Patent ID: 6264603
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: A61N,H04R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of transducing a mechanical vibration of an auditory element into at least one electrical signal, the method comprising the steps of:positioning a first input transducer to transduce a first directional component of the mechanical vibration into a first electrical signal;positioning a second input transducer to transduce a second directional component of the mechanical vibration into a second electrical signal, wherein the first and second directional components of the mechanical vibration are nonidentical; andcombining the first and second electrical signals to provide a resulting combined electrical signal including:squaring each of the first and second electrical signals to provide resulting first and second squared electrical signals;summing each of the first and second squared electrical signals to provide a resulting sum-of-squares signal; andtaking the square root of the sum-of-squares signal to provide a resulting combined electrical signal.