much like a spotlight
through the air gradual distortion takes place in a predictable way. This
THEORY
the air molecules. The audible portions of sound tend to spread out in
all directions from the point of origin. They do not travel as narrow
beams. In fact the beam angle of audible sound is very wide, just about 360
wavelength, less the beam angle and hence, the more focused the sound.
The beam angle also depends on the aperture size of the speaker. A large
loudspeaker will focus the sound over a smaller area. If the source
of the sound transmitted, then a finely focused beam can be created. The
problem here is that this is not a very practical solution, thus the low beam
angle can be achieved only by making the wavelength smaller and this can
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
article cited the nonlinear effects occurring in air. Over the next two
ultrasonic tones that human hear cannot hear. It uses ultrasonic energy to
create extremely narrow beams of sound that behave like beams of light.
of air to produce new tones that are within the range of human hearing
down converting the ultrasonic energy into the frequency spectrum we can
hear.
FIG 3: AUDIO
SPOTLIGHTING
RANGE OF HEARING
design a perfect transducer which can work over a wide range of frequency
WORKING
music is applied into an audio spotlight emitter device. This low frequency
kHz to 28 kHz. The output of the modulator will be the modulated form
result the sound beam will be a narrow one with a small dispersion.
While the frequency modulated signal travels through the air, the
nonlinearity Property of air comes into action which slightly changes the
sound wave. If there is a change in a sound wave, new sounds are formed
within the wave. Therefore if we know how the air affects the sound
added into the sound wave by the air itself. The new sound signal
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generated within the ultrasonic sound wave will be corresponding to the
kHz will be produced within the ultrasonic sound wave. Since we cannot
hear the ultrasonic sound wave we only hear the new sounds that are
there are no actual speakers that produces the sound but the ultrasonic
FIG 6: DIRCTIVITY
similar in that you can direct the ultrasonic emitter towards a hard
from the spot on the wall. The listener does not perceive the sound as
emanating from the face of the transducer, but only form the
reflection of the wall. For the maximum volume (sound level) that trade
the average listeners e ars, or 5 meters in the air. The mounting hardware is
constructed with a ball joint so that the Audio Spotlights are easily aimed
1. Power Supply.
2. Frequency oscillator.
3. Modulator.
4. Audio signal processor.
5. Microcontroller.
6. Ultrasonic amplifier.
7. Transducer.
for its working and low voltage for microcontroller unit and other process
management.
process in g , double side band modulation and even switch mode power
sound. It has the ability of real time sound reproduction with zero lag. It
ultrasonic signals from the emitter and thereby to exploit the nonlinearity
property of air.
sound system unit to the point where the listener can hear the audio. To
pointed at the spot where the is to be heard. For this mode of operation the
2. Ultrasonic emitter devices are thin and flat and do not require a
mounting cabinet.
listening area.
APPLICATIONS
purchase.
intersections etc.
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5. Emergency rescue: Rescuers can communicate with endangered
person standing in front of another object will not be able to hear the
description.
shipboard announcements.
for headphones.
10. Sound bullets : Jack the sound level 50 times the human threshold
Even the best loudspeakers are subject to distortion and their omni
listen.
propagation of sound. The audio spotlight will force people to rethink their
relationship with sound. Audio spotlighting really “put sound where you
want it”.
sound transmission and the user can decide the path in which
2. Thomas D. Kite, John T. Post, and Mark F. Hamilton. Parametric array in air:
America.
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8. www .holosonics.com