Abstract: A headset apparatus having a headwear member (9) e.g. an ear shell, possessing a surface formation to which a separate attachment device (1) is reciprocally shaped to attach by a push-fit (e.g. by sliding, slotting or clipping) into engagement with the surface formation. In this way the attachment means may be fitted to the surface formation on the headwear member without requiring the use of through-holes passing through the body of the headwear member.

Abstract: Headphones comprising a headband (10) having a first and second end. A first and second earpiece (20) is attached to the first and second end of the headband (10), respectively. The headband comprises a first and second spring layer (11, 12) and an intermediate dampening layer (13) arranged between the first and second spring layer (11, 12).

Abstract: A noise reducing headset has one or more of the following features: (a) pair of earcups each seated in a yoke assembly mechanically coupled by a headband enclosing a flat spring formed with a slot that runs the length of the spring accommodating electrical wires electrically interconnecting electrical elements in the earcups, (b) each earcup having active noise reducing circuitry, (c) each earcup including a loudspeaker driver located off center in the earcup to allow an internal cavity inside each earcup to accommodate a loudspeaker driver, a microphone and an electronic printed circuit board and one of a battery and plug assembly, (d) one of the earcups accommodating a detachably secured plug assembly having a sensitivity switch covered by the earcup when the plug assembly is fully seated in the earcup, (e) the other earcup having a battery door that may be opened to allow insertion and removal of the battery and covered by a yoke assembly when the headset is worn by a user with the battery fully seated in

Abstract: An earphone includes a first acoustic chamber including a reactive element and a resistive element in parallel, a second acoustic chamber separated from the first acoustic chamber by an acoustic transducer, and a housing to support the apparatus from the concha of a wearer's ear and to extend the second acoustic chamber into the ear canal of the wearer's ear. A cushion includes a first material and a second material and is formed into a first region and a second region. The first region defines an exterior surface shaped to fit the concha of a human ear. The second region defines an exterior surface shaped to fit the ear canal of a human ear. The first and second regions together define an interior surface shaped to accommodate an earphone. The first material occupies a volume adjacent to the interior surface. The second material occupies a volume between the first material and the first and second outer surfaces. The first and second materials are of different hardnesses.

Abstract: A sound box type earphone housing for use in a headset is disclosed to include a body shell having a coupling flange, a springy earphone clamp fastened to the inside of the body shell and having a front clamping hole for securing an earplug type earphone, and an annular cover member, which has a coupling groove coupled to the coupling flange of the body shell, a center opening hole, and a hanging portion extending around the top side of the center opening hole for hanging the annular cover member on the user's ear.

Abstract: An earmuff and a headphone includes: a headband; an ear cup attached to the headband; a baffle board fixed on the ear cup; an ear pad engaged to the baffle board. An air-permeable member provided between the baffle board and the ear pad.

Abstract: An earmuff structure mainly comprises a base having a hole disposed at a center thereof, and the base having a plurality of slide rail grooves disposed at a perimeter thereof, each slide rail groove being assembled with a slot of a click for the click to adjust a distance between the click and the center and to be fixed on the slide rail groove of the base; furthermore, the click having a hooking slant near a front end thereof, the hooking slant connecting to a guiding slant; when the base is to be assembled with a headset, an earphone of the headset is led by the guiding slant of the click to make contact with the hooking slant of the click so as to be held by the elastic force of the click; thereby enlarging a contact area between the user and the headset and to improve sound quality and to ensure personal hygiene.

Abstract: An audio headphone apparatus having ambient noise isolation properties for musicians and sound engineers which allows a user to substantially attenuate ambient noise levels and focus on the electronic audio presented to the headphones. The apparatus utilizes a unique layering of absorber materials with unique geometric shapes which in combination highly attenuate external ambient acoustic energy and control undesirable “boomy” bass response. The apparatus further utilizes a desiccant material within the ear cuff cover which helps to absorb perspiration or other moisture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple channel earphone of small volume. In the earphone structure, a chamber tube with an adjusting hole or a set of adjusting holes is provided. The sound pressure of the chamber tube is naturally released without affected the performance of the main chamber sound field. When the external speaker connected to the chamber tube generates a large sound pressure, the sound pressure released naturally by the adjusting hole or a set of adjusting holes is increased accordingly, so that the sound pressure produced by the external speaker connected to the chamber tube is controlled by the main chamber.

Abstract: A set of in-ear earphones has two outer shaped soft foam shell ear plugs each having a bulbous insert head with a sound hole and flared outer rim separated by a narrow waist. Each has an inserted miniature sound emitter supported by a firm foam insert engaging with the narrow waist. The foam insert and sound emitter are used to push the earphone into the ear canal. The outer rim is used to withdraw the earphone. The miniature sound emitter is connected to a wire that connects to a sound jack plug or a wireless sound receiver.

Abstract: A headset including an earcup having a front opening adapted to be adjacent to the ear of the user, a baffle disposed within the earcup to define front and rear cavities, a cushion extending around the periphery of the front opening of the earcup and constructed and arranged to accommodate the ear of the user, the cushion having a first density, an inner radial portion, and an outer radial portion opposite the inner radial portion, a cushion cover substantially surrounding the cushion to form a headphone cushion assembly, and a high impedance component having a second density and located near the outer radial portion to increase the transmission loss of the cushion along a radial direction.

Abstract: An audio conferencing system includes sending a signal of a sound at a sound location to a listening location. The system further includes establishing a relationship between a virtual listening location and a virtual sound location. The system processes the signal to provide a sound at the listening location seeming to have an analogous relationship between the listening location and the sound location as the relationship between the virtual listening location and the virtual sound location.

Abstract: A headphone provided with an ear cup into which a storage compartment is to be inserted. The storage compartment includes a cavity for the storage of a dongle when the headphone is not in use. Since the purpose of the dongle is to establish a wireless communication between an audio device and the headphones, the dongle is removed from the storage compartment and plugged into the audio device to facilitate the wireless communication. After the wireless communication terminates, the dongle is re-inserted into the storage compartment.

Abstract: A headset device comprising first and second headphones interconnected through a headband, wherein each of the first and second headphones comprises an earcup defining a unitary acoustic resonance chamber, a foraminous driver mount positioned offset from both a lateral axis and a longitudinal axis defined by the earcup, and a diaphragm retention ring extending from a surface of the foraminous driver mount. Each of the headphones further comprises a driver mounted within the driver mount and including a diaphragm, a foraminous unitary diaphragm support for maintaining the driver within the driver mount, an earcup cover attached to the earcup, and an earpad attached to the earcup.

Abstract: There is thus provided an earphone comprising a housing (20) for receiving an electroacoustic transducer, and an ear cushion unit (10) having an ear cushion material (11) and a first ring (1). The housing has a sealing ring (2) and a latching unit (21). The first ring (1) has a prestressing when it is placed on the sealing ring (2) and held by means of the latching unit (21).

Abstract: An earphone structure which allows adjusting ventilation of a chamber inside is provided. A plurality of holes is formed on a main body of the earphone structure and ventilation materials are disposed on the ventilation holes as a ventilation medium between the chamber in the main body and an external environment. A sound field generated in the chamber is changed through the change of the materials, which makes the sound field close to the natural tone. The adjustment of the ventilation is mainly based on the fact that sound has different frequency response effects on different materials in the transmission environment, thus achieving the effect of changing the sound field. For example, the adjustment of the ventilation can be achieved by filling different materials in the chamber. Further, partition part of the chamber can also use the frequency response of the sound of materials with different hardness.

Abstract: An audio headset with bio-signal sensors is provided. In some embodiments, an audio headset that includes one or more electroencephalography (EEG) sensors is provided.

Abstract: Personal audio method and devices, such as headphones, telephone handsets and headsets, with reduced audio leakage are disclosed. The personal audio device generally comprises a housing having a first portion and a second portion and a transducer disposed in the housing and having a first and second opposing sides. A rear volume is defined between the housing second portion and the transducer second side, and a front volume is defined between the housing first portion and the user's ear. The housing has a front acoustic port acoustically connecting the front volume to ambient air and a rear acoustic port acoustically connecting an otherwise sealed rear volume to ambient air. The front and rear acoustic ports may be configured so that their extent is small, e.g., less than 20 or more preferably 10 times the square root of their total acoustic radiating area. The front and rear acoustic ports may be configured so that their acoustic centers are separated by a small distance, e.g.

Abstract: An earpiece assembly for use with two-way radios and the like is disclosed. The earpiece assembly can include an earpiece and a speaker attached to the earpiece. Optionally, an insert such as a flanged insert can extend from the earpiece. The insert can be configured to be disposed within the ear canal. The earpiece and flange can be formed of a flexible and resilient material such as silicon rubber. Optionally, a microphone can also be attached to the earpiece. A housing can contain the microphone and/or speaker. By attaching the microphone and/or speaker to the earpiece, the use of acoustic tubing can be avoided.

Abstract: The invention concerns a headphone and a compatible recording device for spatial sound reproduction provided with two earphones, each earphone having a support defining at least partly a cap-like surface comprehensively covering the listener's ear. Each earphone includes at least five speakers arranged on said support. The speakers are adapted to reproduce an acoustic field, such that it is perceived as being continuous by the human ear, for acoustic frequencies lower than a given maximum frequency.

Abstract: An earphone or a removable component for use with an earphone are disclosed. As an example, the removable component can be a cap, filter or cover. According to one aspect, a headphone can provide improved approaches to substantially prevent foreign matter from hindering performance. However, when foreign matter has nevertheless accumulated, a user of the headphone can themselves clean the accumulated foreign matter without any tools or professional assistance. In one embodiment, a cover or filter is position and removably secured proximate to an entry to an acoustic channel of the headphone so that the foreign matter can be substantially blocked from ever entering the acoustic channel. In one embodiment, the cover or filter can be provided as part of a removable structure, e.g., cap, so that the cover or filter can be cleaned, replaced or otherwise serviced.

Abstract: A headset with a headband is equipped with at least one cup in which a male or female plug is arranged. The cup is intended for the mounting of a speaker or a speaker with microphone arm, said speaker or speaker with microphone arm being also provided with a male or female plug adapted to be connected to the male or female plug in the cup. The headband of the headset is hollow so that the wire may be run from one side of the headset to the other side. Hereby, the speaker and/or speaker with microphone arm of the headset may easily be replaced, without having to scrap the entire headset. Thus, it is possible to upgrade the headset currently for technical as well as aesthetic reasons. In an embodiment, the headset is provided with a cup at one side and at the other side with a T-member which constitutes a support part against a user's head.

Abstract: In a headphone, accidental winding and retracting is prevented from occurring without requiring complicated operations. The headphone includes housings incorporating an electro-acoustic transducer element, an input cord, one end of which is connected to the electro-acoustic transducer element. A take-up mechanism is incorporated in the housings and energized to wind and retract the input cord into the housings. A ratchet interacts with the take-up mechanism to prevent the winding and retracting of the input cord by the take-up mechanism. A cancellation mechanism prevents the winding and retracting of the input cord by the ratchet. An ear-hook having an ear-hook arm hooks the housing on the arm and is energized toward the housings, wherein when the ear-hook arm is away from the housings so the prevention of the winding and retracting of the input cord by the ratchet is not cancelled.

Abstract: An earphone structure including one or more composite chambers is described. Each of the composite chambers includes sub-speakers. The sounds generated by these sub-speakers are uniformly distributed in the composite chamber and a composite sound field is generated by these sub-speakers. The sound field generated by each of these sub-speakers can be adjusted by re-locating the position of the sub-speaker, for example, by re-locating the sub-speaker, or by re-locating the sub-speaker in different angles, to generate the composite sound field. The sound field generated by the main speaker and the composite sound field generated by these sub-speakers can form a spatial sound with very good quality. By using of its physical characteristics of locations of these sub-speakers, the sound generated by the earphone has a uniformly diffusion sound pressure and a surround effect, which allows a user of the earphone to enjoy a sound field similar to that in a theater.

Abstract: A headphone including a housing that includes a speaker unit, and a protruding portion, provided at a specified area of one surface of the housing, that outputs playback sound generated from the speaker unit. When being worn on the head, the one surface of the housing comes in to contact with an outward facing surface of an auricle surrounding a cavity of a concha, and the protruding portion is inserted in to the cavity of the concha.

Abstract: A structure for earphones with multiple sound tracks, includes an earphone casing, at least one first speaker, a second speaker and an adjusting member. The earphone casing has a plurality of outer-sound holes on the outside portion thereof. The speakers are disposed in the earphone casing. The speakers face outwards. The adjusting member is disposed on the earphone casing. The adjusting member has a plurality of adjusting holes corresponding to the outer sound holes of the earphone casing so that the adjusting holes of the adjusting member and the outer sound holes of the earphone casing can be aligned or staggered to reduce the sound pressure and reduce the discomfort for a user, thereby reducing hearing damage and loss. Furthermore the device has the functions of earphones, a loud speaker, a sound box and an earphone device with multiple sound tracks.

Abstract: A multiple channel earphone is provided, which includes a chamber main body and a main chamber support located in the chamber main body. A front field mixing chamber, a main chamber, and a back chamber are formed in the chamber main body. The main speaker is located on the main chamber support or a partition board, a sub-speaker is disposed on a protruding portion of the chamber main body, and the back chamber is formed between the sub-speaker and the main chamber support or the partition board. In an embodiment, the multiple channel earphone structure further includes at least one or more pairs of chamber extension tubes disposed outside the chamber main body. According to the length of each chamber extension tube and the space in the chamber main body, a composite sound field characteristic generated in the earphone structure is adjusted and output by the multiple channel earphone.

Abstract: A head set speaker and stereo radio playing device exhibits improved harmonics and acoustic fidelity. A resilient and flexible headpiece is sized to fit behind the head of the user. Right and left device enclosures are carried by the ends of the headpiece, and are aerodynamic shaped to minimize wind whistle which may result when the head set is worn while moving rapidly. Right and left behind the ear flanges extend downwardly from a position adjacent to the ends of the headpiece, and aid in the positioning of the right and left ear device enclosures. In a typical application, the device enclosures are positioned immediately forward of the user's ears, allowing ambient sound to be heard. A speaker assembly and a removable battery assembly are carried within each device enclosure. The speakers are oriented within the device enclosures with the speaker magnet directed to, and in contact with, the head of the listener. This achieves two interrelated and significant structural and electronic advantages.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically changing a state of a device coupled to a headphone device is provided. The system comprises a means for detecting if at least one earpiece of the headphone device is activated or deactivated. Based on an activation state or a change in an activation state of the at least one earpiece, a state change may occur in the device. The state change is determined by a preset of a control module.

Abstract: An earphone arrangement may be provided with at least one speaker arrangement including an earpiece adapted to be attached to the user's ear, and a speaker arranged in the earpiece so that the speaker faces the entrance of the ear canal of a user when the earpiece is operatively attached to the user's ear. The speaker arrangement may include an adjustment arrangement for adjusting the position of the speaker with respect to the earpiece, and thus the position of the speaker with respect to the entrance of the ear canal of the user when the earpiece is operatively attached to the user's ear.

Abstract: A headset with removable ear pieces such that a user may interchange between ear gels and mushroom type ear pieces, or other pieces. The earpieces may be removably attached to the headset using a circular snap in some embodiments. An ear gel consisting of two types of elastomer of differing hardness, allowing for a soft elastomer to be in contact with the user's ear, giving greater comfort and better fit, the soft elastomer overmolded onto a firmer elastomer used to snap to the headset.

Abstract: An earphone device having composite functions at least has an earphone shell body, a loudspeaker, and an adjustment component. Several outer sound holes are disposed on the outer side of the earphone shell body. The loudspeaker is fixed in the earphone shell body. The loudspeaker is arranged outwards. The adjustment component is disposed on the earphone shell body. There are several adjustment holes corresponding to the outer sound holes of the earphone shell body on the adjustment component. The adjustment holes of the adjustment component can be controlled to be opposite to or be staggered with the outer sound holes of the earphone shell body. The earphone device is comfortable for use and can reduce pathological changes in ear and hearing decay to keep the human body healthy. Moreover, the earphone device has the functions of earphone, sound amplifier, and sound box.

Abstract: A multimedia speaker headphone has a headband, two ear-covers and a control and transmission device. The ear-covers are mounted pivotally on the headband and each ear-cover has an earphone speaker and an audio speaker. The control and transmission device has a controller and a transmission apparatus. The controller is connected one of the ear-covers and has a switch to selectively switch on the earphone speakers or the audio speakers. The transmission device has at least one transmission cord having a terminal. The earphone speakers and audio speakers allow a user to listen to music with or without wearing of the multimedia speaker headphone.

Abstract: The present invention provides an excellent headphone which can give a more comfortable feeling and a more stable feeling to the user when being fixed to the user as compared with that in the past. The headphone includes a headphone section that has a sound-sending section of a speaker unit arranged at the front surface side thereof, and has its rear surface side covered by a housing, and an ear pad that covers the sound-sending section of the speaker unit, wherein, in the ear pad, a porous elastic body of low repulsion is covered by a pad cover.

Abstract: A sound direction/stereo effect 3D adjustable earphone in one aspect contains an adjustable headband clip to hold the left and right earphone parts. An adjustable holder is at the left and right ends of the earphone and at the topside of an ear cup. The ear cup contains a 3D adjustable ear speaker at the center of the earphone for delivery of sounds from the earphone to a user. A 3D direction adjustable unit works with the ear speaker. The adjustable unit contains a connector such as a little ball at one end to fit in a corresponding connector such as a hole at the holder and another connector such as a little ball to fit into another corresponding connector such as a hole at the speaker. In this way, the ear speaker can be freely pushed out/pulled in and pulled/pushed/rotated adjustably in X-Y-Z or three dimensions.

Abstract: A sound box type earphone housing for use in a headset is disclosed to include a body shell having a coupling flange, a springy earphone clamp fastened to the inside of the body shell and having a front clamping hole for securing an earplug type earphone, and an annular cover member, which has a coupling groove coupled to the coupling flange of the body shell, a center opening hole, and a hanging portion extending around the top side of the center opening hole for hanging the annular cover member on the user's ear.

Abstract: Headphones with a multichannel guiding mechanism having different channel speakers positioned within each of earphones and separate sound-guiding chambers for receiving the different channel speakers. In taking the acoustics into account, the separate sound chambers are installed within the earphones according to the sound effect of different channel speakers. An inner and an outer tube are installed within the first sound chamber. The inner tube defines a treble area in the middle of the front main speaker while the outer tube defines a bass area around the treble area whereby the first sound chamber has a tube-in-tube configuration. Accordingly, a clear positioning of the acoustic field is achieved by different installation position of the speakers within the earphones. In addition, the interference of sound waves is avoided and the reproduction of original sound is achieved.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an arrangement in hearing protection, in the form of an acoustic headset, comprising a first auditory cup (10), a second auditory cup (11) and a stirrup or headband (12) interconnecting the auditory cups (10, 11), a microphone (13) being provided for receiving ambient sound and an electronic control unit (15) actuable by means of a button set (14) being provided for transmitting sound from the microphone (13) and a radio unit (16) by the intermediary of loudspeakers (17) in the auditory cups (10, 11). The button set (14) comprises a plurality of associated buttons (18, 18?, 19, 19?, 20, 20?, 21, 22) arranged in groups, and each group of buttons being disposed, for actuation by the wearer's fingers, in a separate depression or recess (23, 24, 25, 26) in the first auditory cup (10).

Abstract: A hearing device has an electrical/acoustical output converter that communicates with ambient air through a membrane. The membrane separates two spaces. Each space communicates with ambient air through a passage that substantially blocks acoustical signals in the range of the audible spectrum and passes acoustical signals at a frequency lower than the audible spectrum.

Abstract: The present invention to provide an earphone comprising a casing, a loudspeaker provided in the casing and adapted to amplify sound in response to receiving a voice source signal, a cap fixedly mounted onto the casing, a piezoelectric microphone provided in the cap and a sound barrier member provided between the piezoelectric microphone and the loudspeaker, wherein the sound barrier member has a diameter larger than that of the piezoelectric microphone but smaller than that of the loudspeaker such that sound amplified by the loudspeaker is adapted to transmit beyond the cap through the sound barrier member and sound vibrations transmitted to the piezoelectric microphone are substantially absorbed. Thus, sound amplified by the loudspeaker does not interfere with the external sound receiving capability of the piezoelectric microphone.

Abstract: A multiple channel earphone is provided with an external tube disposed on the earphone main body. The earphone includes a case, a case extension unit, and a cover. A main sound field is formed in an interior chamber enclosed by the case, the case extension unit and the cover. By adjusting the space in the external tube, the spatial effect of the sound field is significantly increased. The proposed multiple channel earphone selectively has a mechanism for sound field balancing by the sounds generated from these two sub-speakers spaced apart from each other for better sound quality. The sound field of the proposed multiple channel earphone can also be spaced apart into two physically separated sound fields by disposing an external chamber on the earphone main body.

Abstract: An improved wireless communication device, method, and system, that is easy to operate for people of all ages, particularly for senior citizens, that is compact, ergonomic, and comfortable, but which also provides simplicity of operation for those users who do not require complex cellular telephone capabilities or features.

Abstract: A headphone device includes an earpad worn outside of the ear on the head of a user and a housing provided with a speaker unit as well as a fitting portion on which the earpad is fit. The earpad includes a cushion and a facing that covers the cushion. The earpad can be attached to and detached from the housing. The facing is detachable from the cushion to keep the earpad clean.

Abstract: An earmuff structure for headset or ear protector includes two earmuff shells and two integrally injection molded speaker mounting plates that are screwed to an inner side of the earmuff shells and each has a central hole for receiving a speaker therein. The speaker mounting plates are provided at a rear surface with wall portions of predetermined heights. The wall portions on one of the speaker mounting plates are formed from outer bottom surfaces of two battery compartments formed on a front surface of the speaker mounting plate at two sides of the central hole. With the speaker mounting plates, batteries and speakers may be quickly assembled to form the earmuffs or disassembled for replacement. The wall portions on each speaker mounting plate cooperates with a foam located behind the speaker to define a space functioning like a cabinet, creating clear and high quality stereo sounds output from the speakers.

Abstract: A surround sound headphone system for enhancing a wearer's listening experience by providing a surround sound speaker configuration therein. The surround sound headphone system includes a headphone assembly including a pair of earpieces each having at least two speakers. The system also includes transmitting structure for transmitting sound signals from a sound signal source to the speakers of the earpieces in a manner transmitting a separate sound signal to each of said speakers in each of the earpieces. One embodiment includes a signal cord assembly for transferring a separate sound signal to each of the speakers, and includes novel signal plug and signal jack structures.

Abstract: Ear covers and a strap for joining the ear covers. Each ear cover includes an inner cup over the ear, an outer cup over the inner cup. The cups are shaped to define an inner space between them in which an end region of the strap is guided to move lengthwise with respect to the ear cover. A channel on the outside of the inner cup receives a flange on the strap for guiding its longitudinal movement. The rims of the inner and the outer cups are connected and a protective covering cloth may be at the rims for contacting the user's head around the ear.

Abstract: A headset of the present invention includes: a housing 10 worn on one auricle of a wearer; an arm 41 having a predetermined length, one end side of which is accommodated in the housing and the other end side of which is pulled out of a hole 13a of the housing to the outside, accommodated in the housing by adjusting the length pulled out of the hole 13a of the housing to the outside; and a microphone attached to the arm 41. When the headset is being used, the end of the arm 41 comes close to the wearer's mouth by pulling the arm 41 out of the housing 10. When the microphone need not be used, the arm 41 is stored in the housing 10 so as not to protrude from the housing 10.

Abstract: Headphones or earphones are commonly known as electro-acoustic transducers used by a single listener. The invention relates to combing insert and non-insert electro-acoustic transducers in a headphone element. In this way a combination of a wide-low frequency reproduction (insert type) and a wide-high frequency reproduction (non-insert type) are obtained.

Abstract: A head-mounted audio/video playback system is provided which includes a main-body unit functioning as a pair of headphones worn on the head for playing back audio, to which a video playback unit having a video playback function, a battery unit having a power supplying function, and a protective cover are detachably connected. The main-body unit can be used alone, the video playback unit can be connected to only one of a left case and a right case of the main-body unit, or the video playback unit can be connected to one of the left case and the right case and the battery unit can be connected to the other.

Abstract: A sound attenuating device including an earmuff-like headset with two earpieces that is adjustable to accommodate different sized heads and includes a removable headband sleeve that eliminates hair entanglement. Additionally, one of the earpieces is fixedly attached to an end of the headband while the second earpiece is removable to allow for the removal and replacement of a fitted cotton sleeve which covers the headband. The headband washable cotton sleeve prevents hair entanglement, provides protection related to health and sanitary issues and also provides an aesthetically pleasing appearance. In addition to the removable cotton sleeve for the headband, each of the earpieces is also provided with a removable fitted cotton cover.