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7580533 Particulate flow detection microphone  
Gas containing particles or droplets flowing continuously through a microphone is perturbed by sound waves. Sound-induced localized pressure changes in the gas are measured by detecting variations...
7493049 Audio Optic Cable  
An invention is disclosed whereby an analog audio signal are transmitted over distances through a flexible medium using electro-optical radiation as the carrier of the audio signal. The analog...
7391976 Optical acoustoelectric transducer  
An optical acoustoelectric transducer having a directivity pattern like a better 8 by receiving by a light-receiving element a reflected fraction of the light from a light-emitting device...
7359523 Fluidic acoustic transducer  
Sound signals are detected. Light signals are generated that pass through a membrane of a bubble within a trench. The sound signals cause deformations within the membrane of the bubble. The light...
7072475 Optically coupled headset and microphone  
Apparatus and methods for transferring audio between a headset and electronic equipment over an optical link. The apparatus includes an electro-optical interface for electrically connecting to the...
6990209 High directivity microphone array  
A microphone array for providing a focused field of optimum audio reception is disclosed. The array has a series of interconnected microphones spaced within a housing. At a midpoint of the spaced...
6865335 Optical microphone for communication and other devices  
A lightwaveguide panel to be used with a a mobile telephone (MT) or personal digital assistant (PDA), the pannel comprises a first portion for lighting an LCD and/or a keyboard, and a second...
6694031 Optical microphone/sensors  
The invention provides a head for an optical microphone/sensor, including first and second light guides; the first light guide being coupled at an input end to a source of light and having an...
6690804 Lighted microphone cable indicator  
A lighting apparatus for use with a microphone and a sound mixing system wherein each microphone has an associated channel located in the sound mixing system. Each microphone has a lighting means...
6549631 Pressure transducing assembly  
A pressure tranducing assembly for converting received pressure into a digital pressure signal. A pressure transmitter adapted to receive a first mechanical pressure from an environment and to...
6522761 Directionally sensitive pointing microphone  
A microphone apparatus which includes a directional microphone having an axis of sensitivity along which the directional microphone is sensitive to sound. A light source is mechanically coupled to...
6498853 Echo-cancelling optical microphone  
The invention provides an echo-cancelling system for an optical microphone, for eliminating acoustical echoes from a source of acoustical signals to which the microphone is connected, the system...
6493451 Communication helmet  
A communication helmet having an enhanced noise reduction effect. The communication helmet incorporates a microphone disposed in the vicinity of the mouth of the speaker wearing the helmet. The...
6459798 Sound-collecting device  
A device for collecting sounds from objects comprises a plurality of microphones whose directivity can be varied depending on the environment in which each object is located. An optical microphone...
6154551 Microphone having linear optical transducers  
Microphone having linear optical transducers. The present invention includes the use of linear optical transducers in several configurations to detect the motion of one or more conventional...
6081604 Electric sound converter  
A head-phone having a case member storing therein a headphone unit, wherein a coating film containing a light discolor pigment to be discolored by irradiation of sun light is provided on the whole...
6055080 Optical microphone  
In an optical microphone including a light source, a fiber optic cable and a Fabry-Perot interferometer with two reflectors, wherein one end face of the fiber optic cable forms a first reflector...
6014239 Optical microphone  
An optical microphone includes a laser and beam splitter cooperating therewith for splitting a laser beam into a reference beam and a signal beam. A reflecting sensor receives the signal beam and...
5995260 Sound transducer and method having light detector for detecting displacement of transducer diaphragm  
Transducer circuitry, and an associated method, converts acoustic signals into electrical signals. The transducer circuitry includes a diaphragm which is positioned to receive acoustic signals,...
5818949 Microphone with infared on/off switch  
A microphone including an infrared switch circuit is disclosed. The infrared switch circuit includes an infrared detector for detecting a reflection of an infrared signal off an object such as a...
5815298 System and method for wirelessly communicating a sound signal  
A system for communicating a signal representing the amplitude of a sound signal received at a remotely located transceiver via an optical airlink communication network, the system having an...
5757530 Signal transmitter with automatic output control and systems utilizing the same  
Described are apparatus for transmitting light wave signals, the apparatus being capable of adjusting their signal strength to automatically adapt to changes in the ambient light conditions of...
5621806 Apparatus and methods for determining the relative displacement of an object  
A microphone is disclosed which converts an audio signal directly into a digital representation by analyzing and digitizing the distortion imposed upon a signal, such as a string of regularly...
5495357 Apparatus and method for recording, transmitting, receiving and playing sounds  
A compact solid state representative communication device allows the user to record, transmit, receive, play and erase messages or sounds. The communication device includes a record switch for...
5333205 Microphone assembly  
A microphone assembly (134) includes a movable diaphragm (124) and a linear light gradient (130) which causes the movement of diaphragm (124) to be translated into a corresponding amplitude of...
5323257 Microphone and microphone system  
An infrared-ray cordless microphone including a modulator for modulating an acoustic-to-electric converted sound signal through a predetermined process; and an infrared-ray transmitter for...
5262884 Optical microphone with vibrating optical element  
An optical microphone includes a vibrating membrane defining a diaphragm for receiving acoustic signals. An optical element such as a lens is attached for vibrating with the membrane in direct...
4991150 Electroluminescent optical fiber shock sensor  
A piezoelectric or ferroelectric stress sensing material in intimate electrical communication with an electroluminescent material produces light at an amplitude dependent on the stress applied to...
4979820 Apparatus for the remote detection of sounds caused by leaks  
Two laser beams derived from a laser pass through a furnace and are superposed in a laser spot to produce interference fringes having the same pitch as that of a Ronchi grating printed on a...
4947437 Stereo microphone  
A stereo microphone that delivers "Right" and "Left" output signals from the sound field at a single point in space. A small, light, ball-like sound-sensing element is loosely suspended so that it...
4789213 Electro-optical modulator having a monomode light waveguide modulator  
An electro-optical modulator has a monomode light waveguide modulator for which a pressure-sensitive signal generator is provided as a signal source for the purpose of modulating a light power...
4566135 Pressure transducer  
A pressure transducer as a microphone comprises a base body with a flat polished surface and a diaphragm contacting the flat surface at a plurality of spaced points. The base body consists of a...
4479265 Laser microphone  
The invention is a laser microphone in which two aligned beams of laser light, of which one beam is slightly delayed in relation to the other beam of the same frequency and is reflected by an...
4422182 Digital microphone  
A digital microphone for directly supplying a digital signal which designates the displacement of a diaphragm is disclosed. A cylindrical reflecting mirror is provided integrally with the diaphragm...
4284858 Dichroic transducer  
A dichroic transducer is disclosed including a light source, a film containing a dichroic material in the path of the light beam and an acoustic information-containing wave, and a detector in the...
4238856 Fiber-optic acoustic sensor  
An optical fiber acoustical sensor for detecting sound waves in a fluid mum. An optical fiber coil through which a light beam is transmitted is placed in a fluid medium. A sound wave propagating...
4224482 Mobile microphone-transmitter assembly  
A mobile microphone-transmitter assembly is disclosed which comprises a microphone, a plurality of infrared light emitting devices, electrical apparatus connected between the microphone and the...
4187404 Telephone set for optical fibers lines  
A telephone set for optical fibers lines having a coupler for directing a first part of the light received from the input optical fiber on a photo-cell and a second part of this light on a...
4166932 Optical microphone with rectangular fiber optics  
An acousto-optic transducer which may be employed in a telephone subscriber instrument is described in which movement of a diaphragm varies the degree of coupling between the ends of two...
4016556 Optically encoded acoustic to digital transducer  
A transducer converts an acoustic signal into a digital pulse code signal through optical encoding techniques. A pulsed light source emits a beam of light along a predetermined path. A digital...
3622791 MICROPHONE CIRCUIT FOR DIRECT CONVERSION OF SOUND SIGNALS INTO PULSE MODULATED ELECTRIC SIGNALS  
A microphone for converting sound vibrations into a train of electrical pulses and comprising a vibratory flexible diaphragm receiving the sound pressure of sound signals on one of its surfaces,...
3470329 INTERFEROMETER MICROPHONE  
3286032 Digital microphone  
2835744 Microphone  
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