Abstract: A method assists in playing sound of a graphical representation for an electronic communication between a first person with a first portable electronic device (PED) to a second person with a second PED. The method displays a first visual indication that when selected plays the sound of the graphical representation in stereo or mono sound and a second visual indication that when selected plays the sound of the graphical representation in binaural sound.

Abstract: A biodegradable microphone has a housing fabricated from a biodegradable ferromagnetic filament. The ferromagnetic filament is based on a biodegradable polymer having embedded magnetic materials. The housing has a body portion, an open first end and an opposite second end having a central opening. A permanent magnet is removably lodged within the central opening. The ferromagnetic filament and the magnet cooperate to produce a magnetic field within the housing interior. A biodegradable diaphragm is joined to the open first end of the housing. The diaphragm has an interior side facing the housing interior. A biodegradable coil is joined to the interior side and extends downward into the housing interior and is in proximity to the permanent magnet. Vibrations of the diaphragm cause a reciprocating motion of the coil within the magnetic field thereby inducing an electrical current in the coil.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a multi-stage sound and vibration sensor is provided. The multi-stage sound and vibration sensor includes a housing, a first piezo-diaphragm and a second piezo diaphragm. The first piezo-diaphragm and the second piezo-diaphragm are positioned in the housing to detect an input signal including audio or vibrations. The first piezo-diaphragm and the second piezo-diaphragm provide a first resonance frequency and a second resonance frequency in response to detecting the audio or the vibrations.

Abstract: A schematic block diagram of an audio encoder for encoding a multichannel audio signal is shown. The audio encoder includes a linear prediction domain encoder, a frequency domain encoder, and a controller for switching between the linear prediction domain encoder and the frequency domain encoder. The controller is configured such that a portion of the multichannel signal is represented either by an encoded frame of the linear prediction domain encoder or by an encoded frame of the frequency domain encoder. The linear prediction domain encoder includes a downmixer for downmixing the multichannel signal to obtain a downmixed signal. The linear prediction domain encoder further includes a linear prediction domain core encoder for encoding the downmix signal and furthermore, the linear prediction domain encoder includes a first joint multichannel encoder for generating first multichannel information from the multichannel signal.

Abstract: An electronic device including a holder, a first buffer element, a second buffer element and a loudspeaker is provided. The holder includes a first section and a second section perpendicular to the first section. The first section and the second section are respectively provided with a first opening and a second opening. The first buffer element is disposed in the first opening of the first section. The second buffer element is disposed in the second opening of the second section. The loudspeaker is supported on the housing by the holder. The first buffer element is connected to the loudspeaker, and the second buffer element is connected to the housing.

Abstract: A hearing aid, in particular a BTE hearing aid, includes a base part and an ear hook which can be attached to the base part. In an assembled state, the base part and the ear hook are connected by a nozzle and a receptacle. A sound channel runs through the nozzle. The nozzle has a circumferential outer wall and the receptacle has a circumferential inner wall. In the assembled state, a circumferential sealing ring having a thickness is disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall. The sealing ring lies in particular in an annular groove and the inner wall preferably has two reduction sections which compress the sealing ring.

Abstract: A method of personalizing one or more parameters of a processing algorithm for use in a hearing aid of a specific user comprises Performing a predictive test for estimating a hearing ability of the user when listening to signals having different characteristics; Analyzing results of said predictive test for said user and providing a hearing ability measure for said user; Selecting a specific processing algorithm of said hearing aid, Selecting a cost-benefit function related to said user's hearing ability in dependence of said different characteristics for said algorithm; and Determining, for said user, one or more personalized parameters of said processing algorithm in dependence of said hearing ability measure and said cost-benefit function.

Abstract: Bass reflex type loudspeaker enclosure comprising a cabinet, a loudspeaker and a first vent. The acoustic loudspeaker enclosure further comprises a second vent and an internal heat sink which is located inside the cabinet and intended to be thermally coupled to an electrical component in order to dissipate, inside the cabinet, heat produced by the electrical component, the first vent, the second vent and the internal heat sink being positioned so that an air flow which flows through the first vent, the second vent and into the cabinet moves the heat produced by the electrical component out of the cabinet.

Abstract: An auditory device includes an electronics module, a receiver and a cable connecting the electronics module to the receiver. The electronics module includes an enclosure shaped to be positioned behind an outer portion of either a left ear or a right ear of a user and circuitry within the enclosure. The receiver is configured for being located in either a left or a right ear canal of the user. When inserted into the left ear canal, the receiver occupies a left ear canal insertion position, and when inserted into the right ear canal, the receiver occupies a right ear canal insertion position. The cable and the receiver are shaped and configured such that the receiver is presented in a neutral position when no external force other than gravity is acting upon the receiver, the neutral position being between the left ear canal insertion position and the right ear canal insertion position.

Abstract: A speaker unit for an earphone is provided. The speaker unit for an earphone may include a frame; a magnet; a plate fixed to the frame and in contact with the magnet; a diaphragm; a coil disposed to overlap the magnet and the plate in a radial direction; and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), wherein the magnet includes a first surface and a second surface arranged on an outer surface of the magnet, the first surface is a surface in contact with an inner surface of the frame, the second surface is a surface spaced apart from the inner surface of the frame, and the frame forms a first sound emission path defined by a space between the inner surface thereof and the second surface of the magnet in the radial direction.

Abstract: An audio signal processing method performs signal processing on a first audio signal to be outputted to a first device that a performer uses, the first audio signal on which the signal processing has been performed being a second audio signal, receiving a setting that causes the first audio signal to send to a monitor bus which is for to output the second audio signal, and performing signal processing on the second audio signal, which is received via the monitor bus and is to be outputted to a second device different from the first device, such that a sound quality of a sound to be outputted by the second device is closer to sound quality of a sound to be outputted by the first device than in a case where the signal processing is not performed on the second audio signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an acoustic output apparatus including a first acoustic driver for outputting sounds within a first frequency range via a plurality of first sound guiding holes and a second acoustic driver for outputting sounds within a second frequency range via a plurality of second sound guiding holes. The sounds output via the plurality of first sound guiding holes may radiate to the environment and form a leaked sound. The acoustic output apparatus may further include a support structure configured to support the first acoustic driver and the second acoustic driver such that the plurality of sound guiding holes are located at positions away from a user's ear. The sounds output via the plurality of second sound guiding holes may interfere with the leaked sound in an overlapping frequency range between the second frequency range and the first frequency range to reduce the leaked sound.

Abstract: Provided is a vibration device using sound and a system comprising the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a vibration device for generating vibration using sound such that the beat of the sound can be felt, which is convenient to carry or transfer due to a lightweight and compact size thereof, is capable of generating vibration matching the beat of sound to which a user is currently listening, is furthermore capable of generating vibrations of various feelings matching the beat of sound according to user settings, thereby greatly enhancing effects that the user may feel, and is very inexpensive to manufacture, and a system comprising the vibration device.

Abstract: A speaker assembly, and a display device including the same are provided. The speaker assembly according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a pair of magnets facing each other; a bobbin disposed between the pair of magnets and formed in a shape of a plate that extends long; a coil formed on at least one surface of the bobbin; a diaphragm fixed to one side of the bobbin, and extending in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the bobbin; a frame disposed between the pair of magnets and the diaphragm; and a speaker edge disposed between the frame and the diaphragm, having one end fixed to the frame and the other end fixed to the diaphragm, and being convexly curved toward the bobbin.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reinforcing part for a speaker diaphragm, a diaphragm and a speaker. The reinforcing part is an overlapped three-layer structure and comprises a support layer as well as a first heat dissipation layer and a second heat dissipation layer that are fixed and bonded on surfaces of two sides of the support layer respectively, the support layer comprises through holes penetrating surfaces of two sides thereof, and the reinforcing part further comprises fillers located within the through holes and configured for heat conduction, the fillers having thermal conductivity higher than that of the support layers.

Abstract: An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present invention, comprises: a first speaker arranged on one side end of the electronic device; a second speaker arranged on the other side end of the electronic device; at least one sensor; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured so as to receive a first audio signal, acquire a first channel signal and a second channel signal by using the first audio signal, acquire state information associated with the electronic device by using the at least one sensor, correct at least one portion of the first channel signal on the basis of at least the state information, output the corrected first channel signal using the first speaker, and output the second channel signal using the second speaker. In addition, various embodiments are possible.

Abstract: An acquisition system includes a processor, one or more sensors operatively coupled to the processor where the one or more sensors acquire at the ear, on the ear or within an ear canal, one or more of acceleration, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure or heart-rate, and the one or more sensors configured to monitor a biological state or a physical motion or both for an event. The event can be a detection of a discrepancy when compared with a set of reference data by the one or more sensors or the biological state or the event can be one of a detection of an abrupt movement of a headset operatively coupled to the processor, a change in location of an earpiece operatively coupled the processor, a touching of the headset, a recognizing of a voice command, a starting or ending of a phone call, or a scheduled time.

Abstract: An electronic device such as a pair of headphones may be provided with left and right speakers for playing audio to a user. Control circuitry in the electronic device may play audio through the speakers in an unreversed configuration in which left channel audio is played through a first of the speakers that is adjacent to a left ear of the user and right channel audio is played through a second of the speakers that is adjacent to a right ear of the user or a reversed configuration in which these channel assignments are reversed. The headphones may have ear cups that house the speakers. Capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors on the ear cups may measure ear shapes and finger grip positions on the ear cups to determine whether to operate in the unreversed or reversed configuration. Sensors may gather gestures and other user touch input.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to audio input prioritization are described. Systems may include to one or more sound devices. Audio input may be played on a sound device based on one or more settings applied to the audio input. A setting can be determined based on feedback received by a host. In an example, a method for prioritizing audio input may include receiving a plurality of audio inputs each comprising signaling representative of different sounds, and each from a different application, identifying an attribute of each audio input of the plurality of audio inputs, prioritizing each audio input based on the identified attribute of each audio input, and sending each audio input to a sound device to be played based on the prioritization.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, devices and computer program products for encoding and decoding of a vector of parameters in an audio coding system. The disclosure further relates to a method and apparatus for reconstructing an audio object in an audio decoding system. According to the disclosure, a modulo differential approach for coding and encoding a vector of a non-periodic quantity may improve the coding efficiency and provide encoders and decoders with less memory requirements. Moreover, an efficient method for encoding and decoding a sparse matrix is provided.