1. A loudspeaker suspension, comprising:
a body formed of a weave fabric, the body having an outer region and a central region;
a warp region extending substantially from the central region to the outer region;
a weft region orthogonal to the warp region and extending substantially from the central region to the outer region; and
a region between the warp region and the weft region, wherein at least a portion of the warp and weft regions of the weave fabric includes a stiffness-reducing treatment, so that the warp and weft regions have a greater amount of stiffness-reducing treatment than the region between the warp and weft regions.
2. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the region between the warp and weft regions includes the stiffness-reducing treatment, and wherein the warp and weft regions have a disproportionate application of the stiffness-reducing treatment as compared to the region between the warp and weft regions.
3. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment reduces the effects of non-axisymmetric stiffness on the weave fabric of the body.
4. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment substantially equalizes a stress concentration between the warp and weft regions and the region between the warp and weft regions when a load is applied to the body.
5. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment is applied to the warp and weft regions so that the stiffness of the warp and weft regions is substantially the same as the stiffness of the region between the warp and weft regions.
6. The loudspeaker of claim 1, wherein the loudspeaker suspension comprises two warp regions and two weft regions, wherein the warp and weft regions are presented in alternation.
7. The loudspeaker of claim 6, wherein the two warp and two weft regions include the stiffness-reducing treatment, and the regions between the warp and weft regions do not include the stiffness-reducing treatment or include less stiffness-reducing treatment than the two warp and weft regions.
8. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment comprises rubber.
9. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein the portion of the warp and weft regions receiving the stiffness-reducing treatment are generally pie-shaped.
10. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment extends substantially from the central region to the outer region of the body within the warp and weft regions.
11. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the stiffness-reducing treatment varies across the warp and weft regions.
12. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein a region applied with the stiffness-reducing treatment includes a four-fold rotational symmetry shape.
13. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, wherein a region applied with the stiffness-reducing treatment includes a dihedral symmetry shape.
14. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, further comprising an opening at the central region of the body for receiving a voice coil.
15. The loudspeaker suspension of claim 1, where the central region includes at least a portion of the weave fabric, and wherein a voice coil is coupled to the portion of the weave fabric at the central region.
16. An electroacoustic transducer, comprising:
a basket;
a voice coil; and
a suspension element having an outer region coupled to the basket, and an inner region coupled to the voice coil;
the suspension element having a warp region, a weft region orthogonal to the warp region, and a region between the warp region and the weft region, at least a portion of the warp and weft regions having a stiffness-reducing treatment, such that the warp and weft regions have a stiffness that is substantially the same as a stiffness of the region between the warp and weft regions and such that the warp and weft regions have a greater amount of stiffness-reducing treatment than the region between the warp and weft regions.
17. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the suspension element is a spider.
18. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the suspension element is a surround.
19. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein at least a portion of the region between the warp and weft regions includes the stiffness-reducing treatment, and wherein the warp and weft regions have a disproportionate application of the stiffness-reducing treatment as compared to the at least one region between the warp and weft regions.
20. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment reduces the effects of non-axisymmetric stiffness on the suspension element.
21. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment substantially equalizes a stress concentration between the warp and weft regions and the at least one region between the warp and weft regions when a load is applied to the suspension element.
22. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment is applied to the warp and weft regions so that the stiffness of the warp and weft regions is substantially the same as the stiffness of the at least one region between the warp and weft regions.
23. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment comprises rubber.
24. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the portion of the warp and weft regions receiving the stiffness-reducing treatment are generally pie-shaped.
25. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment extends substantially from the inner region to the outer region of the suspension element within the warp and weft regions.
26. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein the thickness of the stiffness-reducing treatment varies across the warp and weft regions.
27. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein a region applied with the stiffness-reducing treatment includes a four-fold rotational symmetry shape.
28. The electroacoustic transducer of claim 16, wherein a region applied with the stiffness-reducing treatment includes a dihedral symmetry shape.
29. A method for forming a suspension element for an acoustic driver, comprising:
forming a body of a weave fabric, the body having an outer region and a central region;
selectively applying a stiffness-reducing treatment to at least one of a warp region and a weft region orthogonal to the warp region;
comparing a stress at the at least one warp and weft region and a stress at a region between the warp and weft regions; and
adjusting an amount of the stiffness-reducing treatment applied to the at least one warp and weft region until the stresses at the at least one warp and weft region and the region between the warp and weft regions, respectively, are substantially the same or within a predetermined threshold relative to each other.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein prior to the application of the stiffness-reducing treatment, impregnating the weave fabric with a resin.
31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:
positioning a mask over the body, the mask including openings aligned with, and exposing, the at least one warp and weft region to be applied with the stiffness-reducing treatment.
32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:
selectively applying the stiffness-reducing treatment to at least one region between the warp and weft regions, and wherein the mask includes multiple masks, which are positioned over the body to apply different amounts of the stiffness-reducing treatment to the warp and weft regions and the at least one region between the warp and weft regions, respectively.
33. The method of claim 29, wherein at least a portion of a region between the warp and weft regions includes the stiffness-reducing treatment, and wherein the at least one warp and weft region has a disproportionate application of the stiffness-reducing treatment as compared to the region between the warp and weft regions.
34. The method of claim 29, further comprising reducing the effects of non-axisymmetric stiffness on the weave fabric of the body in response to a selective application of the stiffness-reducing treatment on the body.
35. The method of claim 29, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment substantially equalizes a stress concentration between the at least one warp and weft region and at least one region between the warp and weft regions when a load is applied to the body.
36. The method of claim 29, wherein the stiffness-reducing treatment is applied to the at least one warp and weft region so that the stiffness of the at least one warp and weft region is substantially the same as the stiffness of at least one region between the warp and weft regions.
37. The method of claim 29, wherein the thickness of the stiffness-reducing treatment varies across the at least one warp and weft region.
38. A method for forming a suspension element for an acoustic driver, comprising:
forming a body of a weave fabric, the body having an outer region and a central region; and
selectively applying a stiffness-reducing treatment to at least one of a warp region and a weft region orthogonal to the warp region, wherein at least a portion of a region between the warp and weft regions includes the stiffness-reducing treatment, and wherein the at least one warp and weft region has a disproportionate application of the stiffness-reducing treatment as compared to the region between the warp and weft regions.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for translating a first language text entered into a computer application to a second language text, the method comprising:
intercepting, by a processor, the first language text during a display time;
translating, by the processor, the first language text to the second language text by performing at least one of a language dictionary look-up and a phonetic transliteration on the first language text; and
displaying, on a display device, the second language text, wherein the first language text is stored in ANSI format in a memory.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising intercepting the stored first language text upon retrieval by the computer application from a memory.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language text is entered into the computer application through a case sensitive text entry.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein a case normalized version of the first language text is stored in ANSI format in the memory.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second language text obtained from the phonetic transliteration of the first language text varies on the basis of the case in which the first language text is entered.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language and the second language have at least one phonetic mismatch.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the phonetic transliteration is performed on the first language text if the second language text is not obtained by the language dictionary look-up.
8. A language translation system for translating a first language text entered into a computer application to a second language text, the system comprising:
a memory comprising one or more program instruction modules, wherein the one or more program instruction modules comprise:
an interceptor module configured for intercepting the first language text during a display time,
a translator module configured for translating the first language text to the second language text by performing at least one of a language dictionary look-up and a phonetic transliteration on the first language text, and
a display interface module configured for displaying the second language text on a display device; and
a processor operable to execute the one or more program instruction modules.
9. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the computer application is ANSI-based.
10. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the interceptor module is further configured for initiating storage of the first language text in ANSI format in a memory.
11. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the interceptor module is further configured for intercepting the stored first language text upon retrieval by the computer application from a memory.
12. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the one or more program instruction modules further comprise a language grammar module configured for maintaining a grammar rule set for the phonetic transliteration on the first language text to obtain the second language text.
13. The language translation system of claim 8, wherein the one or more program instruction modules further comprise a language dictionary module configured for maintaining a look-up table, the look-up table comprising a first set of words and phrases in the first language and a second set of words and phrases in the second language, and wherein the second set of words and phrases correspond to a translation of the first set of words and phrases from the first language to the second language.
14. A computer program product for use with a computing device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for language translation, wherein the computer readable program code is executable by one or more processors in at least one computing device for:
intercepting a first language text during a display time, wherein the first language text was entered into a computer application;
translating the first language text to a second language text by performing at least one of a language dictionary look-up and a phonetic transliteration on the first language text; and
displaying the second language text on a display device, wherein the first language text is stored in ANSI format in a memory.
15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code is further executable by the one or more processors for intercepting the stored first language text upon retrieval by the computer application from the memory.
16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first language text was entered into the computer application through a case sensitive text entry.
17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein a case normalized version of the first language text is stored in ANSI format in the memory.
18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the second language text obtained from the phonetic transliteration of the first language text varies on the basis of the case in which the first language text is entered.
19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first language and the second language have at least one phonetic mismatch.
20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the phonetic transliteration is performed on the first language text if the second language text is not obtained by the language dictionary look-up.