Patents Assigned to Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20110096941
    Abstract: A directional sound system, a method of transmitting sound to a spatial location determined by the gaze of a user and a directional communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the directional sound system includes: (1) a direction sensor configured to produce data for determining a direction in which attention of a user is directed, (2) a microphone configured to generate output signals indicative of sound received thereat, (3) loudspeakers configured to convert directed sound signals into directed sound and (4) an acoustic processor configured to be coupled to the direction sensor, the microphone, and the loudspeakers, the acoustic processor configured to convert the output signals to the directed sound signals and employ the loudspeakers to transmit the directed sound to a spatial location associated with the direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicants: Alcatel-Lucent USA, Incorporated, Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas L. Marzetta, Stanley Chow