Patents by Inventor Kang Hou

Kang Hou 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: 20250119683
    Abstract: A speaker assembly including a first speaker comprising a first diaphragm and a first voice coil movably coupled to a first magnet assembly, wherein the first diaphragm faces a first direction, the first voice coil moves along a first axis in the first direction when driven by an audio signal and the first magnet assembly is coupled to a fixed structure by a first compliant mounting member; and a second speaker laterally offset from the first speaker and including a second diaphragm and a second voice coil movably coupled to a second magnet assembly, wherein the second diaphragm faces a second direction different from the first direction, the second voice coil moves along a second axis in the second direction when driven by an audio signal and the second magnet assembly is coupled to the fixed structure by a second compliant mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Bao Liu, Junyi Yang, Yin Yuan, Zhiwei Liu, Scott P. Porter, Jordi Antoni Garcia Selva, Kieran Poulain, Yanchu Xu, Kang Hou, Stuart M. Nevill
  • Patent number: 10638217
    Abstract: An audio appliance includes a microphone transducer having an acoustically sensitive region to convert incident acoustic energy to a corresponding output signal and a barometric transducer having a pressure-responsive region to convert an ambient pressure to a corresponding output signal. The audio appliance also has an acoustic housing defining a chamber to fluidly couple the microphone transducer with the barometric transducer, together with a processor and a memory containing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the audio appliance to determine a presence or an absence of an ambient impairment to the microphone transducer based at least in part on the output signal from the barometric transducer. Responsive to a determined presence of an ambient impairment to the microphone transducer, the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the audio appliance to mitigate effects of the ambient impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kang Hou, Guohua Sun, Xiang Zhou, Yu-Chun Hsu, Junye Wang
  • Publication number: 20200107113
    Abstract: An audio appliance includes a microphone transducer having an acoustically sensitive region to convert incident acoustic energy to a corresponding output signal and a barometric transducer having a pressure-responsive region to convert an ambient pressure to a corresponding output signal. The audio appliance also has an acoustic housing defining a chamber to fluidly couple the microphone transducer with the barometric transducer, together with a processor and a memory containing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the audio appliance to determine a presence or an absence of an ambient impairment to the microphone transducer based at least in part on the output signal from the barometric transducer. Responsive to a determined presence of an ambient impairment to the microphone transducer, the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the audio appliance to mitigate effects of the ambient impairment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kang Hou, Guohua Sun, Xiang Zhou, Yu-Chun Hsu, Junye Wang
  • Patent number: 9699548
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a miniature loudspeaker module, a method for enhancing frequency response of a miniature loudspeaker module, and an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of: additionally providing a passive driver in a cavity where an active driver of a miniature loudspeaker module is located, the passive driver and the active driver radiating together, wherein, after the passive driver is additionally provided in the miniature loudspeaker module, the amplitude of a vibrating diaphragm of the active driver shows a local dip on frequency bands below a resonant frequency point F0, and the lowest point of the local dip is corresponding to a frequency point Fb; and, perform, according to amplitude characteristics of the vibrating diaphragm of the active driver of the miniature loudspeaker module additionally provided with the passive driver, matching enhancement to an input signal of the active driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Goertek Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Hou
  • Patent number: 9485566
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for enhancing frequency response of a miniature speaker module, a miniature speaker module, and an electronic device. The method for enhancing frequency response of a miniature speaker module comprises the steps of: additionally providing an inverted tube in a rear cavity of the miniature speaker module to form a second driver in the inverted tube when an active driver works, the second driver and the active driver radiating jointly; and matching enhancement processing the input signals of the active driver according to the vibrating amplitude characteristics of the diaphragm of the active driver of the miniature speaker module additionally provided with the inverted tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Goertek Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Hou
  • Publication number: 20160286305
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a miniature loudspeaker module, a method for enhancing frequency response of a miniature loudspeaker module, and an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of: additionally providing a passive driver in a cavity where an active driver of a miniature loudspeaker module is located, the passive driver and the active driver radiating together, wherein, after the passive driver is additionally provided in the miniature loudspeaker module, the amplitude of a vibrating diaphragm of the active driver shows a local dip on frequency bands below a resonant frequency point F0, and the lowest point of the local dip is corresponding to a frequency point Fb; and, perform, according to amplitude characteristics of the vibrating diaphragm of the active driver of the miniature loudspeaker module additionally provided with the passive driver, matching enhancement to an input signal of the active driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Goertek Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Hou
  • Publication number: 20160014501
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for enhancing frequency response of a miniature speaker module, a miniature speaker module, and an electronic device. The method for enhancing frequency response of a miniature speaker module comprises the steps of: additionally providing an inverted tube in a rear cavity of the miniature speaker module to form a second driver in the inverted tube when an active driver works, the second driver and the active driver radiating jointly; and matching enhancement processing the input signals of the active driver according to the vibrating amplitude characteristics of the diaphragm of the active driver of the miniature speaker module additionally provided with the inverted tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Kang Hou