EP2600636B1 - Réduction de la distorsion pour petits haut-parleurs par la limitation de bandes - Google Patents

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EP2600636B1
EP2600636B1 EP11191329.9A EP11191329A EP2600636B1 EP 2600636 B1 EP2600636 B1 EP 2600636B1 EP 11191329 A EP11191329 A EP 11191329A EP 2600636 B1 EP2600636 B1 EP 2600636B1
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Clemen Boje Larsen
Thomas Beierholm
Peter Theilgaard Hounum
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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    • H04R3/002—Damping circuit arrangements for transducers, e.g. motional feedback circuits
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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  • the present invention relates to the field of signal processing, especially audio signal processing, and more specifically processing of audio signals for playback by small loudspeakers. More specifically, the invention provides a processor and a method for reducing distortion produced by small loudspeakers, and/or increasing the possible acoustic output for such loudspeakers, and/or possibly reducing the risk of damaging the loudspeakers.
  • Small loudspeaker units are used in many devices today for reproducing audio signals in compact portable audio devices, e.g. mobile phones, media players, car audio systems and the like. Due to the small size, such loudspeakers have a limited maximum acoustic output, a limited dynamic range, and especially a limited low frequency output. When the dynamic capability of a small loudspeaker is exceeded, the result is a severely distorted audio signal. Especially, the distortion is clearly audible on audio signal including a few pure tones, e.g. as popular ring tones used by many Japanese in their mobile phones.
  • the goal is to maintain an acoustic output while lower the distortion.
  • the invention provides a device arranged for application to an associated loudspeaker acoustically mounted such that it exhibits a lower resonance frequency.
  • the device comprises
  • Such device is advantageous, since it allows reproduction of sound with a miniature or micro-speaker with reduced distortion.
  • Typical loudspeakers where the invention is advantageous are loudspeaker with a small diaphragm area and which are mounted such that its lower resonance frequency Fc is rather high, e.g. 1 kHz, as in many mobile phones and the like.
  • the free air resonance frequency of the loudspeaker is typically lower, but due to a small back volume the resulting lower resonance frequency Fc often becomes rather high.
  • the invention is based on the insight that by attenuating a limited frequency band including the Fc, e.g.
  • Such as 3-6 dB of attenuation at high signal levels in said frequency band can dramatically reduce distortion from a small loudspeaker, thus leading to either improved sound quality and/or increased effective acoustic output from the small loudspeaker at audio frequencies above Fc, but in many cases also below Fc.
  • the invention should preferably be present just prior to digital to analog conversion resulting in the analog signal to drive the loudspeaker.
  • the limited frequency band has a bandwidth of less than 2 octaves, such as less than 1 octave, such as less than 2/3 octaves, such as less than 1/3 octave.
  • the limited frequency band may be centred around said lower resonance frequency of the associated loudspeaker.
  • the bandwidth optimal in each case will depend on the loudspeaker and the acoustical environment where it is mounted. A more effective distortion protection can be achieved with a rather wide bandwidth, whereas the most inaudible processing is obtained with a narrow bandwidth.
  • the invention comprises a gain control unit arranged to control said attenuation in the limited frequency band.
  • the gain control unit may be arranged to detect a level of the audio input signal within the limited frequency band and to provide said attenuation according to a predetermined attenuation scheme.
  • Said scheme may include detecting whether a peak level of the audio input signal within the limited frequency band exceeds a predetermined maximum level, and determining said attenuation accordingly to ensure that the modified audio signal does not exceed the predetermined maximum level.
  • Said predetermined maximum level is preferably selected such in relation to the associated loudspeaker that the audio output signal will not cause the loudspeaker to perform a diaphragm excursion exceeding its limit.
  • the gain control unit is preferably designed such, that zero attenuation is provided most of the time when signal levels are low enough to ensure that the loudspeaker diaphragm will not reach excursions causing severe distortion.
  • ML 100 dB
  • P 110 dB
  • ML can be selected according to the application to include a safety margin to ensure that the loudspeaker is never overloaded, or it can be set to a more aggressive value allowing slightly overloading the loudspeaker.
  • the attenuation will preferably be zero, thus leaving the processing inactive.
  • the attenuation can effectively ensure that severe audible distortion is avoided.
  • the filter section may be implemented in various ways, using various types of filters with various cut off slope steepness etc.
  • the filter section may comprise a band pass filter arranged to band pass filter the audio input signal to said limited frequency band, and a band stop filter arranged to band stop filter the audio input signal with the stop band being said limited frequency band. Outputs from the band pass filter and the band stop filter may then be summed to generate the audio output signal.
  • the device may be designed to accept an audio input signal with a plurality of audio channels, such as a stereo signal, and wherein the audio channels are processed to form an audio output signal with a corresponding plurality of audio channels.
  • the audio input signal may be analog or digital, and also the audio output signal may be analog or digital.
  • the filter section and the attenuation is implemented by means of a digital processor programmed to perform the required signal processing.
  • the device may comprise a loudspeaker acoustically mounted such that it exhibits said lower resonance frequency, and a power amplifier connected to drive the loudspeaker according to the audio output signal.
  • the device may be a mobile device, such as portable audio device, portable video devices, and portable players. More specifically, the device may be one of: a mobile phone, a tablet, a laptop, and a personal navigation device.
  • the invention may be useful in combination to any application where an acoustic output from a small loudspeaker is required with a minimum of audible distortion.
  • the loudspeaker is small, i.e.
  • the loudspeaker may be further acoustically mounted, e.g. a closed or vented cabinet, such that the lower resonance frequency is above 100 Hz, such as above 300 Hz, such as above 500 Hz, such as above 800 Hz, such as above 1 kHz.
  • the lower resonance frequency may be between 500 Hz and 2 kHz, such as between 700 Hz and 1.5 kHz.
  • the invention provides a method for reducing distortion from an associated loudspeaker acoustically mounted such that it exhibits a lower resonance frequency, the method comprising attenuating a limited frequency band of an audio input signal, wherein the limited frequency band includes said lower resonance frequency.
  • the invention provides a computer executable program code arranged to perform the method according to the second aspect, such as a computer executable program code stored on a data carrier.
  • the program code may be implemented on any type of audio processing platform, e.g. a sound card in a computer, a general processor in a mobile device e.g.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a device embodiment in block diagram form taking an audio signal A_in as input.
  • a miniature loudspeaker L with lower resonance frequency Fc 1 kHz, e.g. resulting from the loudspeaker L being mounted in a mobile device cabinet which causes the lower resonance frequency Fc to be higher than the free air resonance frequency of the loudspeaker L.
  • the large box illustrates the signal processing which is preferably implemented as program code of a processor system, e.g. the main processor of a mobile device. This processing is preferably the last part of a digital audio processing chain, since it is important that the correct signal level is detected to ensure that the resulting output signal A_out is the actual signal reaching the loudspeaker L, e.g. taking into account a possible gain in an intermediate power amplifier PA driving the loudspeaker L.
  • the signal processing according to the invention can be interpreted as a "band limiter", since it basically detects and attenuates, i.e. limits signal level, in a narrow frequency band around the lower resonance frequency Fc of the loudspeaker L.
  • this narrow frequency range e.g. 1/3-2/3 octave wide
  • control the signal level in this range to ensure that the large diaphragm excursions which occur around Fc will be limited such that the diaphragm will not reach its maximum amplitude - not even during onsets of demanding sound signals with high energy level in the range around Fc. This reduces distortion of the loudspeaker L.
  • the band limiter is implemented as a band pass filter BPF and a band stop filter BSF, both operating on the same frequency range, namely a frequency range with a bandwidth BW of less than 1 octave, e.g. 2/3 octaves, and centred around Fc.
  • the input signal A_in is applied to both filters BPF, BSF, and a gain control unit GC detects a peak level of an output of the band pass filter BPF, i.e. the peak level of the signal present within the frequency range around Fc.
  • a predetermined maximum allowed band pass peak level MBPP e.g. -10 dB re.
  • the gain control unit GC determines the gain factor to be applied to the output of the band pass filter BPF so as to obtain a resulting attenuation of the signal level within this band according to a predetermined attenuation scheme.
  • the rest of the input signal A_in i.e. the output of the band stop filter BSF, is finally added to the attenuated version of the output of the band pass filter BPF to form the output signal A_out.
  • This output signal A_out is then digital to analog converted and applied to the power amplifier PA driving the loudspeaker L.
  • a simple scheme is to apply zero attenuation at low signal levels and then apply a fixed attenuation, e.g. 10 dB attenuation, when the detected peak level exceeds MBPP.
  • the attenuation will thus be zero dB, i.e. the resulting processing is inactive and thus does not influence sound quality.
  • the processing will effectively protect the loudspeaker L from large diaphragm excursions, and thus severe audible distortion can be eliminated.
  • Fig. 2 shows an example with a band limiter BL as explained in connection with Fig. 2 with Fc, BW, and MBPP as input parameters.
  • the band limiter BL is here implemented on a processor P which also handles a pre-equalizing Eq, e.g. to compensate unequal frequency response of the loudspeakers used, of the audio input signal, here shown as a stereo PCM signal.
  • the band limiter BL has separate path ways for the two stereo signals, here illustrated as a stereo PCM output signal to be applied to a stereo power amplifier PA which drives a set of stereo loudspeakers.
  • Fig. 3 shows an example of different curves of attenuation of an embodiment of a band limiter.
  • the upper curve show zero attenuation (0 dB), whereas the lowest curve illustrates 10 dB attenuation (-10 dB).
  • the loudspeaker plays a single tone with a duration of 200 ms, i.e. a tone burst.
  • the maximum distortion about 7.5 %, occurs for tones with a frequency near Fc, i.e. a clearly audible distortion.
  • attenuation of the input signal to the loudspeaker in this frequency range helps to reduce the resulting distortion.
  • the invention provides a method and a device for reducing distortion from an associated loudspeaker acoustically mounted such that it exhibits a lower resonance frequency Fc.
  • a limited frequency band, including Fc, of an audio input signal is attenuated.
  • the amount of attenuation to be applied to this limited signal frequency range is determined in response to the peak signal level in this limited signal frequency range so as to only apply an attenuation when the signal level in this frequency range exceeds a predetermined level.

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  1. Dispositif prévu pour application à un haut-parleur associé (L) étant monté de manière acoustique de façon à ce qu'il présente une fréquence de résonance inférieure (Fc),
    - un signal agencé pour recevoir un signal d'entrée audio (A_in),
    - une section de filtre (BPF, BSF) agencée pour recevoir le signal d'entrée audio (A_in) et pour fournir une atténuation dans une bande de fréquence limitée de celui-ci et générer un signal audio modifié en conséquence, dans laquelle la bande de fréquence limitée comprend ladite fréquence de résonance inférieure (Fc) du haut-parleur associé (L),
    une sortie agencée pour faire sortir le signal audio modifié comme un signal de sortie audio (A_out), et
    - une unité de contrôle de gain (CG) agencée de manière à contrôler ladite atténuation dans la bande de fréquence limitée, dans laquelle l'unité de contrôle de gain (CG) est agencée pour détecter un niveau du signal d'entrée audio (A_in) dans la bande de fréquence limitée et pour fournir ladite atténuation selon un schéma d'atténuation prédéterminé, dans lequel ledit schéma comprend la détection si un niveau le plus haut du signal d'entrée audio (A_in) dans la bande de fréquence limitée dépasse un niveau maximum prédéterminé (MBPP), et déterminer ladite atténuation en conséquence pour assurer que le signal audio modifié n'excède pas le niveau maximum prédéterminé (MBPP).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la bande de fréquence limitée comprend une largeur de bande (BW) de moins de deux octaves.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, dans lequel la bande de fréquence limitée est centrée autour de ladite fréquence de résonance inférieure (Fc) du haut-parleur associé (L).
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit niveau maximum prédéterminé (MBPP) est choisi par rapport au haut-parleur associé (L) pour éviter que le signal de sortie audio (A_out) ne cause pas une excursion de la membrane du haut-parleur (L) dépassant sa limite.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la section de filtre (BPF, BSF) comprend un filtre passe-bande (BPF) agencé pour filtrer en passe-bande le signal d'entrée audio (A_in) pour ladite bande de fréquence limitée, et un filtre coupe-bande (BSF) agencé pour filtrer en coupe-bande le signal d'entrée audio (A_in) avec la coupe-bande qui est ladite bande de fréquence limitée.
  6. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le signal d'entrée audio (A_in) comprend plusieurs voies audios, et dans lequel les voies audios sont traitées pour réaliser un signal de sortie audio (A_out) avec plusieurs voies audios correspondantes.
  7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes comprenant un haut-parleur (L) étant monté de manière acoustique de façon à ce qu'il présente ladite fréquence de résonance inférieure (Fc), et un amplificateur de puissance (AP) connecté pour piloter le haut-parleur (L) selon le signal de sortie audio (A_out).
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 7, dans lequel le haut-parleur (L) comprend une surface de membrane inférieure à 10 cm2.
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 8, dans lequel le haut-parleur est monté de manière acoustique de façon à ce que ladite fréquence de résonance inférieure soit supérieure à 100 Hz.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le dispositif est l'un des suivants : un appareil audio portable, un appareil vidéo portable et un lecteur portable, tel qu'un téléphone portable, une tablette, un ordinateur portable ou un appareil de navigation personnel.
  11. Procédé pour réduire la distorsion d'un haut-parleur associé (L) qui est monté de manière acoustique de façon à ce qu'il présente une fréquence de résonance inférieure (Fc), le procédé comprend une atténuation dans une bande de fréquence limitée d'un signal d'entrée audio (A_in), dans lequel la bande de fréquence limitée comprend ladite fréquence de résonance inférieure (Fc), dans lequel le procédé comprend encore un contrôle de ladite atténuation dans la bande de fréquence limitée, et détecter un niveau du signal d'entrée audio (A_in) dans la bande de fréquence limitée et fournir ladite atténuation selon un schéma d'atténuation prédéterminé, dans lequel ledit schéma comprend la détection si un plus haut niveau du signal d'entrée audio (A_in) dans la bande de fréquence limitée dépasse un niveau maximum prédéterminé (MBPP), et par conséquent déterminer ladite atténuation pour assurer que le signal audio modifié ne dépasse pas le niveau maximum prédéterminé (MBPP).
  12. Code de programme exécutable par ordinateur pour réaliser le procédé selon la revendication 11.
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