Patents Examined by Jason R Kurr
  • Patent number: 11770951
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chunsoo Chang, Heungsu Kim, Hyunsik Kim
  • Patent number: 11765535
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua Brandon Lando, Freddie Sanchez, Alan J. Seefeldt
  • Patent number: 11765494
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Keenan A. Wyrobek, Gavin K. Ananda Krishnan, Brendan J. D. Wade, Philip M. Green, Thomas O. Teisberg, Rohit H. Sant
  • Patent number: 11758319
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Limin Zhou, Gongqiang Yu, Alan Ng
  • Patent number: 11751001
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Fujiwara, Keigo Taruishi, Masami Aikawa
  • Patent number: 11745806
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11743636
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ONEPLUS TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Zhang, Yajun Yu, Jin Hu, Yong Yang, Xiaodong Huang, Yuzhou Chen, Shunming Huang
  • Patent number: 11736861
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ulrich Horbach, Keyvan Amini Khoiy
  • Patent number: 11736863
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Boomcloud 360, Inc.
    Inventor: Zachary Seldess
  • Patent number: 11729550
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Shoichiro Saito
  • Patent number: 11716565
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Kuei Hsu, Tzu-Yu Kao
  • Patent number: 11716560
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11699454
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Michael D Souza, Vladimir Adam, Ragini Rajendra Prasad
  • Patent number: 11689871
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Lesso
  • Patent number: 11689872
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Watanabe, Akiko Nakamura, Yasuhiro Fujita, Chihiro Kuwayama
  • Patent number: 11682375
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Udeni Sangakkara, Takuto Takizawa, Eiji Saitou, Yukiharu Wakiguchi, Minoru Umesako
  • Patent number: 11683634
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 11678100
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Arun Rajasekaran
  • Patent number: 11678099
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING 2 A/S
    Inventor: Emil Holm Knudsen
  • Patent number: 11678094
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Enfu Liu