Patents by Inventor Xin Qi

Xin Qi 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).

  • Patent number: 12289578
    Abstract: A bone conduction microphone is provided. The bone conduction microphone may include a laminated structure formed by a vibration unit and an acoustic transducer unit. The bone conduction microphone may include a base structure configured to carry the laminated structure. At least one side of the laminated structure may be physically connected to the base structure. The base structure may vibrate based on an external vibration signal. The vibration unit may be deformed in response to the vibration of the base structure. The acoustic transducer unit may generate an electrical signal based on the deformation of the vibration unit. The bone conduction microphone may include at least one damping structural layer. The at least one damping structural layer may be arranged on an upper surface, a lower surface, and/or an interior of the laminated structure, and the at least one damping layer may be connected to the base structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbing Zhou, Yongshuai Yuan, Wenjun Deng, Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao
  • Publication number: 20250131906
    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: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le XIAO, Jinbo ZHENG, Chengqian ZHANG, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Patent number: 12284477
    Abstract: An acoustic output apparatus is provided. The acoustic output apparatus may include a vibration assembly and a mass element. The vibration assembly may include a piezoelectric structure and a vibration element. The piezoelectric structure may be configured to convert an electrical signal into mechanical vibrations, and the vibration element may be connected to the piezoelectric structure at a first position of the piezoelectric structure and configured to receive the mechanical vibrations to generate an acoustic signal. The mass element may be connected to the piezoelectric structure at a second position of the piezoelectric structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangyuan Zhu, Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Xin Qi, Qingyi Wang
  • Patent number: 12284492
    Abstract: The present application discloses a sound-output device, including a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The sound-output device further comprises a signal processing module configured to generate a control signal, wherein, the vibration speaker includes a vibration assembly electrically connected to the signal processing module to receive the control signal, and generate the bone-conducted sound wave based on the control signal, and the air-conducted speaker includes a housing coupled to the vibration assembly to generate the air-conducted sound wave based on the bone-conducted sound wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Publication number: 20250126405
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to microphones and electronic devices having the same. The microphone may include a housing for receiving sound signals, at least two transducers for vibrating to generate electrical signals in response to the sound signals, and a processing circuit for processing the electrical signals. Each of the at least two transducers may provide a distinctive resonance peak to the microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbing ZHOU, Xin QI, Fengyun LIAO, Yongshuai YUAN
  • Publication number: 20250119689
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sound output device, a sensory sound source adjustment method, and a volume adjustment method. The sound output device includes: a signal processing circuit to generate, during operation, a first electrical signal and a second electrical signal based on target sound information; a first speaker, electrically connected to the signal processing circuit to receive, during operation, the first electrical signal from the signal processing circuit and convert the first electrical signal into a first excitation to excite a first mechanical structure to generate a first sound wave; and a second speaker, electrically connected to the signal processing circuit to receive, during operation, the second electrical signal from the signal processing circuit and convert the second electrical signal into a second excitation to excite a second mechanical structure to generate a second sound wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junjiang FU, Lei ZHANG, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20250119680
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic output device. The acoustic output device may comprise a bone conduction speaker configured to generate bone conduction acoustic waves. The acoustic output device may also comprise an air conduction speaker configured to generate air conduction acoustic waves, the air conduction speaker being independent of the bone conduction speaker. The acoustic output device may further comprise at least one housing configured to accommodate the bone conduction speaker and the air conduction speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Xin QI, Junjiang FU, Zhen WANG, Liwei WANG
  • Publication number: 20250119693
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic device. The acoustic device may include a shell including a first accommodation cavity, a speaker configured in the first accommodation cavity. The speaker may include one or more magnetic circuit assemblies, a voice coil, a vibration assembly, and a vibration transmission plate. The one or more magnetic circuit assemblies may form a magnetic gap. One end of the voice coil may be arranged in a magnetic gap, and another end of the voice coil may be connected with the vibration assembly. The vibration assembly may be connected with the vibration transmission plate, and the vibration transmission plate may be connected with the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liwei WANG, Lei ZHANG, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI, Junjiang FU, Shuailin XIE, Chaowu LI
  • Patent number: 12273687
    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: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao
  • Patent number: 12273681
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microphone, comprising a vibration pickup assembly configured to generate vibration; at least two acoustoelectric conversion elements configured to respectively receive the vibration of the vibration pickup assembly to generate an electrical signal; at least one sampling module configured to convert electrical signals output by different acoustoelectric conversion elements of the at least two acoustoelectric conversion elements into digital signals, wherein, each of the at least two acoustoelectric conversion element has a resonant frequency, and a difference between resonant frequencies of two of the at least two acoustoelectric conversion elements is greater than 1000 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbing Zhou, Yongshuai Yuan, Wenjun Deng, Yujia Huang, Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao
  • Patent number: 12273686
    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: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao
  • Patent number: 12266334
    Abstract: The sound leakage reduction device may include an energy conversion structure, a vibration structure, and a housing. The housing may include a vibration cavity and at least one resonance cavity. The energy conversion structure may be located in the vibration cavity and connected with the vibration structure. The at least one resonance cavity may communicate with the vibration cavity through at least one communication hole. A volume of each resonance cavity may be smaller than a volume of the vibration cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Patent number: 12259402
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an acoustic device and a support assembly. The support assembly may include a shell configured to provide a space for accommodating one or more components of the acoustic device. The support assembly may further include an interaction assembly configured to realize an interaction between a user and the acoustic device, wherein the interaction assembly include a first component and one or more second components, in response to receiving an operation of the user, the first component is configured to trigger at least one of the one or more second components to cause the acoustic device to perform a function corresponding to the at least one of the one or more second components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbing Zhou, Wenjun Deng, Yongshuai Yuan, Yujia Huang, Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao
  • Patent number: 12262167
    Abstract: An open acoustic device (100) may include a fixing structure (120) configured to fix the acoustic device (100) near an ear of a user without blocking an ear canal of the user; a first microphone array (130) configured to acquire environmental noise (410); a signal processor (140) configured to: determine, based on the environmental noise, a primary route transfer function (420) between the first microphone array (130) and the ear canal of the user; estimate, based on the environmental noise and the primary route transfer function, a noise signal (430) at the ear canal of the user; and generate, based on the noise signal at the ear canal of the user, a noise reduction signal (440); and a speaker (150) configured to output, according to the noise reduction signal, a noise reduction acoustic wave (450), the noise reduction acoustic wave being configured to eliminate the noise signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chengqian Zhang, Jinbo Zheng, Le Xiao, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Publication number: 20250097622
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earphone including: two speaker assemblies, a connection member, and a processing circuit. The connection member is configured to connect the two speaker assemblies, and the connection member provides, through a bending deformation, a clamping force for placing the two speaker assemblies on a head of a user, and the connection member includes a housing with an accommodation cavity. A bending sensor is disposed in the accommodating cavity, and the bending sensor is configured to generate a bending signal based on a bending state of the connection member. The processing circuit is configured to determine a placement state of the earphone based on the bending signal. The placement state includes one of a normal wearing state, an abnormal wearing state, or a free placement state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun DENG, Yongshuai YUAN, Yujia HUANG, Wenbing ZHOU, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Patent number: 12256209
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Jinbo Zheng, Qian Chen, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 12256195
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relates to an acoustic output device, including: a piezoelectric element configured to convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration; an elastic element; and a mass element connected to the piezoelectric element through the elastic element. The mass element may be configured to receive the mechanical vibration and generate an acoustic signal, and on a plane perpendicular to a vibration direction of the mass element, the elastic element may provide shear stresses with opposite curls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangyuan Zhu, Lei Zhang, Xin Qi
  • Publication number: 20250088814
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an acoustic output device, comprising: an acoustic output unit, a contact detection sensor, and a processor. The acoustic output unit includes a vibration unit and a casing, the casing at least including a contact region which is in contact with the face of a user; the contact detection sensor is located at the contact region; and the processor is configured to determine whether the user wears the acoustic output device based on an electrical signal generated when the contact detection sensor is in contact with the face of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun DENG, Yujia HUANG, Yongshuai YUAN, Wenbing ZHOU, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20250088783
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earphone comprising two speaker assemblies and a connection member. The connection member is used to connect the two speaker assemblies. The connection member provides a clamping force for placing the two speaker assemblies at a user's head through a bending deformation. The connection member includes a housing with an accommodation cavity, a capacitance sensor is disposed in the accommodation cavity, and the capacitance sensor is configured to identify a bending state of the connection member. The capacitance sensor includes a shielding structure that has a constant potential and is used to reduce an effect of an external electric field on the capacitance sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yujia HUANG, Wenjun DENG, Yongshuai YUAN, Wenbing ZHOU, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20250088779
    Abstract: A loudspeaker comprising a diaphragm, a housing, and a cavity structure is provided. The diaphragm is configured to vibrate to produce air-conducted sound waves. The housing is configured to form an accommodation cavity for housing the diaphragm. The diaphragm divides the accommodation cavity into a front cavity and a rear cavity. The housing is provided with a sound outlet hole communicating with the front cavity, and at least a portion of the air-conducted sound waves is transmitted through the sound outlet hole to an exterior of the loudspeaker. The cavity structure is provided on the housing and communicated with at least one of the front cavity and the rear cavity, and the cavity structure is configured to absorb a sound wave with a target frequency in the air-conducted sound waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbing ZHOU, Lei ZHANG, Xin QI, Fengyun LIAO, Shanyong GU