Analysis and calibration of system errors in steerable parametric loudspeakers

By adjusting a set of delay amounts and amplitudes of the ultrasonic transducer (primary source) array in parametric loudspeakers, the directional sound beam can be steered within a range of predefined angles. This beamsteering characteristic of parametric loudspeakers has been proposed in theory an...

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Main Authors: Gan, Woon-Seng, Shi, Chuang.
Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85073
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12659
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Shi, Chuang.
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description By adjusting a set of delay amounts and amplitudes of the ultrasonic transducer (primary source) array in parametric loudspeakers, the directional sound beam can be steered within a range of predefined angles. This beamsteering characteristic of parametric loudspeakers has been proposed in theory and validated by measurements. In particular, the locations of the mainlobe and grating lobes can be predicted within a certain degree of accuracy in theory. However, errors incur in different stages of implementation. Thus, mismatches are observed between theoretical and measured beampatterns. In this paper, four types of system errors are analyzed for the primary-frequency waves and the difference-frequency waves based on the phased array theory and the product directivity principle, respectively. The degraded beampatterns which are caused by system errors are analyzed and calibrated by using a combined optimization approach of Monte Carlo method and nonlinear least squares method. Experimental results are presented to show the advantage of the proposed calibration method that leads to significant reduction of mismatch between theoretical and measured beampatterns at both the primary frequency and the difference frequency.
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spelling ntu-10356/850732020-03-07T13:57:25Z Analysis and calibration of system errors in steerable parametric loudspeakers Gan, Woon-Seng Shi, Chuang. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering By adjusting a set of delay amounts and amplitudes of the ultrasonic transducer (primary source) array in parametric loudspeakers, the directional sound beam can be steered within a range of predefined angles. This beamsteering characteristic of parametric loudspeakers has been proposed in theory and validated by measurements. In particular, the locations of the mainlobe and grating lobes can be predicted within a certain degree of accuracy in theory. However, errors incur in different stages of implementation. Thus, mismatches are observed between theoretical and measured beampatterns. In this paper, four types of system errors are analyzed for the primary-frequency waves and the difference-frequency waves based on the phased array theory and the product directivity principle, respectively. The degraded beampatterns which are caused by system errors are analyzed and calibrated by using a combined optimization approach of Monte Carlo method and nonlinear least squares method. Experimental results are presented to show the advantage of the proposed calibration method that leads to significant reduction of mismatch between theoretical and measured beampatterns at both the primary frequency and the difference frequency. 2013-07-31T08:00:49Z 2019-12-06T15:56:32Z 2013-07-31T08:00:49Z 2019-12-06T15:56:32Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Shi, C.,& Gan, W. S. (2012). Analysis and calibration of system errors in steerable parametric loudspeakers. Applied Acoustics, 73(12), 1263-1270. 0003-682X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85073 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12659 10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.04.003 en Applied acoustics
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title Analysis and calibration of system errors in steerable parametric loudspeakers
title_full Analysis and calibration of system errors in steerable parametric loudspeakers
title_fullStr Analysis and calibration of system errors in steerable parametric loudspeakers
title_full_unstemmed Analysis and calibration of system errors in steerable parametric loudspeakers
title_short Analysis and calibration of system errors in steerable parametric loudspeakers
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