In Furniture Or Clothing Patents (Class 381/301)
  • Patent number: 12133057
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to an equipment part for a vehicle, including a base, at least one first foam layer and a covering, wherein the equipment part is provided with at least one audio cushion device which has at least one loudspeaker device having at least one loudspeaker, wherein each loudspeaker has a sound outlet. The first foam layer has an opening which extends along a center axis of the sound outlet such that the sound can continue through the opening in the direction toward the covering. A sound-permeable carrier layer covers the opening and in the direction of the sound propagation behind the carrier layer a second foam layer is arranged which engages over the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Manuel Bösl, Hubert Keller
  • Patent number: 12114144
    Abstract: A loudspeaker configured to be mounted in a seat assembly is disclosed. The loudspeaker includes: a diaphragm having a first radiating surface and a second radiating surface, wherein the first radiating surface and the second radiating surface are located on opposite faces of the diaphragm; a drive unit configured to move the diaphragm based on an electrical signal; a loudspeaker support structure, wherein the diaphragm is suspended from the loudspeaker support structure via one or more loudspeaker suspension elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: PSS BELGIUM NV
    Inventor: Fabian Vuine
  • Patent number: 12089668
    Abstract: Provided is a mask apparatus. The mask apparatus includes a mask body in which a microphone and a speaker are installed, a face guard coupled to a rear surface of the rear body so as to be in close contact with a user's face and having a breathing space therein, a pressure sensor installed in the mask body to measure a pressure of the breathing space, and a controller configured to compare a current pressure value measured by the pressure sensor to a reference pressure value and control a voice output of the speaker based on a difference between the current pressure value and the reference pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minsoo Kim, Jinmoo Park, Seonghun Lee, Junchan Kwon, Sooyong Park
  • Patent number: 12082712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chair equipped with a multi-channel sound system, and more particularly, to a chair equipped with a multi-channel sound system, which is capable of providing a sense of space and a three-dimensional effect for a user who sits in the chair through sounds output from a plurality of channels and allows the user to adjust orientation directions and orientation angles of speakers by himself or herself and realize a sound environment optimized for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TROUND INC.
    Inventor: Jea Bum Park
  • Patent number: 12042061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chair including a multi-channel sound system, and more particularly, to a chair including a multi-channel sound system capable of providing rich sound effects to a user who sits in the chair through sounds output from a plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TROUND INC.
    Inventor: Jea Bum Park
  • Patent number: 11958415
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a seat pad formed of a foam material defining a seating surface for supporting an occupant and a rear surface opposite the seating surface. A speaker cavity for receiving a speaker assembly is formed in the pad and extends from the rear surface toward the seating surface. At least one speaker retention bracket is disposed in the speaker cavity. The retention bracket is co-molded with the pad so at least a portion of the retention bracket is encapsulated in foam material to retain the bracket in the cavity, the retention bracket having at least one retention feature extending within the cavity to cooperate with the speaker assembly and retain the speaker assembly in the pad. The speaker retention bracket is configured to mount a speaker assembly within the cavity to allow acoustic radiation to be transmitted through the foam material to a seated occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank Stöwesand, Klaus Lamecker, Martin Bahnemann, Holger Schrödersecker, Philipp Von Massow
  • Patent number: 11955142
    Abstract: Music may be selected to provide accompaniment for a video edit of a video. Characteristics of the music may be determined and used to select the types of visual effects that are applied in the video edit. The characteristics of the music may be extracted from MIDI file/metadata track containing MIDI information for the music.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Guillaume Oulès
  • Patent number: 11956614
    Abstract: A speaker device is provided. The speaker device includes a frame, and a vibration unit, a magnetic circuit unit, and air-permeable isolation member. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke fixed to the frame. The yoke and the frame are spaced to form a leakage port to enable leaking from a side surface of the speaker device. The sound-producing inner cavity communicates with the leakage port. The air-permeable isolation member completely covers the leakage port. The leakage port communicates with the outside through the leakage hole. Compared with the related art, the speaker device of the present disclosure has a yoke leakage structure, which can realize self-sealing and is conducive to assembling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huhu Yang, Wei Wei, Zhaoyu Yin, Zhizhu Chen
  • Patent number: 11950047
    Abstract: A loudspeaker for producing sound at bass frequencies including: a diaphragm; a frame, wherein a proximal end of the diaphragm is suspended from the frame by at least one proximal suspension element, wherein the at least one proximal suspension element is configured to substantially prevent translational movement of the proximal end of the diaphragm relative to the frame, whilst permitting translational movement of a distal end of the diaphragm which is opposite to the proximal end of the diaphragm; a drive unit configured to move the distal end of the diaphragm based on an electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PSS BELGIUM NV
    Inventor: David Corynen
  • Patent number: 11917362
    Abstract: The present invention provides a speaker box including a housing with a sound hole and a speaker therein. The speaker includes a frame, a vibration system, a magnetic circuit system, and a covering shell. The vibration system includes a diaphragm dividing a receiving room of the housing into a front cavity communicating with the sound hole and a rear cavity, a voice coil assembly. The magnetic circuit system includes a yoke. The covering shell divides the rear cavity into a first rear cavity inside the speaker and a second rear cavity outside the speaker. The covering shell includes a bottom wall and a side wall. A recessing portion formed on the side wall, and the recessing portion communicates the first rear cavity with the second rear cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huhu Yang, Wenli Wang, Zhaoyu Yin, Wei Wei
  • Patent number: 11839311
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chair including a multi-channel sound system, and more particularly, to a chair including a multi-channel sound system capable of providing a sense of space and a three-dimensional effect to a user who sits in the chair through sounds output from a plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TROUND INC.
    Inventor: Jea Bum Park
  • Patent number: 11818564
    Abstract: A quadrupole transducer created by spatially offsetting a first dipole from a second dipole while causing the first and second dipoles to produce the same acoustic signal. This arrangement minimizes floor, ceiling and wall reflections which alter the perception of sound quality. In some embodiments the second dipole is vertically offset from the first dipole. This produces a phantom acoustic image that is perceived to emanate from an intermediate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: F. Bruce Thigpen
  • Patent number: 11729546
    Abstract: The present document describes a textile-assembly toolkit for reversible assembly of a textile to an electronic-speaker device. The toolkit includes multiple attachment features, including rigid features with matched purposefully-designed knit types that can be combined to enable repeatable, mass-producible, reversible assembly of the textile to the electronic-speaker device. The techniques described herein enable accurate alignment of the textile on the electronic-speaker device without distorting the textile's cosmetic pattern and in a manner that results in no visible edges of the textile or visible attachment features on the exterior of the electronic-speaker device. Also, the textile-assembly toolkit includes attachment features that secure the textile with sufficient tension to avoid acoustic distortion such as rub and buzz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Laura Charlotte Shumaker, Brian Huynh, Edmond Lu, Phanindraja Ancha, Robert Sean Murphy, Myrrhia R. Resneck
  • Patent number: 11707095
    Abstract: A garment includes a blower device having an inlet and an outlet, an outer fabric, and an inner fabric attached to the outer fabric. The outer fabric has a mounting part to which the blower device is removably mountable in a state in which the inlet is disposed on an outer side of the outer fabric and the outlet is disposed on the inner fabric side of the outer fabric. The internal space is formed between the outer fabric and the inner fabric. The internal space is configured such that, when the garment is not worn and the blower device delivers the ambient air into the internal space at an air volume Q (cubic meter per minute: m3/min), the air volume Q and an internal pressure P (pascal: Pa) of the internal space satisfy a relationship of P?1.1Q2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Sakurai, Nobuyoshi Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 11647327
    Abstract: Various implementations include seats and related loudspeaker assemblies. In particular cases, a seat includes: a seat headrest portion; a seat backrest portion; and a loudspeaker assembly associated with the backrest portion. The loudspeaker assembly can have an acoustic directivity angled upward above a nominal ear position of an occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Terence Henry Oswald, Bradford Kyle Subat, Muhammad Haris Usmani, Nicholas K. Lade
  • Patent number: 11553271
    Abstract: Provided is a speaker apparatus including a first speaker having a first surface communicating with an interior and a second surface not communicating with the interior; a second speaker having a first surface communicating with an exterior and a second surface not communicating with the exterior; and a cabinet having boundary surfaces that form an enclosed space. The second surface of the first speaker and the second surface of the second speaker are arranged on the boundary surfaces and are facing the enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Daishoji, Masao Noro
  • Patent number: 11535136
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a vehicle apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a core, a nose, a first loudspeaker, and a first loudspeaker housing. The core is positioned within a headrest for a seat of a vehicle. The nose attaches to the core and is positioned within the headrest. The first loudspeaker is positioned on the nose for providing an audio signal from the headrest. The first loudspeaker housing receives the first loudspeaker and is positioned on the nose. The first loudspeaker housing extends along a first outer edge of the core to decrease an overall length of the core and the nose along a first axis in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Patrick Groleau
  • Patent number: 11503422
    Abstract: One or more embodiments include an audio processing system for generating an audio scene for an extended reality (XR) environment. The audio processing system determines that a first virtual sound source associated with the XR environment affects a sound in the audio scene. The audio processing system generates a sound component associated with the first virtual sound source based on a contribution of the first virtual sound source to the audio scene. The audio processing system maps the sound component to a first loudspeaker included in a plurality of loudspeakers. The audio processing system outputs at least a first portion of the component for playback on the first loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Sven Kratz, Adam Boulanger, Joseph Verbeke, Stefan Marti
  • Patent number: 11425978
    Abstract: A roll top backpack with a waterproof speaker device comprises a speaker device and a roll top backpack, wherein the roll top backpack is provided with a speaker device placement hole, the speaker device is arranged in the speaker device placement hole, and the speaker device is sealed with the speaker device placement hole; due to the fact that the roll top backpack is made of waterproof materials and the speaker device is sealed with the speaker device placement hole, the inner part and the outer part can be waterproof when the whole roll top backpack is rolled up, moisture cannot permeate into the roll top backpack through the speaker device, and cannot permeate out through the speaker device from inside of the backpack, so that the roll top backpack can be used in various environments of outdoor hiking, camping or water sports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ZTARX CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Song Ping Chen, Benjamin Goh Swee Hock
  • Patent number: 11404038
    Abstract: A method of selectively preventing surreptitious listening by a smart speaker by placing an audible interference device into physical proximity with the microphone(s) on the smart speaker, and whenever ensured privacy is desired toggling a feature on the audible interference device from a listening mode, wherein the device allows the microphone to receive and the smart speaker to interact with intelligible speech from the surrounding environment, and a deaf mode wherein the device inhibits reception of intelligible speech by the microphone and thereby prevents both desired and surreptitious listening by the smart speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Ronald J. Zenk
  • Patent number: 11317189
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a detachable earphone and a headband with earphones. A detachable earphone comprises an earphone body and an installing base, one side of the earphone body is provided with a clamping base on the same body, one side of the installing base is provided with an installing ring that matches with the clamping base, the clamping base is clamped on the side wall of the installing ring, the outer side of the clamping base is provided with an L-shaped neck, a clamping block is fixedly installed on the side wall of the installing ring, and the other side of the installing base is provided with a conical clamping ring protruding to the inside of the installing base; the present disclosure is provided with an installing base, a clamping base, an installing ring, an L-shaped neck and a clamping block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Xueping Zhu
  • Patent number: 11231745
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a wearable article with channels for a performance capture system. In some embodiments, a wearable article includes one or more regions of the wearable article configured to be worn on at least a portion of a body of a user. In some embodiments, the wearable article also includes at least one of the one or more regions comprising at least one base layer and at least one secondary layer configured to form at least one connection passage between the at least one base layer and the at least one secondary layer. In some embodiments, the at least one connection passage is configured to provide access for flexible cable connections between at least one reference marker and one or more other reference markers or a control unit. In some embodiments, the at least one connection passage is configured to allow movement of a flexible cable within the connection passage in response to movement of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: WETA DIGITAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Dejan Momcilovic, Jake Botting
  • Patent number: 11228825
    Abstract: A sound system is shown in the form of a speaker with or without a speaker box. A front member may be used with an elongate open portion with a top end and a bottom end and a speaker support with the speaker mounted to the speaker support. The speaker support may be coupled to the front member with a front of the speaker facing the front member and the front of the speaker substantially aligned with the bottom end of the elongate open portion. The bottom end of the elongate open portion may be positioned adjacent to a lower portion of the back of the torso of a user and the top end of the open portion is positioned higher near the back of the torso of the user. This combination may be used in a backpack, a chair or any other similar device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Bass On, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph L. Hudson, III
  • Patent number: 11052801
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to vehicle speaker systems and configurations. In one embodiment, a vehicle headrest is provided including a head support, loudspeakers, and loudspeaker supports. The loudspeaker supports can position and direct the loudspeakers in at least one of a retracted and extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Riley Winton, Chris Ludwig, Riley Iakovidis, David Mossington, Lars Goller, Martin Olsen
  • Patent number: 10960803
    Abstract: An improved automotive headrest and an automotive seat with the improved automotive headrest. The automotive headrest comprises a support and a headrest body disposed on the support, the headrest body has a first cavity and a second cavity independent of one another, and the first cavity and the second cavity are provided with a speaker unit respectively, and the two speaker units are located on the left and right sides of the headrest body respectively. The automobile headrest has a simple structure, a small size, and a good visual field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Suzhou Sonavox Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tingting Fu, Xiaofeng Wu, Xiaoqing Wang, Yuezhen Li, Guoqiang Chai, Jianming Zhou
  • Patent number: 10924854
    Abstract: A three-piece extensible movable soundbox includes: a host portion; a first soundbox portion, wherein the host portion is extensibly connected to the first soundbox portion by a first connection line device; and a second soundbox portion, wherein the host portion is extensibly connected to the second soundbox portion by a second connection line device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: ECHOWELL ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsi-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 10645476
    Abstract: A portable chair mountable audio system having at least one wireless speaker capable of wirelessly connecting to a mobile electronic device and a fixture for housing the at least one wireless speaker. The fixture includes a mounting element for mounting the fixture to a backrest of a chair, the mounting element being capable of allowing the fixture to be mounted at any position along the backrest of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: METIME AUDIO, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Miskin, Valerie Miskin, Michael Miskin, Jr., Matthew Miskin
  • Patent number: 10596936
    Abstract: A seating assembly includes a seatback having a seatback cushion. A carrier supports the seatback cushion. An upper thoracic region includes a first side support defining a first receiving aperture and a second side support defining a second receiving aperture. A lower lumber region includes an actuatable lumbar support configured to move between deployed and non-deployed conditions. An air mover is disposed between the first and second side supports. The air mover is suspended between the first and second side supports by a flexible band that extends laterally between the first and second side supports and is removably coupled with the first and second receiving apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sikorski, Kevin Mozurkewich, Mbathie Diop, Johnathan Andrew Line
  • Patent number: 10602253
    Abstract: An open audio device with a housing that is configured to be worn on the torso and an acoustic transducer carried by the housing, the acoustic transducer configured to either radiate sound outwardly of the housing or convert received sound into an electrical signal. A structure is coupled to the housing. The structure is proximate to the acoustic transducer. The structure is constructed and arranged to inhibit radiated sound or received sound from being interrupted by a flexible sheet material, such as clothing, located over the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Roman Litovsky, Cory Roberts, Michael Tiene
  • Patent number: 10575076
    Abstract: A sound system is shown in the form of a speaker in a speaker box or a media chair. In either embodiment a frame may include a back chamber and a front chamber. In the media chair, a seat support may be coupled to a support adjacent to the front chamber, the seat support may support the weight of a user. The front chamber may be at least partially defined side walls. Walls around the front chamber may be substantially continuous in construction and extend beyond the speaker so as to be able to temporarily maintain an internal sound energy greater than the sound energy outside of the front chamber. The speaker may generate the sound energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph Leslie Hudson, III
  • Patent number: 10569684
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a headrest. The headrest includes an integrated functional module. The method includes mounting the functional module on a supporting rod and enclosing the functional module mounted on the supporting rod with a housing (102), which is fitted on a front part (104), and a rear part (302) and introducing a cable tube (208) into a hole (502) in the front part (104) or in the rear part (302). The cable tube (208) serves for receiving a cable fastening the front part (104), the rear part (302) and the supporting rod (204) using a fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Christophe Fritsch, Felix Manduzio, Christophe Morinière
  • Patent number: 10483931
    Abstract: An audio device includes: a first detector configured to detect a volume of a first audio signal; and a low-frequency component adjuster configured to generate a second audio signal in which a level of a low-frequency component of the first audio signal is adjusted based on the volume detected by the first detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumasa Kosuge, Tomoko Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 10477291
    Abstract: An audio device with a structure such as an acoustic waveguide, and first and second spaced acoustic transducers that are carried by the structure. A controller is adapted to change the location of the dominant sound source produced by the transducers together in the far field. The device can also be used in a method of facilitating speech communication between two people who speak different languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Roman N. Litovsky, Chester S. Williams
  • Patent number: 10469048
    Abstract: A system, a sound processing method and a sound processing apparatus suitable for enhancing gamer experience for electronic games. The sound processing apparatus can communicate with a terminal suitable for playing an electronic game. The electronic game can be associated with audio data which can be communicated from the terminal to the sound processing apparatus. The sound processing apparatus includes a receive module for receiving the audio data and a processing module coupled to the receive module. The audio data can include low frequency range audio signals, mid frequency range audio signals and high frequency range audio signals. The audio data can be communicated from the receive module to the processing module. The processing module can be configured to process the audio data in a manner such that at least one of the low frequency range audio signals and the high frequency range audio signals are accentuated relative to the mid frequency range audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Creative Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Wei Peng Renny Lim
  • Patent number: 10469935
    Abstract: When sound signals are input to a vibration driver through signal wires, the vibration driver converts the sound signals into mechanical vibrations. A second elastic member transmits the mechanical vibrations of the vibration driver to a user. On the other hand, air vibrations are generated by the vibration driver in a space formed by the vibration driver and a first elastic member. The air vibrations are converted into mechanical vibrations by the first elastic member, and are transmitted to the second elastic member. The second elastic member also transmits the mechanical vibrations transmitted from the first elastic member, to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kunimoto, Yushi Ogino
  • Patent number: 10405095
    Abstract: A system and processes for a proximate-speaker audio compensation system include a first speaker and a second speaker that are proximate to a user. A control unit couples to at least one of the first speaker or the second speaker. The control unit adjusts audio signal based on a hearing-aid type adjustment. The control unit sends adjusted audio signal to the at least one of the first speaker or the second speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jahn D. Eichfeld, Davis Pan
  • Patent number: 10343571
    Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a seat headrest that includes an interior chamber that accommodates an acoustic transducer, and an acoustic channel disposed between the interior chamber and an external opening in the seat headrest. The headrest also includes a soft outer layer disposed around at least a portion of a periphery of the external opening, and a grill mount. The grill mount is disposed in or attached to the outer layer, the grill mount extending, at least in part, around the periphery of the acoustic channel, and configured to engage with a portion of a speaker grill-assembly in a mating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Bradford Kyle Subat, Charles Oswald
  • Patent number: 10258761
    Abstract: A children's soothing device, such as a motorized swing, a motorized glider, a motorized rocker, a motorized bouncer, a playard, a crib, a car seat, a stroller, an infant carrier, or a bassinet, can include one or more speakers, one or more vibrating motors or solenoids, and one or more light attractions or lights for soothing a child. The children's soothing device can include a control system for storing and reading sound and other data files to output music or other sounds through the speakers and to activate and deactivate the vibrating motors in a synchronized pattern with the sound or music. The children's soother device can also evaluate the sound and other data files to synchronize the activation, deactivation, and/or change of state of the light attraction or lights with the sound/music and the vibrating motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventor: Bart A. Smudde
  • Patent number: 10219552
    Abstract: A sound responsive garment for synchronized output of sound, light and vibration includes a shell. A power module is coupled to the shell. A microprocessor is coupled to the shell and operationally coupled to the power module. A plurality of speakers, a plurality of lights and a plurality of vibrators are coupled to shell and operationally coupled to the microprocessor. An input is operationally coupled to the microprocessor. The input is configured to couple to an audio source such that an audio signal from the audio source is relayed to the microprocessor. The speakers are positioned to emit the audio signal. The lights and the vibrators are motivated by the microprocessor to emit light and vibrations, respectively, timed to the audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: John Castellano
  • Patent number: 10021474
    Abstract: Detachable wearable electronic eyeglasses and head mounted gear with a plurality of electronic functions and interchangeable electronic function, and a wearable computer with optimal weight distribution and stretchable arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: GEELUX HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
  • Patent number: 9942646
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein are configured to desirably distribute and thus withstand forces that are applied to an audio device assembly during regular use. The configurations discussed herein can be used to prevent the various device related components from becoming damaged during use. The application of these forces can cause immediate failure of the electrical connections in extreme cases, or more typically cause eventual failure of the electrical connections and device due to repetitive application of the applied force. Therefore, it is desirable to minimize the stress applied to the various electrical connection points during use, such as the electrical connection points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Steve McGarry, William Christopher Carmichael, Alexander Samuel Danielson, Jeffrey Anderson
  • Patent number: 9905213
    Abstract: A musical instrument, having; at least one solar panel which corresponds to the body of the musical instrument, where the at least one solar panel is outwardly facing the sun; a battery to store solar energy; a power control board; an amplifier; an interactive display for monitoring a plurality of levels corresponding to a variety of components of the musical instrument; a strap connected to the musical instrument; the strap has at least one solar panel; at least one speaker for emitting sound; a bridge; a port; a stand, where the stand has at least one solar panel; and a carrying case; where the carrying case has at least one solar panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Inventor: Aleks Bezginas
  • Patent number: 9723391
    Abstract: Detachable wearable electronic eyeglasses and head mounted gear with a plurality of electronic functions and interchangeable electronic function, and a wearable computer with optimal weight distribution and stretchable arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: GEELUX HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
  • Patent number: 9635445
    Abstract: A backpack having a lining inside the backpack and a speaker compartment below the lining. The speaker compartment is configured to receive a speaker assembly configured to emit sound out of both the side and outward facing sections of the backpack. The speaker assembly is configured for communicatively coupling with a remote computing device. A subwoofer grille covers an opening on each side section of the backpack, and wherein each subwoofer grille is configured to couple the speaker assembly to the side section of the backpack. A pair of tweeter grilles covers openings on the outward facing section of the backpack and each tweeter grille is configured to couple the speaker assembly to the backpack. The system also includes a remote controlling device concealed within one of the straps of the backpack for controlling the speaker assembly and alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Ridley 517 IP, LLC
    Inventor: Shannon Ridley
  • Patent number: 9621976
    Abstract: A glasses apparatus which works in conjunction with a display apparatus which operates in a multi-view mode to combine and output a plurality of contents. The glasses apparatus includes: a first interface module which receives a synchronization signal in a first wireless communication method; first and second glasses mounted on a glasses frame and which are driven in synchronization with one of the plurality of contents based on the synchronization signal; a second interface module which receives an audio signal of at least said one content in a second wireless communication method; a controller which selects an audio signal of said one content from among audio signals corresponding to the plurality of contents, and an audio outputter which outputs the audio signal of the selected content, and which is integrally formed with the glasses frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jea-hee Han, Je-hwan Seo, Ju-won Cho
  • Patent number: 9485573
    Abstract: A helmet mounted communication system for use by teams includes a headset including any one of a speaker for projecting audio or a microphone for receiving audio, a mounting structure for mounting the headset in a helmet cavity of a helmet, and a biasing material between the headset and a cavity wall of the helmet cavity for floatably attaching the headset to the helmet in the helmet cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Inventor: Bruce Black
  • Patent number: 9327628
    Abstract: An automobile headrest includes a main body portion having a front surface arranged to support a back of a head of a user. The main body portion includes first and second speakers which are disposed within the main body portion, and a core that is configured to support the speakers. The automobile headrest also includes a pair of support rods that are connected to the core. The core is configured such that at least a portion of the speakers is disposed directly behind the head of the user when the back of the user's head rests against the front surface of the main body portion and is centered relative to the main body portion. The core defines a portion of one or more acoustic chambers for the first and second speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Bradford Kyle Subat
  • Patent number: 8995695
    Abstract: A speaker system includes: a first speaker unit having a predetermined directivity angle in the horizontal direction; and a pair of second speaker units which are disposed opposite to each other with the first speaker unit sandwiched between them when viewed in the vertical direction and which have a directivity angle in the horizontal direction greater than the directivity angle of the first speaker unit, wherein distances from the center of the first speaker unit to the centers of the pair of second speaker units are equal to each other, and the first speaker unit and the pair of second speaker units are disposed so as to face toward the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Ohashi, Kazuko Yamagishi, Yoshiyuki Kaku, Yoshihiro Iwami, Shin Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8965023
    Abstract: An audio source system may be built into a garment to provide wiring from an audio source to earplugs. The wiring is brought from a point of connection to the audio source such as at a pocket and is then brought to the garment opening by tubes such as may be sewn with normal seams in construction of the garment such as side seams, sleeves seams and shoulder seams, and then into a channel at the opening, which may be a simple neck opening or a collared opening or a hood (in which the channel extends around the hood opening). An auxiliary wiring may be connected to allow a second hearing device such as ear buds or earphones. Wiring may be equipped with spring biased coils to allow stretching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Jerry Leigh of California, Inc.
    Inventor: James Wolfe
  • Patent number: 8965032
    Abstract: An audio source system may be built into a garment such as a hooded garment in such a way that safety concerns such as with a hooded garment for children are taken into account so that the audio system wiring cannot be made loose causing a danger of strangulation nor can the hood be cinched. This is done by putting speakers into the hood between a lining and an outer layer and passing the wires into the space between them and then into a tube that is open to the hood inner space and down the tube to a pocket in the body of the garment. Also securing tabs are used to prevent cinching action upon pulling the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Jerry Leigh of California, Inc.
    Inventor: James Wolfe