Patents Examined by Kile O Blair
  • Patent number: 12047736
    Abstract: A speaker cover enabling directivity control of soundwave radiation, containing a cover body having a truncated pyramid shape; the cover body is adapted to be provided with a speaker inside; the cover body is hollow, and is provided with an opening; the cover body has a base board and a plurality of side boards extending out from edges of the base board; a fixing unit is provided on the base board to fix the speaker; the side boards are made of hard board material; at least part of an inner side wall of each of the side boards is provided with sound absorption material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventor: Heng Zhu
  • Patent number: 12028696
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing system for enabling more stable localization of a sound image. A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 12028701
    Abstract: Methods and systems for designing binaural room impulse responses (BRIRs) for use in headphone virtualizers, and methods and systems for generating a binaural signal in response to a set of channels of a multi-channel audio signal, including by applying a BRIR to each channel of the set, thereby generating filtered signals, and combining the filtered signals to generate the binaural signal, where each BRIR has been designed in accordance with an embodiment of the design method. Other aspects are audio processing units configured to perform any embodiment of the inventive method. In accordance with some embodiments, BRIR design is formulated as a numerical optimization problem based on a simulation model (which generates candidate BRIRs) and at least one objective function (which evaluates each candidate BRIR), and includes identification of a best one of the candidate BRIRs as indicated by performance metrics determined for the candidate BRIRs by each objective function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Grant A. Davidson, Kuan-Chieh Yen, Dirk Jeroen Breebaart
  • Patent number: 12028690
    Abstract: A concept for modifying a loudspeaker signal to prevent diaphragm over-deflection, in which a diaphragm deflection signal is predicted block by block, in overlapping time blocks, on the basis of the loudspeaker signal, so as to obtain one diaphragm deflection signal block per time block, is made more efficient. In accordance with an embodiment, a temporal evaluation position is determined at which then an attenuation factor is calculated from the current diaphragm deflection signal block, with the application of which a modified current diaphragm deflection signal block is obtained, and then a modified loudspeaker signal is synthesized on the basis of the modified current diaphragm deflection signal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Robin Ritter, Georg Fischer
  • Patent number: 12028699
    Abstract: A method plays sound clips in binaural sound to users during an electronic communication between two or more users. A processor convolves the sound clips with HRTFs so the sound externally localize away from a head of the user listening to the sound clip. The sound clips play to users during the electronic communication without transmitting the sound clips to electronic devices of the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Inventor: Philip Scott Lyren
  • Patent number: 12002445
    Abstract: Provided is a technology for generating an elimination filter coefficient for suppressing degradation of noise elimination performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Masahiro Fukui
  • Patent number: 12002443
    Abstract: A sound control device mounted in a vehicle and control method thereof includes obtaining whether an audio function is ON or OFF, and determining a maximum limit value for a displacement of a speaker due to a noise control signal according to whether the audio function is ON or OFF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Keun You, Jong Won Lee, Kaang Dok Yee, Chi Sung Oh, Hyun Jin Song
  • Patent number: 11996078
    Abstract: A playback audio signal is combined with a feedback signal from a feedback microphone to provide a first combined signal. The first combined signal is filtered with a feedback filter to provide a driver command signal. The driver command signal is provided to an acoustic transducer for transduction to acoustic energy. The first combined signal is compared with the feedback signal to detect a feedback instability based upon the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: David J. Warkentin
  • Patent number: 11996075
    Abstract: A method for controlling a sound control device in a vehicle includes obtaining at least one of a reference signal obtained from a sensor or an error signal obtained from a sound signal of a microphone, estimating a road surface environment corresponding to a road surface on which the vehicle is traveling based on the reference signal, and adjusting a gain for generating a noise control signal having a magnitude within a preset range based on at least one of the road surface environment or the error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Keun You, Myoung Ok Lee, Kaang Dok Yee, Chi Sung Oh, Mun Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11990112
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an active noise cancellation (ANC) system is provided. The ANC system includes at least one loudspeaker, at least one microphone, and a reference generator. The at least one loudspeaker projects anti-noise sound within a cabin of a vehicle based at least on an estimated reference signal and an anti-noise signal. The at least one microphone to provide a first error signal indicative of noise and the anti-noise sound within the cabin. The at least one filter controller programmed to receive the first error signal and the estimated reference signal; and to control at least one adaptive filter to generate the anti-noise signal based at least on the first error signal and the estimated reference signal. The reference generator is programmed to generate the estimated reference signal based at least on one of vehicle speed, temperature of a tire of the vehicle, or tire pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: David Trumpy, Santosh Adari
  • Patent number: 11991493
    Abstract: A microphone package and an electronic apparatus including the same are provided. The microphone package includes a substrate in which an acoustic hole and a via hole are formed; an acoustic sensor attached to a front surface of the substrate and covering the acoustic hole; a first electrode pad provided on the front surface of the substrate; a second electrode pad provided on a rear surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the first electrode pad through the via hole; and a third electrode pad on a side surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the second electrode pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongseop Yoon, Cheheung Kim
  • Patent number: 11979700
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include: a display panel configured to display an image, a supporting member configured to support the display panel, a coupling member in the supporting member, and at least one sound-generating device coupled to the display panel by the coupling member, the at least one sound-generating device being configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwangho Kim
  • Patent number: 11974097
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Bingyan Yan, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Patent number: 11974102
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a microphone device with advanced functionalities. The microphone device comprises one or more microphone units, one or more sensor units, and an automatic control system. The one or more sensor units are configured for capturing contextual information indicative of one or more real-time conditions of an environment of the microphone device. The automatic control system is configured for detecting one or more real-time changes to the environment of the microphone device based on the contextual information, invoking display of a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising information indicative of the one or more real-time changes, and adjusting one or more settings for the microphone device in response to the one or more real-time changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Audio-Technica U.S., Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin M. Cochran
  • Patent number: 11968488
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a housing, an acoustic hole formed in a first direction of the housing, an instrument installed in the housing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a mic, and a mic holder including a body installed in the housing, a seat formed in the body part to receive the mic, a first opening formed in one surface of the body and connected to the seat, a second opening formed in another surface of the body, and a third opening formed in the body and connected to the acoustic hole. As the second opening of the mic holder is closed by an instrument of the electronic device closely attached to the other surface of the body part, an acoustic channel in which a sound introduced into the third opening is delivered to a mic hole of the mic may be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwanghyun Kim, Kyueun Park, Brian Han
  • Patent number: 11968516
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and a sound processing system for enabling more stable localization of a sound image. A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 11948597
    Abstract: The embodiments of this application disclose an audio processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. In the embodiments of this application, a current playback environment of audio may be obtained; audio recognition may be performed on ambient sound of the current playback environment in a case that the current playback environment is in a foreground state; foreground sound in the ambient sound may be determined according to an audio recognition result; the foreground sound in the ambient sound may be classified to determine a type of the foreground sound; and audio mixing may be performed on the foreground sound and the audio to obtain mixed playback sound based on the type of the foreground sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shuo Deng
  • Patent number: 11950038
    Abstract: A microphone front chamber structure is adapted to be disposed on a front side of a voice reception hole of a microphone unit. The microphone front chamber structure includes a shell and a microphone holder. The shell has a first hole. The microphone holder is disposed in the shell and has a second hole corresponding to the first hole. The first hole and the second hole form a front chamber. The first hole has a first width at a position farthest away from the microphone holder. The second hole includes first and second sections arranged along an axis. On the axis, the first section has a tapered width along the axis and away from the shell. The second section has a second width constant along the axis. The first width is greater than the second width. A voice reception device including the microphone front chamber structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuei-Yuan Lin, Hung-Yue Chang, Hsiu-Hung Yeh
  • Patent number: 11942068
    Abstract: An adaptive active noise control (ANC) system includes an ANC circuit and a control circuit. The ANC circuit generates an anti-noise signal for noise reduction, wherein the ANC circuit includes at least one adaptive filter. The control circuit receives a first input signal derived from a reference signal output by a reference microphone that picks up ambient noise, receives a second input signal derived from an error signal output by an error microphone that picks up remnant noise resulting from the noise reduction, and performs a transfer function variation detection based on the first input signal and the second input signal to control the at least one adaptive filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Airoha Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Ling Hsu, Li-Wen Chi
  • Patent number: 11936349
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an audio circuit capable of inhibiting a current when mute is deactivated. An output terminal of a class D amplifier circuit is connected to an electroacoustic conversion element through a low-pass filter. An output node of a bridge circuit is connected to the output terminal. An integrator integrates and outputs, in a non-mute period in which a mute control signal is negated, a difference between an input signal and a feedback signal corresponding to an output signal generated at the output terminal, and outputs a predetermined bias voltage in a mute period in which the mute control signal is asserted. A PWM comparator compares the output of the integrator with a periodic voltage. A driver switches, in the non-mute period, the bridge circuit according to an output of the PWM comparator, and fixes an output of the bridge circuit in the mute period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Araki