Patents by Inventor Thomas Pieter J. PEETERS
Thomas Pieter J. PEETERS 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: 11765506Abstract: An automobile audio system for an automobile includes an audio processing unit, a set of external microphones to record external sound and a set of internal loudspeakers to internally reproduce audio. Furthermore, the automobile audio system includes a transmission switching mechanism. The transmission switching mechanism is manually configurable between at least two manual transmission configurations including a manually activated configuration wherein the set of external microphones is communicatively coupled to the set of internal loudspeakers such that the external sound is reproducible by at least a subset of the set of internal loudspeakers and a manually deactivated configuration wherein the set of external microphones is communicatively decoupled to the set of internal loudspeakers.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TYMPHANY WORLDWIDE ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Matthew Robinson, Thomas Pieter J. Peeters, Wade Forrest Conklin, Rowan Dylan Gower Williams
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Patent number: 11722820Abstract: A method for reproducing an external sound in an automobile includes recording external sound using external microphones located on an automobile exterior of the automobile; establishing recorded audio signals based on the recorded external sound; determining from the recorded audio signals a relative directionality of external sound sources of the recorded external sound with respect to at least one occupant within the automobile; establishing at least one directionality encoded audio signal by applying at least one frequency dependent directionality filter to the recorded audio signals, wherein at least one frequency dependent directionality filter is based on the determined relative directionality of external sound sources, thereby encoding the relative directionality into said at least one directionality encoded audio signal; reproducing a representation of the external sound based on at least one directionality encoded audio signal using internal loudspeakers located within an automobile interior of theType: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TYMPHANY WORLDWIDE ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Matthew Robinson, Thomas Pieter J. Peeters, Wade Forrest Conklin, Rowan Dylan Gower Williams
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Patent number: 11564031Abstract: An earphone body includes an internal chamber, a transducer housed in the internal chamber, a first tuned vent and a second tuned vent. The transducer has a front surface facing a direction of insertion of the earphone body in use and a rear surface 6B. The internal chamber provides a proximal acoustic volume adjacent the front surface of the transducer and a distal acoustic volume adjacent the rear surface of the transducer. The first tuned vent and the second tuned vent each extend between the distal acoustic volume and the ambient environment and are adapted to provide fluid communication between the distal acoustic volume and the ambient environment. The first tuned vent is tuned to a first frequency and the second tuned vent is tuned to a second frequency, the first frequency being lower than the second frequency.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: TYMPHANY ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Thomas Pieter J. Peeters
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Publication number: 20220279276Abstract: A method for reproducing an external sound in an automobile includes recording external sound using external microphones located on an automobile exterior of the automobile; establishing recorded audio signals based on the recorded external sound; determining from the recorded audio signals a relative directionality of external sound sources of the recorded external sound with respect to at least one occupant within the automobile; establishing at least one directionality encoded audio signal by applying at least one frequency dependent directionality filter to the recorded audio signals, wherein at least one frequency dependent directionality filter is based on the determined relative directionality of external sound sources, thereby encoding the relative directionality into said at least one directionality encoded audio signal; reproducing a representation of the external sound based on at least one directionality encoded audio signal using internal loudspeakers located within an automobile interior of theType: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Matthew ROBINSON, Thomas Pieter J. PEETERS, Wade Forrest CONKLIN, Rowan Dylan Gower WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20220279275Abstract: An automobile audio system for an automobile includes an audio processing unit, a set of external microphones to record external sound and a set of internal loudspeakers to internally reproduce audio. Furthermore, the automobile audio system includes a transmission switching mechanism. The transmission switching mechanism is manually configurable between at least two manual transmission configurations including a manually activated configuration wherein the set of external microphones is communicatively coupled to the set of internal loudspeakers such that the external sound is reproducible by at least a subset of the set of internal loudspeakers and a manually deactivated configuration wherein the set of external microphones is communicatively decoupled to the set of internal loudspeakers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Matthew ROBINSON, Thomas Pieter J. PEETERS, Wade Forrest CONKLIN, Rowan Dylan Gower WILLIAMS
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Patent number: 11265640Abstract: A headphone assembly, including: a switching element for controlling a switch of at least one functional element in a headphone; a pressure sensor accommodated in a groove of a speaker board; and an ear pad covering the groove, when the ear pad is pressed, a trigger element may be moved to press against the pressure sensor, when detecting that pressure applied by the trigger element reaches a predetermined range, the pressure sensor switches on the switching element, otherwise, the pressure sensor switches off the switching element.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: TYMPHANY ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY (HUIZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Thomas Pieter J. Peeters, Hung-Fen Chen, Hung-Wei Lee, Chia-Hsin Hung
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Publication number: 20210392430Abstract: An earphone body includes an internal chamber, a transducer housed in the internal chamber, a first tuned vent and a second tuned vent. The transducer has a front surface facing a direction of insertion of the earphone body in use and a rear surface 6B. The internal chamber provides a proximal acoustic volume adjacent the front surface of the transducer and a distal acoustic volume adjacent the rear surface of the transducer. The first tuned vent and the second tuned vent each extend between the distal acoustic volume and the ambient environment and are adapted to provide fluid communication between the distal acoustic volume and the ambient environment. The first tuned vent is tuned to a first frequency and the second tuned vent is tuned to a second frequency, the first frequency being lower than the second frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventor: Thomas Pieter J. Peeters
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Patent number: 11057695Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in-ear headphone device including a loudspeaker having a loudspeaker diaphragm and a microphone, wherein the device is arranged to provide a noise cancelling audio signal to the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker and microphone are acoustically coupled within a device housing, and the device includes an acoustic tube coupling the device to an ear canal of a user. The acoustic tube is associated with an acoustic tube axis defining a projection plane perpendicular to the acoustic tube axis. The loudspeaker and microphone are arranged such that a projection area of the loudspeaker diaphragm onto the projection plane and a projection area of the microphone onto the projection plane are non-intersecting. The disclosure further provides an in-ear headphone device set including a first and a second in-ear headphone device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Tymphany Acoustic Technology (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rowan Dylan Gower Williams, Thomas Pieter J. Peeters, Chih-Hung Chen
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Publication number: 20200322710Abstract: A headphone assembly, including: a switching element for controlling a switch of at least one functional element in a headphone; a pressure sensor accommodated in a groove of a speaker board; and an ear pad covering the groove, when the ear pad is pressed, a trigger element may be moved to press against the pressure sensor, when detecting that pressure applied by the trigger element reaches a predetermined range, the pressure sensor switches on the switching element, otherwise, the pressure sensor switches off the switching element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Thomas Pieter J. PEETERS, Hung-Fen CHEN, Hung-Wei LEE, Chia-Hsin HUNG
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Publication number: 20200322712Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in-ear headphone device including a loudspeaker having a loudspeaker diaphragm and a microphone, wherein the device is arranged to provide a noise cancelling audio signal to the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker and microphone are acoustically coupled within a device housing, and the device includes an acoustic tube coupling the device to an ear canal of a user. The acoustic tube is associated with an acoustic tube axis defining a projection plane perpendicular to the acoustic tube axis. The loudspeaker and microphone are arranged such that a projection area of the loudspeaker diaphragm onto the projection plane and a projection area of the microphone onto the projection plane are non-intersecting. The disclosure further provides an in-ear headphone device set including a first and a second in-ear headphone device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Rowan Dylan Gower WILLIAMS, Thomas Pieter J. PEETERS, Chih-Hung CHEN
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Patent number: 10327055Abstract: An acoustical device includes a housing operative to be placed proximate to an ear of a wearer and a front volume partially defined by the housing. A controlled leakage path is disposed to acoustically and selectively couple the front volume of the housing with an exterior of the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: TYMPHANY HK LIMITEDInventor: Thomas Pieter J. Peeters
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Publication number: 20180027317Abstract: An acoustical device includes a housing operative to be placed proximate to an ear of a wearer and a front volume partially defined by the housing. A controlled leakage path is disposed to acoustically and selectively couple the front volume of the housing with an exterior of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventor: Thomas Pieter J. PEETERS