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Audio Spotlighting Technology Explained

Audio spot lighting is a new technology that uses ultrasound to create narrow beams of sound that can target specific listeners without others hearing. It works by firing inaudible ultrasound pulses that distort in predictable ways as they move through air, producing audible sound only within the beam. Two main methods were developed - Audio Spotlight uses a sound processor, amplifier and transducer, while HyperSonic Sound is based on ultrasound. This directed audio technology promises many applications in entertainment, consumer electronics, and fields like messaging, home theater, and military uses.

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Audio Spotlighting Technology Explained

Audio spot lighting is a new technology that uses ultrasound to create narrow beams of sound that can target specific listeners without others hearing. It works by firing inaudible ultrasound pulses that distort in predictable ways as they move through air, producing audible sound only within the beam. Two main methods were developed - Audio Spotlight uses a sound processor, amplifier and transducer, while HyperSonic Sound is based on ultrasound. This directed audio technology promises many applications in entertainment, consumer electronics, and fields like messaging, home theater, and military uses.

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BSTRACT 

Audio spot lighting is a very recent technology that creates focused beams of sound similar to light
beams coming out of a flashlight. By Ëœshiningâ„¢ sound to one location, specific listeners can be
targeted with sound without others nearby hearing it. It uses a combination of non-linear acoustics
and some fancy mathematics. But it is real and is fine to knock the socks of any conventional loud
speaker. This acoustic device comprises a speaker that fires inaudible ultrasound pulses with very
small wavelength which act in a manner very similar to that of a narrow column. The ultra
sound beam acts as an airborne speaker and as the beam moves through the air
gradual distortion takes place in a predictable way due to the property of non-linearity of air. This
gives rise to audible components that can be accurately predicted and precisely controlled. Joseph
Pompeiâ„¢s Holosonic Research Labs invented the Audio Spotlight that is made of a sound
processor, an amplifier and the transducer. The American Technology Corporation developed the
HyperSonic Sound-based Directed Audio Sound 
System. Both use ultrasound based solutions to beam sound into a focused beam. Audio spotlight
can be either directed at a particular listener or to a point where it is reflected. 
The targeted or directed audio technology is going to a huge commercial market in entertainment
and consumer electronics and technology developers are scrambling to tap in to the market. Being
the most recent and dramatic change in the way we perceive sound since the invention of coil loud
speaker, audio spot light technology can do many miracles in various fields like Private messaging
system, Home theatre audio system, Navy and military applications, museum
displays, ventriloquist systems etc. 
Thus audio spotlighting helps us to control where sound comes from and where it goes! 
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