Patents Examined by Jason R Kurr
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Patent number: 11770951Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device of the present invention comprises: a display panel; an inner plate positioned at the rear of the display panel; a module cover positioned at the rear of the inner plate; electronic components mounted on the rear of the module cover; and a back cover positioned at the rear of the module cover and covering the electronic components, wherein the module cover may include a body portion positioned at the rear of the inner plate, and an extension portion extending from the body portion so as to cover at least a portion of a side surface of the display panel and the inner plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Chunsoo Chang, Heungsu Kim, Hyunsik Kim
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Patent number: 11765535Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a method of rendering adaptive audio by receiving input audio comprising channel-based audio, audio objects, and dynamic objects, wherein the dynamic objects are classified as sets of low-priority dynamic objects and high-priority dynamic objects, rendering the channel-based audio, the audio objects, and the low-priority dynamic objects in a first rendering processor of an audio processing system, and rendering the high-priority dynamic objects in a second rendering processor of the audio processing system. The rendered audio is then subject to virtualization and post-processing steps for playback through soundbars and other similar limited height capable speakers.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventors: Joshua Brandon Lando, Freddie Sanchez, Alan J. Seefeldt
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Patent number: 11765494Abstract: Described herein is a sensor probe for association with a portion of an aircraft. The sensor probe includes a microphone assembly having a portion configured to receive audio signals. The sensor probe further includes a nosecone associated with the microphone assembly. The nosecone assembly is configured to shield the portion of the microphone assembly from noise generated by direct impact of an airflow for a plurality of local flow angles.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Keenan A. Wyrobek, Gavin K. Ananda Krishnan, Brendan J. D. Wade, Philip M. Green, Thomas O. Teisberg, Rohit H. Sant
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Patent number: 11758319Abstract: An acoustic sensor includes port architecture designed to mitigate wind noise. The acoustic sensor includes a primary waveguide having two ports open to a local area surrounding the acoustic sensor. One opening of a secondary waveguide is coupled to portion of the primary waveguide, with another opening of the secondary waveguide coupled to a microphone. The secondary waveguide has a smaller cross-section than the primary waveguide. Hence, airflow is directed from a port of the primary waveguide to the other port of the primary waveguide and back into the local area, bypassing the microphone.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Limin Zhou, Gongqiang Yu, Alan Ng
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Patent number: 11751001Abstract: An audio system for an elevator includes two or more speaker cabinets arranged inside a suspended ceiling fixed to a ceiling board of a car of the elevator, an input device to which sound content radiated to an inside of the car from each of the two or more speaker cabinets are input, and a sound field control device configured to conduct phase control and reverberation time control for the sound content and thereby cause a sound wave based on the sound content to be radiated from the speaker cabinet to the inside of the car. Each of the speaker cabinets includes a casing arranged inside the suspended ceiling, and a speaker unit arranged inside the casing and having a radiation surface that radiates the sound wave.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu Fujiwara, Keigo Taruishi, Masami Aikawa
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Patent number: 11745806Abstract: An audio system for installation in the tailgate of a pickup truck. A rugged, weather-resistant audio system is installed in a fold-down section of a multi-part tailgate. The system may operate independently of the sound system in the vehicle; the truck does not need to be running for the system to function. A low current draw allows the system to play for hours. The system may include a control that automatically powers off the system when the tailgate is returned to the closed position. The system may incorporate a USB port for device charging and flash memory playback, along with full Bluetooth streaming compatibility.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Stillwater Designs and Audio, Inc.Inventors: Joseph C. Gross, IV, Martin N. Williams, John D. Cronin, Dennis A. Hotson, Joshua N. James, Garry L. Roberts, Charles Wesley Groh
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Patent number: 11743636Abstract: A speaker structure comprises a main speaker, an auxiliary speaker, a first driving mechanism, and a second driving mechanism. The auxiliary speaker is connected to the main speaker and displaceable relative to the main speaker. The first drive mechanism is configured to drive the main speaker to reciprocate in a first direction, and the second driving mechanism is configured to drive the auxiliary speaker to reciprocate in a second direction relative to the main speaker. The first driving mechanism is arranged in the main speaker, and the second driving mechanism is arranged in the main speaker. An output end of the second driving mechanism extends out of the main speaker and connected to the auxiliary speaker.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: ONEPLUS TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Zhang, Yajun Yu, Jin Hu, Yong Yang, Xiaodong Huang, Yuzhou Chen, Shunming Huang
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Patent number: 11736861Abstract: A method for calibrating an in-ear headphone to improve the frequency response heard by a user. The method including generating a sound signal and playing the sound signal at a driver when the in-ear headphone is placed within a user's ear canal, receiving a reflected sound signal at a first microphone, generating a frequency response based on the reflected sound signal, generating the user's ear drum response based on the frequency response, generating a second sound signal, modifying the second sound signal based on the user's ear drum response, and playing the modified second sound signal at the driver.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Ulrich Horbach, Keyvan Amini Khoiy
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Patent number: 11736863Abstract: Embodiments relate to providing a conference for client devices with spatialized audio. Input audio streams are received from the client devices. For each client device, placement data defining spatial locations of other client devices within a sound field is determined. A mixed stream including a left mixed channel and a right mixed channel for the client device is generated by mixing and panning input audio streams of the other client devices according to the placement data. A spatially enhanced stream including a left enhanced channel for a left speaker and a right enhanced channel for a right speaker is generated by applying subband spatial processing and crosstalk processing on the left mixed channel and the right mixed channel of the mixed stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Boomcloud 360, Inc.Inventor: Zachary Seldess
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Patent number: 11729550Abstract: In-car communication and hands-free talking with good sound quality are realized. An echo cancelation apparatus (4) is for use in a vehicle in which microphones (M1, M2) and loudspeakers (S1, S2) are disposed in acoustic regions (100, 200). A loudspeaker (S1) and a microphone (M1) are disposed in a first acoustic region (100), and a loudspeaker (S2) and a microphone (M2) are disposed in a second acoustic region (200). An acoustic signal picked up by the microphone (M1) disposed in the first acoustic region (100) is emitted from the loudspeaker (S2) disposed in the second acoustic region (200). An acoustic signal picked up by the microphone (M2) disposed in the second acoustic region (200) is emitted from the loudspeaker (S1) disposed in the first acoustic region (100). The microphone (M1) is designed to hardly collect a sound emitted from the loudspeaker (S2).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Shoichiro Saito
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Patent number: 11716565Abstract: A sound emitting device includes a speaker box, a loudspeaker, a temperature sensor, a central processing unit and a signal amplifier. The speaker box includes a sound hole. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the sound emitting device and generates a detection signal. The central processing unit pre-stores a default audio signal. When the central processing unit determines that the loudspeaker is in a standby state and the temperature of the sound emitting device exceeds a threshold value, the central processing unit issues the default audio signal. The signal amplifier is connected to and disposed between the central processing unit and the loudspeaker for amplifying the default audio signal and transmitting the amplified default audio signal to the loudspeaker. A vibration diaphragm of the loudspeaker undergoes a vibration action according to the amplified default audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chao-Kuei Hsu, Tzu-Yu Kao
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Patent number: 11716560Abstract: An accessory for wireless earbuds can include a first receiving portion defining a first cavity sized to receive and retain a first earbud and a second receiving portion defining a second cavity sized to receive and retain a second earbud. Each receiving portion can include a charging component to electrically couple with the respective earbud. The accessory can include a flexible portion connected to the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion, the flexible portion at least partially defining an internal volume, and a battery disposed in the internal volume and electrically coupled with the charging components.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Kristen L. Cretella, Chad J. Miller, Daniel A. Podhajny, Joshua A. Hoover, Nicholas R. Trincia, Seul Bi Kim, William Leith, Yi Zou, Yue Chen
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Patent number: 11699454Abstract: Techniques for dynamically adjusting received audio are described. In an example, a computer system receives audio data representing noise and utterance received by a device during a first time interval that has a start and an end. The start corresponds to a beginning of the utterance. The end corresponds to at a selection by the device of an audio beam associated with a direction towards an utterance source. The computer system determines a value associated with an audio adjustment factor. The audio adjustment factor is represented by values that vary during the time interval. The value is one of the values associated with a time point of the first time interval. The computer system generates, based at least in part on the audio data and the value, first data that indicates a measurement of at least one of the noise or the utterance.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Henry Michael D Souza, Vladimir Adam, Ragini Rajendra Prasad
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Patent number: 11689871Abstract: The disclosure relates in general to on-ear transition detection, and in particular to on-ear transition detection circuitry comprising: a monitoring unit operable to monitor a speaker current flowing through a speaker and/or a speaker voltage induced across the speaker, and to generate a monitor signal indicative of the speaker current and/or the speaker voltage; and an event detector operable to detect a qualifying disturbance in a sensor signal indicative of a qualifying pressure change incident on the speaker caused by the speaker transitioning from an on-ear state to an off-ear state or vice versa, wherein the sensor signal is, or is derived from, the monitor signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventor: John P. Lesso
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Patent number: 11689872Abstract: An acoustic device includes: a generating unit that generates a monaural signal on the basis of a left stereo signal and a right stereo signal in a low frequency band; an extracting unit that extracts a stereo component for an L-channel and a stereo component for an R-channel on the basis of a left stereo signal and a right stereo signal in a high frequency band; a first combining unit that combines the monaural signal and the stereo component for the L-channel; and a second combining unit that combines the monaural signal and the stereo component for the R-channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuo Watanabe, Akiko Nakamura, Yasuhiro Fujita, Chihiro Kuwayama
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Patent number: 11682375Abstract: A speaker system includes a wearable speaker capable of outputting a first sound which is a voice of a communication partner of a talker and a second sound, a microphone, and a sound processing device which processes a sound output from the wearable speaker and a sound picked up by the microphone. The sound processing device generates a reference signal by synthesizing a first signal indicating the first sound and a second signal indicating the second sound, outputs the first signal and the second signal to the wearable speaker, obtains a sound pickup signal including the voice of the talker from the microphone, performs, on the sound pickup signal, a process of cancelling the sound component output from the wearable speaker by using the reference signal, and outputs the sound pickup signal on which the cancellation process has been performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Udeni Sangakkara, Takuto Takizawa, Eiji Saitou, Yukiharu Wakiguchi, Minoru Umesako
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Patent number: 11683634Abstract: A system that suppresses a plurality of interferences of different types in a received audio signal. The system comprises one or more microphones and an audio controller. The one or more microphones are configured to detect the audio signal. The audio controller applies an interference estimation algorithm to the audio signal to generate an attenuation coefficient for each of the plurality of interferences of different types. The audio controller applies the attenuation coefficients to the audio signal to generate an interference-suppressed audio signal in which the plurality of interferences of different types is suppressed. The audio controller determines a time domain signal based on the interference-suppressed audio signal to provide to an end user.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventor: Jun Yang
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Patent number: 11678100Abstract: A wireless control pod stores a headset for charging when not in use. When the headset is in signal communication with a smart device, a user can use the wireless control pod to control one or more functions of the smart device. When the headset is docked with a secondary headset, the audio to the speakers of the headset is adjusted for broadcast by the secondary headset.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Arun Rajasekaran
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Patent number: 11678099Abstract: Disclosed is a hearing device configured to be worn in an ear of a user. The hearing device is configured to provide an audio signal to the user. The hearing device comprises a circuit assembly. The circuit assembly comprises a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly comprises: a first circuit board; a second circuit board; a third circuit board interconnected with the first circuit board and the second circuit board; and a fourth circuit board. The circuit assembly comprises a battery, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is folded about the battery.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: GN HEARING 2 A/SInventor: Emil Holm Knudsen
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Patent number: 11678094Abstract: A fixation assembly is configured to fix an electroacoustic transducer to a shell of the electronic device, and includes a first support and a second support. The first support defines a receiving space and a sound transmission channel communicating with the receiving space. The electroacoustic transducer is received in the receiving space. The second support is engaged with the first support and configured to restrict freedom of the transducer assembly cooperatively with the first support. Even when the electronic device is under extreme conditions, a relative position between the electroacoustic transducer and the fixation assembly remain unchanged. The second support is engaged with the shell to fix the first support and the electroacoustic transducer with the shell, such that the electroacoustic transducer is fixed relative to the shell, improving reliability of the electronic device under extreme conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Enfu Liu