Patent ID: 8284952

Claim:
A method for modeling a device that converts sound waves into analog and digital signals, the device including a plurality of capsules for generating respective capsule signals representing sound waves, the method comprising: combining the capsule signals to generate a plurality of combined capsule signals, each having a specific directivity pattern; synthesizing the combined capsule signals to generate a synthesized directivity pattern using a weighted value between selected combinations of combined capsule signals; deriving a directivity factor for an overall signal resulting from the steps of combining and synthesizing; comparing the derived directivity factor with a stipulated value that corresponds to a desired directivity pattern; and adjusting the weighted value based on the comparison of the derived directivity factor with the stipulated value and repeating the steps of synthesizing the combined capsule signals, deriving the directivity factor, and comparing the directivity factor until the derived directivity factor is substantially the same as the stipulated value within predetermined limits.