Patents by Inventor Tao Zhao

Tao Zhao 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: 20240147111
    Abstract: Disclosed is an open earphone, comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook may include a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion may be hung between the auricle of a user and the head of the user, the second portion may extend toward a front outer side of the auricle and connect the sound production component, and the sound production component may be located close to the ear canal but not block the opening of the ear canal; wherein the sound production component and the auricle may have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively, a centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction, a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be within a range of 0.25-0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147116
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to acoustic technology, in particular to an earphone including a sound generation portion. The sound generation portion includes a transducer and a housing for accommodating the transducer. The earphone further includes an earhook. The earhook includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be hung between an auricle and the head of a user, and the second portion may be connected to the first portion, extends toward an anterolateral side of the auricle, and may be connected to the sound generation portion. The sound generation portion may be fixed near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal. In at least one frequency range, when an input current of the transducer does not exceed 35.3 mA, a maximum sound pressure that the sound generation portion is able to provide to the ear canal may not be smaller than 75 dB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147109
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an open earphone, including: a sound production component including: a transducer including a diaphragm configured to generate a sound; and a housing forming a cavity used to accommodate the transducer, wherein in a wearing state, the housing is provided with a sound guiding hole on an inner side surface toward an auricle of a user for guiding a sound generated by a front side of the diaphragm out of the housing and into an ear canal, and at least two pressure relief holes are provided on one or more other side surfaces of the housing, the at least two pressure relief holes including a first pressure relief hole away from the ear canal and a second pressure relief hole near the ear canal, and a sound pressure at the first pressure relief hole being greater than a sound pressure at the second pressure relief hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147138
    Abstract: The earphone includes a sound generation component including a transducer; at least a portion of the sound generation component extending into a concha cavity of a user; and an ear hook including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being connected to the first portion, and being connected to the sound generation component to place the sound generation component at a position near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal. The sound generation component has a first projection on a sagittal plane, and the auricle has a second projection on the sagittal plane. A centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction. A ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be in a range of 0.35-0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147110
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an open earphone comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, a first portion of the ear hook is hung between user's auricle and head, and a second portion of the ear hook extends towards a side of the auricle away from the head and connects to the sound production component to place the sound production component in a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner side surface of the housing facing the auricle is provided with a sound outlet, one or more other side walls of the housing are provided with at least two pressure relief holes including a first pressure relief hole and a second pressure relief hole. A distance between centers of the first pressure relief hole and the second pressure relief hole is between 13.0 mm and 15.2 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147146
    Abstract: An earphone, including a sound production component; an ear-hook configured to place the sound production component near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal, at least a portion of the sound production component extends into a concha cavity; and a microphone assembly including a first microphone and a second microphone disposed in the sound production component or the ear hook, the sound production component or the ear hook includes a first sound hole and a second sound hole corresponding to the first microphone and the second microphone, respectively; wherein a projection of the first sound hole on a sagittal plane and a projection of the second sound hole on the sagittal plane have a first distance, a ratio of the first distance to a size of a projection of the sound production component on the sagittal plane along a major axis direction is 0.7-1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147114
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, the ear hook is configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner contour of the ear hook's projection on a user's sagittal plane includes a first curve having an extremum point in a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component on the sagittal plane. The extremum point is located behind a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane, and the upper vertex is a highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along the user's vertical axis. An inclination angle of the long-axis direction relative to a horizontal direction is within a range of 13°-21°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI, Zeying ZHENG, Haofeng ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240147113
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone including a sound production component and an ear hook which is configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. The sound production component and an auricle have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively, and a centroid of the first projection has a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction. A ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction is in a range of 0.25-0.6, and a ratio of a distance from a center of a sound outlet provided on an inner side surface to a lower side surface of the sound production component to a short-axis dimension of the sound production component is in a range of 0.25-0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147108
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone comprising a sound production component and a suspension structure. The sound production component includes a diaphragm and a housing. In a wearing state, the suspension structure is used to place the sound production component at a position near but not blocking an ear canal, wherein an inner side surface of the housing facing an auricle is provided with a sound outlet, at least another side surface of the housing is provided with a first pressure relief hole, and a distance between a center of the sound outlet and a midpoint of an upper boundary of the inner side surface is greater than a distance between a center of the first pressure relief hole and the midpoint of the upper boundary of the inner side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147162
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sound production component including a diaphragm, a magnetic circuit assembly, a coil, and a housing. The coil is connected to the diaphragm and is at least partially disposed in a magnetic gap formed by the magnetic circuit assembly, and the coil drives the diaphragm to vibrate to produce a sound after being energized. A sound outlet is provided on an inner side surface of the housing for directing a sound generated at a front side of the diaphragm out of the housing. The diaphragm comprises a main body region and a folded ring region surrounding the main body region, the folded ring region comprising an arc-shaped segment and a connection segment connected to the main body region. A projection of a center of the sound outlet along a vibration direction on the diaphragm is on an inner side of the arc-shaped segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147161
    Abstract: A speaker includes a diaphragm, a magnetic circuit component, a coil, and a bracket arranged around the magnetic circuit component. At least part of the coil is arranged in a magnetic gap formed by the magnetic circuit component. The coil drives the diaphragm to vibrate to generate sound after the coil is energized. The diaphragm includes a main-body region and a folded-ring region surround the main-body region. A first part of the bracket is connected to the folded ring region. A thickness of the first part of the bracket is within a range of 0.3 mm-3 mm. The thickness of the first part is a minimum distance between a connection region and an attaching region. The connection region is a region where the bracket and the folded-ring region connect. The attaching region is a region where the bracket directly attaches to the magnetic circuit component in a vibration direction of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD., KING TONE INNOVATION (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Shanyong GU, Hongqiang ZHAO, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147147
    Abstract: An earphone, including a sound production component; an ear-hook configured to place the sound production component near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal, at least a portion of the sound production component extends into a concha cavity; and a microphone assembly including a first microphone and a second microphone disposed in the sound production component or the ear hook, the sound production component or the ear hook includes a first sound hole and a second sound hole corresponding to the first microphone and the second microphone, respectively; wherein a projection of the first sound hole on a sagittal plane and a projection of the second sound hole on the sagittal plane have a first distance, a ratio of the first distance to a size of a projection of the sound production component on the sagittal plane along a major axis direction is 0.7-1.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147144
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an open earphone comprising: a sound production component including a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer and an ear hook. In a wearing state, a portion of the ear hook is hung between an auricle and a user's head, and the other portion of the ear hook extends towards a side of the auricle away from the head and connects to the sound production component to place the sound production component in a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. The housing is provided with a sound outlet on an inner side surface towards the auricle for guiding a sound generated by the transducer out of the housing and to the ear canal, and a ratio of an area of the sound outlet to an area of the inner side surface is between 0.015 and 0.25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20240147119
    Abstract: The earphone includes a sound generation component including a transducer; at least a portion of the sound generation component extending into a concha cavity of a user; and an ear hook including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being connected to the first portion, and being connected to the sound generation component to place the sound generation component at a position near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal. The sound generation component has a first projection on a sagittal plane, and the auricle has a second projection on the sagittal plane. A centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction. A ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be in a range of 0.35-0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Peigeng TONG, Guolin XIE, Yongjian LI, Jiang XU, Tao ZHAO, Duoduo WU, Ao JI, Xin QI
  • Patent number: 11974093
    Abstract: The earphone includes a sound generation component including a transducer; at least a portion of the sound generation component extending into a concha cavity of a user; and an ear hook including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being connected to the first portion, and being connected to the sound generation component to place the sound generation component at a position near an ear canal without blocking an opening of the ear canal. The sound generation component has a first projection on a sagittal plane, and the auricle has a second projection on the sagittal plane. A centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction. A ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be in a range of 0.35-0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Peigeng Tong, Guolin Xie, Yongjian Li, Jiang Xu, Tao Zhao, Duoduo Wu, Ao Ji, Xin Qi
  • Patent number: 11968506
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a speaker. The speaker may include a diaphragm; a magnetic circuit component; and a coil connected to the diaphragm, at least part of the coil being arranged in a magnetic gap formed by the magnetic circuit component, and the coil driving the diaphragm to vibrate to generate sound after the coil being energized. The diaphragm may include a main-body region and a folded-ring region surrounding the main-body region, the main-body region may include a first inclined section and a first connecting section connected to the coil, the first inclined section may be attached to a portion of the folded-ring region, and the first inclined section may be tilted in a direction away from the coil with respect to the first connecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD., KING TONE INNOVATION (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Shanyong Gu, Hongqiang Zhao, Peigeng Tong, Guolin Xie, Yongjian Li, Jiang Xu, Tao Zhao, Duoduo Wu, Ao Ji, Xin Qi
  • Patent number: 11968489
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an earphone, comprising: a sound production component, at least a portion of the sound production component extending into a concha cavity; ear hook disposed between an auricle and a head of the user, extending toward a side of the auricle away from the head, and connecting the sound production component; in a non-wearing state, the ear hook and the sound production component form a first projection on a first plane comprising an outer contour, a first end contour, an inner contour, and a second end contour, the outer contour, the first end contour, the second end contour, and a tangent segment connecting the first end contour and the second end contour define a first closed curve, a ratio of a projection area of the sound production component on the first plane to a first area of the first closed curve is between 0.25 and 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Peigeng Tong, Guolin Xie, Yongjian Li, Jiang Xu, Tao Zhao, Duoduo Wu, Ao Ji, Xin Qi
  • Patent number: 11962817
    Abstract: Systems and methods for frequency management, including: an online media service configured to: receive a request for a media item, the request including a recipient identifier; identify a set of candidate media items ranked by a set of matching criteria; a frequency management service configured to: perform a query against a lookup service, where the query includes (i) an entity identifier of at least one candidate media item of the set of candidate media items, and (ii) the recipient identifier; receive a response from the lookup service including a quantity of impressions associated with the entity identifier and the recipient identifier; identify a predefined frequency threshold; determine that the frequency threshold is exceeded and exclude the at least one candidate media item from a result set based on the determination; and provide the result set including an identifier of at least one other candidate media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TUBI, INC.
    Inventors: Khaldun Matter Ahmad AlDarabsah, Hailong Geng, Yu Tao Zhao, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Haofei Wang, Mark Alden Rotblat, Jaya Kawale, Chang She, Marios Assiotis, Joseph Gallagher, Chiyu Zhong, Amir Mazaheri
  • Patent number: 11957424
    Abstract: A system includes an interventional instrument and a control system. The control system is configured to: generate a graphical user interface (GUI) including an image of a target region for deploying the interventional instrument, wherein the target region includes a plurality of target points and is determined by a probabilistic collection of the plurality of target points, wherein a size of the target region is based at least in part on a location of a target structure within a patient anatomy; responsive to an engagement of the interventional instrument with tissue in the target region, update the GUI to include an engagement location marker; and responsive to the engagement of the interventional instrument, update the GUI to include an image of a revised target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Caitlin Q. Donhowe, Tao Zhao, Federico Barbagli, Vincent Duindam, Timothy D. Soper
  • Patent number: 11956584
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, the ear hook is configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner contour of the ear hook's projection on a user's sagittal plane includes a first curve having an extremum point in a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component on the sagittal plane. The extremum point is located behind a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane, and the upper vertex is a highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along the user's vertical axis. An inclination angle of the long-axis direction relative to a horizontal direction is within a range of 13°-21°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Peigeng Tong, Guolin Xie, Yongjian Li, Jiang Xu, Tao Zhao, Duoduo Wu, Ao Ji, Xin Qi, Zeying Zheng, Haofeng Zhang