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    SIDDARTHA INSTITUTE OF

    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOY, PUTTUR


    Accredited by NBA and NAAC with ‘A’ Grade

    DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

    Seminar
    on

    AUDIO SPOTLIGHTING
    Presented by

    P RASI ( 174E1A04B6)

    Guided By
    K.BHASKAR SIR
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
    CONTENTS

     Abstract
     Introduction
     Working Principle
     Block Diagram
     Block Diagram Explanation
     Advantages
     Applications
     Future Research
     Conclusion
     References
    ABSTRACT
     Audio spotlight is a very current technology that creates focused beam of sound similar to
    light beams coming out of a flash light.

     By shining sound to one site, particular listeners can be targeted with sound without others
    nearby hearing it.

    It uses an arrangement of non-linear acoustics and some fancy mathematics. But it is factual
    and is fine to knock and socks of any conventional loud speaker.

     This acoustic device comprise a speaker that fires out of earshot ultrasound pulses with very
    small wavelength which act in a manner very similar to that of a narrow column.

     The ultrasound beam acts as an airborne speaker and as the beam moves through the air
    gradual distortion takes place in an expected way due to the property of non-linearity of air.

     This results in audible components that can be precisely controlled and accurately
    predicted.Audio Spotlight is made up of an amplifier, a sound processor and the transducer
    INTRODUCTION

     Audio Spotlighting was invented by Dr. F. Joseph Pompei developed by


    American technology corporation.

     Uses ultrasonic wave as carrier signal.Audio spot lighting is a very


    recent technology that creates a focussed beams of sound similar to light
    beams coming out of a f lash light.

     Specific listeners can be targeted with sound without others nearby hearing
    it.

     It makes use of non-linearity property of air.


    INTRODUCTION
    .

    WHAT IS AUDIO SPOTLIGHTING?

     Simply audio spotlight looks like a disk-shaped loud speaker trailing a wire
    with a small laser guide beam mounted in the middle.

     When one points the flat side of the disk in your direction, you here
    whatever sound one’s chosen for you.

     Range of hearing 1.Human ear -20 Hz to20,000Hz.No single loud speaker


    can operate efficiently over such wide range of frequencies.

     By using this technology it is possible to design a perfect transducer which


    can work over a wide range of frequency which is audible to the human ear.
    Working principle

     The original low frequency sound wave such as human speech or music is applied
    into an audio spotlight emitter device.

     This low frequency signal is frequency modulated with ultrasonic frequencies range
    with wave length of few millimeters.

     Since the wavelength is smaller the beam angle will be around 3 degree, as a result
    the sound beam will be a narrow one with a small dispersion
    Audio spotlightemitter
    WORKING
     Due to the nonlinearity property of air new sounds are formed within the
    wave.

     The new frequencies (sounds) will be added into the sound wave by
    the air itself
    .
     The new sound signal generated will be corresponding to the original
    information signal with a frequency in the range of 20 Hz to 20 KHz .

     Since we cannot here the ultrasonic sound, we only hear the new
    sounds that are formed by the nonlinear action of the air
    BLOCK DIAGRAM EXPLANATION
    Block diagram explanation
    Components of audio spotlighting

     Power supply
     Frequency oscillator
     Modulator
     Audio signal processor
     Micro controller
     Ultrasonic amplifier
     transeducer.
    Advantages

    1. Power Supply: works off DC, ultra sonic amplifier requires 48v for working
    and low voltage for other components.
    2. Frequency oscillator: generates ultra sonic frequency signals (21,000 Hz to
    28,000Hz).
    3. Modulator : convert the source information into ultrasonic signals. In addition,
    error correction is needed to reduce distortion without loss of energy.
    4. Microcontroller: takes care of the functional management of the system.
    5. Audio signal processor: The audio signal is sent to an electronic signal
    processor circuit where equalization, dynamic range control, distortion
    control and precise modulation are performed to produce a good quality
    sound signal.
    6. Ultrasonic amplifier: High-efficiency ultrasonic power amplifies the frequency
    modulated wave in order to match the impedance of the integrated
    transducers. So that the output of the emitter will be more powerful and can
    cover more distance
    Advantages

    7.Transducer : It is1.27 cm thick and17”diameter.Produces audibility up to 200


    meters with better clarity of sound.
    • Has the ability of real time sound reproduction with zero lag
    . • These transducers are arranged in form of an array called parametric array in
    order to propagate the ultrasonic signals from the emitter and thereby to
    exploit the nonlinearity property of air
    Modes of listening

     Direct Mode:
    Requiresaclearlineofapproachfromthesoundsystemunittothepointwheretheli
    stenercanheartheaudio.
     Torestricttheaudioinaspecific areathismethodisappropriate.

     Projected mode:
     Forthismodeofoperationthesoundbeamfromanemitter ismadetoref
    lectfromaref lectingsurface.
     Avirtualsoundsourcecreatesanillusionofsoundsource
    thatemanatesfromasurface.
     Thismethodisappropriatewhenwewanttosendthe
    informationtoalargenumberofpeople.
    Advantages

     Small size
     Single source
     Ultimate control in audioplacement
     Minimizes noise pollution
     Ease of installation
     Lowest maintenancecost
     reduced feedback
    Applications

    Museumsand Art galleries


    Military Applications
    Libraries
    Automobiles
    Emergency Rescues
    Public Announcements
    Future research
    Conclusion

     Audio spotlighting system is going to shape the future of sound and will serve
    our ears with magical experience. So we can conclude-Audio Spotlighting
    really “put sound where you want it” and will be
    “A REAL BOON TO THE FUTURE.”.
    REFERENCE
     F . Joseph Pompei. The use of airborne ultrasonicfor generating audible sound
    beams. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, P. J. Westervelt. Parametric
    acoustic array. Journal of the Acoustical Society ofAmerica.

     [2]AUDIO SPOTLIGHT by Ayushi Kaushik, Jyoti Pandey, Neha


    tomarInternational Journal Of Advance Research In Science And Engineering
    IJARSE, Vol. No.2, Issue No.10, October 2013.

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