Project
# | Title | Team Members | TA | Documents | Sponsor |
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68 | Stereo Phase Corrector: Stereo-way to Heaven |
David Simley Rosemary Montgomery |
Kyle Michal | design_document1.pdf design_document2.pdf design_document3.pdf final_paper1.pdf presentation1.pptx proposal1.pdf proposal2.pdf |
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Names: Dave Simley and Rosemary Montgomery NetID: simley2, rjmontg2 Web Board Post: https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece445/pace/view-topic.asp?id=30822 Listening to music through a nice stereo can really brighten the atmosphere. Whether it's a quiet Sunday or an evening with friends, music can complement many occasions. What one may not realize, however, is that interference patterns greatly affect the quality of the sound. Say someone has a stereo in their living room, but likes to listen to music while preparing food in the kitchen. Destructive phase relationships can cause the listener to hear music that's tinnier and lacking warmth. What we are proposing is a four speaker array which we can use to “steer” the sound into a single direction. Our design will use one or more IR sensing cameras to detect where the listener is in the room and apply a linear time delay to the speakers to direct the sound towards the listener. The array of speakers create overlapping signals with the peak intensity of sound across all frequencies extending out along a line directly from the center of the array. By applying a linear time delay across the array, the line of peak intensity steers away from the center at an angle which changes the direction. With the help of IR sensors, we can track where a person is in the room and use this information to adjust how much we need to angle our line of peak intensity so that it runs through our listener. Our main reach goal is to incorporate Bluetooth into our project. For example, we would use Bluetooth as the method of inputting music into our speaker array. We could also use Bluetooth to adjust the volume and sound, as well as turn the IR tracking capabilities on and off. |