Patents by Inventor Vincenzo ZACCÁ

Vincenzo ZACCÁ 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: 11579275
    Abstract: A method for estimating an acoustic influence of walls of a room, comprising emitting a known excitation sound signal, receiving a set of measurement signals, each measurement signal being received by one microphone in a microphone array and each measurement signal including a set of echoes caused by reflections by the walls, solving a linear system of equations to identify locations of image source and estimating the acoustic influence based these image sources. The signal model includes a convolution of: the excitation signal, a multichannel filter (M) representing the relative delays of the microphones in the microphone array, the relative delays determined based on a known geometry of the microphone array, and a directivity model ?(n, p) of the driver(s) in the form of an anechoic far-field impulse response as a function of transmit angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Vincenzo Zaccá
  • Publication number: 20210116555
    Abstract: A method for estimating an acoustic influence of walls of a room, comprising emitting a known excitation sound signal, receiving a set of measurement signals, each measurement signal being received by one microphone in a microphone array and each measurement signal including a set of echoes caused by reflections by the walls, solving a linear system of equations to identify locations of image source and estimating the acoustic influence based these image sources. The signal model includes a convolution of: the excitation signal, a multichannel filter (M) representing the relative delays of the microphones in the microphone array, the relative delays determined based on a known geometry of the microphone array, and a directivity model D(n, p) of the driver(s) in the form of an anechoic far-field impulse response as a function of transmit angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Vincenzo ZACCÁ