Abstract: A MEMS device includes a package for providing an inner volume, a MEMS microphone arranged in the inner volume, a sound port through the package to the inner volume, and a passive acoustic attenuation filter acoustically coupled to the sound port.

Abstract: A method of operating a movable support for orienting and positioning a portable computing device in a vehicle includes supporting the portable computing device with the movable support, and receiving status data based on a status of the vehicle with a controller. The method also includes determining a target orientation of the portable computing device based on the status data with the controller, the target orientation including one of a portrait screen orientation and a landscape screen orientation, and determining a target angular position of the portable computing device based on the status data, the target angular position including one of a driver-oriented position and a passenger-oriented position. The method further includes using the controller to move the movable support to position the portable computing device in the target orientation and the target angular position.

Abstract: An angle adjustment mechanism capable of achieving stable quality is provided. An angle adjustment mechanism (10) includes a base member (20), a support member (40) that supports the base member (20) from below, a mount member (30) having a rotation shaft (16) rotatably connecting the base member (20), and a suppression member (50). The support member (40) moves up and down in conjunction with a rotation operation of the base member (20). The suppression member (50) is formed of an elastic material and attached to the mount member (30), and suppresses up-and-down movement of the support member (40) by frictional force. The suppression member (50) is provided with a hole (52) into which a part of the support member is inserted and slides, and frictional force is generated between the suppression member (50) and the support member (40) in the hole (52).

Abstract: A case for a handheld electronic device includes one or more shell portions, a plurality of magnets, an opening through a rear exterior wall of the one or more shell portions, and an alignment magnet. The one or more shell portions can be configured to interlock and encase the handheld electronic device. The plurality of magnets can be positioned on or within the rear exterior wall. The opening can comprise a plurality of radial tabs and be configured to interlock with an interlocking device. The alignment magnet can be oriented radially relative to the plurality of magnets.

Abstract: Provided is an acoustic reproduction system capable of setting a sound image localization service area at an arbitrary position even in a case where a sound production direction of a directional sound cannot be changed. An acoustic reproduction system according to the present technology includes a sound producing device that emits a directional sound and a sound reflector positioned between a viewer and a viewing target by the viewer and having a sound reflecting surface that reflects the directional sound emitted by the sound producing device.

Abstract: A device with a microphone and a condensation collection apparatus to prevent migration of condensation to the microphone is provided. The device comprises a microphone; a board having an acoustic port therethrough, the microphone positioned to accept sound through the acoustic port; a moisture-resistant, acoustically transparent membrane over the acoustic port; an outer membrane that receives the sound for the microphone, the outer membrane being non-permeable to at least moisture; and a condensation collection apparatus between the outer membrane and the acoustically transparent membrane. The condensation collection apparatus comprises: an aperture through which the sound from the outer membrane passes; and one or more condensation collection features, at an outer-membrane facing side of the condensation collection apparatus, configured to: collect condensation that migrates from an inner side of the outer membrane; and prevent migration of the condensation, that is collected, through the aperture.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a structure that stably supports a flexible printed circuit board on which a microphone module is disposed inside the electronic device, thereby improving the sealing between the microphone module and the camera housing.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to liquid-resistant microphone modules for electronic devices. A microphone module may include a non-porous membrane that seals the front volume of the microphone module from the external environment of the electronic device. The microphone module may also include a substrate having an opening that allows airflow between the front volume and an interior cavity within the housing of the electronic device. In various implementations, an inductive vent and/or a resistive vent may be provided over the opening in the substrate.

Abstract: An electrostatic-type transducer (1) includes: an insulator sheet (11) formed of an elastomer; a plurality of first electrode sheets (12, 13, 14) which is arranged on a front surface side of the insulator sheet (11), adhered to the insulator sheet (11) by fusion of the insulator sheet (11), and arranged with a distance from each other in the surface direction of the insulator sheet (11); and one second electrode sheet (15) which is disposed on the back surface side of the insulator sheet (11) and adhered to the insulator sheet (11) by fusion of the insulator sheet (11), and in which portions facing the plurality of first electrode sheets (12, 13, 14) and portions facing each region between the adjacent first electrode sheets (12, 13, 14) in the surface direction are formed integrally.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing system including a first hearing device configured to be worn at a first ear of a user and a second hearing device configured to be worn at a second ear of the user. The first hearing device includes a first physiological sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of a physiological property of the user and the second hearing device includes a second physiological sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of the same physiological property as the sensor data provided by the first physiological sensor. A processing unit may be configured to control the first and second physiological sensor to alternatingly provide the sensor data in subsequent time intervals.

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein attaches to a communications handset cradle to improve accessibility. In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes a connector for affixing the apparatus to a telephone handset cradle. The apparatus also includes a bottom face with a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending from the bottom face. A distance between the first sidewall and the second sidewall tapers towards the cradle.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first terminal portion disposed with a first sound output hole and a second terminal portion disposed with a second sound output hole and a receiver. The second terminal portion can move between a first position and a second position relative to the first terminal portion. At the first position, the first sound output hole is connected to the second sound output hole, and at the second position, the second sound output hole is staggered from the first terminal portion. A baffle is disposed on the second terminal portion. The second terminal portion is located at the second position relative to the first terminal portion, and the baffle covers the second sound output hole. The second terminal portion is located at the first position relative to the first terminal portion, the baffle is removed away from the second sound output hole.

Abstract: A game headset receives a plurality of channels of game and/or chat audio during game play, monitors the plurality of channels, and detect one or more sounds on the channels during the monitoring. The game headset determines characteristics of the detected one or more sound and outputs one or more signals for generating a visual representation of the detected one or more sounds based on the determined characteristics. The game headset output the signals to a game console that provides the game play. The game console displays the visual representation during the game play based on the communicated visualization information. The one or more signals is a video stream of an in-game visualization. The game headset outputs the one or more signals to a second screen communication device that generates the visual representation during the game play based on the signals.

Abstract: A speaker including a frame; a magnetic circuit system fixed to the frame, comprises a plurality of magnetic circuit devices connected to each with a magnetic gap; a vibration system driven by the magnetic to vibrator, comprises a diaphragm fixed to the frame and a plurality of voice coil assembly inserted into the magnetic gap drive the diaphragm vibrate jointly. the speaker can drive the diaphragm to vibrate and produce sound with a greater driving force, and the magnetic circuit system has a higher magnetic field. The efficiency makes the speaker have a better sound effect.

Abstract: Treatment actions can be taken based on an analysis of the ability of a recipient of an auditory prosthesis to perceive musical activities. The occurrence of musical activities and the recipients response thereto can be determined based on transducers. The recipients musical perception can be determined by analyzing the signals from the transducers as stand-alone measures or by comparing the signals against known music. The treatment actions can relate to the treatment of a hearing-impairment of the recipient of the auditory prosthesis, such as by modifying the settings of the auditory prosthesis to affect the ongoing operation of the auditory prosthesis.

Abstract: A mount for a handheld electronic device is adapted to be attached to a flat vertical glossy environmental surface, such as a mirror, with suction cups. A shelf with an upwardly concave center section holds electronic devices of various sizes and will hold an electronic device in a vertical orientation even if the mount is attached to the mirror at a small angle to the vertical. The shelf may hold the electronic device in either portrait or landscape orientation. The shelf permits a cable to be plugged into the bottom of the electronic device by being routed through a central notch in the shelf and an opening in a lip.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of a bracket, and discloses a vehicle-mounted bracket, comprising: a support base, a wireless charger, a magnetic-suction finger ring assembly, an adjustment assembly and a locking assembly, the wireless charger and the support base being combined to form a magnetic-suction wireless charging vehicle-mounted bracket, the magnetic-suction finger ring assembly and the support base being combined to form a magnetic-suction vehicle-mounted bracket, and the adjustment assembly being used for rotatably adjusting a support state of the support base. The application increases the functionality of the vehicle-mounted bracket.

Abstract: An exemplary system includes a processor communicatively coupled to a memory and configured to execute instructions to generate a modified audiogram for a user of a hearing device. The modified audiogram may be based on a frequency lowering scheme that maps at least some audio frequencies included in a first set of audio frequencies to relatively lower audio frequencies to form a second set of audio frequencies. The modified audiogram may indicate a set of modified hearing thresholds of the user at the first set of audio frequencies. The generating of the modified audiogram may include applying an inverse of the frequency lowering scheme to the set of modified hearing thresholds at the second set of audio frequencies to obtain the set of modified hearing thresholds of the modified audiogram at the first set of audio frequencies.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magnetic circuit assembly of a bone conduction speaker. The magnetic circuit assembly may generate a first magnetic field. The magnetic circuit assembly may include a first magnetic element, and the first magnetic element may generate a second magnetic field. The magnetic circuit may further include a first magnetic guide element and at least one second magnetic element. The at least one second magnetic element may be configured to surround the first magnetic element and a magnetic gap may be configured between the second magnetic element and the first magnetic element. A magnetic field strength of the first magnetic field within the magnetic gap may exceed a magnetic field strength of the second magnetic field within the magnetic gap.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates to the wireless stereo reception of first and second audio information by wireless hearing communication devices. One type of device which may employ the present subject matter is a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid. Various forms and protocols of signal transmission are employed in varying embodiments. The present subject matter includes various communication modes such as eavesdropping modes and relaying modes.