Patents Examined by Simon King
  • Patent number: 12294828
    Abstract: Provided is to achieve high call quality and improve wearability. A wireless earphone 1 includes a driver unit (50), a first microphone (80), a second microphone (90), and a housing (10) that accommodates the driver unit (50), the first microphone (80), and the second microphone (90). The housing (10) includes a first accommodating portion (13) that accommodates the first microphone (80), a second accommodating portion (14) that accommodates the second microphone (90), and a main body (11) that is connected to each of the first accommodating portion (13) and the second accommodating portion (14). The first accommodating portion (13) is projectingly provided from the main body (11). The second accommodating portion (14) is projectingly provided from the main body (11) in a direction different from a projecting direction of the first accommodating portion (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Audio-Technica Corporation
    Inventor: Yosuke Takubo
  • Patent number: 12273677
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless listening device, which includes a housing adapted to be wearable and a top cover. The top cover closes the housing at an end of the device and is provided with a central bumped portion that includes: a substantially planar panel portion; and a raised portion, which is connected around an outer periphery of the panel portion and at least partially extends toward the housing in a direction perpendicular to a plane where the panel portion is located. The panel portion and the raised portion form an accommodating groove that at least partially accommodate a charging device, a manipulation device and an antenna. In the plane where the panel portion is located, a diameter of a minimum circumscribed circle of orthographic projections of the charging device, the manipulation device, and the antenna as a whole is in a range of 8 to 16 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Listening Wisdom (Nanjing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingwei Wang, Chunhong Yu
  • Patent number: 12273481
    Abstract: A service interruption manager function, SIMF, receives information that indicates that lawful interception, LI, service interruption associated with an LI task has occurred. Based on the received information, a determination is made of a status regarding the LI service interruption associated with the LI task, for example a determination whether the LI service interruption associated with the LI task has a current status that is any of: terminated, ongoing or initiated. A message is then transmitted, to a delivery function, DF, via an HI2 interface, the message comprising at least the determined status regarding the LI service interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Antonio Giorgio Gaggia, Mariano Russo, Dario Scudiero, Daniele Gaito, Chiara Santella, Carmine Galotto
  • Patent number: 12273679
    Abstract: A method for processing an audio signal involves receiving sound waves at a microphone, converting them into a first audio signal, and extracting a second audio signal from an electromagnetic signal received at a receiver. The first audio signal is correlated with the second audio signal to calculate a correlation value. If the correlation value exceeds a threshold, the first audio signal is processed using the second audio signal to reduce unwanted sound contributions, resulting in a processed audio signal. Further processing is then performed on the processed audio signal to determine a characteristic of the desired sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Karl Stahl
  • Patent number: 12272370
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide systems and methods for providing audio source separation for audio input, such as for audio devices having limited power and/or computing resources. The subject technology may allow an audio device to leverage processing and/or power resources of a companion device that is communicatively coupled to the audio device. The companion device may identify a noise condition of the audio device, select a source separation model based on the noise condition, and provide the source separation model to the audio device. In this way, the audio device can provide audio source separation functionality using a relatively small footprint source separation model that is specific to the noise condition in which the audio device is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos M. Avendano, John Woodruff, Jonathan Huang, Mehrez Souden, Andreas Koutrouvelis
  • Patent number: 12262164
    Abstract: A wearable device, comprising: one or more processors configured to: detect a wear status of the wearable device; and in response to the wear status, allocate resources of the wearable device to one or more functions of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Burgess, Andrew I. Bothwell
  • Patent number: 12262165
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for detecting a wearing state of an earphone, an earphone, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a request for detecting the wearing state of the earphone; performing audio collection by a feedback microphone of the earphone to obtain a feedback audio signal; determining a frequency of the audio, and determining a target frequency with a power meeting a preset condition in the feedback audio signal based on the frequency and an audio collection parameter of the feedback microphone; performing a power spectrum analysis on the feedback audio signal to obtain a power spectrum of the feedback audio signal; determining target power information of the target frequency from the power spectrum; and in response to the target power information being not less than a maximum power threshold value set for the target frequency, determining that the wearing state is in-ear state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TONLY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Liechao Huang, Yucheng Zhao, Guanghui Han, Jinhui Li, Hua Yan, Xinwen Chen
  • Patent number: 12253252
    Abstract: An audio filtering and power extraction apparatus for filtering out audio signal and extracting power from a combined signal and direct-current power line, with an input configured to couple to a combined signal and direct-current power line, a filtering extractor system functionally coupled to the input, a DC sensing switch circuit, and a second order low-pass filter functionally coupled to the DC sensing switch circuit, the second order low-pass filter including, an inductor, a capacitor and resistor in series with each other, and an output functionally coupled to an output of the filtering extractor system and through which output extracted power is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SWARM HOLDINGS LLC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Neil Hart, Paul Mark Michalczuk, Jesse Alden Smith
  • Patent number: 12256039
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for maintaining service availability. Files including code written using a Domain Specific Language (DSL) for network security may be received. A knowledge graph including connections between services may be generated from the code written using the DSL in the files. A service that will have an availability issue may be determined based on the connections between services in the knowledge graph. The service that will have the availability issue may be replicated. The replication of the service that will have the availability issue may occur before the service has the availability issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaushal Bansal, Prabhat Singh
  • Patent number: 12248730
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of earphone feature control by using a graphic user interface on a device linked to the earphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: The Diablo Canyon Collective LLC
    Inventors: John Usher, John P. Keady
  • Patent number: 12250511
    Abstract: A tuned-frequency-spectrum earpiece for selectively tuning audio frequencies that enter an inner ear of a user wearing the earpiece, the earpiece including a base having an emitter end and receiver end, the base including a channel that passes through an entirety of the base; a sound-attenuation plug, wherein the sound-attenuation plug is configured to couple to the base such that the sound-attenuation plug surrounds at least a portion of the channel of the base; a first filter device configured to insert into the channel of the base and to selectively reject undesired frequencies of the audio frequencies that enter the earpiece; and a frequency-selective sound collector operatively coupled to the receiver end of the base and configured to increase an amount of desired frequencies of the audio frequencies that enter the first filter device. Some embodiments increase the amount of sound from some directions while reducing sound from other directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: JMJ Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: David M. Chenal
  • Patent number: 12250509
    Abstract: A wearable device, comprising: one or more processors configured to: detect a wear status of the wearable device; and in response to the wear status, allocate resources of the wearable device to one or more functions of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Burgess, Andrew I. Bothwell
  • Patent number: 12244765
    Abstract: A contact center server provides to an agent device one or more automated response recommendations determined by an executable virtual assistant platform to correspond to customer message data received from a customer device as part of conversation data. Further, the contact center server receives a selection of one of the automated response recommendations from the agent device and identifies agent response data to the customer message data transmitted from the agent device to the customer device. Further, the contact center server, using one or more classification models, determines when there is a change between the selected response recommendation and the identified agent response data. Further, the contact center server associates one or more tags to the identified agent response data in the conversation data when the determination indicates the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KORE.AI, INC.
    Inventors: Rajkumar Koneru, Prasanna Kumar Arikala Gunalan, Rajavardhan Nalluri, Girish Ahankari, Thirupathi Bandam, Venkata Praveen Kumar Suvanam
  • Patent number: 12243545
    Abstract: A method and system of neural network dynamic noise suppression is provided for audio processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Kupryjanow, Lukasz Pindor
  • Patent number: 12238469
    Abstract: This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that include earpad assemblies that improve acoustic isolation are discussed. User convenience features that include automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. Various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Edward Siahaan, Daniel R. Bloom, Jason J. LeBlanc, Phillip Qian
  • Patent number: 12225361
    Abstract: A sound signal processing device supplies an output sound signal to an amplification device configured to supply a first sound signal to a high-frequency speaker and a low-frequency speaker. The sound signal processing device includes a high-pass filter, an amplitude limitation circuit, a low-pass filter, and a synthesis circuit. The high-pass filter removes a low-frequency component from an input sound signal to generate a high-frequency sound signal. The amplitude limitation circuit limits an amplitude of the input sound signal at or below a reference value to generate a second sound signal. The reference value corresponds to a clipping voltage of the amplification device. The low-pass filter removes a high-frequency component from the second sound signal to generate a low-frequency sound signal. The synthesis circuit synthesizes the high-frequency sound signal and the low-frequency sound signal to generate the output sound signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Kanno, Nobuaki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 12225158
    Abstract: Processor(s) of a client device of a user can receive a telephone call that is initiated by an additional user, and, in response to receiving the telephone call, identify an entity that is associated with the additional user, and determine, based on the entity that is associated with the additional user, whether to (1) fully automate the telephone call, or (2) partially automate the telephone call. In fully automating the telephone call, the processor(s) can cause a chatbot to engage in a corresponding conversation with the additional user and without prompting the user for any input. In partially automating the telephone call, the processor(s) can cause the chatbot to engage in a corresponding conversation with the additional user but with prompting the user for input(s) via suggestion chip(s). In some implementations, the processor(s) can further determine whether to (3) refrain from automating the telephone call entirely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yoav Tzur, Yaniv Leviathan, Yossi Matias, Jan Jedrzejowicz
  • Patent number: 12219315
    Abstract: A method performed by an in-ear headphone. Coupled to the in-ear headphone is a first ear tip that is inserted into an ear canal of a user. The method obtains an audio signal from an audio source device paired with the in-ear headphone and uses the signal to drive a speaker of the headphone to output a sound into the ear canal. The method obtains a microphone signal that is responsive to the outputted sound. The method notifies the user to replace the first ear tip with a second ear tip in response to a parameter associated with the microphone signal being less than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Esge B. Andersen, Andrew E. Greenwood, Tom-Davy W. Saux, Baptiste P. Paquier, Hanchi Chen, Raghavendra S. Prabhu
  • Patent number: 12215053
    Abstract: Electronic devices including a textured component such as a cover member positioned over one or more components of the electronic device. Different surface regions of the textured component may be textured differently in order to provide optical contrast. For example, differently textured surface regions may differ in gloss, translucency, or both. In some cases the cover member defines a protruding feature and a surface region of the protruding feature is textured differently than an adjacent surface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Andi M. Limarga, Akanksha Agrawal, Albert Ochagavia Tobena, Jason P. Shannon
  • Patent number: 12219314
    Abstract: Systems and processes for user identification using headphones associated with a first device are provided. For example, first movement information corresponding to movement of a second electronic device is detected. Second movement information corresponding to movement of a third electronic device is detected. A similarity score is determined based on the first movement information and the second movement information. In accordance with a determination that the similarity score is above a threshold similarity score, a user is identified as an authorized user of the first electronic device and the second electronic device. Based on the identification, an output is provided to the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Gong, Gierad Laput