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Sound field control in the automotive environment

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Automotive Acoustics Conference 2015

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Sound field control involves the generation and manipulation of acoustic fields using electroacoustic transducers [1]. This encompasses spatial audio reproduction [2], zonal sound control [3], active absorption or reflection of sound [4], and active noise control [5]. In all of these technologies either loudspeakers or structural-acoustic actuators are used to produce a sound field with a controlled spatial and temporal distribution. For example, in the context of spatial audio an array of loudspeakers may be driven to reconstruct a pre-defined sound field, such as that experienced in a concert hall during an orchestral performance [6].

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Cheer, J., Elliott, S.J., Jung, W. (2019). Sound field control in the automotive environment. In: Siebenpfeiffer, W. (eds) Automotive Acoustics Conference 2015. Proceedings. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27648-5_9

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