Patents Examined by Kile O Blair
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Patent number: 11496822Abstract: The present invention provides a microphone mounting structure for a headset, the microphone mounting structure comprising: a housing surrounding the headset and forming an audio output channel along a vertical direction inside; a microphone mounted along the vertical direction inside a space formed by the audio output channel, and a substrate connected to a main board and including a supporting part mounted in a rear side of the microphone, wherein the microphone includes a circuit substrate formed in a rear side of the microphone, and the circuit substrate includes a hole, wherein the supporting part includes a substrate hole communicating the hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: BUJEON CO., LTD.Inventors: Donghyun Seo, Ki-Bum Bang, Sunwoo Park
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Patent number: 11489692Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically adjusting device volume based on learned volume preferences are disclosed herein. A first device receives a wireless signal from a second device. A signal strength of the wireless signal is determined, and a location of the second device is determined based on the signal strength of the wireless signal. Historical volume level data for the first device is retrieved from memory. A target volume level for the first device is determined based on the location of the second device and the historical volume level data. A volume setting of the first device is automatically adjusted to the target volume level.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.Inventor: Deepak Angadi
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Patent number: 11490183Abstract: A sound management enclosure, production, and recapture device may include a generally symmetrical design and may be constructed and arranged to optionally internally mount components therein. The sound management device may be constructed and arranged to alter, focus, or dissipate sound waves within a predictable environment in order to enhance the associated effects. Sound capturing devices, such as microphones, may be placed within the sound management enclosure for transmission to an external system for recording or projection.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventor: Logan B McLaren
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Patent number: 11483664Abstract: A method for masking an acoustic stimulus, comprising: detecting an event initiated by a user of a personal audio device, the event having an associated audio artefact; in response to detecting the event, applying the acoustic stimulus to the user's ear during a masking period in which the acoustic stimulus is masked in the user's hearing by the audio artefact; extracting, from a response signal of the user's ear to the acoustic stimulus, one or more features for use in a biometric process.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Ivan Harvey, Vitaliy Sapozhnykov
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Patent number: 11477563Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of earphones and provides a reasonable and feasible firmware upgrade solution for TWS earphones. Disclosed in the present application are a TWS earphone, a charging case, an upgrading method thereof and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring an upgrading firmware package sent by a preset terminal by means of a first audio output device; upgrading the first audio output device by using a first upgrading firmware in the upgrading firmware package acquired by the first audio output device; sending a second upgrading firmware in the upgrading firmware package acquired by the first audio output device to a second audio output device by means of a charging case, so as to upgrade the second audio output device by using the second upgrading firmware. The upgrade solution of the present application enables a reasonable and feasible firmware upgrade operation of TWS earphones.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: GOERTEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kun Yang, Ying Zhao
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Patent number: 11470434Abstract: A system for determining the temperature of a voice coil of a speaker includes a first pre-emphasis filter which has an input coupled to receive a digitized current sense signal. The first pre-emphasis filter applies a gain to signal components at a selected frequency band and provides a pre-emphasized current sense signal. The system includes a second pre-emphasis filter which has an input coupled to receive a digitized voltage sense signal. The second pre-emphasis filter applies a gain to the signal components at the selected frequency band and provides a pre-emphasized voltage sense signal. The system includes a first quantizer module configured to map the pre-emphasized signal to a quantized current sense signal, and includes a second quantizer module configured to map the pre-emphasized voltage sense signal to a quantized voltage sense signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: David Hernandez, Amit Goyal
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Patent number: 11462203Abstract: A transfer function of a first variable filter is updated to output, from an output of a first seat microphone, a cancel sound that minimizes a level of a signal obtained by subtracting an output of an auxiliary filter that generates a correction signal for correcting a difference between positions of the first seat microphone and the first seat. In the ICC mode in which the uttered voice of the user in the first seat is output from a second seat speaker, a selector sets an uttered voice Dp output from the second seat speaker as an input to the first variable filter, and in the non-ICC mode, the selector sets an output sound of a second seat audio source output from the second seat speaker as an input to the first variable filter. The uttered voice Dp is generated by removing a component of the cancel sound from the output of the first seat microphone.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., A SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITYInventors: Ryosuke Tachi, Yoshinobu Kajikawa
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Patent number: 11457309Abstract: A method for operating a beamforming microphone array for use in a predetermined area is provided herein, the method comprising: receiving acoustic audio signals at each of a plurality of microphones, converting the same to an electrical mic audio signal, and outputting each of the plurality of electrical mic audio signals; generating a user location data signal by a wave sensor system, and outputting the user location data signal, wherein the user location data signal includes location information of one or more people within the predetermined area; receiving both the user location data signal and plurality of echo-corrected mic audio signals at an adaptive beamforming device; and adapting one or more beams by the adaptive beamforming device based on the user location data signal and plurality of mic audio signals wherein each of the one or more beams acquires sound from one or more specific locations in the predetermined area.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Mark LaBosco
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Patent number: 11451895Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc.Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Thomas M. Schoene, David Zepp, Juergen Stark
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Patent number: 11451904Abstract: An audible end cap is provided, including a waterproof loudspeaker for generating multiple alarm sound combinations, wherein the diameter of the waterproof loudspeaker is greater than 2 cm; a back cover provided with a first connecting portion whereby the back cover is capable of being fixedly installed on a metal detector, wherein the waterproof loudspeaker is installed in the back cover; an audio connector, electrically connected to the waterproof loudspeaker, wherein the waterproof loudspeaker is capable of receiving and emitting the sound signal output by the metal detector through the electrical connection between the metal detector and the audio connector. The waterproof loudspeaker is installed in the back cover through multiple waterproof designs. The audible component and the main body of the metal detector, which can be charged after the back cover is removed, are designed separately. When damaged, the loudspeaker can be replaced separately without replacing the entire circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: Maoquan Deng
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Patent number: 11438719Abstract: The present invention provides for an analog audio patchbay comprising a first plurality of connectors capable of receiving a plurality analog electronic signals, a second plurality of connectors capable of transmitting a plurality of analog electronic signals, and a circuit board extending from the first plurality to the second plurality.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventors: Darren Nakonechny, Curtis Figley, Andrei Chichak
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Patent number: 11417308Abstract: Embodiments include systems with active sound canceling properties, fenestration units with active sound canceling properties, retrofit units with active sound canceling properties and related methods. In an embodiment a system can include a sound cancellation device include a sensing element to detect vibration of a transparent pane and/or a sound input device configured to detect sound incident on the transparent pane, as well as a vibration generator configured to vibrate the transparent pane and a sound cancellation control module. The sound cancellation control module can evaluate the detected vibration of the transparent pane at two or more discrete frequency bands. The sound cancellation control module can cause the vibration generator to vibrate the transparent pane causing destructive interference with sound waves at the two or more discrete frequency bands. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Andersen CorporationInventors: David D. Plummer, Todd Robert Duberstein, Kevin T. Ferenc
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Patent number: 11412324Abstract: Disclosed is a speaker array for home theater and mini theater applications. The speaker array is built around a subwoofer speaker in a cylindrical enclosure. The speaker array may provide a good trade-off between the amount of equipment used and the theatre-quality sound produced. The speaker array can be placed on the floor level as a single unit for small home living room or multiple units for a large performance space. The multiple units deployed can coordinate with each other. The speaker array can be static, static with space measurement sensors, or moving with a motion-controlled platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Inventor: Victor Ramamoorthy
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Patent number: 11412322Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display module including a display panel configured to display an image, a rear cover on a rear surface of the display module, and a sound generating module at the rear cover and configured to vibrate the display module to generate sound, and a rear surface of the sound generating module is covered by the rear cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungtae Lee, Teh Hyeon Kim, YeongRak Choi, Seungwan Ryu, KwanHo Park
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Patent number: 11412337Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Yuki Yamamoto, Toru Chinen, Runyu Shi, Mitsuyuki Hatanaka
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Patent number: 11405715Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus configured to obtain high comfortability. The information processing apparatus includes a plurality of board portions, an acquisition unit placed on one of the board portions and configured to acquire information associated with a wearer, and a connection portion being flexible and configured to connect the board portion to another of the board portions. The present technology is applicable to wearable devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Namba, Makoto Akune
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Patent number: 11405719Abstract: The Architectural Speaker Tuning System is a sand-filled plastic reinforcing sub-baffle for an architectural custom installed loudspeaker mounted in drywall paneling. The mechanical acoustical resonance of the drywall distorts the sound of the custom loudspeaker. The speaker tuning system shifts drywall resonance to a more suitable frequency. The sand-tuned result revives the fidelity of the loudspeaker. The sub-baffle shipped empty, filled with sand provided by the installer, installs through the loudspeaker drywall panel cut-put, and adheres to the rear of the drywall. The custom loudspeaker is then inserted and clamped to the sub-baffle system.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Inventor: Edward Avalos
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Patent number: 11393446Abstract: A method and apparatus for acoustic noise cancellation (“ANC”) in an audio headset. A combination of an analog feedforward path and at least one digital feedforward path enables the ANC facility to operate with the shorter delay inherent in analog electronics, but with the capability of better cancellation of reflections that digital feedforward allows.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Tempo Semiconductor, Inc.Inventor: Darrell Tinker
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Patent number: 11380297Abstract: A active noise cancellation (ANC) system may include an adaptive filter divergence detector for detecting divergence of the one or more controllable filters as they adapt, based on various temporal or frequency domain amplitude characteristics. Upon detection of a controllable filter divergence, the ANC system may be deactivated, or certain speakers may be muted. Alternatively, the ANC system may modify the diverged controllable filters to restore proper operation of the noise cancelling system. This may include adjusting a leakage value of an adaptive filter controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Kevin J. Bastyr, David Trumpy, Shiyu Chen
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Patent number: 11381904Abstract: A sound transmission holder transmits a sound signal output by a sound generating unit of an. The sound transmission holder includes a frame body, a first bridging portion, a second bridging portion and an accommodating portion. The frame body has a hollow portion. The frame body includes a first section, a second section and a third section. The first bridging portion and the second bridging portion are respectively disposed on the first section and the second section and abut against a casing of the electronic device to position the frame body. The accommodating portion is disposed on the third section and accommodates the sound generating unit. The sound signal is guided to the first bridging portion and the second bridging portion via the hollow portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Ji-Cheng Liao, Hung-Sen Yang, Chang-Feng Lan