Patent ID: 8254560

Claim:
An oscillation-echo preventing circuit for use in two-way communication equipment or in one-way communication apparatuses, said circuit comprising: a microphone/speaker unit including: a main body having at least two inside spaces filled with a fluid, at least two microphones arranged in the main body and sealing the first inside space from an outside space and from the second inside space, and a speaker or an earphone sealing the first inside space and the outside space from each other; a voltage-canceling circuit for canceling voltages of audio receive signals; a voltage-changing circuit for distributing the voltages of audio signals received from the microphones; and a control circuit for controlling the voltage-changing circuit and including: a rectifying circuit connected to receive a part of the audio receive signal coming from the voltage-canceling circuit and to convert the voltage of the audio receive signal to a ripple current, an integrating circuit connected to the rectifying circuit and configured to generate a direct-current signal, a memory circuit connected to the integrating circuit and configured to store data representing the voltage of the direct-current signal only when the voltage contains the audio receive signal and no audio transmit signal, a comparing circuit connected to the memory circuit and configured to compare the output voltage of the memory circuit with a reference voltage, and inverting amplifier circuits connected to the comparing circuit and configured to output a control signal to the voltage-changing circuit, causing one microphone to generate a large output when the other microphone outputs a small output, and to generate a small output when the other microphone generates a large output, wherein the microphones are configured to detect, at the same time, the vibration of the fluid, caused by an audio receive signal in the first inside space, and the vibration of the fluid, caused by an audio transmit signal coming from the outside space, the speaker or earphone is configured to apply sound into the first inside space and the outside space at the same time, the voltage-canceling circuit is configured to cancel the voltages of the audio receive signals coming from the microphones, thereby generating an output of minimum magnitude, the sum of the voltages of the received audio signals automatically becomes minimal when the sum of the received audio signals is not fully minimal at the time of detecting the vibration of the fluid, caused by the audio receive signals in the first inside space, because the components of the voltage-canceling circuit undergo temperature change and aging in changing environment.