Patents by Inventor Lars Hinrichsen

Lars Hinrichsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11146890
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for simultaneously operating a loudspeaker assembly in a loudspeaker function and in a microphone function. The loudspeaker assembly comprises a coil, which is movably mounted in the magnetic field of a magnet, and a diaphragm, which is mechanically coupled to the coil, wherein the magnet produces a magnetic flux density (B), the coil, has an effective length in the magnetic field, and the diaphragm has an area (A). In order to determine a first transfer function ZM, a first calibration state is set, in which an external sound pressure (p) on the diaphragm is equal to zero. In order to determine a second transfer function ZC, a second calibration state is set, in which movement of the diaphragm is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Florian Bock, Lars Hinrichsen
  • Publication number: 20210250692
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for simultaneously operating a loudspeaker assembly in a loudspeaker function and in a microphone function. The loudspeaker assembly comprises a coil, which is movably mounted in the magnetic field of a magnet, and a diaphragm, which is mechanically coupled to the coil, wherein the magnet produces a magnetic flux density (B), the coil, has an effective length in the magnetic field, and the diaphragm has an area (A). In order to determine a first transfer function ZM, a first calibration state is set, in which an external sound pressure (p) on the diaphragm is equal to zero. In order to determine a second transfer function ZC, a second calibration state is set, in which movement of the diaphragm is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Florian BOCK, Lars HINRICHSEN
  • Patent number: 10650799
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an active vibration absorption system for absorbing the vibrations of a vibrating element. The vibration absorption system comprises a structure-borne sound exciter having a coupling element for coupling to the vibrating element and having an electrical coil for moving the coupling element by means of a coil current. The structure-borne sound exciter is designed to provide a measurement signal correlated with a detected induced voltage. Furthermore, the vibration absorption system comprises a control device, which is designed to identify a target current intensity of the coil current in accordance with the measurement signal and to control an actual current intensity of the coil current to the target current intensity. The target current intensity is designed to adjust the motion of the coupling element in such a way that the vibrations of the element are at least partly absorbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Gerald Dreffke, Lars Hinrichsen, Florian Bock
  • Publication number: 20200027438
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an active vibration absorption system for absorbing the vibrations of a vibrating element. The vibration absorption system comprises a structure-borne sound exciter having a coupling element for coupling to the vibrating element and having an electrical coil for moving the coupling element by means of a coil current. The structure-borne sound exciter is designed to provide a measurement signal correlated with a detected induced voltage. Furthermore, the vibration absorption system comprises a control device, which is designed to identify a target current intensity of the coil current in accordance with the measurement signal and to control an actual current intensity of the coil current to the target current intensity. The target current intensity is designed to adjust the motion of the coupling element in such a way that the vibrations of the element are at least partly absorbed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Gerald DREFFKE, Lars HINRICHSEN, Florian BOCK
  • Patent number: 8855325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for synthesizing an engine noise, in particular of an internal combustion engine, wherein the engine noise is generated by at least one electromechanical transducer, in particular an actuator or a loudspeaker, by means of a signal value corresponding to an electrical transducer excitation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Friedemann Vogel, Lars Hinrichsen
  • Publication number: 20120275612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for synthesizing an engine noise, in particular of an internal combustion engine, wherein the engine noise is generated by at least one electromechanical transducer, in particular an actuator or a loudspeaker, by means of a signal value corresponding to an electrical transducer excitation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Friedemann Vogel, Lars Hinrichsen