Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphone assembly is provided. The assembly includes an enclosure, a MEMS transducer, and a plurality of substrate layers. The single MEMS transducer is positioned within the enclosure. The plurality of substrate layers support the single MEMS transducer. The plurality of substrate layers define a first transmission mechanism to enable a first side of the single MEMS transducer to receive an audio input signal and a second transmission mechanism to enable a second side of the single MEMS transducer to receive the audio input signal.

Abstract: A light-emitting audio device, an audio output device, and a display device. The light-emitting audio device includes a micro device integrated with a micro LED device and piezoelectric device. Both image display and audio output can be enabled using a single device. Audio is output using a plurality of light-emitting audio devices disposed in a plurality of subpixels, respectively. An increase in the thickness of the display device due to integrate with a audio function can be minimized. A variety of audio output functions are provided by driving the light-emitting audio devices according to areas.

Abstract: A system and method are presented for unsupervised discovery of similar audio events collected from an automated dialing campaign. Locality Sensitive Hashing (LSH) is used to search for similar audio clips within a large dataset of audio recordings. A database is queried for possible matches between an unknown audio clip and any reference carrier audio message present in the database. The database is updated when new, or changed, carrier audio messages are detected.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker, including a holder, a magnetic circuit unit, a vibration unit, and an electrical connection member. The vibration unit includes a diaphragm and a voice coil. The electrical connection member is electrically connected to the voice coil. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke. A pad fixed to the holder is formed at an end of the electrical connection member facing away from the voice coil. The yoke includes a bottom plate exposed out of the holder, and a recess is formed at a side of the bottom plate facing away from the diaphragm. The speaker further includes a printed circuit board connected to the pad. The printed circuit board electrically connects the electrical connection member with an external circuit, and the printed circuit board is received in the recess and extends to the pad.

Abstract: Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone devices, microphone-equipped media playback devices, and speaker-equipped networked microphone devices are disclosed and described herein, including but not limited to designating and managing default networked devices, audio response playback, room-corrected voice detection, content mixing, music service selection, metadata exchange between networked playback systems and networked microphone systems, handling loss of pairing between networked devices, actions based on user identification, and other voice control of networked devices.

Abstract: Provided is a speaker, including a holder, a vibration unit and a magnetic circuit unit fixedly held at the holder, and a bayonet portion penetrating through the holder. The vibration unit includes a diaphragm, a voice coil located at a side of the diaphragm and driving the diaphragm to vibrate and emit sound, and a flexible printed circuit board located at a side of the voice coil facing away from the diaphragm and connected to the voice coil. The flexible printed circuit board includes a body portion supporting the voice coil, an extension portion extending from body portion towards bayonet portion and passing through the bayonet portion, and a connecting portion bent and extending from a distal end of the extension portion along an outer side of the holder. The connecting portion is fitted to outer side of holder and used for electrical connection with an external circuit.

Abstract: An audio navigation device comprising an input means for inputting two or more audio pieces into the navigation device; a spatialization means for allocating a position in the form of a unique spatial coordinate to each audio piece and arranging the audio pieces in a multi-dimensional arrangement; a generating means for generating a binaural audio output for each audio piece, wherein the audio output simulates sounds that would be made by one or more physical sources located at the given position of each audio piece; an output means for simultaneously outputting multiple audio pieces as binaural audio output to a user; a navigation means for enabling a user to navigate around the audio outputs in the multi-dimensional arrangement; and a selection means for allowing a user to select a single audio output.

Abstract: A symmetric dual suspension speaker structure is herein disclosed, comprising a basin frame, a U-shaped iron, a magnet permeability ferrite ring, a corrugated rim, a diaphragm, a sound coil, a damper clamped between the magnet permeability ferrite ring and the U-shaped iron, as well as a magnet, wherein the peripheral edge around the upper surface of the diaphragm can be stretched in the vertical direction to form a barrel component, and the corrugated rim is used to bond and fix the top end of the barrel component while the damper is used to bond and fix the bottom end of the barrel component, such that the sound coil can bring the barrel component of the diaphragm to vertically vibrate thus improving the instability existing in the bonding of the conventional diaphragm and the coil framework.

Abstract: A device including a transducer and a connection assembly in fixed relationship with the transducer, configured to transfer vibrational energy directly or indirectly, at least one of to or from, the transducer, wherein a first component of the connection assembly is actively held by positive retention to the device by a second component of the connection assembly.

Abstract: Among other things, in general, a piezoelectric actuator for use in a piezoelectric inertial hearing aid is disclosed. The actuator includes at least one bimorph having a top piezoelectric plate, a bottom piezoelectric plate, and a shim with holed ends that extends beyond the length of the plates for securing to bone across, e.g., the mastoid cavity. Actuators having two or morph bimorphs and kits containing the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for arranging a bone conducting hearing device to a skin surface over the skull of a user is disclosed. The mounting assembly comprises an attachment element configured to be attached to a corresponding vibrator attachment element of a vibrator assembly, the attachment element and the vibrator attachment element being adapted to operationally couple with each other; a plate member configured to be arranged over the skin surface; one or more removably arranged mounting structures arranged outside the skull for attaching the mounting assembly to the skin surface over the skull.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker, including a holder, a vibration unit, a magnetic circuit unit, and an electrical connection member. The vibration unit includes a diaphragm and a voice coil located at one side of the diaphragm and driving the diaphragm to vibrate and emit sound. The electrical connection member is electrically connected to the voice coil and elastically supporting the voice coil. The electrical connection member includes a support portion supporting an end of the voice coil facing away from the diaphragm, an elastic arm arranged spaced apart from the support portion, and opposite ends of the elastic arm along a side of the voice coil respectively a joint extending from the support portion. The voice coil is sandwiched and fixed between the first extension arm and the second extension arm.

Abstract: Provided are a MEMS microphone chip and an MEMS microphone. The MEMS microphone chip comprises a substrate, a backplate and a vibration diaphragm, the backplate and the vibration diaphragm constituting two electrodes of a capacitor respectively, the backplate and the vibration diaphragm being suspended above the substrate, the backplate being located between the substrate and the vibration diaphragm, and the substrate being provided with a back chamber and a support column, the support column being connected to a side wall of the back chamber via a connection portion, a through hole or a notch being formed in the connection portion through its thickness direction, to allow spaces at opposite sides of the connection portion to communicate with each other; and the support column being configured to support the backplate.

Abstract: Devices, system, and methods are disclosed for provisioning devices over a cloud network in accordance with modifications to operational settings of a media playback system. In example embodiments, a playback device is provided that is configured to identify a change to a property of an operational setting of the media playback system. Based on the identified change, the playback device is configured to locally provision itself in accordance with the identified change to the property of the operational setting, cause at least one additional playback device to be provisioned in accordance with the identified change to the property of the operational setting, and cause a cloud computing device located outside of the media playback system to be provisioned in accordance with the identified change to the property of the operational setting.

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to perception based multimedia processing. There is provided a method for processing multimedia data, the method includes automatically determining user perception on a segment of the multimedia data based on a plurality of clusters, the plurality of clusters obtained in association with predefined user perceptions and processing the segment of the multimedia data at least in part based on determined user perception on the segment. Corresponding system and computer program products are disclosed as well.

Abstract: An earplug apparatus and an electronic apparatus are provided. The earplug apparatus includes: a biological feature detection module, the biological feature detection module being arranged in the earplug apparatus and being configured to be fit in a region enclosed by an outer ear canal and an ear canal entrance; wherein the biological feature detection module comprises a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, wherein the light emitting unit is configured to emit light to the enclosed region, the light emitted by the light emitting unit is processed by an ear tissue in the enclosed region and transmitted to the light receiving unit, and the light receiving unit is configured to convert the received light photoelectrically to generate an original electrical signal for biological feature detection. In this way, the entire size of the final product is small, and wearing comfort is enhanced.

Abstract: An audio apparatus and a control method therefor are provided. The present audio apparatus comprises: a vibration part for providing audio using vibration; a sensing part for sensing one or more of the material and the thickness of an object to which the audio apparatus is attached; a pressure regulation part for regulating the pressure that is applied to the object by the vibration part; and a processor for controlling the pressure regulation part in order to regulate the pressure applied to the object by the vibration part based on one or more of the material and the thickness of the object that is sensed by the sensing part.

Abstract: A bass reflex port including: a tubular body portion; and a surface forming portion which is board-like, and continuous to an inner wall of the tubular body portion and which has a surface extending radially outwardly from an opening end of the tubular body portion disposed in a housing of a speaker, wherein the surface forming portion extends linearly in a direction away from a tube axis of the tubular body portion in a cross section parallel to the tube axis.

Abstract: An earphone includes an earphone body and an adjustment assembly. The earphone includes a shell and a speaker unit. The shell has a chamber, an audio hole and a ventilation hole. The audio hole and the ventilation hole are connected to the chamber. The speaker unit is located in the chamber and is corresponding to the audio hole. The adjustment assembly includes a baffle and a button. The baffle is located in the chamber and is located between the speaker unit and the ventilation hole. The button is connected to the baffle and is movably disposed on the shell so that the baffle is movable to connect the ventilation hole to the chamber or to disconnect the ventilation hole from the chamber by the button.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for determining hearing device features which are useful to an individual user of a hearing device (1). According to the proposed method a received input sound signal is automatically classified according to N sound classes. An overall usage quantity is then determined for each sound class from logged usage quantities of each sound class. Useful hearing device features are then determined, which are suitable for processing an input sound signal associated with sound classes having an overall usage quantity that exceeds a minimum overall usage quantity. Subsequently, providing the determined useful hearing device features in the hearing device (1) is suggested to the fitter and/or user of the hearing device (1). In a further aspect of the present invention a hearing device (1) with a classifier (7) and a logging unit (10) adapted to log usage quantities for identified sound classes is provided.