Portable Or For Use In Diverse Environment Patents (Class 381/334)
  • Patent number: 11962960
    Abstract: A sound component assembly includes: a sealing portion provided in a sound passage connected to a sound hole of an electronic device to surround a portion of the sound passage and contact at least a portion of a printed circuit board (PCB) having a sound module mounted thereon; and a cover portion disposed to face the PCB outside the sealing portion, wherein the sealing portion may include a first material, the cover portion may include a second material, and the second material may have a greater hardness than a hardness of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungwoo Lee, Jongchun Wee, Byounguk Yoon
  • Patent number: 11812248
    Abstract: A moving magnet motor comprising: a stationary voice coil coupled to a frame; a moving magnet assembly movably coupled to the frame and operable to move relative to the stationary coil, the moving magnet assembly comprising a magnet and a flux concentrating member that define a gap within which the stationary coil is positioned; and an actuating surface coupled to the moving magnet assembly, and wherein a movement of the moving magnet assembly drives a movement of the actuating surface along an axis of translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Onur I. Ilkorur, Oliver Leonhardt, Matthew A. Donarski, Christopher Wilk
  • Patent number: 11800286
    Abstract: Modular equipment includes a main module that has a main speaker, main communication components arranged to implement at least one wireless communication, power supply components arranged to acquire main power supply from the mains, main assembly means arranged to assemble the main module with one or more additional modules, a processor component arranged to detect if the main module is assembled with a first additional module comprising one or more microphones and, if this is the case, to activate at least one additional function implemented by the equipment and using the microphone(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Gabriel Bouvigne
  • Patent number: 11717264
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe 11 includes a housing 12 having a transducer array accommodation portion 14 and a battery storage portion 13B, a transducer array accommodated in the transducer array accommodation portion 14, and a battery 21 stored in the battery storage portion 13B. The housing 12 has an attachable and detachable battery cover 17 that covers the battery storage portion 13B, a nameplate 22 is disposed on an inside or an outside of the battery storage portion 13B with respect to the battery cover 17 in a visible manner, and a waterproof structure for restraining water from entering the nameplate 22 is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Noguchi, Tomoki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11696058
    Abstract: Various implementations include audio devices and components of such devices. Certain implementations include an audio device with a sealing member for providing a substantially water resistant seal. Certain additional implementations include an audio device with an internal heat sink for transferring heat away from device components such as a control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Douglas Curtiss, Karl Edward Jacobson, Colin Taylor Mosgrove, Brenton Harry Eva
  • Patent number: 11625458
    Abstract: Provided is a new digital music storage and readout system and method that incorporates layers of anti-pirating features to inhibit unauthorized reproduction of device music content. This concept and device design may be extended to video storage and playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Productionpal, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Armstrong, Jaime M. Boxell, Robert D. Battis, James B. Boggs, Perry M. Fonseca
  • Patent number: 11601739
    Abstract: A light speaker structure with a ring handle includes a speaker body, a speaker enclosure, a lighting mechanism and an auxiliary mechanism. The speaker body is mounted within the speaker enclosure, and the auxiliary mechanism is mounted on the speaker enclosure. The lighting mechanism includes a lampshade, a light strip, and LED beads. The light strip is mounted within the lampshade. The LED beads are fixedly connected to the light strip and electrically connected to the speaker body. The light strip is disposed in a laterally inverted C-shape around the speaker enclosure. The lampshade covers the light strip, so that the light strip is held between the lampshade and the speaker enclosure. The light strip and the lampshade are so shaped that they can be arranged around the speaker enclosure, thereby achieving a better lighting effect, providing a larger lighting area and producing a stereoscopic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SainStore Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tianle Cheng, Shuhao Li
  • Patent number: 11589178
    Abstract: An audio capture device selects between multiple microphones to generate an output audio signal depending on detected conditions. The audio capture device determines whether one or more microphones are wet or dry and selects one or more audio signals from the one or more microphones depending on their respective conditions. The audio capture device generates a mono audio output signal or a stereo output signal depending on the respective conditions of the one or more microphones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Joyce Rosenbaum, Magnus Hansson, Ke Li, David Wurtz
  • Patent number: 11572989
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multifunctional shelf floor lamp, which can effectively improve the space utilization rate. The present invention comprises a lamp cap board, a mounting base is arranged under the lamp cap board, a right angle trapezoidal base is arranged at the rear of the mounting base, the inclined plane of the right angle trapezoidal base is towards the front end of the mounting base, the right angle trapezoidal base is provided with a USB/TYPE-C socket, a horn mesh and a switch, and the inclined plane of the right angle trapezoidal base is provided with a wireless charger; a baffle is arranged in front of the inclined plane of the right angle trapezoidal base. The present invention enables the equipment to integrate the functions of lighting, placing objects, playing music and charging mobile electronic devices at the same time, reduces excessive devices and is more practical and convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Rongdong Shen
  • Patent number: 11558691
    Abstract: A substantially full-range loudspeaker system for acoustic sound reinforcement can include a woofer section with a first loudspeaker driver configured to reproduce audio signals in a first frequency range and a controlled-directivity horn section configured to reproduce other audio signals in a different second frequency range. In an example, the horn section includes a second loudspeaker driver comprising a cone-diaphragm transducer and a dust dome, an acoustic lens having a first side and an opposite second side, wherein the first side of the lens is coupled to a sound-projecting face of the second loudspeaker driver, and a waveguide coupled to the second side of the lens, wherein the waveguide comprises walls that follow arcuate paths in horizontal and vertical planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MTD DESIGNS L.L.C.
    Inventor: Mark T. DeLay
  • Patent number: 11528570
    Abstract: Example techniques may involve a playback device modifying its playback configuration when the playback device is placed onto a device base. In an example implementation, the playback device may receive, via an 802.15-compatible radio of one or more network interfaces, one or more packets comprising data representing an identifier of the first device base. After receipt of the one or more packets, the playback device queries a database for state information corresponding to the identifier of the first device base and modifies a playback configuration of the playback device from a first configuration to a second configuration based on the queried state information corresponding to the identifier of the first device base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Rappoport
  • Patent number: 11507023
    Abstract: An arrangement for the holding and vibration transmission of an acoustic radiating membrane (10) in a striking or musical watch (1) case (2). The case includes at least one crystal (3) mounted on a middle (4) and a back (5) mounted on a side opposite the middle. The acoustic radiating membrane is held in a portion of the watch case, such as the middle by at least one connection part (12) disposed between a peripheral rim of the membrane or an edge element (11) of the membrane and the middle by acting for the holding of the membrane in a direction parallel to the plane of the watch. The connection part may be a screw screwed into a threaded opening (14) of the middle and coming into contact with the edge element of the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jérôme Favre, Nicolas Livat
  • Patent number: 11466964
    Abstract: A ballistic shield has a front side and a rear side. A handle is supported on the rear side of the shield. A tear-away cover conceals the handle at the rear side of the shield, whereby the handle becomes accessible for use by tearing away the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: THE SPARK PROJECT LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Nuss, Steven Andrew Sauer
  • Patent number: 11461071
    Abstract: An audio processing apparatus for a plurality of channels includes: a display device for displaying parameters of audio processing; a plurality of operation controllers, each associated with one of the plurality of channels, disposed in channel strips; and a processor configured to detect an operation amount of each of the plurality of operation controllers for changing the parameter associated therewith, including: in a first mode, a first operation amount of a first parameter for a first operation controller, among the plurality of operation controllers, displayed on the display device; and in a second mode, a second operation amount of a second parameter for each of the plurality of operation controllers for the plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Saito, Takeshi Nonaka
  • Patent number: 11462201
    Abstract: A camera includes one or more microphone pairs. A first microphone (e.g., a main microphone) is ported to the outside of the camera and captures the desired external audio signal, but may also capture undesired vibrational noise. A second microphone has a similar structure to the first microphone, but is not ported to the outside of the camera. Instead, the second microphone is ported into an enclosed cavity (e.g., 1-2 cubic centimeters in volume). The second microphone may pick up the same vibration excitation and internal acoustic noise as the first microphone but very little of the desired external acoustic sounds around the camera. The unwanted noise can then be removed by subtracting the second audio signal from the second microphone from the main audio signal from the main microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Tisch, Fabrice Barbier, Magnus Hansson
  • Patent number: 11405721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an audio amplifier that is constructed to allow its mounting and use underwater. The invention has a water impervious case and has waterproof electrical contacts for power, audio, and control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Gerald Kirkland
  • Patent number: 11356612
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, the electronic device defines a channel. A driving board is fixedly connected with a camera module, and an output shaft of a driving motor is mounted with a driving gear. A driven gear is meshed with both of the driving gear and a rack, a diameter of the driven gear is greater than a diameter of the driving gear. The driving motor can drive the driving board to move along a direction from the channel to the outside of the electronic device through the rotation of the driving gear and the rotation of the driven gear, thereby to drive the camera module from in the channel to the outside of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Zhang, Zanjian Zeng, Kai Gao, Wuchun Zeng
  • Patent number: 11323801
    Abstract: A device configured to provide wireless service and power for a smart speaker includes at least one transceiver configured to wirelessly connect to a mobile broadband network and further configured to obtain internet access and the at least one transceiver further configured to wirelessly connect to the smart speaker and provide the internet access to the smart speaker. The device further includes a power supply configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the at least one transceiver. The power supply further configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the smart speaker. The device further includes a housing configured to house the at least one transceiver and the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: James Zimmerman, Ricky Ramon, Elliot Garcia
  • Patent number: 11272277
    Abstract: A housing for a device an outside and an inside, as well as an access passage for access from the outside of the housing to a component of the device inside the housing. The access passage comprises an outer opening section, and an inner drainage channel. The drainage channel is arranged below the outer opening section, which has vertical side walls extending inwardly from the outside of the housing. Each sidewall has a top width (WT) and a bottom width (WB), the top width (WT) being narrower than the bottom width (WB). The sidewalls provide a guiding surface for a liquid entering the access passage, such that the liquid is guided towards the drainage channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AXIS, AB
    Inventors: David Rohlich, Pavel Kral
  • Patent number: 11177553
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to at least a portion of a connector configured to support wireless communications that includes multiple chambers, each at least partially enclosed by a continuous isolation structure to provide electrical signal isolation and defining an inner surface. At least one terminal in a first chamber of the multiple chambers is configured for a first interface, and at least one terminal in a second chamber of the multiple chambers is configured for a second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sang-June Park, Peter Han Lien, Eric Lunzer, Timothy Vu
  • Patent number: 11169130
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display disposed toward a first surface, a housing including an opening formed toward a second surface, a tray including a hole formed toward the second surface, a sensor module that is able to be seated on the tray, a connector disposed adjacent to the opening inside the electronic device to receive the tray and the sensor module, and a processor configured to control the sensor module when the sensor module is inserted into the connector. The sensor module includes a gas sensor, a sensor chamber, and a pipe forming a path allowing gas, which is introduced through the hole, to move into the sensor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Uk Kwak, Min Ho Park, Hyun Cheol Park, Sung Gun Bae, Ik Joo Byun, Seung Goo Lee, Dae Ung Jeong, Jeong Min Park
  • Patent number: 11165894
    Abstract: This application discloses a housing assembly, including a housing, a decorating part, and an adhesive assembly. The housing is provided with a through hole. The decorating part includes a substrate and a decorating ring protruding from the substrate. An air hole is disposed on the substrate. The air hole is located on an outer side of the decorating ring. The decorating ring is at least partially accommodated in the through hole. A gap is formed between an outer peripheral side surface of the decorating ring and a hole wall of the through hole. The adhesive assembly is attached between the substrate and the housing in a sealed manner. The adhesive assembly is disposed around the decorating ring and the air hole, and a channel is formed between the adhesive assembly and the outer peripheral side surface of the decorating ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shizhe Li, Hanwen Lu, Xiaotao Dai, Youying Lan, Tong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11166096
    Abstract: A transducer system isolates vibrations produced by a transducer. The transducer system comprises the transducer and a vibration isolation system. The transducer can produce vibrations and is configured to be coupled to a device. The transducer includes a first sub-assembly including a coil assembly and a second sub-assembly including one or more magnets. The vibration isolation system is configured to isolate vibrations produced by the transducer from the device. The vibration isolation system includes a plurality of support brackets, and a suspension component including a plurality of flexures. The plurality of flexures includes a first set of flexures configured to suspend the first sub-assembly from the support brackets, a second set of flexures configured to suspend the second sub-assembly from the first sub-assembly, and a third set of flexures configured to suspend the second sub-assembly from the support brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Porter, Peter Gottlieb
  • Patent number: 11137381
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display disposed toward a first surface, a housing including an opening formed toward a second surface, a tray including a hole formed toward the second surface, a sensor module that is able to be seated on the tray, a connector disposed adjacent to the opening inside the electronic device to receive the tray and the sensor module, and a processor configured to control the sensor module when the sensor module is inserted into the connector. The sensor module includes a gas sensor, a sensor chamber, and a pipe forming a path allowing gas, which is introduced through the hole, to move into the sensor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Uk Kwak, Min Ho Park, Hyun Cheol Park, Sung Gun Bae, Ik Joo Byun, Seung Goo Lee, Dae Ung Jeong, Jeong Min Park
  • Patent number: 11097312
    Abstract: An array of CMUT cells (10) has a DC bias voltage (VB) coupled to the top electrodes of the cells to bias the electrode to a desired collapsed or partially collapsed state. Fuses (200) are coupled in series with the bottom electrodes (22) of the cells which will open and isolate an individual cell from the other still-functional cells of the array in the event of a failure of the individual cell. In a preferred embodiment the cells are coupled to control integrated circuitry such as microbeamformer circuitry and the fuses are formed of semiconductor materials with the integrated circuitry, thereby leaving the MUT surface area available for high density MUT fabrication. Damage to the integrated circuitry due to short-circuiting of the DC bias current through a failed cell is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Bernard Joseph Savord, Richard Edward Davidsen
  • Patent number: 10979804
    Abstract: The waterproof and dustproof speaker system includes a base with four base sides defining a base internal space. The base internal space can accommodate various items. A passive acoustical radiator is mounted in two opposing sides. A lid is hinged to the base and includes lid sides defining a lid internal space and two speakers mounted in the lid. The lid also accommodates electronics for receiving audio program signals and driving the speakers. When the lid is closed onto the base, the internal space is sealed against the intrusion of water and dust. The waterproof speaker system is weighted and balanced so that waterproof speaker system floats upright in water with the lid uppermost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Southern Ground Artist, Inc.
    Inventors: James Demer, Jayson Lobozzo, Robb McCollough
  • Patent number: 10966008
    Abstract: Various implementations include force elements for electronic devices. In some aspects, a force element includes: an outer ring surrounding a central axis and having a first diameter; an inner ring surrounding the central axis and having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter; an outer wall connecting a radially inner portion of the outer ring with a radially outer portion of the inner ring; an inner wall extending from a radially inner portion of the inner ring and located radially inboard of the outer wall; and a central platform extending from the inner wall around the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Randall Mathieu
  • Patent number: 10949508
    Abstract: Provided is a new digital music storage and readout system and method that incorporates layers of anti-pirating features to inhibit unauthorized reproduction of device music content. This concept and device design may be extended to video storage and playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: PRODUCTIONPAL, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne T. Armstrong, Jamie M. Boxell, Robert D Battis, James B. Boggs, Perry M. Fonseca
  • Patent number: 10951969
    Abstract: A case for a microphone device includes; a housing part that has a circuit board therein; and a protrusion part that protrudes from a first end face of the housing part in a longitudinal direction so as to expose to the outside, the protrusion part being formed such that a diameter of the protrusion part becomes smaller from a root coupled to the first end face toward a tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Sano
  • Patent number: 10911847
    Abstract: A pressure equalizing assembly with a nonporous membrane traversing across an acoustic pathway defined by an opening in a housing. A breathable layer connected to the nonporous membrane may be laterally arranged to the acoustic pathway. An acoustic cavity is defined by the breathable layer and nonporous membrane. The nonporous membrane has a side facing the opening in the housing to prevent fluid or moisture from penetrating into the acoustic cavity. The breathable layer further equalizes pressure in the acoustic cavity by providing a venting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Kenaley, Michael Ringquist
  • Patent number: 10810968
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a housing including at least one of a display that displays an image and a speaker that outputs sound, a mounting detection unit that is disposed on a first surface of the housing to determine whether a grill is mounted, and a processor that compensates at least one of an output image of the display and an output sound source of the speaker depending on whether the grill is mounted, which is detected by the mounting detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyoung Bo Min
  • Patent number: 10805718
    Abstract: A transducer system isolates vibrations produced by a transducer. The transducer system comprises the transducer and a vibration isolation system. The transducer can produce vibrations and is configured to be coupled to a device. The transducer includes a first sub-assembly including a coil assembly and a second sub-assembly including one or more magnets. The vibration isolation system is configured to isolate vibrations produced by the transducer from the device. The vibration isolation system includes a plurality of support brackets, and a suspension component including a plurality of flexures. The plurality of flexures includes a first set of flexures configured to suspend the first sub-assembly from the support brackets, a second set of flexures configured to suspend the second sub-assembly from the first sub-assembly, and a third set of flexures configured to suspend the second sub-assembly from the support brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Porter, Peter Gottlieb
  • Patent number: 10757492
    Abstract: There is provided a speaker apparatus that includes a pair of speaker boxes attached on both ends of an attached band having a curved surface, the pair of speaker boxes substantially facing each other, a pair of speaker units attached on one surface of the respective speaker boxes in such a way that an axial direction is directed inward or outward and a sound guiding unit that converts a radiation direction of a sound reproduced from each of the speaker units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Yoshikazu Ohura
  • Patent number: 10582301
    Abstract: A speaker device comprises a curved support member having a U shape, housings provided on both sides of the curved support member, and speaker units attached to the front surfaces of the housings, wherein the curved support member is hollow such that the insides of the housings on both sides are in communication with each other, and include drone cones at its ends, and the drone cones are configured to vibrate by receiving on the back surface side a sound wave output from the back surface side of the speaker units, and output a sound from the front surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Jizai Design, LLC
    Inventor: Atsushi Hatta
  • Patent number: 10582283
    Abstract: A multifunctional loudspeaker device, having a shell, L-shaped mounting parts arranged at one end of the shell, a loudspeaker body on the L-shaped mounting parts, a back cover at the other end of the shell, a sealing rubber ring between the back cover and the shell, and a flexible plastic cushion sleeving the shell, the flexible plastic cushion is hollow and has a shape matching with the exterior of the shell, airbags are distributed in the flexible plastic cushion, an air-pressure probe is also arranged in the flexible plastic cushion. A layer of the flexible plastic cushion with high buffer coefficient is additionally arranged on the peripheral surface of the multifunctional loudspeaker device so that the shockproof performance of the device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Inventors: Hai Biao Yin, Kai Tim Fung
  • Patent number: 10524035
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an audio lighting device, which includes a wireless module, an audio source control circuit, a light source control circuit, a speaker, and a light source board. The wireless module receives a wireless signal and outputs an audio source control signal. The audio source control circuit receives the audio source control signal and outputs a first analog signal. The light source control circuit receives the audio source control signal and outputs a second analog signal. The speaker receives the first analog signal and outputs audio signal. The light source board receives the second analog signal to control the brightness of the outputted light, in which the brightness of the outputted light is proportional to the volume of the outputted audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jiaqing Zhuang, Zhenqi Yan, Maojin Zeng, Runfu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10516925
    Abstract: The housing for a wireless audio speaker includes an inner threaded portion that is complimentary to a drinking bottle threaded neck portion, enabling the housed speaker to be screwed onto a drinking bottle neck. The housing contains a misting subsystem including an atomizer enabling expulsion of water from the bottle out of the speaker housing as a mist. The system includes an electronic chip that performs additional electronic functions including a built-in light emitting diode (LED). The system includes an attachment subsystem including a handlebar-type clamp with an extension having a replica threaded bottle neck to which the speaker housing can be attached. When attached to a person, the housed audio speaker can perform the additional electronic functions of: heart rate sensor, pedometer, step counting and recording, calorie calculation, and distance calculation. A lost phone alarm can be generated if the smartphone is left more than a predetermined distance away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventors: Larry VanSickel, Wang Hai, Gu Wendong, Zhou Liang
  • Patent number: 10511903
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sound wave filtering structure. The sound wave filtering structure comprises a cavity wall, a cavity cover and a slit. The cavity cover is mounted on the cavity wall. The cavity wall and the cavity cover are combined to form an inner cavity. The slit is formed on the cavity wall and/or the cavity cover. The cavity wall and the cavity cover seal the inner cavity. A space in the inner cavity is communicated with the outside only through the slit. On the other hand, the present invention further provides a side sound generating speaker module. The side sound generating speaker module at least comprises a side sound generating cavity and the above-described sound wave filtering structure. The side sound generating cavity is configured to guide sound waves to be transmitted from a side surface of a single speaker body. The sound wave filtering structure is arranged on the side sound generating cavity. The slit faces the interior of the side sound generating cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Goertek.Inc
    Inventors: Liguo Sun, Lianshan Ge
  • Patent number: 10462559
    Abstract: The present application discloses a speaker box. The speaker box includes a lower cover and an upper cover for forming an accommodation space for receiving a speaker. The speaker includes a diaphragm. The upper cover includes a top wall and a side wall extending from the top wall. The speaker box further includes a plate having a main body and a sealing ring. The plate is made of flexible material with a Young's modulus smaller than a Young's modulus of the upper cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: YuGuo Zhang, Zhang Ren
  • Patent number: 10433040
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a first sound box, a second sound box, and a connection shaft. The first sound box includes at least one first speaker unit. The second sound box includes at least one second speaker unit. The connection shaft includes a cylinder, at least one first guide ring, and at least one second guide ring. The first guide ring is electrically sleeved on the cylinder and connected to the first speaker unit. The second guide ring is electrically connected to the second speaker unit. The first guide ring and the second guide ring correspond to each other and are electrically connected to each other, so that the first sound box and the second sound box are electrically connected to each other. The first sound box may rotate freely, about the connection shaft, with respect to the second sound box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TYMPHANY ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY (HUIZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-An Huang, Yi-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 10413011
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a wireless audio speaker module configured to play music at a volume level that will not disturb those nearby, based on adapting a wireless audio speaker to be retained within headgear, adjusting the volume of sound emitted by the speaker to a level that will not disturb those nearby, and amplifying the speaker sound as a function of the headgear interior reflecting the sound emitted by the speaker to the user's ear. In an illustrative example, an airgap may be configured between the speaker and the headgear user's ear. In various embodiments, the sound volume emitted by the speaker may be adjusted to avoid disturbing those nearby. In some examples, the headgear may be a hardhat, advantageously configured with a wireless audio speaker module to permit construction workers to listen to music amplified by reflection within their hardhats without disturbing or distracting each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Charlie Lee Jordan
  • Patent number: 10327524
    Abstract: A case for an electronic device includes a rigid layer and a resilient layer. The rigid layer includes a plurality of turned edges. The resilient layer is disposed primarily on a first side of the rigid layer, wherein the resilient layer includes a plurality of enveloping edges that substantially envelop the turned edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Jefferson Street Holdings Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Joy Dining, Erin Joy Watt, Zachary Conrad, Cameron James Brown, Jeremy Kerbs
  • Patent number: 10317971
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and method for controlling functions of the electronic device according to attachment of an external device. The electronic device includes an interface part that electrically contacts an external device, and a processor that determines, when an external device is electrically connected, whether the external device has a second power source, and controls usage of a first power source of the electronic device according to a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeyoung Shin, Woongeun Kwak, Sangyong Kim, Jinwoo Kim, Jungsik Park, Seungwon Oh, Byounguk Yoon, Sehwan Choi, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 10306385
    Abstract: A passive vibration cancellation system manufactured of a plurality of waterproof diaphragms and a more rigid support structure is sized to cover a microphone of an auditory prosthesis. The system includes multiple flexible diaphragms that deform in opposite directions when acted upon by sound, but deform in the same direction when acted upon by vibrations. The system can further include a collar or other compliant element to help secure a microphone assembly into the auditory prosthesis housing, while further reducing vibration transmission between the housing and the microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: COCHLEAR LIMITED
    Inventors: Patrik Kennes, James Vandyke
  • Patent number: 10284972
    Abstract: A method of operating a hearing assistance system that includes a binaural hearing device with first and second earpieces, each earpiece adapted to be worn over, on or in one ear. Each earpiece has an electroacoustic transducer that converts an input electrical audio signal for the ear into sound, and at least one microphone that converts sound into an electrical microphone output signal. The hearing assistance system is adapted to process microphone output signals from both earpieces to create the electrical audio signals that are used to drive the transducers of both earpieces. A situation in which one of the earpieces is not over, on or in an ear is detected, and in response the processing of at least one of the microphone output signals that creates the audio signals is modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Jahn D. Eichfeld, Kevin H. Franck, Lisa A. Fitch
  • Patent number: 10217451
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods are described for reducing undesired leakage energy produced by a non-front-facing speaker in a multi-speaker system. For example, the multi-speaker system can include an array of forward-facing speakers, one or more upward-facing speakers, and/or one or more side-facing speakers. Filters coupled to any two of the speakers in the multi-speaker system can generate audio signals output by the coupled speakers to reduce, attenuate, or cancel a portion of an audio signal output by one or more non-front-facing speakers that acoustically propagates along a direct path from the respective non-front-facing speaker to a listening position in a listening area in front of the multi-speaker system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: DTS, Inc.
    Inventors: Suketu Kamdar, Zesen Zhuang, Martin Walsh, Edward Stein, Michael M. Goodwin, Jean-Marc Jot
  • Patent number: 10168736
    Abstract: A coupling member that is attachable to/detachable from a housing of an electronic device while making the housing wearable on a user's body, and an electronic device including the coupling member is provided. The electronic device includes a band member that is configured to come in contact with a user's body portion, a slide member that is mounted on the band member, and is bound to a portion of the housing in a state where the coupling member is mounted on the housing, an opening that is formed in the slide member, a locking member that is disposed on the band member, and a locking protrusion that is formed on a locking member. The locking protrusion appears to the outside of the slide member through the opening according to the reciprocating of the locking member, and the coupling member is bound to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Woo Lee, Hwan-Seok Choi, Kyung-Hwan Lee, Jong-Cheon Wee
  • Patent number: 10158751
    Abstract: A method of performing a notification event at a headphone device includes receiving, at the headphone device, a wireless notification signal. The wireless notification signal is received from a transmitting device including a camera sensor, a display and a touchscreen interface. The headphone device is selected to receive the wireless notification signal in response to a touchscreen event occurring at the transmitting device. An image including a representation of the headphone device is composed by the camera sensor and is presented on the display. The touchscreen event includes receiving a touch input via the touchscreen interface. The method further includes determining the notification event to be performed at the headphone device by decoding the wireless notification signal. The method further includes performing the notification event indicated by the wireless notification signal at the headphone device in response to receiving the wireless notification signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vitor Henrique Leal Mesquita, Lucas Correia Villa Real
  • Patent number: 10122904
    Abstract: A camera controller is configured to control a camera through voice commands. The camera controller includes drain mechanisms that allow the camera controller to be used in environments in which the camera controller is exposed to fluids. The camera controller device comprises a housing body with an outer surface including a first opening and a second opening. A first channel extends from the first opening into the housing body and to a cavity in which a microphone is located, enabling audio signals entering the first opening to be captured by the microphone. A membrane is located between the first channel and the microphone to create a waterproof seal over the microphone. A second channel extends from the first channel to the second opening to create a drain such that fluid entering from the first opening can flow from the first channel through the second channel and out the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Senka Agic Bergman, Joyce Rosenbaum
  • Patent number: 10019222
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for obtaining music data, an earphone and a music player. The method includes: reading an identification code from a memory card; sending the identification code to a mobile terminal so that the mobile terminal sends the identification code to a server, and the server returns stored music data, corresponding to the identification code, to the mobile terminal; receiving a music signal converted by the mobile terminal after the mobile terminal obtains the music data from the server; and outputting the music signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: 1MORE INC.
    Inventors: Kuanhong Hsieh, Boqing Lin, Shixuan Yu