Abstract: A soundbar with wireless earphones includes a soundbar housing, a storage compartment provided in the soundbar housing, a storage groove formed in the storage compartment, and a wireless earphone fittingly mounted in the storage groove. A pogo pin is disposed in the storage groove, and a corresponding connecting contact is provided on the wireless earphone. The connecting contact is electrically connected to the pogo pin to form a charging path when the wireless earphone is placed in the storage groove. A mainboard is provided in the soundbar housing, and an audio Bluetooth module is integrated on the mainboard for associating with an equipment. The wireless earphone is in communicating connection with the soundbar through the audio Bluetooth module. The wireless earphone is connected to the soundbar for audio interaction. Different methods for using in different scenarios provide users with more choices.

Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprising a housing configured to be worn in, at or about an ear of a wearer, audio processing circuitry disposed in or supported by the housing and comprising one or more microphones and an acoustic transducer, a controller disposed in the housing and coupled to the audio processing circuitry, and a power source disposed in the housing. A contact sensor is supported by the housing and coupled to the controller, the contact sensor configured to sense contact between the device and skin of the wearer. A physiologic sensor arrangement is coupled to the controller and configured to measure at least one physiologic parameter or physiologic condition of the wearer. The controller is configured to operate on signals received from the physiologic sensor arrangement in response to the contact sensor sensing contact between the device and the wearer's skin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sound channel and a portable audio device comprising such a sound channel, wherein said sound channel comprises a vent path, a closing element and a guiding surface for guiding a movement of the closing element, wherein said closing element is slidably moveable with respect to said guiding surface by a driving means between a first position in which the closing element substantially closes the vent path and a second position in which the closing element leaves the vent path open, and wherein the closing element comprises a stop surface that engages a stop element of the sound channel in the first position of the closing element and a sliding surface that extends substantially parallel to said guiding surface, wherein a liquid is present between the sliding surface of said closing element and the guiding surface. The invention also relates to a method of operating such a sound channel.

Abstract: A body supports a speaker and an ear cushion adjacent a proximal portion thereof. The ear cushion is sized to fit within an ear canal of a user for holding of the earbud in position and directing sound from the speaker into the ear of the user. A distal end of the body supports a turn wheel in a rotational fashion relative to the body. The turn wheel has frictional resistance to rotation relative to the body which is less than friction force between the ear cushion and the inner ear of the user, such that torque applied to the turn wheel causes the turn wheel to rotate relative to the body. Rotation of the turn wheel causes at least one characteristic of sound emanating from the speaker of the earbud to be modified. A charger box is also provided which can contain and wirelessly charge a pair of earbuds.

Abstract: Various arrangements for short-range wireless communication between audio output devices, such as true wireless earbuds, are presented herein. A first earbud of a pair of earbuds may determine that a first audio packet addressed to the first earbud from an audio source was not properly received. However, a second earbud of the pair of earbuds may properly receive the first audio packet addressed to the first earbud. The second earbud can then, directly to the first earbud, transmit a cross acknowledgement indicating that the second earbud properly received the audio packet.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for identifying an earbud wearing error. An earbud wearing action is detected based on a sensor of an earbud (for example, an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, or a magnetic field detection sensor), and an electronic device may determine, based on the earbud wearing action, whether a left bud and a right bud are incorrectly worn. Once it is determined that the left bud and the right bud are incorrectly worn, the electronic device may output prompt information by using a screen, to prompt a user that the left bud and the right bud are incorrectly worn. When the left bud and the right bud are incorrectly worn, the electronic device may further switch between a left-ear mode and a right-ear mode.

Abstract: A wireless earphone control method is disclosed, which includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a control image; detecting grayscale value distribution in the control image to obtain a detection result of occlusion; and performing a corresponding wireless earphone control operation based on the detection result of occlusion. The step of detecting grayscale value distribution in the control image to obtain the detection result of occlusion includes, but is not limited to: calculating first mean grayscale values of multiple preset sample regions in the control image; determining an occlusion position in the control image based on size relationships among the first mean grayscale values; and determining the detection result of occlusion based on the occlusion position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method, a hearing device, and an element configured to be releasably attached to a housing of a hearing device for a user, wherein the element is exchangeable by the user, wherein the element has a dimension which provides that the element is exchangeable by the user's fingers, wherein the element is exchangeable by the user without using a tool, and wherein the element comprises a physical filter configured to be arranged in front of an opening in the housing, when the element is attached to the housing.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques, including devices and systems implementing the techniques, for detecting a current state of a wearable audio device of a user. One example technique for detecting the current state of the wearable device generally includes transmitting, with a driver, at least one pulsed signal associated with the current state, receiving, at a microphone, a received signal of the at least one pulsed signal, determining an acoustic signal associated with the current state based on the received signal, determining a difference between the acoustic signal associated with the current state and a prior acoustic signal associated with a known state, and determining the current state of the wearable audio device based, at least in part, on a comparison of the difference to a threshold. In some aspects, the at least one pulsed signal comprises at least one pulsed ultrasonic wavelet.

Abstract: Systems and methods for treating misophonia include utilizing machine learning within a deep learning processor to allow a user to listen to ambient sounds from their environment without hearing trigger sounds.

Abstract: Headphones configured to detect a wearing mode include, but are not limited to, a main body provided therein with a control module and a speaker that are connected with each other; a first earplug detachably connected with the main body and is configured to plug in an ear canal; a second earplug detachably connected with the main body and is configured to plug in an ear canal; a sensing member provided on the main body and connected with the control module; and a sensed member provided on the first earplug or the second earplug; wherein an insertion depth of the first earplug is different from an insertion depth of the second earplug, and when the earplug provided with the sensed member is connected with the main body, the sensed member is within a sensing range of the sensing member.

Abstract: An earphone includes a housing having a space therein and having a path capable of ventilation from one end side on an external auditory canal side of a wearer to the other end side on an ambient environment side, a valve accommodated in the housing and configured to switch the path between an open state and a close state, a microphone disposed on one end side of the housing and configured to collect uttered voice of the wearer, and a control unit configured to control the open state and the close state. The control unit switches the path to the open state during a first operation in a call including an operation in which the uttered voice of the wearer is collected by the microphone, and switches the path either the open state or the close state during a second operation different from the first operation.

Abstract: There is provided an output apparatus that includes one or more display panels, a support member, and an actuator section. The one or more display panels are capable of displaying an image. The support member includes a support portion for supporting the respective one or more display panels. The actuator section is disposed between the one or more display panels and the support portion and vibrates the respective one or more display panels. In this output apparatus, an image is output by the one or more display panels. Further, the actuator section is disposed between the display panels and the support portion of the support member, and the display panels are vibrated.

Abstract: A method for debt collection has functions for dividing a day into specific time windows, analyzing historical call data over a period of time for specific accounts by telephone number, determining right party contact (RPC) percentage over all calls made to the telephone number within each of the specific time windows, determining a specific time window with the highest RPC as a best time to call (BTTC) for each account, utilizing the BTTC in preparing a specific call list for an automatic dialer such that telephone numbers for a specific account are only dialed by the automatic dialer during the specific time window determined to be the BTTC for that telephone number, executing the automatic dialer with the specific call list, and routing calls that are answered to agents for interaction with the persons answering the calls.

Abstract: A portable audio device including a first earphone unit and a second earphone unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the first earphone unit comprises: a communication unit an audio output unit configured to output an audio signal received through the communication unit; a microphone; a sensor unit configured to detect a wearing state of the first earphone unit; and a processor configured to set the first earphone unit to a microphone mode when the first earphone unit is detected as a non-wearing state.

Abstract: Example methods and systems provide machine-learning assisted acoustic echo cancellation (AEC). The AEC can be used, as an example, to improve the audio quality for online audio and video conferences. A system according to this disclosure includes a pre-trained, machine-learning, AI model designed to detect, in real time, a unitary voice signal, or a signal representing the speech of a single speaker as opposed to that of multiple speakers. A digital signal processing (DSP) algorithm can then detect the echo state, for example, whether distortion results primarily from an echo. Based on these characteristics, the system can, alternatively and automatically apply either a default mode of AEC to the audio signal, or apply a more aggressive mode of AEC.

Abstract: Systems and method are directed towards dynamically updating a remote management system of changes in e911 records. An e911 computing system may determine if an e911 record has been deleted from a local database. In response to determining that the e911 record has been deleted, the e911 computing system notifies a management system of the e911 record being deleted. The e911 computing system may also determine if the e911 record is new. In response to determining that the e911 record is new, the e911 computing system provides the e911 record to the management system. The e911 computing system may also determine if the e911 record has changed. In response to determining that the e911 record has changed: the e911 computing system generates a table of changes to the e911 record and provides the table of changes to the management system.

Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media may correspond to in-ear acoustic devices, such as an earbud, with transparency and noise-cancellation. The earbud may include one or a combination of the following. A housing may include a first section and a second section. A speaker may be housed by the housing. A first volume may be partially defined by the speaker and the first section. A second volume may be partially defined by the speaker and the second section. A bypass duct may fluidically connect the first volume with the second volume. The bypass duct may include a vent to outside of the housing.

Abstract: A deep-learning-based system for performing automated multitrack mixing based on a plurality of input audio tracks is described herein. The system comprises one or more instances of a deep-learning-based first network and one or more instances of a deep-learning-based second network. Particularly, the first network is configured to, based on the 5 input audio tracks, generate parameters for use in the automated multitrack mixing. The second network is configured to, based on the parameters, apply signal processing and at least one mixing gain to the input audio tracks, for generating an output mix of the audio tracks.

Abstract: Headphone audio controllers are disclosed. In one implementation, a headphone includes: an acoustic transducer that is configured to develop sound for delivery to an ear of a user; a microphone that is configured to sense sound from the acoustic transducer and develop an output; and a processor, responsive to the microphone output, and that is configured to: determine first and second audio transfer functions between the acoustic transducer and the microphone, and calculate an audio controller based on both the first audio transfer function and the second audio transfer function.