Patents Examined by Ryan Robinson
  • Patent number: 11375302
    Abstract: The present application discloses a speaker device including a speaker box, a heating element and a heat conductor. The speaker box includes a front acoustic cavity and a back cavity. A housing includes a plastic member with a through hole and a metal clamping plate. The heat conductor includes a first end connecting with the heating element and a second end connecting with the extension part and a connection part. The heat conducted by the heat conductor is transferred by air flow in the front acoustic cavity to realize the heat dissipation of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingzhi Huang, Lin Liu, Dijiang Tong, Zhe Zhang, Jun Wu, Zhichen Chen, Zhaoyu Yin
  • Patent number: 11375325
    Abstract: A hearing device has a signal processor which has an adjustable parameter that has a given setting at a given time. The parameter is set depending on the situation by selecting a setting, depending on an environmental situation and by a learning machine. A current setting of the parameter can be rated by feedback from a user. In a first training procedure the learning machine is passively trained by negative feedback signals, by rating feedback from the user as dissatisfaction with the current setting and by assuming the user's satisfaction with the current setting as long as no feedback is given. In a second training procedure the learning machine is trained by changing the current setting independently of the feedback from the user and in spite of an assumed satisfaction with the current setting, so that the user is offered a different setting which can then be rated by feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthias Froehlich, Gerard Loosschilder
  • Patent number: 11375301
    Abstract: The present application provides a speaker box device having a speaker box, a heating element and a heat conductor. The speaker box includes a housing body and a speaker unit provided with a diaphragm. The heat conductor includes a first end part connected to the heating element, a second end part and a connection part connecting the first end part to the second end part. Heat of the heating element is discharged by means of an air cooling effect, so that the heat dissipation efficiency of the speaker device is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingzhi Huang, Lin Liu, Dijiang Tong, Zhe Zhang, Jun Wu, Zhichen Chen, Zhaoyu Yin
  • Patent number: 11368792
    Abstract: A sound transducer, including: a substrate including a cavity and a first surface oriented to the cavity; a fixed part extending from the first surface into the cavity, and including a fixed end disposed on the first surface and a free end opposite to the fixed end; a moving part fixed on the substrate and disposed over the cavity, partially covering the cavity, and including a second surface oriented to the cavity; a first electrode, fixed on the free end; and a second electrode fixed on the second surface. The first electrode is laterally adjacent to the second electrode. The sound transducer has higher sensitivity and the first electrode has stronger stability, thereby improving the performance of the sound transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yannick Kervran
  • Patent number: 11368784
    Abstract: Disclosed is a receiver unit having a pressure equilibrium structure and a compensation structure for a low frequency, including a receiver including a frame, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil, and a diaphragm, an upper casing covering an upper portion and a side surface of the receiver and having a sound insulation hole, and a lower casing attached to a lower surface of the receiver and coupled to the upper casing, wherein a ventilation recess is provided on an outer surface of the upper casing to allow air to flow between an upper space of the upper casing and a lower space of the lower casing, the receiver includes a back hole, and the lower casing includes a duct connecting the back hole and the lower space of the lower casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: EM-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Hue Kim
  • Patent number: 11368770
    Abstract: The present application discloses a speaker device including a speaker box, a heating element and a heat conductor. The speaker box comprises a housing and a speaker unit provided with a diaphragm arranged in the housing. The housing comprises a plastic member provided with a through hole and a metal clamping plate. The housing further comprises a sound outlet channel jointly forming a front cavity with a front acoustic cavity. Heat transferred by the heat conductor is conducted to the front cavity, and heat dissipation of the heating element is achieved by means of an air cooling effect formed by air flow in the front cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingzhi Huang, Lin Liu, Dijiang Tong, Zhe Zhang, Jun Wu, Zhichen Chen, Zhaoyu Yin
  • Patent number: 11343600
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes: a first display panel including a first substrate and a first pixel array layer which is disposed on a first surface of the first substrate; a second display panel including a second substrate and a second pixel array layer which is disposed on a first surface of the second substrate; and a first sound generator disposed between a second surface of the first display panel opposite to the first surface of the first display panel and a second surface of the second display panel opposite to the first surface of the second display panel, where the first sound generator outputs first sound by vibrating at least one of the first and second display panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Han Park, Young Ran Son, Hyun Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 11343603
    Abstract: A headset may comprise at least one ear cup and an ear cup shaper configurable into at least two configurations. When the ear cup shaper is configured in a first of the configurations, the ear cup is shaped to contact the temple of a wearer of the headset. When the adjustable ear cup shaper is configured in a second of the configurations, the ear cup is shaped to accommodate the temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset. The ear cup may comprise a filler material such as foam, and the adjustable ear cup shaper when configured in the second of the configurations may create a depression in the foam. The adjustable ear cup shaper may comprise a strap and/or a plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kulavik, Andy Logan
  • Patent number: 11336982
    Abstract: A hearing device seal module for use with a hearing device core including a tubular seal carrier defining a lumen configured for passage of the hearing device core and including a resilient seal support region formed from resilient material and configured to receive the hearing device core, a seal carrier support configured to hold at least a portion of the resilient seal support region open during an insertion of the hearing device core, and a first seal secured to a first portion of the seal support region and extending outwardly therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Sonova AG
    Inventors: Yashvant Venkatakrishnan, Xiuming Zhu, Michael Au, Frank Wang, Grace Gardner, Marius Ruefenacht, Barjinder Chana, Erdal Karamuk
  • Patent number: 11330377
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for fitting a sound personalization algorithm using a two-dimensional (2D) graphical fitting interface. A calculated set of initial digital signal processing (DSP) parameters are determined for a given sound personalization algorithm, based on a user hearing profile. The initial DSP parameters are outputted to a 2D graphical fitting interface of an audio personalization application, wherein a first axis represents a level of coloration and a second axis represents a level of compression. A user input specifies a first 2D coordinate selected from a coordinate space presented by the 2D graphical fitting interface. A first set of refined DSP parameters is generated to apply a coloration and/or compression adjustment corresponding to the first 2D coordinate. The given sound personalization algorithm is parameterized with the first set of refined DSP parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Mimi Hearing Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Pelzer, Nicholas R. Clark, Michael Hirsch
  • Patent number: 11323820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile loudspeaker apparatus for playing back sound. Mobile loudspeaker systems are often disadvantageous in that they have a poor sound quality or require equipment for a good sound quality that is not easy to transport. A loudspeaker apparatus which firstly provides a good sound quality and secondly is also easily transportable is desirable. Previously, these two requirements were often mutually exclusive. By way of a bistable membrane, or a membrane that is stable in more than two states, said membrane being coupleable to the loudspeaker apparatus, it is possible to manage the balancing act between good transportability and a good sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus. The bistable membrane can be changed from a stable operating state into a stable transport state. By way of a slight pressure at both ends of the bistable membrane, the latter can be rolled up and consequently changed into the transport state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AIFC-U Unternehmensförderung
    Inventor: Robert Boesnecker
  • Patent number: 11317183
    Abstract: A speaker includes a casing, a speaker unit, and a sound guiding assembly. The casing has an opening end and has at least one first connecting portion at the opening end. The speaker unit is disposed in the casing. The sound guiding assembly has at least one second connecting portion. The second connecting portion structurally interferes with the first connecting portion, such that the sound guiding assembly is detachably assembled to the opening end of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Hsing Shen, Chih-Feng Yeh
  • Patent number: 11317230
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a loudspeaker body, a voice coil and a damper. The damper includes a main body, a wire and a first fixing sewing thread. The first fixing sewing thread includes a first sewing part including first to fourth wire winding portions and first to third yarn winding portions. The first and third wire winding portions extend from one side of the wire through upside of the wire to the other side of the wire while the second and fourth wire winding portions extend in the opposite direction The first to third yarn winding portions connect adjacent two wire winding portions and pass under one of the weft yarns, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Vincent Chen
  • Patent number: 11308930
    Abstract: An electronic horn for use, e.g., in a vehicle, includes a piezoelectric element (52) that excites a plate-shaped oscillator (51). A resonator (7) is provided with an opening (71) and covers forward of the oscillator such that a resonance space (S) is defined between the resonator and the oscillator. An inner cylinder (62) and an outer conical housing (63) are provided concentrically around the resonator. A circular cover (8) covers the inner cylinder (62) and the outer conical housing (63) from the front, such that a buffer chamber (BR), at least one first sound amplifying chamber (MH1), and a second sound amplifying chamber (MH2) are defined around an entire circumference of the opening of the resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: IMASEN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunori Uchimura, Koichi Toyama, Junjiro Yoshimura, Toshihiko Kawamura, Yoshio Miyata
  • Patent number: 11310608
    Abstract: In a method for the training of a listening situation classifier for a hearing aid, a user is presented with a number of acoustic signals by use of a terminal device, which prompts the user to indicate the signal source of the signal or the particular presented signal. The training data is adapted for the listening situation classifier in dependence on the user's indication of the presented signal or one of the possibly several signals presented and updates the listening situation classifier by use of the training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sven Schoen, Christoph Kukla, Andreas Bollmann
  • Patent number: 11310587
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a first electro-acoustic transducer, a horn acoustically coupled to the first electro-acoustic transducer, and a first acoustic leak that is acoustically coupled to the horn. The first acoustic leak is positioned so as to reduce a peak in a frequency response of the loudspeaker at the targeted frequency without removing the targeted frequency from the output of the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: David Edwards Blore, Randy J. Kulchy, Robert Preston Parker
  • Patent number: 11303843
    Abstract: A terminal device includes: a housing; an audio output module; and a driving module, connected to the audio output module to drive the audio output module to move between a first position and a second position. The first position is located inside the housing, and the second position is located outside the housing. When the audio output module is in an audio output state, the audio output module is driven to move to the second position. When the audio output module exits the audio output state, the audio output module is driven to move to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoshuang Li, Shiwei Lu, Zhengrong Lv, Zhaoqian Xu
  • Patent number: 11297437
    Abstract: An improved ribbon microphone preferably includes a housing tube and a microphone assembly. The microphone assembly includes a ribbon transducer, a reflector bar, a first magnet, a second magnet, a upper ribbon retainer and a lower ribbon retainer. The housing tube includes at least one audio aperture. The ribbon transducer includes a thin strip of metal with an embossed non-linear pattern formed therein. The lower ribbon retainer is the same as upper ribbon retainer, but turned upside down. The ribbon retainer includes a retainer base and a ribbon clamp. The retainer base includes a clamp slot to receive the ribbon clamp. Each end of the ribbon transducer is retained between the ribbon clamp and the retainer base. Opposing ends of magnets and reflector bar are retained in the upper and lower ribbon retainer. An upper end cap and a lower end cap capture the microphone assembly within the housing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Tyler Campbell
  • Patent number: 11295756
    Abstract: A system for ontology-aware sound classification. The system includes an electronic processor that is configured to create a first graph based on relationships between fine audio classification labels and create a second graph based on relationships between coarse audio classification labels. The electronic processor is also configured to receive an audio clip including one or more sounds, execute a first graph convolutional network with the first graph as input, and execute a second graph convolutional network with the second graph as input. Using the outputs of the first graph convolutional network and the second graph convolutional network, the electronic processor is configured to determine one or more coarse labels, one or more fine labels, or both to classify the one or more sounds in the audio clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Shabnam Ghaffarzadegan, Zhe Feng, Yiwei Sun
  • Patent number: 11297408
    Abstract: Aspects describe a dual-planar retaining piece for stabilizing and securing earpiece in a wearer's ear. The retaining piece is either fixed or removable from the earpiece. The retaining piece includes a first cantilevered portion shaped to flexibly fit under the antitragus of a wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn, a second cantilevered portion shaped to flexibly fit under the antihelix of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn, and at least one attachment feature that couples the retaining piece to a body of the earpiece, wherein the body is shaped to fit in the lower concha of the wearer's ear when the earpiece is worn. In aspects, the first and second cantilevered portions are integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Zalisk, Liam Robert Kelly