Abstract: A system for a sports activity, which system is adapted to detect potential game contacts that include contacts between games equipment (1) and a games object (2) and/or contacts between a games object (2) and a target surface (5), and the system comprises sensor means (3a, 3b) adapted to detect vibrations caused by potential game contacts and to convert these vibrations into sensor signals.

Abstract: In a room with strong low-frequency modes the control of excessively long decays is problematic or impossible with conventional passive means. In this patent application a systematic methodology is presented for active modal equalization able to correct the modal decay behaviour of a loudspeaker-room system. Two methods of modal equalization are proposed. The first method modifies the primary sound such that modal decays are controlled. The second method uses separate primary and secondary radiators and controls modal decays with sound fed into at least one secondary radiator. Case studies of the first method of implementation are presented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for designing a modal equalizer (5) for a low frequency audible range, typically for frequencies below 200 Hz for a predetermined space (1) (listening room) and location (2) (location in the room) therein, in which method modes to be equalized are determined at least by center frequency and decay rate of each mode, creating a discrete-time description of the determined modes, and determining equalizer filter coefficients on the basis of the discrete-time description of the determined modes, and forming the equalizer (5) by means of a digital filter by defining the filter coefficients on the basis of the properties of the modes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an equipment for attenuating sound in a duct. Sound propagating in a duct is detected by means of a detector (2) and attenuated by using two successive monopole elements (3, 4) in such a way that both elements function as a dipole approximation and the elements are also used to approximatively produce the monopole radiation needed. A dipole control signal is fed to both elements (3, 4) at a phase shift which is 180° between the two elements. In addition, a monopole control signal is fed to the same elements (3, 4), only this time cophasally. Total volume velocities produced by the two elements (3, 4) are combinations of the portions obtained from the monopole and dipole sources.