Patents by Inventor Fengyun LIAO

Fengyun LIAO 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).

  • Publication number: 20230260529
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for determining a speech presence probability, a speech enhancement method and system, and a headphone. The speech presence probability and a speech absence probability in an iteration operation may be corrected by comparing an entropy of the speech presence probability and an entropy of a speech absence probability, such that a faster convergence speed and better convergence results may be obtained, thereby improving accuracy of an estimation of the speech presence probability and an accuracy of an estimation of a noise spatial covariance matrix, and then improving a speech enhancement effect of a minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le XIAO, Chengqian ZHANG, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20230254634
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic device. The acoustic device may include a housing, a transducer, and a diaphragm. The housing may be configured to form a cavity. The transducer may be arranged in the cavity and connected to the housing. The housing may produce a bone-conduction sound under an action of the transducer. The diaphragm may be connected between the transducer and the housing to divide the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity. The housing may be provided with at least one pressure relief hole communicating with the first cavity and at least one sound modulation hole communicating with the second cavity. At least a portion of the at least one pressure relief hole and at least a portion of the at least one sound modulation hole may be arranged adjacently. The housing may be further provided with a sound outlet hole communicating with the second cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongjian LI, Shuailin XIE, Hao KE, Lei ZHANG, Zhen WANG, Liwei WANG, Peigeng TONG, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20230240586
    Abstract: A device for collecting and processing an electromyography signal of a human body. The device comprises: an electrode module (100, 200, 300), configured to collect an electromyography signal of a human body. The electrode module includes a base structure (103, 203, 303) and at least two electrodes (101, 102, 201, 202, 204, 301, 302, 304, 305), and the at least two electrodes (101, 102, 201, 202, 204, 301, 302, 304, 305) are arranged at intervals on a surface of the base structure (103, 203, 303).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin ZHOU, Lei SU, Meiqi LI, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Patent number: 11716575
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present disclosure and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen, Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Bingyan Yan
  • Patent number: 11715451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic device including a microphone array, a processor, and at least one speaker. The microphone array may be configured to acquire an environmental noise. The processor may be configured to estimate a sound field at a target spatial position using the microphone array. The target spatial position may be closer to an ear canal of a user than each microphone in the microphone array. The processor may be configured to generate a noise reduction signal based on the environmental noise and the sound field estimation of the target spatial position. The at least one speaker may be configured to output a target signal based on the noise reduction signal. The target signal may be used to reduce the environmental noise. The microphone array may be arranged in a target area to minimize an interference signal from the at least one speaker to the microphone array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Xiao, Jinbo Zheng, Chengqian Zhang, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Publication number: 20230233103
    Abstract: A motion monitoring method (500) is provided, which includes: obtaining a movement signal of a user during motion, wherein the movement signal includes at least an electromyographic signal or an attitude signal (510); and monitoring a movement of the user during motion based at least on feature information corresponding to the electromyographic signal or the feature information corresponding to the attitude signal (520).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei SU, Xin ZHOU, Meiqi LI, Fengyun LIAO
  • Patent number: 11711654
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Publication number: 20230232167
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin QI, Fengyun LIAO, Jinbo ZHENG, Qian CHEN, Hao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230232166
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin QI, Fengyun LIAO
  • Publication number: 20230232168
    Abstract: A bone conduction speaker includes a housing, a vibration board and a transducer. The transducer is located in the housing, and the vibration board is configured to contact with skin and pass vibration. At least one sound guiding hole is set on at least one portion of the housing to guide sound wave inside the housing to the outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interfaces with the leaked sound wave, and the interfacing reduces a sound pressure level of at least a portion of the leaked sound wave. A frequency of the at least a portion of the leaked sound wave is lower than 4000 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin QI, Fengyun LIAO
  • Publication number: 20230232145
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic output apparatus. The acoustic output apparatus may include an acoustic output component and a supporting structure forming an acoustically open structure that allows the acoustic output component to acoustically communicate with the surroundings. The acoustic output component may include a plurality of acoustic drivers, each of which may be configured to output a sound with a frequency range. At least one of the acoustic drivers may include a magnetic system for generating a first magnetic field. The magnetic system may include a first magnetic component for generating a second magnetic field and at least one second magnetic component. A magnetic gap may be formed between the first magnetic component and the at least one second magnetic component. A magnetic field intensity of the first magnetic field in the magnetic gap may be greater than that of the second magnetic field in the magnetic gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Junjiang FU, Bingyan YAN, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Patent number: 11706574
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Bingyan Yan
  • Patent number: 11706556
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic output apparatus including one or more status sensors, at least one low-frequency acoustic driver, at least one high-frequency acoustic driver, at least two first sound guiding holes, and at least two second sound guiding holes. The status sensors may detect status information of a user. The low-frequency acoustic driver may generate at least one first sound, a frequency of which is within a first frequency range. The high-frequency acoustic driver may generate at least one second sound, a frequency of which is within a second frequency range including at least one frequency exceeding the first frequency range. The first and second sound guiding holes may output the first and second spatial sound, respectively. The first and second sound may be generated based on the status information, and may simulate a target sound coming from at least one virtual direction with respect to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Bingyan Yan, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Publication number: 20230224644
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present disclosure and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin QI, Fengyun LIAO, Jinbo ZHENG, Qian CHEN, Hao CHEN, Yueqiang WANG, Haofeng ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230224630
    Abstract: A vibration sensor (100) is provided, including a housing structure (110, 510, 610, 710, 810, 910, 1010, 1110, 1510, 1710) and an acoustic transducer (120, 520, 620, 720, 820, 920, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1320, 1420, 1520, 1720) physically connected to the housing structure (110, 510, 610, 710, 810, 910, 1010, 1110, 1510, 1710), wherein a first acoustic cavity (140, 1040) is formed at least partially by the housing structure (110, 510, 610, 710, 810, 910, 1010, 1110, 1510, 1710) and the acoustic transducer (120, 520, 620, 720, 820, 920, 1020, 1120, 1220, 1320, 1420, 1520, 1720), and a vibration unit (130) which is located in the first acoustic cavity (140, 1040), and separates the first acoustic cavity (140, 1040) into a second acoustic cavity (142, 542, 642, 742, 842, 942, 1042, 1142, 1242, 1342, 1442, 1542, 1642) and a third acoustic cavity (141, 941, 1041, 1141, 1541, 1641).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinbo ZHENG, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20230218236
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a signal processing circuit and a signal processing method. The signal processing circuit may include a control circuit, a switch circuit, an analog circuit, and at least two signal acquisition circuits. The at least two signal acquisition circuits may be configured to acquire at least two-channel target signals. The switch circuit may be configured to control conduction between the at least two signal acquisition circuits and the analog circuit, so that the target signal acquired by a part of the at least two signal acquisition circuits may be transmitted to the analog circuit at the same time. The analog circuit may be configured to process the received target signal. The control circuit may be configured to receive the processed target signal and sample the processed target signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin ZHOU, Lei SU, Yuxiang ZHANG, Meiqi LI, Xin QI, Fengyun LIAO
  • Publication number: 20230224643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present invention and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin QI, Fengyun LIAO, Jinbo ZHENG, Qian CHEN, Hao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230216486
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure are for a signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit includes an analog circuit. The analog circuit is used for processing an initial signal it receives. The initial signal includes a target signal and a noise signal. The analog circuit includes a first processing circuit and a second processing circuit. The first processing circuit is used to increase a ratio of the target signal to the noise signal, and output a first processed signal. The second processing circuit is used to amplify the first processed signal. A gain multiple of the second processing circuit to the first processed signal varies with a frequency of the first processed signal. The first processing circuit includes a common mode signal suppression circuit used to suppress a common mode signal in the initial signal, a lowpass filter circuit, and a high-pass filter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin ZHOU, Lei SU, Yuxiang ZHANG, Meiqi LI, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20230217147
    Abstract: A vibration sensor includes a vibration receiver and an acoustic transducer. The vibration receiver includes a housing and a vibration unit. The housing forms an acoustic cavity. The vibration unit is located in the acoustic cavity and divides the acoustic cavity into a first acoustic cavity and a second acoustic cavity. The acoustic transducer is acoustically connected to the first acoustic cavity. The housing is configured to generate vibration based on an external vibration signal. The vibration unit vibrates in response to the vibration of the housing and transmits, through the first acoustic cavity, the vibration to the acoustic transducer to generate an electrical signal. The vibrating unit includes a mass element and an elastic element. A deviation between cross-sectional areas of the mass element and the first acoustic cavity perpendicular to a vibration direction of the mass unit is less than 25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun DENG, Yongshuai YUAN, Wenbing ZHOU, Yujia HUANG, Jinbo ZHENG, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20230213611
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for locating a vibration signal source. The method may include obtaining sensing signals of at least two vibration sensing devices located at different locations, each of the sensing signals being generated by one of the at least two vibration sensing devices by sensing a vibration signal generated by a vibration, which is from the same vibration signal source; determining, based on the sensing signals, a time difference between time points when the at least two vibration sensing devices located at different locations receive the vibration signal; and determining, based on the time difference, a location of the vibration signal source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le XIAO, Yongshuai YUAN, Yujia HUANG, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI