Acoustic Noise-Cancellation Development
The idea of
personal noise protection by actively controlled headphones was originally documented in a 1960 Russian patent application.
[1][2] In the United States,
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Lawrence J. Fogel as early as the mid 1950s
U.S. Patent 2,866,848,
U.S. Patent 2,920,138,
U.S. Patent 2,966,549 and Canadian patent 631,136. According to Bose, the company started noise-cancellation involvement after Dr.
Amar Bose went on a 1978 flight to Europe, utilized the headphones provided during the flight only to conclude that he couldn't really enjoy the sound with the roar of engines in the background."
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In 1986, Bose applied their noise-cancellation technology to develop headphones to protect the hearing of pilots participating in the first non-stop around-the-world flight.
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One source notes that "nearly simultaneously,
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Sennheiser in Germany presented active headsets for aircraft pilots,"
[1] citing a 1986
American Society of Mechanical Engineers paper about the Bose product and a 1988
Funkschau (see
de:Funkschau) paper about the Sennheiser. Bose's first noise-cancelling headsets were released to the public in 1989.
After about 10 years of research and development Bose released their first consumer level noise reducing headphones for pilots called the
Aviation Headset, released in 1989. The current revision provides active equalization as well as active noise reduction.
Like all such technology,
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As with all active noise cancellation technologies,
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