System for increasing perceived loudness of speakers

A system can be provided for increasing loudness of an audio signal to present a perceived loudness to a listener that is greater than a loudness provided natively by a loudspeaker. The system can include one or more of the following: a frequency suppressor, a loudness adjuster, an equalizer, and a...

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Main Authors YANG SARAH, OLIVER RICHARD J, MALING, III ROBERT C
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.09.2013
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION
ELECTRICITY
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Summary:A system can be provided for increasing loudness of an audio signal to present a perceived loudness to a listener that is greater than a loudness provided natively by a loudspeaker. The system can include one or more of the following: a frequency suppressor, a loudness adjuster, an equalizer, and a distortion control module. The frequency suppressor can increase headroom in the audio signal by filtering out low and/or high frequencies. The loudness adjuster can calculate a loudness of the audio signal and apply a gain to the audio signal to increase the loudness. The equalizer can further increase headroom by attenuating portions of a passband of the loudspeaker's frequency response. The distortion control module can induce partial harmonic distortion in the audio signal to further increase loudness.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090539380