Patents Examined by Sabrina Diaz
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Patent number: 12167196Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided, including a housing (21) and a speaker (10). The speaker (10) includes a box (11) and a sound generation unit (12). The box (11) includes a first cover body (117), a second cover body (118), and a cover plate (13). A first chamber is formed between the sounding unit (12) and the inner bottom wall of the first cover body, and a sound hole (113) is disposed in the first cavity (111). A second cavity (112) is formed between the sound generation unit (12) and the second cover body (118). The sound generation unit (12) includes a diaphragm (123). A resonant cavity (114) with a through hole (116) on one side is formed in the first cover body (117), the cover plate (13) covers the through hole (116), and a microhole (115) is disposed. Airflow enters the second cavity (112) through the microhole (115).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Lu Feng, Yang Liu
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Patent number: 12167190Abstract: Presented herein are acoustic port covers for attachment to electronic devices. An electronic device includes a housing having at least one acoustic port extending through the housing. An acoustic port cover in accordance with embodiments presented herein is configured to be detachably coupled to the housing so as to cover the at least one acoustic port and function as a barrier to the accumulation of foreign materials/contaminants at a protective membrane associated with the at least one acoustic port.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Cochlear LimitedInventors: Tadeusz Jurkiewicz, Nathan Isaacson
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Patent number: 12160721Abstract: Disclosed is a coaxial speaker, including a magnetic circuit system, a first sounding unit, a second sounding unit around the first sounding unit, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the first sounding unit, an insert inserted in the magnetic circuit system for supporting the flexible printed circuit board, and a conductive terminal embedded in the insert for electrically connecting the flexible printed circuit board to an external circuit. The flexible printed circuit board has a first fixing part connected to the insert, a second fixing part connected to the first sounding unit, and a resilient arm connected between the two fixing parts and including two arms respectively extending in two different directions. The coaxial speaker has a high sound quality and a receiver function.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhang Ren, Zhiwei Zhong
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Patent number: 12149906Abstract: A phase plug for an electrodynamic compression driver, including a compression chamber formed by an oscillating diaphragm and a boundary face of a phase plug assembly adjacent to the diaphragm, a singular acoustic exit defined by a termination of the phase plug assembly, one or more passageways which traverse through the phase plug assembly from the compression chamber to terminate at the acoustic exit, and an axis of rotation, defined within an interior of the phase plug assembly, that extends from the boundary face of the phase plug assembly at the compression chamber to the acoustic exit, where at least one of the passageways expands in cross sectional area between the respective entrance at the boundary face of the phase plug assembly, and the termination at the acoustic exit, while traversing through the phase plug, and where at least one of the internal passageways with the expanding cross section is rotated about the axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2023Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: B&C SPEAKERS NA (USA), LLCInventors: Andrea Casadei, Valentina Cardinali, Phillip Graham
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Patent number: 12149900Abstract: A sound control device and a method for controlling the sound control device in a vehicle. The method comprises obtaining an error signal indicating residual noise in the vehicle, and an audio signal; calculating magnitudes of low frequency components of the error signal; adjusting magnitudes of low frequency components of the audio signal according to the magnitudes of the low frequency components of the error signal; and outputting the adjusted audio signal through a speaker.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jung Keun You, Jong Won Lee, Kaang Dok Yee, Chi Sung Oh, Hyun Jin Song
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Patent number: 12143779Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers and airflow sensors for the speakers. In one or more implementations, the airflow sensor may be formed, in part, by a mesh structure that spans a port in a housing of the electronic device. In one or more implementations, the airflow sensor may be formed, in part, by an exposed portion of a conductive trace of the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel W. Maier, Justin D. Crosby, Thomas Møller Jensen
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Patent number: 12126952Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling volume of a true wireless stereo bluetooth earphone including a pair of left and right touch switches, the method including recognizing a user's touch during media playback or a phone call; determining whether the touch is a shorter touch or a longer touch than a configuration time; increasing the volume by one increment while entering a volume-up mode when the touch is a short touch, according to the determining; determining whether there is an additional short touch within the configuration time; returning to the increasing of the volume by one increment each time there is an additional short touch, according to the determining; returning to checking whether a first volume control mode is entered by existing the volume-up mode when there is no touch for the configuration time; and several additional determining.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: MOBIFREN CO., LTDInventor: Ju Won Heo
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Patent number: 12114127Abstract: A portable electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that forms an interior chamber and a sound output port to an ambient environment; a transducer positioned within the interior chamber and dividing the interior chamber into a front volume chamber coupling a first side of the transducer to the sound output port and a back volume chamber coupled to a second side of the transducer; and an electromechanical valve comprising a number of flaps operable to open and close a vent to the interior chamber, the front volume chamber or the back volume chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gokhan Hatipoglu, Peter C. Hrudey, Scott C. Grinker, Ankur Jain, Patrick B. Wright
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Patent number: 12108204Abstract: An acoustic sensor assembly includes a housing having an external-device interface and a sound port to an interior of the housing. An electro-acoustic transducer and an electrical circuit are disposed within the housing. The electro-acoustic transducer separates the interior into a front volume and a back volume, where the sound port acoustically couples the front volume to an exterior of the housing. The back volume includes a first portion and a second portion. The electrical circuit is electrically coupled to the electro-acoustic transducer and to the external-device interface. One or more apertures acoustically couple the first and second portions of the back volume and are structured to shape a frequency response of the acoustic sensor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLCInventors: Alexander Grossman, Janice LoPresti, Usha Murthy
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Patent number: 12088997Abstract: Disclosed by the present invention is an acoustic device, comprising a sound generating unit. A first sealed cavity is formed at the rear side of a vibrating diaphragm of the sound generating unit, a mounting hole is provided on a cavity wall of the first sealed cavity, and a flexible deformation part is provided on the mounting hole. A second sealed cavity is formed at the outer side of the first sealed cavity, and the second sealed cavity encloses the sound wave generated during deformation of the flexible deformation part therein. The mounting hole is located on the first wall, and a groove is provided on the first wall at the periphery of the mounting hole towards the first sealed cavity. The flexible deformation part is fixed on the bottom of the groove, and a through groove is further provided on the first wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: GOERTEK INC.Inventors: Tongyan Xu, Xiang Guo
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Patent number: 12075208Abstract: A loudspeaker system (700 or 800) and method for tuning ported loudspeakers and reducing unwanted acoustic resonances provides reduced port noise, eliminates undesired port resonances and improves the accuracy and fidelity of reproduced sound in a loudspeaker system of relatively high efficiency with an enclosure including an Eigen Tone Filter structure (“ETF”) comprising a pipe or set of pipes 720, 820 placed inside a loudspeaker vent to absorb the “open pipe” acoustic resonance of the vent. The open-pipe resonance is unwanted and interferes with the midrange performance of the loudspeaker, when in use, if not corrected.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Polk Audio, LLCInventors: Scott Orth, Jens-Peter B Axelsson
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Patent number: 12075226Abstract: Some disclosed systems and methods include assigning channel streams to satellite playback devices, delaying initial transmission of surround sound content to satellite playback devices to accumulate audio samples for transmission in individual frames of surround sound content, and taking advantage of configured playback delays for different channels of surround sound content to prioritize transmission of channels of surround sound content having shorter configured playback delays over transmission of channels of surround sound content having longer configured playback delays.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventor: Steven Beckhardt
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Patent number: 12069426Abstract: An audio system includes a speaker having a transducer, where the speaker is positioned within an enclosure that forms a front volume and a rear volume on opposite sides of the transducer. The rear part of the enclosure defining the rear volume is formed of an acoustic metamaterial that defines a plurality of channels within the rear volume, where the number and dimensions of the channels is configured to virtual increase the rear volume to amplify a bass portion of sound produced by the speaker. In addition, the channels may be configured to match an impedance of the front volume to serve as an absorber for high frequency audio.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Chuming Zhao, Morteza Khaleghimeybodi, Nils Thomas Fritiof Lunner, Calvin Bernard Shaw, Yun Zhou, Xiaochu Yao
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Patent number: 12051431Abstract: An audio similarity evaluator obtains envelope signals for a plurality of frequency ranges on the basis of an input audio signal. The audio similarity evaluator is configured to obtain a modulation information associated with the envelope signals for a plurality of modulation frequency ranges, wherein the modulation information describes the modulation of the envelope signals. The audio similarity evaluator is configured to compare the obtained modulation information with a reference modulation information associated with a reference audio signal, in order to obtain an information about a similarity between the input audio signal and the reference audio signal. An audio encoder uses such an audio similarity evaluator. Another audio similarity evaluator uses a neural net trained using the audio similarity evaluator.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Sascha Disch, Steven Van De Par, Andreas Niedermeier, Elena Burdiel Pérez, Bernd Edler
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Patent number: 12047735Abstract: A loudspeaker system (700 or 800) and method for tuning ported loudspeakers and reducing unwanted acoustic resonances provides reduced port noise, eliminates undesired port resonances and improves the accuracy and fidelity of reproduced sound in a loudspeaker system of relatively high efficiency with an enclosure including an Eigen Tone Filter structure (“ETF”) comprising a pipe or set of pipes 720, 820 placed inside a loudspeaker vent to absorb the “open pipe” acoustic resonance of the vent. The open-pipe resonance is unwanted and interferes with the midrange performance of the loudspeaker, when in use, if not corrected.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Polk Audio, LLCInventors: Scott Orth, Jens-Peter B Axelsson
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Patent number: 12041411Abstract: A speaker is provided. The speaker includes a housing. The speaker also includes a first diaphragm plate positioned within the housing and comprising a first driving device forming an exterior surface of the first diaphragm plate. The speaker further includes a second diaphragm plate positioned within the housing and comprising a second driving device forming an exterior surface of the second diaphragm plate. In addition, the speaker includes an insert plate fixedly attached to the housing and positioned between the first diaphragm plate and the second diaphragm plate. The insert plate includes an insert plate driving device positioned adjacent the first driving device and the second driving device. The insert plate driving device is configured to interact with the first driving device to move the first diaphragm plate relative to the housing and interact with the second driving device to move the second diaphragm plate relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Guoguang Electric Corp. LtdInventor: George Shaolin Wei
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Patent number: 12022255Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, a flexible display including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a speaker module including a speaker unit including at least one speaker disposed in the second housing and a speaker enclosure accommodating the speaker unit and including a vent hole, and a seal connected to the first housing and the speaker enclosure and configured to be variable based on the sliding movement of the first housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Choonghyo Park, Kiwon Kim, Myoungsung Sim, Changshik Yoon, Woojin Cho, Joonrae Cho, Hyunggwang Kang, Byounghee Lee, Sangsoo Park, Hochul Hwang
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Patent number: 11996607Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
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Patent number: 11985476Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed, including a housing including a first surface, a second surface facing away from the first surface, and a side surface structure at least partially surrounding a space formed between the first surface and the second surface, an acoustic hole formed in the housing and configured to emit a sound in a direction the first surface faces, a speaker disposed in the housing, and a first acoustic waveguide and a second acoustic waveguide together providing an acoustic path between the speaker and the acoustic hole, wherein the second acoustic waveguide is different from the first acoustic waveguide.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiwon Kim, Choonghyo Park, Incheol Baek, Jihoon Song, Seongkwan Yang, Sungsoo Jun, Byounghee Lee, Joonrae Cho, Hochul Hwang
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Patent number: 11974115Abstract: An active sound design (ASD) tuning device and a method thereof may include an ASD device that generates a virtual engine sound for each vehicle situation and a control device that outputs a composite sound by correcting and synthesizing the virtual engine sound and an internal sound measured for each vehicle situation based on a binaural vehicle impulse response (BVIR).Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Ki Chang Kim, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee