Patents Examined by Norman Yu
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Patent number: 12363487Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a) at least one input transducer for providing at least one electric input signal representing said sound; b) an output transducer for providing stimuli perceivable to the user as sound; c) a feedback control system configured to minimize feedback from said output transducer to said at least one input transducer, and to at least provide a feedback corrected version of said at least one electric input signal; and d) an audio signal processor configured to apply one or more processing algorithms to said feedback corrected version of said at least one electric input signal, and to provide a processed signal in dependence thereof. The feedback control system is based on a machine learning model receiving input data at least representing said at least one electric input signal; and said processed signal; and providing said feedback corrected version of the at least one electric input signal as an output. A method of training a machine learning model is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Meng Guo, Jesper Jensen
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Patent number: 12356139Abstract: A device including a speaker and a housing, in which the speaker is configured to generate sound and includes a diaphragm and the housing encloses the speaker and includes a plurality of openings within one portion of the housing. The speaker is positioned within the housing to define a front chamber between the diaphragm and the one portion, and the plurality of openings are sized to collectively generate, with the front chamber, an increased output of the device within a frequency range of an output of the speaker corresponding to an alarm tone. Also provided are methods for assembling a device including a speaker and a housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: SimpliSafe, Inc.Inventors: Curtis Gahimer, Devin Walker, Rodrigo Alexei Vasquez
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Patent number: 12335673Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a speaker assembly (100) comprising a driver (120), a clamp (105), a retainer (118) and a compressible ring (116). The clamp (105) comprises a cavity (226) in which the driver (120) is located. The retainer (118) is configured to compress the compressible ring (116) against the clamp (105) at a pre-determined compression such that the driver (120) is manually pivotable within the cavity (226). The present disclosure also relates to a method (900) of manufacturing a speaker assembly (100).Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: POLK AUDIO, LLCInventors: Mark Westcott, Michael L. Strange, Kurt Solland
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Patent number: 12335711Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multifunctional sounding device, which includes a housing body with a containment space, and a sounding unit. The housing body is provided with a sound outlet. The sounding unit includes a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The multifunctional sounding device also includes a motor assembly accommodated in the containment space. The motor assembly includes a vibration unit having a driving coil. The driving coil is positioned on the side of the first auxiliary magnetic circuit away from the vibration system. The main magnetic circuit and the second auxiliary magnetic circuit are fixed to the vibration unit. The first auxiliary magnetic circuit is fixed to the housing body. Compared with related technologies, the multifunctional sounding device in the present disclosure has a small overall thickness and volume, and has excellent acoustic performance.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xin Jin, Fan Zhang, Ronglin Linghu, Wei Song
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Patent number: 12328545Abstract: A system and method for a hybrid ring-radiator headphone driver, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2023Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.Inventor: David Zepp
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Patent number: 12302080Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present disclosure and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen, Yueqiang Wang, Haofeng Zhang
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Patent number: 12294847Abstract: Disclosed are a tweeter and an automobile audio system. The tweeter comprises: a bracket; a diaphragm comprising a top portion and an edge ring; a magnetic motor system; and a voice coil. A first cavity is formed between the top portion of the diaphragm, an inner wall of the voice coil, and the magnetic motor system. The bracket has an annular inner flange and an annular outer flange, the edge ring of the diaphragm is connected to the outer flange of the bracket, and the magnetic motor system is connected to the inner flange of the bracket, so that a second cavity is formed between the edge ring of the diaphragm, an outer wall of the voice coil, and the bracket. A through hole is opened on the voice coil, and the first cavity is in communication with the second cavity by the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SUZHOU SONAVOX ELECT/RONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuewu Shen, Guoqiang Chai, Yuping Xie, Peng Gao, Bo Gu
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Patent number: 12289574Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide occupant-based audio for enclosed environments. For example, an apparatus having an enclosure and one or more speakers may determine a location and/or an identity of an occupant within an enclosed environment defined by the enclosure, and operate the one or more speakers to provide audio output to the location of the occupant. The apparatus may also operate the one or more speakers to reduce the audio output to one or more other locations within the enclosure, such as to one or more non-occupant locations and/or to one or more locations of one or more other occupants. The audio output may be occupant-specific audio output, such as a personalized notifications, in one or more implementations.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel K. Boothe, Onur I. Ilkorur, Marty E. Johnson, Chris Wilk, Andrea Baldioceda Oreamuno, Dan W. Maier
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Patent number: 12289582Abstract: A hearing assistance device comprises a housing component (32, 33) enclosing processing circuitry arranged in a compact block structure (20), at least one actively driven antenna element (23, 24) arranged in between the compact block structure (20) and the housing component (32, 33), and a parasitic element (25, 26) integrated in the housing component (32, 33) and extending along at least a part of the at least one actively driven antenna element (23, 24). The parasitic element (25, 26) is electrically isolated from the at least one actively driven antenna element (23, 24).Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Widex A/SInventor: Jan Hesselballe
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Patent number: 12279089Abstract: A dipole loudspeaker for producing sound at bass frequencies. The dipole loudspeaker includes: a diaphragm having a first radiating surface and a second radiating surface, a drive unit configured to move the diaphragm at bass frequencies such that the first and second radiating surfaces produce sound at bass frequencies, and a frame. The loudspeaker is for use with an ear of a user being located at a listening position that is in front of the first radiating surface and is 40 cm or less from the first radiating surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: PSS BELGIUM NVInventor: David Corynen
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Patent number: 12267649Abstract: A microphone chip is provided and includes a substrate and a capacitive system. The capacitive system includes a diaphragm and a back plate. The diaphragm includes an inner membrane portion, an outer membrane portion, and at least one supporting portion. The inner membrane portion and the outer membrane portion of the microphone chip are separated by a slit, and the at least one supporting portion is connected with the fixing portion to fix the diaphragm, so that the diaphragm is in a cantilever state. By arranging the sealing element between the back plate and the diaphragm, the inner membrane portion is attracted and adsorbed on the sealing element by electrostatic force, and the sealing element is configured to support the inner membrane portion to reach an operating state, thereby reducing the low attenuation of the microphone.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaijie Wang, Zhuanzhuan Zhao
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Patent number: 12262169Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bone conduction based sound generating lollipop, a processing method and a system thereto. The bone conduction based sound generating lollipop includes a housing, a trigger, a controller and a sound generating component. The sound generating component, the controller and the trigger are integrated in a packaging cavity formed by the housing, and a separate packaging of the sound generating component is eliminated. When a supporting component of the housing enters a human oral cavity, the trigger sends an opening instruction to the controller, the controller drives the sound generating component to vibrate, and then a vibration signal is transmitted to a human auditory system in a bone conduction manner after passing through the supporting component of the housing and an edible object attached to the supporting component, and passing through an oral tissue or teeth of the human body.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: THUNDER BLAST TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Lei Ma, Jia Hong Ma, Mi Le Zhang, Yau Ming Chiu
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Patent number: 12256208Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a loudspeaker transducer comprising a diaphragm (112), a frame (120), an inner suspensions element (118) and an outer suspension element (110). The diaphragm (112) comprises a portion turning inwards (102) towards the frame (120). The outer suspension element (110) is located closer than the inner suspension element (118) to the main opening of the frame through which the loudspeaker transducer radiates sound. The inner suspension element (118) is connected to the frame (120) and the inward turning portion (102). The inner suspension element (118) is connected to the inward turning portion (102) at an outer end (203) of the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: POLK AUDIO, LLCInventor: Sean O'Brien
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Patent number: 12256209Abstract: The present invention relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present invention and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen
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Patent number: 12254863Abstract: There is provided a method and corresponding system for generating harmonics based on an input signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: DIRAC RESEARCH ABInventors: Søren Skovgaard Christensen, Pedro Højen-Sørensen, Morten Rolle Hansen, Johannes Röjder
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Patent number: 12250516Abstract: Engineered, pseudo-crystalline materials are formed of repeating arrays or lattices of similar basic elements. The materials are porous, so that a gas such as air can pass through the material. Audio waves propagating through the gas can also pass through the material, and these waves experience a passive, uneven, frequency-dependent modification as a result of passing through the material. The frequency response of this modification can be tuned by selecting the shape, size, and repetition patterns of the basic elements in the lattice, as well as the ingredients from which the pseudo-crystalline materials are made.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: 1964 Ears, LLCInventors: Vitaliy Gordeyev, Eric Zaytsev
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Patent number: 12238483Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Yueqiang Wang, Haofeng Zhang
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Patent number: 12231857Abstract: A method for personalized sound modification, with a personal sound system having a microphone; a user device which includes a processor, computer readable medium, and optionally the microphone; and a sound output device; is provided. The method includes: providing a user hearing profile including lower and upper limits of the user's auditory dynamic range at a plurality of sound frequencies, prepared with the personal sound system; receiving a sound signal from the microphone; optionally separating the sound signal into a plurality of frequency channels; amplifying or attenuating sound frequencies in the sound signal which have a volume level outside the lower or upper limits of the user's auditory dynamic range, respectively, and forming a modified sound signal with which the sound output device will produce sounds within the user's auditory dynamic range; and providing the modified sound signal to the sound output device.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois UniversityInventor: King Chung
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Patent number: 12226800Abstract: An acoustic transducer (30), comprising: a support structure (36); an active assembly comprising a base plate (32) supported by the support structure (36) and a piezoelectric body (34) supported by the base plate (32); and a passive vibrator (38) supported by the support structure (36) and coupled via the support structure (36) to the active assembly (32, 34) so that vibration of the active assembly (32, 34) drives the passive vibrator (38). The active assembly (32, 34) and the passive vibrator (38) have the same resonant frequency.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Thales Australia LimitedInventor: David Ronald Jones
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Patent number: 12231848Abstract: A hearing-aid audio control method and system are disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining a hearing compensation curve of a hearing-impaired person in advance; receiving and obtaining an original audio signal; using the hearing compensation curve to perform power compensation on a corresponding frequency band of the original audio signal to obtain a hearing-aid audio signal; outputting the hearing-aid audio signal and/or using the hearing-aid audio signal to drive operation of an audio system. The method can use the hearing compensation curve of the hearing-impaired person to perform power compensation on the corresponding frequency band of the original audio signal to obtain the hearing-aid audio signal. By adjusting the volume of the corresponding audio frequency bands, the hearing-impaired can hear the sound clearly, without continuous hearing loss due to excessive volume adjustment and without disturbing other people.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: MAXLINK GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Jian-Shing Wong