Patents Examined by Oyesola C Ojo
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Patent number: 11966261Abstract: In a display assistant device, a speaker is mounted in a waveguide structure which is at least partially disposed beneath a display screen. The waveguide structure is mounted in an exterior housing which includes speaker grills distributed on a plurality of surfaces of the exterior housing, permitting sound waves from the speaker to be projected outside the exterior housing. A cover structure is disposed on top of the waveguide structure to conceal the waveguide structure and speaker within the exterior housing. The cover structure has a tilted bottom surface configured to be suspended above the waveguide structure and to be separated by a first space. Sound waves projected from an upper portion of the speaker are reflected by the tilted bottom surface and are guided through the first space to exit the device from a speaker grill portion located on a rear side of the exterior housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: James Nelson Castro, Carl Alexander Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng, Darren Torrie, Frances Maria Hui Hong Kwee, Rex Pinegar Price
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Patent number: 11962960Abstract: A sound component assembly includes: a sealing portion provided in a sound passage connected to a sound hole of an electronic device to surround a portion of the sound passage and contact at least a portion of a printed circuit board (PCB) having a sound module mounted thereon; and a cover portion disposed to face the PCB outside the sealing portion, wherein the sealing portion may include a first material, the cover portion may include a second material, and the second material may have a greater hardness than a hardness of the first material.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyungwoo Lee, Jongchun Wee, Byounguk Yoon
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Patent number: 11962964Abstract: A headset includes a first earcup, a second earcup, and a headband. The headband includes a connecting member having a first end coupled to the first earcup and a second end coupled to the second earcup. A cushion is disposed below the connecting member. The cushion extends between the first end and the second end. The cushion includes a middle region configured to have a first density and adjacent side regions configured to have a second density that is higher than the first density.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Samer Richard Neergaard, Ronald W. Roberts
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Patent number: 11956592Abstract: The present disclosure provides an underwater speaker. The underwater speaker includes an outer shell, with a circuit board arranged inside, a speaker, and a lampshade with a first opening at the top. The speaker is electrically connected to the circuit board. The luminescent body is arranged on the circuit board. The luminescent body is oriented towards the interior of the lampshade, and a graphic mapping unit is formed on the lampshade. This embodiment uses the speaker to play audio and achieve the function of an underwater speaker. When the luminescent body emits light, the light can be mapped onto the water. This improves the multiplicity and effect of light and shadow, and meets users' needs for complex and multi-element light and shadow effects.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN HAIKE INNOVATION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gangbin Wan, Jianliang Xiong, Bin Xiong
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Patent number: 11950049Abstract: An acoustic reflector includes a reflection portion on which an elliptical reflection surface is formed, in which sound output from a speaker device that has an output position of the sound at or near one focal point on the elliptical reflection surface is reflected by the elliptical reflection surface, and the reflection portion has a size that reflects sound in a range of equal to or less than a nominal directional angle of the speaker device. As a result, because an outer shape of the reflection portion is formed to have a size in the range corresponding to the nominal directional angle of the speaker device, it is possible to reduce the size of the acoustic reflector.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Hayasaka, Daisaku Matsufuji, Tsutomu Toyoguchi
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Patent number: 11930319Abstract: The underwater ear pod system is a multifunctional device that allows a user to listen to music and other audio signals transmitted through a transmitting device during underwater activities, while keeping water out of the swimmer or diver's ear. To accomplish this, the system comprises a waterproof earplug device and a well-connected communicating system, wherein the transmitting device may be positioned outside the water body or maintained floating over the surface of the water body, depending on the activity of the user. Further, the device can have emergency SOS signals automatically sent at predetermined intervals or on an as-needed basis based on button/touch inputs to add a layer of safety for swimmer's or divers. Furthermore, the device is compact, thereby facilitating portability and ease of storage. Thus, the underwater ear pod system is a multifunctional and cost-efficient ear pod system that can make aquatic activities more enjoyable, convenient, and safe.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Rishi Sai Sadanandan
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Patent number: 11928385Abstract: In an example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method of a computing device may include determining whether a first mode or a second mode is selected. If the first mode is selected, the computing device connects a microphone to a sound processing logic. If the second mode is selected, the computing device disconnects the microphone from the sound processing logic and connecting an audio source to the sound processing logic.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventor: Richard Bramley
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Patent number: 11930320Abstract: A flexible vibration module is disclosed. The flexible vibration module includes a piezoelectric composite layer, including: a plurality of piezoelectric portions each having a piezoelectric characteristic, where at least two of the plurality of piezoelectric portions have different sizes; and a flexible portion between the plurality of piezoelectric portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: YongWoo Lee, Yong-Su Ham, Taeheon Kim, Sung-Eui Shin
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Patent number: 11924607Abstract: An acoustic waterproof structure is provided according to the present application, which includes a casing, a waterproof breathable film, a stretchable material piece and a rigid supporting piece. A casing sound hole is provided on the casing, one side of the waterproof breathable film is sealed and connected to the casing and covers the casing sound hole, and the other side of the waterproof breathable film abuts against the stretchable material piece. A stretchable material piece sound hole is provided on the stretchable material piece; at least one through hole is provided on the rigid supporting piece, one side of the rigid supporting piece is sealed and connected to the casing and extrudes the stretchable material piece, and the other side of the rigid supporting piece is configured to connect to an acoustic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GOERTEK INC.Inventors: Qinglei Luan, Yang Yang
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Patent number: 11917347Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include: a housing including a cover and at least one first opening; a first acoustic module comprising a speaker disposed in an internal space of the housing; and at least one path configured to guide sound signals generated by the first acoustic module to an outside, the at least one path including: a first space defined by the first acoustic module and at least a portion of the housing; a second space connecting the first space to the first opening and configured to guide a sound signal having a first frequency band toward the first opening; and a third space connecting the first space to a second opening at least partially provided between the housing and the cover and configured to guide a sound signal having a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band toward the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Heecheul Moon, Sangyoup Seok, Kwonho Son, Jongchul Choi
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Patent number: 11912206Abstract: An apparatus includes, among other things, a spare tire cover comprising an attaching ring configured to surround an outer circumference of a tire and a center panel that is attached to the attaching ring. At least one exciter is mounted to the center panel. A method includes, among other things, molding at least one temperature sensor to a center panel, mounting the center panel to enclose one open side of an attaching ring to form a spare tire cover, and mounting at least one exciter to the center panel to selectively generate a desired sound.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Annette Lynn Huebner, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Jeffrey Robert Seaman
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Patent number: 11910155Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a MEMS speaker including a housing with a receiving space; a MEMS speaker chip with an inner cavity, accommodated in the receiving space and connected with the housing, the MEMS speaker chip dividing the receiving space into a first cavity and a second cavity communicating with the inner cavity; a sound hole communicating with the first cavity or the second cavity; and a damping mesh connected to the housing and covering the sound hole; wherein sounds emitted by the MEMS speaker chip transmit outward through the sound hole and the damping mesh. Compared with the related art, MEMS speaker disclosed by the present disclosure has a better reliability.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: AAC Kaital Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTDInventors: Qiang Dan, Yiwei Zhou, Yu Shen, Yang Li
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Patent number: 11910146Abstract: Disclosed is an open earphone, comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook may include a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion may be hung between the auricle of a user and the head of the user, the second portion may extend toward a front outer side of the auricle and connect the sound production component, and the sound production component may be located close to the ear canal but not block the opening of the ear canal; wherein the sound production component and the auricle may have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively, a centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction, a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be within a range of 0.25-0.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Zhang, Peigeng Tong, Guolin Xie, Yongjian Li, Jiang Xu, Tao Zhao, Duoduo Wu, Ao Ji, Xin Qi
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Patent number: 11902751Abstract: Various implementations include portable speakers with detachable wireless transmitters. In some particular aspects, a portable speaker includes an enclosure housing: at least one electro-acoustic transducer for providing an audio output, a processor coupled with the at least one transducer; an audio input module coupled with the processor for receiving audio input signals; and an input channel for receiving a hard-wired audio input connection at the enclosure; at least one wireless transmitter detachably housed in the enclosure and in communication with a corresponding wireless input channel for receiving audio input from a source device.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Craig Jackson, Thomas Daly, David Ostrer, Randy Kulchy, Benjamin C. Lippitt, James F. Martin, David L Pepin, Jayesh Dilip Sarode
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Patent number: 11902729Abstract: A compact electronic device has a touch sensor and/or a microphone that are concealed within a housing at least partially wrapped by an acoustically porous cover. In some implementations, the touch sensor includes a sensing portion and a contact portion extending from the sensing portion. While the sensing portion is placed in proximity to an interior surface of the housing to detect a touch on the housing, the contact portion is bent to electrically couple the sensing portion to a circuit board via two distinct electrical paths. In some implementations, an exterior surface of the housing includes a sealing area surrounding an aperture on the housing, and the acoustically porous cover is affixed to the sealing area via an adhesive. The adhesive covers the sealing area and permeates a thickness of the acoustically porous cover, thereby enabling formation of a controlled sound path to access the microphone via the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Justin Richard Wodrich, Timothy Michael Vanderet, Daniel David Sachs, Jung Geun Tak, Laurie Kwan
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Patent number: 11895464Abstract: A MEMS speaker includes a substrate, a vibration sounding portion and a baffle plate with a through hole. The baffle plate, the substrate and the vibration sounding portion form a sounding inner cavity, and a volume of the sounding inner cavity can adjust a resonant frequency of the sounding inner cavity, so that the resonance frequency of the sounding inner cavity resonate with a preset frequency of the MEMS speaker. A speaker assembly structure further provided includes a speaker, a fixing portion, and a baffle plate, the speaker and the baffle plate together enclose and form a sounding inner cavity, the fixing portion and the speaker are fixedly connected together and form a sealing structure. A sound pressure level of the MEMS speaker and the speaker assembly structure is high and harmonic distortion of the MEMS speaker and the speaker assembly structure is small.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Shen, Shiyang Cheng, Yiwei Zhou, Qiang Dan, Yang Li
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Patent number: 11889262Abstract: Techniques are described for an in-ear audio system that delivers high quality sound into an ear canal of the user using two or more waveguides. Each of the waveguides may deliver sound output by individual drivers to a consolidation zone. The sound may be mixed at the consolidation zone and delivered to the ear canal of the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Epix Audio, LLCInventors: Rocky Lain Hardie, Hyeon Lee
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Patent number: 11889249Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing, an audio component, and a gasket. The housing can define a first internal volume and the audio component can define a second internal volume. The audio component can include membrane and a venting element having a fluid impermeable layer. The venting element can define a fluid path placing the first internal volume and the second internal volume in fluid communication. At least a portion of the fluid path can extend parallel to the fluid impermeable layer. The gasket can define a seal between the first internal volume and an ambient environment adjacent the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Andrew L. Doyle, Nikolas T. Vitt, Yingyi Wang, David W. Robison
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Patent number: 11882404Abstract: A mobile communications device that does not have a physical opening on the screen for audio is operable to transmit a signal to which a photoacoustic effect can be employed by interaction with water vapor in an ear of a user so as to generate audio in the ear or the immediate vicinity of the user's ear. Related methods, apparatuses, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: AMS AGInventors: Martin Muenzer, Peter Trattler
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Patent number: 11871178Abstract: An electronic device comprises a housing including a window member facing a first direction, a rear housing facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a side member encompassing the space between the window member and the rear housing. The electronic device also includes a display that is visible through at least a part of the window member and a speaker assembly disposed in the space. The speaker assemble includes a speaker diaphragm. The side member includes a resonance space including a shape a recessed form in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction or the second direction. A through hole is formed in the third direction in a part of the resonance space that is closer to the rear housing than to the window member. A part of the resonance space can be disposed so as to overlap the speaker diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiwoong Park, Hyeonjoong Kim, Sungeun Park