Patents Assigned to Merry Electronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20210099784
    Abstract: An ear cup structure including an ear cup shell, a cover, a discharge hole, a speaker, and a guide channel is provided. The ear cup shell has at least a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space spaced from each other, and the second accommodating space has a second opening. The cover covers the second opening of the second accommodating space. The discharge hole is formed between the ear cup shell and the cover. The speaker is disposed in the second accommodating space, thereby dividing the second accommodating space into a front chamber and a rear chamber. The guide channel is communicated with a peripheral side of the rear chamber and is disposed between the rear chamber and the discharge hole. An airflow produced by the speaker in the rear chamber flows through the guide channel and is discharged to an external environment from the discharge hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20210099790
    Abstract: A speaker includes a frame, a first tuning portion, a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system. The frame has a lateral wall, a bottom wall, an accommodation space defined by the lateral wall and the bottom wall and an opening end located at a top end of the accommodation space. The first tuning portion is formed on the lateral wall of the frame. The vibration system is disposed in the accommodation space of the frame and has a vibration film vibrating along an axial direction of the frame. A rear chamber is defined by the vibration film and the bottom wall of the frame. The magnetic circuit system is disposed in the accommodation space of the frame. When the vibration film vibrates, an airflow generated in the rear chamber flows along the first tuning portion on the lateral wall and exits, so as to form a first tuning path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20210090577
    Abstract: A computer-implement voice command authentication method is provided. The method includes obtaining a sound signal stream; calculating a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) value of the sound signal stream; converting the sound signal stream into a Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) stream; calculating a Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) distance corresponding to the MFCC stream according to the MFCC stream and one of a plurality of sample streams generated by the Gaussian Mixture Model with Universal Background Model (GMM-UBM); calculating, according to the MFCC stream and the sample streams, a Log-likelihood ratio value corresponding to the MFCC stream as a GMM-UBM score; determining whether the sound signal stream passes a voice command authentication according to the GMM-UBM score, the DTW distance and the SNR value; in response to determining that the sound signal stream passes the voice command authentication, determining that the sound signal stream is a voice stream spoken from a legal user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Evelyn Kurniawati, Sasiraj Somarajan
  • Patent number: 10959010
    Abstract: An earphone device including a main body, a speaker, a control element, a pressure sensor, and a touch sensor is provided. The speaker is disposed in the main body for dividing the main body into a front chamber and a rear chamber. The control element is disposed in the rear chamber. The pressure sensor is disposed in the front chamber, is coupled to the control element, is configured to sense a pressure change in the front chamber, and accordingly generates a pressure-sensing signal. The touch sensor is disposed in the rear chamber, is coupled to the control element, is configured to sense a first external touch applied to the main body, and accordingly generates a first trigger-sensing signal. The control element automatically controls an action of the earphone device according to the pressure-sensing signal and the first trigger-sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsu-Jung Wang
  • Patent number: 10943870
    Abstract: A microphone package structure includes a substrate, a metal housing, a MEMS microphone component and at least one integrated circuit component. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The metal housing is located on the first surface such that the substrate and the metal housing collectively define a hollow chamber. The MEMS microphone component is located on the metal housing and within the hollow chamber. The at least one integrated circuit component is located within a region of the second surface on which the metal housing has a vertical projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chao-Sen Chang
  • Publication number: 20210050735
    Abstract: A charging apparatus is provided. A detection circuit includes a voltage dividing path between an output terminal of a charging circuit and an output terminal of a reference voltage generating circuit. The detection circuit provides a detection signal according to a divided voltage on the voltage dividing path. A control circuit determines whether a load is connected to the charging apparatus according to the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Chia Chien, Chi-Yin Lo, Yung-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 10924839
    Abstract: An in-ear headphone includes a shell, a speaker, a circuit board, and a sensing structure. The shell has an accommodating space. The speaker is disposed in the accommodating space. The circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the speaker. A sensing chip is disposed on the circuit board. The sensing structure includes a sensing sound tube and a transmission member. The sensing sound tube protrudes from a front end of the shell and has a conductor. The sensing sound tube is electrically connected to the sensing chip by the transmission member. A material of the sensing sound tube is different from a material of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Uei Jou, Chung-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 10917710
    Abstract: A system for transforming sensed data is provided. The system includes an inertial sensor and a processor. The inertial sensor generates first sensed data by sensing a motion or behavior of a user. The processor is communicatively connected to the inertial sensor and pre-stores a data transformation model, wherein the data transformation model converts an acceleration vector and an angular velocity vector corresponding to the first sensed data into an acceleration vector and an angular velocity vector corresponding to second sensed data, and outputs the acceleration vector and the angular velocity vector corresponding to the second sensed data to an identification model pre-stored in the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Fei Tsai, Yen-Sheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20210029433
    Abstract: An earphone case includes a body, a storage member, a cover, and a reset member. The body has a chamber and a fixing base. The base is securely disposed in the chamber. The storage member is disposed in the chamber, located above the fixing base, contacted with the body, and has multiple first magnetic parts. The cover is pivotally connected to the storage member and the fixing base, and the cover has multiple second magnetic parts. The reset member is disposed above the fixing base and connected to the body and the storage member respectively. In close mode, the cover completely covers the storage member. The multiple first magnetic parts and second magnetic parts are magnetically attracted to each other. In open mode, the cover is relatively separated from the storage member and rotated at an angle, such that the cover partially overlaps with the storage member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Xin Lin, Wei-Hao Tu, Feng-Ping Chang
  • Publication number: 20210006884
    Abstract: An in-ear headphone includes a shell, a speaker, a circuit board, and a sensing structure. The shell has an accommodating space. The speaker is disposed in the accommodating space. The circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the speaker. A sensing chip is disposed on the circuit board. The sensing structure includes a sensing sound tube and a transmission member. The sensing sound tube protrudes from a front end of the shell and has a conductor. The sensing sound tube is electrically connected to the sensing chip by the transmission member. A material of the sensing sound tube is different from a material of the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Uei Jou, Chung-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 10869139
    Abstract: A hearing aid device is provided. The hearing aid device at least includes a neckband and a first microphone. The neckband is worn on a neck of a user. The neckband defines a virtual datum plane and a first virtual plane parallel to each other, wherein the virtual datum plane overlaps a coronal plane of the user when the neckband is worn by the user, and a skin portion, furthest from the virtual datum plane, of a throat of the user is located on the first virtual plane. The first virtual plane is distant from the virtual datum plane by the first distance. The first microphone is disposed on the neckband, and is distant from the virtual datum plane by the second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ling Chiu, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Publication number: 20200359123
    Abstract: A headset charging system and a headset charging method are provided. The headset charging system includes a headset device and a charging device. The headset device includes a headset battery. The headset battery is configured to supply power required for operation of the headset device. The charging device is configured to accommodate and couple to the headset device. The charging device provides an output voltage and a charging current to charge the headset battery. The charging device detects whether a current value of the charging current is less than a first reference current value in a first mode. If the current value of the charging current is less than the first reference current value, the charging device raises a voltage value of the output voltage to maintain the current value of the charging current at the first reference current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung-Yuan Li
  • Publication number: 20200336819
    Abstract: A wearable device and a power saving method are proposed. The wearable device includes a sensor and a first processing unit. The sensor has a buffer. The first processing unit is coupled to the sensor. The first processing unit in a first hibernate mode is woken up after receiving a first signal, wherein the first processing unit includes an interrupting module. The interrupting module makes the first processing unit enter the first hibernate mode after commands, in response to the first signal, the sensor to start sensing so as to generate sense data, wherein the sensor wakes up the first processing unit from the first hibernate mode based on an amount of the sense data exceeding a threshold of the buffer, and the first processing unit enters the first hibernate mode after processing the sense data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mao-Hung Lin, Hung-Chi Lin, Sheng Chen, Meng-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 10812892
    Abstract: A wearable device and a power saving method are proposed. The wearable device includes a sensor and a first processing unit. The sensor has a buffer. The first processing unit is coupled to the sensor. The first processing unit in a first hibernate mode is woken up after receiving a first signal, wherein the first processing unit includes an interrupting module. The interrupting module makes the first processing unit enter the first hibernate mode after commands, in response to the first signal, the sensor to start sensing so as to generate sense data, wherein the sensor wakes up the first processing unit from the first hibernate mode based on an amount of the sense data exceeding a threshold of the buffer, and the first processing unit enters the first hibernate mode after processing the sense data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mao-Hung Lin, Hung-Chi Lin, Sheng Chen, Meng-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 10812032
    Abstract: A method of automatically decreasing volume includes detecting a volume of a sound generated by an electronic device; determining whether the volume is in a first volume range or in a second volume range, wherein the volume in the first volume range is higher than the volume in the second volume range; calculating a first single drop amount according to the volume when the volume is in the first volume range; and calculating a second single drop amount according to the volume when the volume is in the second volume range, wherein the second single drop amount is less than the first single drop amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ling Chiu, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Publication number: 20200329317
    Abstract: A hearing aid device is provided. The hearing aid device at least includes a neckband and a first microphone. The neckband is worn on a neck of a user. The neckband defines a virtual datum plane and a first virtual plane parallel to each other, wherein the virtual datum plane overlaps a coronal plane of the user when the neckband is worn by the user, and a skin portion, furthest from the virtual datum plane, of a throat of the user is located on the first virtual plane. The first virtual plane is distant from the virtual datum plane by the first distance. The first microphone is disposed on the neckband, and is distant from the virtual datum plane by the second distance, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ling Chiu, Hung-Yue Chang
  • Publication number: 20200322731
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer includes a base plate, a vibrating membrane and a back plate. The vibrating membrane covers an opening of the base plate and has a plurality of conjoint vibratile portions and a plurality of elastic structures. The elastic structures are concentrically arranged along peripheries of the vibratile portions. The acoustic transducer further has a connecting portion extending from the back plate to a boundary between each two of the adjacent vibratile portions so as to allow the vibratile portions to generate vibration independently. The elastic structures include a first elastic structure and a second elastic structures arranged alongside of the boundary, and a third elastic structure arranged along an outer periphery of the vibrating membrane. The vibratile portions are geometrically different from each other and different in rigidity, and the vibratile portions can vibrate independently to respond to various sound pressure levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jen-Yi Chen, Chao-Sen Chang, Yung-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 10791392
    Abstract: A speaker includes a frame and a partition wall. The frame has ribs to define a central through hole and plural side through holes. The partition wall is coupled with the frame to form a boundary between a high-pitched sound zone and a low-pitched sound zone, wherein a total sum area of the side through holes covered by the partition wall is smaller than a total sum area of the side through holes uncovered by the partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MERRY ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsai-Ti Lai, Sheng-Yuan Hsiao, Ling-Chiu Hsiang
  • Patent number: 10783359
    Abstract: A headset including a speaker, a motion sensor, a transceiver, and a processor is provided. The speaker plays audio data. The motion sensor senses a posture of a user to generate first sensing data. The transceiver performs data transmission with an external device. The processor is coupled to the motion sensor and the transceiver. The processor determines whether the posture is correct according to the first sensing data to generate an output result and transmits the output result through the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Merry Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng-Wei Lin, Mao-Hung Lin, Hung-Chi Lin, Sheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20200288228
    Abstract: A system for transforming sensed data is provided. The system includes an inertial sensor and a processor. The inertial sensor generates first sensed data by sensing a motion or behavior of a user. The processor is communicatively connected to the inertial sensor and pre-stores a data transformation model, wherein the data transformation model converts an acceleration vector and an angular velocity vector corresponding to the first sensed data into an acceleration vector and an angular velocity vector corresponding to second sensed data, and outputs the acceleration vector and the angular velocity vector corresponding to the second sensed data to an identification model pre-stored in the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Fei Tsai, Yen-Sheng Chen