Patents Examined by Amir H Etesam
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Patent number: 11696080Abstract: Provided is a bone conduction hearing aid device, including: a housing, a piezoelectric vibration assembly and a vibration transmission element, the piezoelectric vibration assembly and the vibration transmission element are both arranged in the housing, a first end of the vibration transmission element is connected with the piezoelectric vibration assembly, a second end of the vibration transmission element is connected with the housing, and the housing includes a vibration output portion that outputs vibration through contact.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Sonitus Medical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yang Ji, Qiangling Pu
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Patent number: 11683629Abstract: Provided is an eartip which stably fixes a position of an earphone and includes a body part that has a hollow cylinder structure corresponding to an outer circumferential surface of the earphone, having a binding groove recessed to a predetermined depth in an annular structure along an inner circumferential surface of the body part, and being made of a first material, an upper end connection part that is formed in an integrated structure with an upper end of the body part, and a lower end formation part that is formed in an integrated structure from a lower end of the umbrella structure formation part, has a hollow cylinder structure extending downward to a predetermined height while surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the body part and spaced a predetermined distance from the outer circumferential surface of the body part.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: AZLA Inc.Inventor: Sang Won Lee
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Patent number: 11683622Abstract: The present invention is provided with a fabric (11) for covering an ear pad (101) and a ring-shaped member (15) that is formed separately from the fabric (11) and acts in a direction towards the inner peripheral surface of the ear pad (101) from a recessed space (105) formed between the ear pad (101) in order to fix a portion of the fabric (11) to the inner peripheral surface of the ear pad (101) or its vicinity. The ear pad (101) is covered with the fabric (11) in a state in which the opening peripheral edge portion of the fabric (11) is fixed by elastic webbing (13) to the outer peripheral surface of the ear pad (101) or a housing (102), while a portion of the fabric (11) is fixed to a bottom portion of the inner peripheral surface of the ear pad (101) by the ring-shaped member (15).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: FIFTY SQUARE INC.Inventor: Masayuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 11678125Abstract: One implementation of a sensing method includes: correlating a receive signal with a waveform template to obtain a correlation signal in which echoes would be represented as peaks; and varying the waveform template based on time elapsed from a measurement start time.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Tomas Suchy, Pavel Kostelnik, Marek Hustava
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Patent number: 11671771Abstract: A hearing device adapted for use by a wearer comprises an audio streaming circuit configured to receive electromagnetic audio streaming via a first communication link. A configuration circuit is configured to receive configuration parameters via a second communication link different from the first communication link for configuring the hearing device to receive the electromagnetic audio streaming. Control circuitry of the hearing device configures the hearing device to enable reception of the electromagnetic audio streaming in accordance with the received configuration parameters.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Greg Haubrich, Stephen Paul Flood, Justin R. Burwinkel, Michael Karl Sacha, Yezihalem Mesfin, Fred Mustiere, Jumana Harianwala, Donald James Reynolds, Swapan Gandhi
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Patent number: 11671744Abstract: This application provides a wearable device. The wearable device includes a bearing body and a Bluetooth headset. An accommodating slot is disposed on the bearing body, a first locking component is disposed on the Bluetooth headset, and a second locking component is disposed on the bearing body. The Bluetooth headset is accommodated in the accommodating slot. The first locking component can be locked with the second locking component. The Bluetooth headset includes an operation portion. The operation portion is configured to: unlock the first locking component and the second locking component, and push the unlocked Bluetooth headset out of the accommodating slot. The wearable device in this application can directly accommodate the Bluetooth headset, to provide more convenience to a user.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Rongguang Yang, Zhi Guo, Jie Li, Menglong Zhao, Bin Zhang, Yanguo He, Yuliang Yao, Kelin Li
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Patent number: 11665487Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a contact hearing system including: an ear tip including a transmit circuit having a first Q value, wherein the ear tip includes a transmit coil wound on a ferrite core; a contact hearing device including a receive circuit having a second Q value, wherein the first Q value is greater than the second Q value; a receive coil positioned on the contact hearing device, wherein the receive coil includes a core of a non-ferromagnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Earlens CorporationInventors: Lawrence W. Arne, Konstadinos Hatzianestis, Stuart W. Wenzel
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Patent number: 11665463Abstract: Various aspects include wearable audio devices and related systems. In particular implementations, a wearable audio device includes: a base having: an acoustic transducer; a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer; and terminals for connecting a power source; and a first cap including: an antenna; and a battery including terminals for connecting with the terminals in the base, where the first cap is removably coupled to the base.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Mitchell Joseph Silva, Joel Henry Miller, Louis Gwo-chung Chen, Naganagouda Patil, Kendra Jean Winn, Maureen Margaret Brenner
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Patent number: 11665494Abstract: One of the main objects of the present invention is to provide a bone conduction microphone with simplified structure and easier manufacturing process. To achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention provides a bone conduction microphone, including: a housing; a circuit board opposite to the housing; and a vibration assembly locating between the housing and the circuit board. The vibration assembly includes a vibration membrane made of high temperature resistant dustproof breathable material, a weight fixed to the vibration membrane, and a first cavity formed between the vibration membrane and the circuit board. The bone conduction microphone further includes a pressure assembly locating between the vibration assembly and the circuit board for detecting a pressure change generated in the first cavity and converting the pressure change into an electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tingting Hong, Xing Yu, Xingfu Chen
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Patent number: 11659341Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen
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Asymmetrical high-frequency waveguide, 3-axis rigging, and spherical enclosure for surround speakers
Patent number: 11659321Abstract: Embodiments are described for a high-frequency waveguide that improves the performance of large-scale surround sound and immersive audio environments. A horn waveguide is configured to be asymmetric about one of a vertical axis and horizontal axis of the waveguide to form an asymmetric horn waveguide. A spherical enclosure surrounds the asymmetric horn waveguide to form a horn speaker, and a three-axis mounting system is configured to fix the horn speaker to one of a wall or ceiling surface of the venue, wherein the mounting system facilitates rotating the horn speaker to a location that provides maximum coverage of the venue within the passband of the asymmetric horn waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Garth Norman Showalter, Mario Di Cola, John Michael Gott, Patrick Ross Spurlock, Gregory Lynn Carney, Bryce Joseph Gott -
Patent number: 11653151Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speaker device. The speaker device may include a core housing, a circuit housing, an ear hook, and a housing sheath. The circuit housing may be configured to accommodate a control circuit or a battery. The control circuit or the battery may be configured to drive an earphone core to vibrate to generate a sound. The core housing may be configured to accommodate the earphone core. The core housing may include a housing front panel facing a human body and a housing rear panel opposite to the housing front panel. The earphone core may be configured to cause the housing front panel and the housing rear panel to vibrate. Vibration of the housing front panel may have a first phase, and vibration of the housing rear panel may have a second phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Chaowu Li, Yongjian Li, Yueqiang Wang
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Patent number: 11653136Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speaker device including a core housing. The core housing may accommodate an earphone core. An absolute value of a difference between a first phase of a vibration of a housing panel of the core housing caused by the earphone core and a second phase of the housing back of the core housing caused by the earphone core may be less than 60 degrees when a frequency of each of the vibration of the housing panel and the vibration of the housing back is between 2000 Hz and 3000 Hz. A button may be disposed at a button hole on the circuit housing, and move relative to the button hole to generate a control signal for a control circuit to cause the earphone core to vibrate to generate a sound. An elastic pad may be disposed between the button and the button hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Chaowu Li, Zhuyang Jiang, Fen You
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Patent number: 11653160Abstract: An apparatus includes a support configured to be worn on a head of a recipient and to hold at least one device next to the recipient's skull. The at least one device provides information to the recipient. The support is configured to generate a force that presses against the head and to actively adjust the force while the support is worn by the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Per Hillström, Kristian Gunnar Asnes
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Patent number: 11647346Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a hearing aid device. The hearing aid device may comprise at least one sound transmitter configured to collect a sound signal and convert the sound signal into an electrical signal, a signal processing circuit configured to generate a control signal by processing the electrical signal, at least one vibration loudspeaker configured to convert the control signal into a vibration signal, and a housing structure configured to accommodate at least one of the at least one sound transmitter, the signal processing circuit, or the at least one vibration loudspeaker, wherein the control signal may include an original signal and an air-conducted sound leakage signal generated from the at least one vibration loudspeaker, and a difference between the air-conducted sound leakage signal received by the at least one sound transmitter and the original signal may not be larger than ?33 dB.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Junjiang Fu, Huifang Tang
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Patent number: 11641538Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speaker device including a circuit housing, an ear hook, a rear hook, and a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly may include a headphone core and a housing for accommodating the headphone core, the housing may include a housing panel facing a human body and a housing back opposite to the housing panel, and the headphone core may cause the housing panel and the housing back to vibrate. An absolute value of a difference between a first phase of a vibration of the housing panel and a second phase of a vibration of the housing back may be less than 60 degrees when a frequency of each of the vibration of the housing panel and the vibration of the housing back is between 2000 Hz and 3000 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Zhang, Yongjian Li, Wenbing Zhou, Jinbo Zheng, Zhuyang Jiang, Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao
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Patent number: 11638107Abstract: A hearing device and related methods are disclosed. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising a wall, a microphone inlet comprising a through-going opening, a microphone arranged within the housing for receiving audio via the microphone inlet, a first filter device comprising a first filter material, the first filter device being arranged at the microphone, and a second filter device substantially having the shape of a torus or a hollow cylinder and comprising a second filter material, the second filter device being arranged at the wall, wherein the first filter device is arranged between the microphone and the second filter device, and wherein the through-going opening comprises an outer recess in an outer surface of the wall, wherein the second filter device is arranged in the outer recess.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: GN HEARING A/SInventors: Andreas Tiefenau, Timea Denisa Merca, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
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Patent number: 11638105Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen
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Patent number: 11632619Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker apparatus may include an ear hook, a core housing, and a circuit housing. The ear hook may include a first plug end and a second plug end. The ear hook may be surrounded by a protective sleeve. The protective sleeve may be made of an elastic waterproof material. The core housing may be used for accommodating an earphone core. The core housing may be fixed to the first plug end and elastically abutted against the protective sleeve. The circuit housing may be used for accommodating a control circuit or a battery. The circuit housing may be fixed to the second plug end. The control circuit or the battery may drive the earphone core to vibrate. The vibration of the earphone core may generate a driving force to drive a housing panel of the core housing to vibrate. The driving force may be not parallel to a normal line of the housing panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Chaowu Li, Yongjian Li
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Patent number: 11632637Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen