Patents Examined by Oyesola C Ojo
  • Patent number: 11871178
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a housing including a window member facing a first direction, a rear housing facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a side member encompassing the space between the window member and the rear housing. The electronic device also includes a display that is visible through at least a part of the window member and a speaker assembly disposed in the space. The speaker assemble includes a speaker diaphragm. The side member includes a resonance space including a shape a recessed form in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction or the second direction. A through hole is formed in the third direction in a part of the resonance space that is closer to the rear housing than to the window member. A part of the resonance space can be disposed so as to overlap the speaker diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiwoong Park, Hyeonjoong Kim, Sungeun Park
  • Patent number: 11869475
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include applying, via a sound reproduction system, sound cancellation that reduces an amplitude of various sound signals. The method further includes identifying, among the sound signals, an external sound whose amplitude is to be reduced by the sound cancellation. The method then includes analyzing the identified external sound to determine whether the identified external sound is to be made audible to a user and, upon determining that the external sound is to be made audible to the user, the method includes modifying the sound cancellation so that the identified external sound is made audible to the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Lovitt, Antonio John Miller, Philip Robinson, Scott Phillip Selfon
  • Patent number: 11858418
    Abstract: A pseudo driving sound playback system includes a server and an in-vehicle device. The server includes a database of pseudo sound data sets in which sound elements of engine sound are associated with each of a plurality of predefined driving states for each of a plurality of passenger gasoline vehicle models. The in-vehicle device determines one of a plurality of vehicle models based on received input of a user, downloads a pseudo sound data set of the vehicle model from the server, selects a sound element according to the detected driving state from the pseudo sound data set, and sequentially outputs the sound element as sound from a speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CRAFTS & MEISTER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sudo, Yoshinori Matsumoto, Taklam Li
  • Patent number: 11863928
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earpiece and a retaining member for an earpiece. The earpiece being configured for insertion into at least a part of the ear canal of a user's ear. The retaining member comprising a body part configured to be attached to the earpiece. The retaining member comprising an elongated part configured to abut at least a part of the concha of the user's ear, when the retaining member is attached to the earpiece and the earpiece is inserted in its intended position in the user's ear, thereby providing retention of the earpiece in the ear canal. The body part comprises an opening/slit/gap configured to be arranged on a protrusion on the earpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Jan Johansen
  • Patent number: 11863922
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include: a housing including a cover and at least one first opening; a first acoustic module comprising a speaker disposed in an internal space of the housing; and at least one path configured to guide sound signals generated by the first acoustic module to an outside, the at least one path including: a first space defined by the first acoustic module and at least a portion of the housing; a second space connecting the first space to the first opening and configured to guide a sound signal having a first frequency band toward the first opening; and a third space connecting the first space to a second opening at least partially provided between the housing and the cover and configured to guide a sound signal having a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band toward the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heecheul Moon, Sangyoup Seok, Kwonho Son, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11838729
    Abstract: A hearing aid (1) comprises a flexible ear tip (36) for an ear piece (62) adapted for insertion into the ear canal of a user. The ear piece comprises a shroud having a generally ball-shaped hollow bulb made of soft resilient material. The shroud is oval for better adaptation to the ear canal, as ear canals of humans are generally oval. The invention further provides an ear piece, an ear plug, and a component for a communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Ib Marcher, Kasper Holkved Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 11838724
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a MEMS microphone including a printed circuit board, a shell assembled with the printed circuit board for forming a receiving space and provided with a sound hole communicating with the receiving space, a MEMS Die with a cavity accommodated in the receiving space and mounted on the shell for covering the sound hole, and an ASIC chip accommodated in the receiving space and mounted on the shell through a substrate. The cavity of the MEMS Die communicates with the sound hole. The MEMS Die electrically connects with the ASIC chip. The ASIC chip electrically connects with the substrate. The substrate electrically connects with the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyang Li, Kai Wang, Zhiyuan Chen, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11838720
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body, a display disposed on the main body, and a sound-making assembly. The sound-making assembly includes a speaker box and a driving diaphragm located in the speaker box, the speaker box is disposed inside the main body or is formed using the main body and the display, where the main body includes a speaker grille corresponding to the speaker box, the driving diaphragm is fastened inside the speaker box and divides the speaker box into two sub-chambers, the speaker grille is coupled to one of the two sub-chambers, the driving diaphragm vibrates after receiving an audio signal, the driving diaphragm drives, through vibration of the driving diaphragm, air in the two sub-chambers to vibrate to make a sound, and the sound is propagated through the speaker grille.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Su, Tong Zhu, Ligang Yu, Chunjian Li
  • Patent number: 11832048
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a housing; a speaker provided inside the housing; an interposer board provided inside the housing, the interposer board including a first board, a second board spaced apart from the first board, and a side wall surrounding an internal space between the first board and the second board; and a sealing member provided between the speaker and the first board, wherein the first board may include at least one first through hole configured to transmit at least a portion of sound generated by the speaker to the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nammin Jo, Sungkwang Yang, Junwhon Uhm, Juyoung Yu, Heonjun Ha
  • Patent number: 11825258
    Abstract: A bone conduction-using headset: a pair of main bodies (200), a pair of unit bodies (220); a pair of suspenders (210), each of the suspenders having a shape of letter “U”; and a connector (240) connected to the main bodies (200) wherein: each of the main bodies extends downward at a rear side R of the ear E of the user P, has a length longer in a longitudinal direction thereof than in a transverse direction thereof; the connector (240) is connected to and extends from ends of the main bodies (200) toward a rear side of a neck N of the user P at a wearing inclination angle a with respect to a longitudinal axis C of the main body (200); and an inner circumference part R of the connector (240) is located around the rear side of the neck N of the user P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MOBIFREN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ju Won Heo, Kwi Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11820295
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for use of a portable speaker system both as part of a vehicular audio system and as a stand-alone audio system. A speaker may be attached to an internal speaker receptacle of a vehicle and coupling to an audio amplifier of the vehicle. Audio performances received by the speaker from the audio amplifier may then be played by the speaker. The speaker may also be decoupling from the audio amplifier of the vehicle and detached from the internal speaker receptacle of the vehicle. Audio performances received by the speaker from a wireless interface coupled to the speaker may then be played by the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Naoki Hayashi, Craig LaMontagne, Kim Fiskbæk Andreasen, Matthew Christopher Marrocco, Mark Stephen Pisaneschi
  • Patent number: 11818524
    Abstract: Various implementations include portable speakers with dynamic display characteristics. In some particular aspects, a portable speaker includes an enclosure housing: at least one electro-acoustic transducer for providing an audio output; a processor coupled with the at least one transducer; an audio input module coupled with the processor for receiving audio input signals; and a battery configured to power the at least one transducer, the processor, and the audio input module; an input channel for receiving a hard-wired audio input connection; at least one wireless input channel for receiving an audio input from a source device via a wireless connection; and a display on the enclosure coupled with the processor, wherein the processor adjusts an orientation of the display between a first orientation and a second orientation in response to detecting a change in orientation of the portable speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Anthony Puckett, James F. Martin, Randy Kulchy, Jayesh Dilip Sarode
  • Patent number: 11818545
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of testing the earphone for proper sealing then generating a self-administered hearing test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventor: John Usher
  • Patent number: 11818535
    Abstract: Loudspeakers are described that may reduce comb filtering effects perceived by a listener by either 1) moving transducers closer to a sound reflective surface (e.g., a baseplate, a tabletop or a floor) through vertical (height) or rotational adjustments of the transducers or 2) guiding sound produced by the transducers to be released into the listening area proximate to the reflective surface through the use of horns and openings that are at a prescribed distance from the reflective surface. The reduction of this distance between the reflective surface and the point at which sound emitted by the transducers is released into the listening area may lead to shorter reflected path that reduces comb filtering effects caused by reflected sounds that are delayed relative to the direct sound. Accordingly, the loudspeakers shown and described may be placed on reflective surfaces without severe audio coloration caused by reflected sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Apple, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin E. Johnson, Simon K. Porter, Suzanne Hardy, John H. Sheerin
  • Patent number: 11812222
    Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a sensor configured for detecting a focus of an end user on a real sound source, a microphone assembly configured for converting sounds into electrical signals, a speaker configured for converting the electrical signals into sounds, and a control subsystem configured for modifying the direction and/or distance of a greatest sensitivity of the microphone assembly based on detected focus. A virtual image generation system comprises memory storing a three-dimensional scene, a sensor configured for detecting a focus of the end user on a sound source, a speaker configured for conveying sounds to the end user, and a control subsystem configured for causing the speaker to preferentially convey a sound originating from the sound source in response to detection of the focus, and for rendering image frames of the scene, and a display subsystem configured for sequentially displaying the image frames to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: George Alistair Sanger, Samuel A. Miller, Brian Schmidt, Anastasia Andreyevna Tajik
  • Patent number: 11804808
    Abstract: An exemplary audio enhancement system substantially eliminates latency by returning audio input signals in amplified form directly in the analog domain to the source, thereby reducing signal degradation and removing redundancy from digital and analog audio transmission and processing architectures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Qavalry LLC
    Inventors: Nevin Steinberg, Andrew Funk, Jason Crystal
  • Patent number: 11805341
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a mobile terminal, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The mobile terminal includes a screen, an earpiece, and a housing, where the screen is mounted on the housing, the earpiece is disposed in the housing, and the screen is provided with a sound output hole. The sound output hole corresponds to a first front cavity sound outlet and a second front cavity sound outlet that are independently arranged in the housing, the first front cavity sound outlet is connected to the earpiece through a first sound guide channel, and the second front cavity sound outlet is connected to the earpiece through a second sound guide channel A difference between a length of the first sound guide channel and that of the second sound guide channel is within a preset range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Biquan Mai
  • Patent number: 11792562
    Abstract: A set of headphones (1) comprises a pair of speaker units (3); a pair of ear pad portions (4); a plurality of temperature change modules (24) that are provided inside the pair of ear pad portions (4), and that heat and/or cool electrically so as to convey a temperature other than normal temperature to the user; and a temperature control unit (31) that drives the plurality of temperature change modules (24) on a rotating basis while shifting the phase of operation individually or in groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Junya Fujita, Takehiro Agata, Kazuma Matsui, Mitsunori Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11785377
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, and an acoustic unit connected to a sound source to transmit sound, wherein the acoustic unit includes a first cavity extending from the sound source in a first direction in which the sound is emitted, and a second cavity extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, the second cavity being connected with the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventor: Katsumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11770652
    Abstract: An earpiece having a longitudinal axis and having an earpiece housing comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a receiver located within the earpiece housing, a wire extending from the earpiece housing, the wire comprising a plurality of conductors including a ground conductor and a first conductor, and an intermediate module located within the earpiece housing, the intermediate module comprising a primary set of connector terminals and a secondary set of connector terminals, the primary set of connector terminals including wire connector terminals electrically connected to the plurality of conductors of the wire, and the secondary set of connector terminals comprising a first secondary connector terminal and a second secondary connector terminal, wherein the first secondary connector terminal and the second secondary connector terminal are each connected to a wire connector terminal of the primary set of connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Mikkel Nielsen