Abstract: A display device including a circuit board having a sound generator includes: a base layer; conductive lines disposed on the base layer; and a sound generator disposed on the conductive lines, the sound generator contracting and expanding according to the polarity of driving voltages applied thereto.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a microphone and an intelligent voice device. The microphone includes a housing, a diaphragm, a primary sound pickup component, and a secondary sound pickup component. The diaphragm is configured to output an electric signal according to a sound pressure acting on the first sound pickup surface and the second sound pickup surface. The primary sound pickup component is formed on the housing, and configured to transmit a sound wave from outside of the housing to the first sound pickup surface through a primary sound pickup channel at a first sound pressure. The secondary sound pickup component is formed on the housing, and configured to transmit the sound wave to the second sound pickup surface through a secondary sound pickup channel at a second sound pressure, the secondary sound pickup channel being different from the first sound pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for processing an audio signal. In particular, there is provided a method for determining dynamic gain values to be applied on a digital input signal. The digital signal may be arranged in blocks. The dynamic gain values may be used for attenuating input signal values exceeding a clipping threshold. More particularly, the method comprising, for each signal block, passing backwards over the next signal block and the current signal block to produce a preliminary gain contour from the input signal; and passing forwards over the current signal block to produce a final gain contour for the current signal block based on the preliminary gain contour, wherein the gain contours are produced by applying an instant gain ascent and a smooth gain decay to the gain contours.

Abstract: A hearing aid electrical contact structure and a hearing aid are provided. The hearing aid electrical contact structure includes: a housing, wherein the housing includes a front section and a rear section connected to each other; the rear section is used for accommodating a battery and at least a part of a flexible circuit board; an outer side surface of the rear section has at least two side holes; a conductive contact sheet is assembled in each of the at least two side holes, and the conductive contact sheet is electrically connected to a pad of the flexible circuit board; an outer surface of the conductive contact sheet realizes a transition with the outer side surface of the rear section. The hearing aid electrical contact structure has a smooth surface without any groove structure or convex structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods that uses a window as a keypad entry system that functions as a replacement for a keyless entry keypad in a vehicle. The system includes a vehicle window functional as a keypad using piezoelectric transducers that capture resonance from the vehicle window when pressure waves (e.g., generated by voice commands or taps) impact the glass. A transducer controller amplifies the vibrations from the vehicle window user tap or spoken commands and triangulates the signal to localize a position of the origination point of the tap, which may be mapped to a respective numeric or cardinal input value. The system may include a low power mode that receives input while the vehicle is off.

Abstract: A robotic system that can be used to treat a patient. The robotic system includes a mobile robot that has a camera. The mobile robot is controlled by a remote station that has a monitor. A physician can use the remote station to move the mobile robot into view of a patient. An image of the patient is transmitted from the robot camera to the remote station monitor. A medical personnel at the robot site can enter patient information into the system through a user interface. The patient information can be stored in a server. The physician can access the information from the remote station. The remote station may provide graphical user interfaces that display the patient information and provide both a medical tool and a patient management plan.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication circuit, a display, a microphone, a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, the display, and the microphone, and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: transmit information related to a predetermined event to a server through the communication circuit in response to detection of the predetermined event through an application, display a user interface through the display in response to reception of information related to the user interface including at least one visual object selectable by a user to control a function of the application through the communication circuit, receive a user-uttered input for selecting one of the at least one visual object included in the user interface through the microphone, and transmit information related to the user-uttered input to the server through the communication

Abstract: A system may perform adaptive target presence probability to predict a location of a user (e.g., target) at a given time based on accumulated observations. For example, the system may track a location of the user over time and generate observation data associated with a user profile. The observation data may include a plurality of observations, with a single observation corresponding to a location and time at which the user was detected. The system may apply a clustering algorithm to the observation data to generate probability distributions (e.g., clusters) associated with discrete locations. For example, the system may group observations that are in proximity to each other and separate the groups based on location. Using the probability distribution for an individual cluster, the system may determine a likelihood that the user is present at a location corresponding to the cluster.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for digitally transmitting audio that is converted from analog audio received from analog media pickup devices in a live performance venue by a stage box to a base unit over off-the-shelf twisted pair cable while sending pre-amplification control signals and power over the cable to the stage box. Audio for the performance venue is remotely managed from a virtual audio engineering mixing board that wirelessly communicates audio control commands to the stage box from a handheld computing device.

Abstract: Improved methods and/or apparatus for decoding an encoded audio signal in soundfield format for L loudspeakers. The method and/or apparatus can render an Ambisonics format audio signal to 2D loudspeaker setup(s) based on a rendering matrix. The rendering matrix has elements based on loudspeaker positions and wherein the rendering matrix is determined based on weighting at least an element of a first matrix with a weighting factor g = 1 L . The first matrix is determined based on positions of the L loudspeakers and at least a virtual position of at least a virtual loudspeaker that is added to the positions of the L loudspeakers.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a smart furniture controller with voice recognition, including a controller body and a control circuit. The control circuit is disposed in the controller body. The control circuit comprises a main control unit, a voice recognition module, an operation panel, a control output interface and a power module. The voice recognition module is connected to the main control unit; a microphone and a loudspeaker are connected to the voice recognition module; the operation panel is connected to the main control unit, and the control output interface is connected to the main control unit. The disclosed embodiments integrate a voice recognition module in the controller. Voice commands can be recognized through the voice recognition module, allowing to control the smart furniture via voice, and making the operation simpler and more convenient.

Abstract: An audio transmission device coupled to an electronic device and including a detection circuit, a vendor-defined class circuit, and an audio class circuit is provided. The detection circuit detects an external sound to generate an input voice. The vendor-defined class circuit provides a first voice signal to the electronic device according to the input voice. An audio processing application program of the electronic device processes the first voice signal to generate a processed voice to the vendor-defined class circuit. The audio class circuit receives the processed voice from the vendor-defined class circuit, uses the processed voice as a second voice signal, and provides the second voice signal to the media manager of the electronic device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic module for a hearing device. The electronic module comprises at least one electronic component for a hearing device and an embedding material covering the electronic component. The electronic component comprises at least one restricted area which is free from the embedding material. The restricted area is surrounded at least partially by a zone and the zone is covered by an attaching material. The attaching material covering the zone has a mold part formed by molding and freely formed edge facing the restricted area.

Abstract: There is presented an in-the-ear hearing aid comprising a faceplate, an ear shell, such as a custom ear shell, and a battery, wherein the battery is fixed to the ear shell and furthermore a method for providing an in-the-ear hearing aid, said method comprising obtaining data, such as three-dimensional data, representative of a shape and/or size of an ear canal of a specific person, such as the part of an ear canal extending at least partially from the outer ear to the middle ear, establishing a digital model of the ear shell, such as the custom ear shell, of the hearing aid for said ear canal based on said data, wherein said providing includes determining a position and/or orientation of a battery in said ear shell, which position and/or orientation increases or maximizes a distance from the outer ear to the faceplate.

Abstract: An atmospheric pressure adjustment apparatus is disclosed.

Abstract: A tinnitus treatment device may include a sound generation unit configured to generate an electrical stimulus, and an open earphone operably coupled to the sound generation unit to produce acoustic vibrations based on the electrical stimulus. The open earphone may include an auditory passage and the open earphone may be insertable into an ear canal of a person such that the auditory passage enables sound to pass substantially unobstructed by the device into the ear canal of the person. The sound generation unit may be configured to be adjustable to tune the electrical stimulus based on a characteristic of tinnitus symptoms experienced by the person.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method, the device comprising: an audio module; a display; a connection terminal connected to earphones; a communication interface; and a processor electrically connected to the audio module, the display, the connection terminal, or the communication interface, wherein the processor is set to display execution screens associated with a first application and a second application through a multi-window, respectively, and output an audio signal corresponding to the first application and an audio signal corresponding to the second application to a left terminal or a right terminal of the earphones separately based on a window position corresponding to each execution screen. In addition, other embodiments are also possible.

Abstract: A hearing assistance device which is worn by the user and which can suppress the voices produced by the user wearing the hearing assistance device is provided. When the user wears the hearing assistance device 1, a pair of microphones is separated and positioned on both sides of a head of the user and a pair of speakers is separated and positioned on both ears of the user or positioned near the ears and which emits sound. The hearing assistance device includes a noise canceller 96 which subtracts a signal processed by a mouth directivity sound processor 93 from the input signal from at least one of the microphones L and R, in which the mouth directivity sound processor 93 emphasizes voice produced from a sound source positioned at a mouth of the user.

Abstract: A modular headphone system that can afford the wearer configurable choices of hearing protection and quality sound delivery for music and programming is provided. In an embodiment, a modular headphone includes a headband and an earpiece mounted to the headband. The earpiece comprises a can comprising a speaker, the can secured to the headband. A removable and replaceable music ear cup is removably mountable to the can to overlie the speaker. A removable and replaceable hearing protection/sound amplification (HP/amp) ear cup is removably mountable to the can to overlie the speaker.

Abstract: A directivity adjustment device that maintains a constant direct-to-reverberant ratio based on the detected location of a listener in relation to the speaker array is described. The directivity adjustment device may include a distance estimator, a directivity compensator, and an array processor. The distance estimator detects the distance between the speaker array and the listener. Based on this detected distance, the directivity compensator calculates a directivity index form a beam produced by the speaker array that maintains a predefined direct-to-reverberant sound energy ratio. The array processor receives the calculated directivity index and processes each channel of a piece of sound program content to produce a set of audio signals that drive one or more of the transducers in the speaker array to generate a beam pattern with the calculated directivity index.