Loud Noise Environments
While rain, dust, heat and cold might be common considerations for challenging rugged environments, an often overlooked obstacle to computer field use is noise. Operation in the field will have a rugged laptop or tablet user often competing with noise in both hearing their computer audio as well as utilizing the microphone(s.) Something as simple as a lawn mower can generate 90 decibels or more of noise, making utilizing speakers and microphones of a consumer grade laptop next to impossible.
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK Audio
Understanding that the rugged computer would be likely to be utilized in loud environments, Panasonic has designed the TOUGHBOOK line to overcome those obstacles. From background traffic noise when being used in a vehicle to forklift warehouse noise, a TOUGHBOOK speaker system is built to be heard in all but the noisiest of situations. The quietest speaker system in the TOUGHBOOK family is the smaller form factor fully rugged FZ-G2 TOUGHBOOK. The TOUGHBOOK G2 tops out at around 88db while the loudest - the TOUGHBOOK 40 can generate over 95db. While not able to compete with the noise of a jackhammer at around 100db or more, a TOUGHBOOK is well situated to be heard in most environments.
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK Microphones
While generating noise is certainly an important feature, a computers ability to receive and clean up audio is almost as important. Each rugged TOUGHBOOK features slightly different speaker configurations but all have been optimized to deliver the maximum of microphone fidelity. The most robust microphone system is featured on the FZ-40, which boasts an impressive tetra array microphone. The other TOUGHBOOK family including the FZ-55, FZ-G2 and CF-33 all feature dual array microphones. All current TOUGHBOOK computers are enabled with AI noise reduction. An AI enabled rugged laptop utilizes machine learning to reduce background noise for a operator utilizing the microphones, which yields a cleaner and higher fidelity recording.
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