Audio Spotlighting

Anoob Hamza Mohammed | 1HM03EC006 | VIII

ECE |
Contents :

Introduction Advantages
How does It work? Disadvantages
History Limitations
The Inventor Applications
Why audio spotlight? Conclusion
The Audio spotlighting Bibliography
System
 Introduction :
What is Audio Spotlight ?
Audio Spotlighting is a very recent technology that
focuses a beam of sound to the intended audience.

The Audio Spotlight uses ultrasonic energy to create

extremely narrow beams of sound.
 Demonstration :
Now Let Us All
Watch A Video
To Understand
The
Effectiveness Of
Audio Spotlight
System. This
video is being
demonstrated by
Dr. F. Joseph
Pompei
wo Ways To Use Audio Spotlight:
Conventional Loudspeaker &
Audio Spotlighting Ultrasonic
Emitter
Range Of
Hearing :
The human ear is sensitive to frequencies from 20Hz
to 20KHz.

No single loud speaker element can operate efficiently

over this range of frequencies.

Hence the speaker manufacturers carve the audio

spectrum into smaller sections, which require multiple
transducers.
How does it work?

Audio spotlighting exploits the property of non-linearity

of air.

Sound may be projected to just about any desired

point in the listening environment.
Non-Linearity of
Air :
A device known as a parametric array employs the non-
linearity of the air to create audible by-products from
inaudible ultrasound.

The ultrasound column acts as an airborne speaker.

As the beam moves through the air, gradual distortion

takes place in a predictable way.

This gives rise to audible components.

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 History :
The US govt. worked on creating Ultrasonic sound for
using it as a weapon for many years unsuccessfully.
In 2000, Dr. F. Josef In 2002 Elwood Norris,
Pompei PhD (MIT) owner of American
created successfully a technology corporation
device which emits developed a similar
ultrasonic sound which technology which he called
he called Audio Spotlight. Hypersonic Sound.
The Inventor:
Dr. Joseph Pompei
Inventor of audio spotlight ™ .
Why Audio Spotlight?
The ability of Audio spotlight to direct or focus sound
into a tight beam, which no other audio reproduction
device available today provides.

Audio spotlight creates ultrasonic sound that travels in

a straight line rather than spreading out like lower
frequency sound.

The opportunities for applying this characteristic to the

reproduction of sound are limitless.
The Audio Spotlighting
System
3 Major Components

 A Thin,
Circular
Transducer
Array

 A Signal
Processor

 An Amplifier
Signal processor converts the music from
audio source to a highly complex ultrasonic
signal.

This signal is then amplified and emitted into

air by the transducer.
 • Its characteristics allow it to perform in ways conventional loudspeakers cannot

Advantages :

Focus sound where you want it and no place else.

Ultrasonic emitter devices are thin and flat and do not

require a mounting cabinet.

The focused or directed sound travels much farther in

a straight line than conventional loudspeakers
 • Its characteristics allow it to perform in ways conventional loudspeakers cannot

Applications :
Museums
Automobiles
Audio/video conferencing
Paging systems
Military applications
Helpful for blind people
Sound bullets
Virtual home theatre
Safety officials
 • Its characteristics allow it to perform in ways conventional loudspeakers cannot

Conclusion :
Besides consumer electronics, the entertainment industry is
expected to be influenced by this development.

Virtual reality, in large-scale applications, has been brought

another step closer.

Audio spotlighting technology can replace the bulkier,

inefficient speakers and provide far better results than we
ever heard.

With Audio spotlighting technology , hearing aids may

produce the entire audio spectrum and may also shrink in
size.
Bibliography :
M.Yonema and J.Humoto. The audio spotlight: An application of nonlinear
interaction of sound waves to a new type of loudspeaker design,
J. Acoustical Society of America,
vol. 73, no.5, pages 1532-1536, May 1983

Holosonics.com. 2002. (July 21, 2008)

http://www.holosonics.com/technology.html

Audiospotlights.com. 2005.
http://www.audiospotlights.com/index.html

www.howstuffworks.com
Any Queries ?

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You