Patents by Inventor Edwin C. Johnson, Jr.
Edwin C. Johnson, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10897669Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide multi-layer microphone protection for any apparatus that captures sound. The apparatus includes an enclosure defining a first cavity. A microphone element is coupled to the first cavity. The microphone element comprises a microphone sensor and a microphone cavity. A first, outer protective layer is disposed at an outer end of the first cavity, closer to the external environment. A second, inner protective layer is disposed between an inner end of the first cavity and the microphone element. The second, inner protective layer may protect the microphone sensor from particles or liquids that may have passed through the first protective layer. The first and second layers may have different acoustic properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Martin David Ring, David-Michael Lozupone, Edwin C. Johnson, Jr., David Glenn Meeker, Michael Ciufo
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Patent number: 10582298Abstract: A directional acoustic device with an acoustic source or an acoustic receiver and a conduit to which the acoustic source or acoustic receiver is acoustically coupled and within which acoustic energy travels in a propagation direction from the acoustic source or to the acoustic receiver. The conduit has a radiating portion that has a radiating surface with leak openings that define controlled leaks through which acoustic energy radiated from the source into the conduit can leak to the outside environment or through which acoustic energy in the outside environment can leak into the conduit. The radiating surface has a thin sheet with openings through the sheet, and a cover material with a greater acoustic resistance than an acoustic resistance of an opening. The cover material covers at least parts of at least some of the openings, to define controlled acoustic leaks into or out of the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Joseph A. Coffey, Peter C. Santoro, Edwin C. Johnson, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200053458Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide multi-layer microphone protection for any apparatus that captures sound. The apparatus includes an enclosure defining a first cavity. A microphone element is coupled to the first cavity. The microphone element comprises a microphone sensor and a microphone cavity. A first, outer protective layer is disposed at an outer end of the first cavity, closer to the external environment. A second, inner protective layer is disposed between an inner end of the first cavity and the microphone element. The second, inner protective layer may protect the microphone sensor from particles or liquids that may have passed through the first protective layer. The first and second layers may have different acoustic properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Martin David RING, David-Michael LOZUPONE, Edwin C. Johnson, JR., David Glenn Meeker, Michael Ciufo
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Patent number: 10051371Abstract: A headset includes a first speaker coupled to a first compensation network and a second speaker coupled to a second compensation network. The headset also includes a differential sensing module configured to determine a differential signal between a first input signal associated with the first speaker and a second input signal associated with the second speaker. The differential signal is used to determine whether the headset is detected as worn by a user. A controller adjusts a power level supplied to the headset based on the differential signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventor: Edwin C. Johnson, Jr.
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Patent number: 9712935Abstract: Provided is a microphone compatibility device comprising a sensor that detects a voltage along a conductive path between a microphone and at least one electronic device and a current control device that draws current for permitting microphone detection by each of a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The second electronic device has a lower current draw requirement than the first electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin J. Winter, Edwin C. Johnson, Jr.
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Publication number: 20170064477Abstract: Provided is a microphone compatibility device comprising a sensor that detects a voltage along a conductive path between a microphone and at least one electronic device and a current control device that draws current for permitting microphone detection by each of a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The second electronic device has a lower current draw requirement than the first electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Kevin J. Winter, Edwin C. Johnson, JR.
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Patent number: 8699719Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining an operating state of an earpiece of a personal acoustic device and/or the entirety of the personal acoustic device through tests to determine the current operating state, wherein the tests differ depending on a current power mode of the personal acoustic device, and wherein at least one lower power test is employed during at least one lower power mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Edwin C. Johnson, Jr., Hal Greenberger, Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Benjamin D. Burge
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Patent number: 8243946Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining an operating state of a personal acoustic device by receiving a signal from one or more movement sensors indicating movement detected by the one or more movement sensors, wherein the one or more movement sensors are disposed on portions of the personal acoustic device structured to be worn on a user's head to enable the one or more movement sensors to detect rotational movements of a user's head when the personal acoustic device is in position on the user's head such that a casing of the personal acoustic device is adjacent an ear of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Benjamin D. Burge, Edwin C. Johnson, Jr.
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Patent number: 8238570Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining an operating state of a personal acoustic device by receiving signal from first and second movement sensors indicating movement detected by each, wherein the first movement sensor is disposed on a portion of the personal acoustic device structured to be worn on a user's head to enable the first movement sensors to detect movements of a user's head when the personal acoustic device is in position on the user's head such that a casing of the personal acoustic device is adjacent an ear of the user, and wherein the second movement sensor is disposed on a portion of the personal acoustic device structure to not be worn on a user's head.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Edwin C. Johnson, Jr., Benjamin D. Burge
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Publication number: 20100246846Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining an operating state of a personal acoustic device by receiving a signal from one or more movement sensors indicating movement detected by the one or more movement sensors, wherein the one or more movement sensors are disposed on portions of the personal acoustic device structured to be worn on a user's head to enable the one or more movement sensors to detect rotational movements of a user's head when the personal acoustic device is in position on the user's head such that a casing of the personal acoustic device is adjacent an ear of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Benjamin D. Burge, Edwin C. Johnson, JR.
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Publication number: 20100246847Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining an operating state of a personal acoustic device by receiving signal from first and second movement sensors indicating movement detected by each, wherein the first movement sensor is disposed on a portion of the personal acoustic device structured to be worn on a user's head to enable the first movement sensors to detect movements of a user's head when the personal acoustic device is in position on the user's head such that a casing of the personal acoustic device is adjacent an ear of the user, and wherein the second movement sensor is disposed on a portion of the personal acoustic device structure to not be worn on a user's head.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Edwin C. Johnson, JR., Benjamin D. Burge
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Publication number: 20100246836Abstract: Apparatus and method for determining an operating state of an earpiece of a personal acoustic device and/or the entirety of the personal acoustic device through tests to determine the current operating state, wherein the tests differ depending on a current power mode of the personal acoustic device, and wherein at least one lower power test is employed during at least one lower power mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Edwin C. Johnson, JR., Hal Greenberger, Daniel M. Gauger, JR., Benjamin D. Burge
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Patent number: 5812676Abstract: A transportable sound reproduction system for transducing binaurally encoded signals with near-field reproduction including a support, a head locator attached to the support for positioning a listener's head at a desired location in the near-field, and a pair of speakers located close to and forward of the desired location of the listener's head. A carrying case for transporting the system has protective packaging with compartments for detachably securing the components of the system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1994Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Bose CorporationInventor: Edwin C. Johnson, Jr.