Having Acoustic Wave Modifying Structure Patents (Class 381/337)
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Patent number: 12262186Abstract: A system and method for delivering full-bandwidth sound to an audience in an audience space located in front of an acoustically reflective image screen such as a plasma, LCD, LED, or OLED screen. The sound delivery system provides for two separate and spatially displaced sound sources, namely, a high frequency loudspeaker for reproducing high frequency components of the sound associated with images displayed on the acoustically reflective image screen, and a separate low frequency loudspeaker for reproducing low frequency components of the image-associated sound.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Meyer Sound Laboratories, IncorporatedInventors: John D. Meyer, Roger Schwenke, Miles Rogers, Jon M. Arneson
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Patent number: 12225342Abstract: A coaxial speaker horn constitutes a coaxial speaker together with a tweeter and a woofer. The coaxial speaker horn includes a plurality of through holes arranged around an entire circumference of the horn.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Katsutoki Hanayama, Hiroyuki Shiojima, Bahari Satriyo
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Patent number: 12200460Abstract: An active sounding device integrated into a flat panel display includes a glass diaphragm having a first surface on which a light emitting array and a touch panel are formed, a plurality of planar voice coils arranged on the second surface of the glass diaphragm opposite to the first surface, and a magnet assembly arranged below the plurality of planar voice coils, wherein the plurality of planar voice coils are electromagnetically coupled to the magnet assembly for converting received electrical signals into vibration signals of the glass diaphragm and making the flat panel display emitting sound.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Glass Acoustic Innovations Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yao-Sheng Chou, Hsiao-Yi Lin, Yi-Feng Wei
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Patent number: 12188798Abstract: An acoustic band-pass filter assembly includes an inlet, a microphone configured to receive acoustic energy from the inlet, and a plurality of resonator chambers disposed in series between the inlet and the microphone and configured to transmit acoustic energy between the inlet and the microphone. Each of the plurality of resonator chambers has a different cross-sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Intelligent Agricultural Solutions LLCInventor: Marshall T Bremer
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Patent number: 12185071Abstract: A display device includes: a control unit that specifies a sound source position from an image displayed on a display unit, and performs different types of signal processing on a voice signal synchronized with the image according to the sound source position, the voice signal being output to a plurality of sets of speaker units, the plurality of sets of speaker units including at least one set of speaker units provided on an upper portion of the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Daisuke Yamaoka
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Patent number: 12155993Abstract: A high pitch enhanced passive radiator is adapted to be utilized in a passive radiator speaker. The high pitch enhanced passive radiator includes a shell, a woofer, and the passive radiator speaker. The shell has a first slot and a second slot. The woofer is connected to the first slot. The passive radiator speaker is connected to the second slot and includes a flange, a piezoelectric speaker, and a counterweight plate. The piezoelectric speaker is connected to the flange. The projected area of the counterweight plate and the projected area of the piezoelectric speaker at least partially overlap with each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventors: Xiao-Qin Wang, Li-Ping Pan
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Patent number: 12100314Abstract: Examples of an aiding device for singers are described. The aiding device comprises a body that has a periphery edge, a top wall and a smooth inner wall. The top wall curves away from the periphery edge thus forming a cup-like cavity which is shaped to define a first chamber and a second chamber that are interconnected together. The first chamber is shaped and sized to fit over an earlobe of a singer while the second chamber has a distal end that is designed and configured to be positioned in proximity to a user's mouth. When in use the first chamber encloses one of user's ears and the distal end of the second chamber is positioned in proximity to user's mouth with the periphery edge pressed against user's face such that a sound produced by the user is captured and travels into the second and first chamber and is reflected back from the smooth inner wall producing echo within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Inventor: Dunya Muaffak
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Patent number: 12052539Abstract: A loudspeaker is disclosed, including a driver diaphragm, an enclosure and an outlet. The driver diaphragm is configured to produce acoustic waves. The enclosure includes an upper wall disposed opposite to the driver diaphragm and having an inner surface facing to the driver diaphragm, and a side wall connecting the upper wall to the driver diaphragm. The outlet is defined at the upper wall or the side wall, and configured to output the acoustic waves. The driver diaphragm and the enclosure define a front volume chamber communicating with the outlet. The front volume chamber and the outlet form a front cavity. The inner surface has a protruding part located close to the outlet, a distance from a position at the protruding part to the driver diaphragm is smaller than that from a position at other parts of the inner surface to the driver diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Juha Backman
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Patent number: 12028677Abstract: A sound output device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a speaker configured to generate sound; a guide tube formed in a shape of a hollow tube, the guide tube configured to receive the sound generated from the speaker, through an end of the guide tube, and output the received sound; and a waveguide disposed between the speaker and the guide tube. The waveguide includes: a throat tube configured to connect the speaker and the guide tube to each other, and formed in a shape of a hollow tube, and at least one path change structure configured to adjust a predetermined frequency band of the sound in a process of transmitting the sound generated from the speaker to the guide tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongkyu Park, Sangchul Ko, Donghyun Jung
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Patent number: 11974114Abstract: Example techniques involve outputting multiple audio channels using a multiple driver playback device. An example playback device receives a first and second channel of audio content. The playback device plays back play back the first channel via a first group of audio transducers such that the first group of audio transducers form, via superposition, a first response lobe having a maximum in a first direction. Further, the playback device plays back the second channel via a second group of audio transducers such that the second group of audio transducers form, via superposition, a second response lobe having a maximum in a second direction that is separated by an angle of at least 45° from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Mike Chamness, Romi Kadri
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Patent number: 11968514Abstract: The application relates to a vibration sounding device including: a housing body with a containment cavity and a sounding unit arranged in the containment cavity. The sounding unit includes a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system. The magnetic circuit system includes a main magnet and a secondary magnet assembly. The vibration sounding device also includes an elastic assembly, a weight assembly, and a drive coil. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. By virtue of the configuration, it is beneficial to simplify the forming process of the weight assembly, reduce the production cost, and also facilitate the replacement of the drive coil.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo Xiao, Chenliang Kong, Tong Zhang, Ronglin Linghu
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Patent number: 11962982Abstract: A vibration exciter for an electronic product comprises a first vibration assembly comprising a first casing (101) and a magnetic circuit assembly below thereof; a second vibration assembly comprising a second casing (105) and at least two groups of coils (102) above thereof and on two sides of the magnetic circuit assembly; the magnetic circuit assembly comprises a central magnet (103b) and at least two side magnets (103a, 103b) in a vibration direction, the magnetizing directions of the two side magnets are parallel to an axial direction of the coils, directions of magnetic poles are opposite; the central magnet comprises at least two groups of magnets (103b, 1032b) in a direction perpendicular to the vibration direction, the magnetizing directions of the at least two groups of magnets are parallel to the vibration direction the directions of the magnetic poles are opposite. The electronic product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: GOERTEK INC.Inventors: Dezhang Shi, Yongqiang Wang, Dongsheng Mao, Yueguang Zhu
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Patent number: 11943583Abstract: A speaker system includes a first acoustic transducer, a second acoustic transducer and a spreading structure. The first acoustic transducer is configured to generate a first acoustic wave. The second acoustic transducer is configured to generate a second acoustic wave. The spreading structure is disposed over the first acoustic transducer and configured to guide the first acoustic wave to propagate through a sound passage formed within the spreading structure. A directionality of the first acoustic wave is spread at a sound outlet of the spreading structure after the first acoustic wave propagates through the sound passage in the spreading structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: xMEMS Labs, Inc.Inventor: Neal Edwin Breitbarth
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Patent number: 11930311Abstract: Provided is a sound output apparatus including a functional mechanism that performs a specified function; an oscillation providing mechanism that oscillates, as an oscillation-provision-target member, a member included in the functional mechanism; and an oscillation controller that controls an oscillation operation performed by the oscillation providing mechanism, on the basis of sound information. The oscillation providing mechanism includes an actuator, a support member, and a biasing member. The actuator generates oscillation along a specified oscillation axis, and includes a rear end that is situated opposite to the oscillation-provision-target member in an axial direction of the oscillation axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Takanobu Wada, Tetsuya Minakawa
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Patent number: 11930338Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, and a sound generating device on a rear surface of the display panel. The sound generating device includes a bobbin, and a protection member on the bobbin.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: YeongRak Choi, KwanHo Park, Sungtae Lee
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Patent number: 11910156Abstract: Implementations of the subject technology provide an acoustic module with fins integrated within the acoustic module to reduce acoustic noise. Airflow caused by pressure changes due to an oscillating diaphragm can be diverted by the fins within the acoustic module. The diverted airflow provide a more uniform airflow distribution within the acoustic module, which leads to a lower peak velocity and less unwanted noise. Fins may include a curved or crescent shape and may be spaced in a certain manner to divert the airflow.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Marco Baratelli, Claudio Notarangelo, Matthew A. Donarski, Mo C. Chan
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Patent number: 11849295Abstract: The flat loudspeaker including an enclosure in the form of a support frame, a sound-emitting rectangular membrane attached to the frame, and an electrodynamic vibration exciter located opposite the membrane. Besides, the vibration exciter is attached with one of its ends to the membrane within a special line passing along the plane of the rectangular membrane, emerging from any vertex of the rectangular membrane, and ending at a point on the opposite vertex of the membrane's horizontal side located at a distance of ? of the membrane's opposite side from the top horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Danilo Herger
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Patent number: 11770663Abstract: An earpiece of hearing device for insertion into an ear canal of a user and having a longitudinal axis, the earpiece includes an earpiece housing having a distal end, a proximal end, and an outer surface connecting the distal end to the proximal end, a receiver comprising a receiver housing, the receiver located within the earpiece housing, and a vent mechanism arranged in the earpiece housing, wherein the vent mechanism is arranged distal to the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: GN HEARING A/SInventors: Jan Johansen, Timea Denisa Merca, Maria Chantziara
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Patent number: 11758319Abstract: An acoustic sensor includes port architecture designed to mitigate wind noise. The acoustic sensor includes a primary waveguide having two ports open to a local area surrounding the acoustic sensor. One opening of a secondary waveguide is coupled to portion of the primary waveguide, with another opening of the secondary waveguide coupled to a microphone. The secondary waveguide has a smaller cross-section than the primary waveguide. Hence, airflow is directed from a port of the primary waveguide to the other port of the primary waveguide and back into the local area, bypassing the microphone.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Limin Zhou, Gongqiang Yu, Alan Ng
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Patent number: 11758330Abstract: The device includes a case, a flat membrane, a drive for acoustic vibrations of the transverse acoustic wave. The case is made in the form of a support frame, and a sound-emitting flat rectangular membrane is fixed to the frame. The membrane is made in the form of a honeycomb layer, a surface layer glued to the honeycomb structure from both sides, and a stabilizing impregnating composition covering the surface layers. The acoustic vibrations drive is made in the form of an acoustic vibration exciter, including ferrite parts of the magnetic circuit. The acoustic vibration exciter is attached with one of its ends to the flat membrane within a special line passing along the plane of the rectangular membrane, emerging from any top of the rectangular membrane, and ending at a point on the opposite top of the membrane's horizontal side located at a distance of ? of the membrane's opposite side from the top horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventor: Danilo Herger
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Patent number: 11664779Abstract: An acoustic impedance matching device can facilitate acoustic transmission across an interface formed by materials having a very large acoustic impedance mismatch (e.g. air-water, or air-elastic polymer). The device can include a first medium. The first medium can have a first acoustic impedance. The device can include a second medium. The second medium can have a second acoustic impedance. The second acoustic impedance can be substantially greater than the first acoustic impedance. Thus, the first acoustic impedance and the second acoustic impedance are substantially mismatched. An interface can be defined between the first medium and the second medium. A bubble can be located in the second medium or the interface. The bubble can act as a resonator and can enable efficient sound transmission despite the large impedance mismatch of the first medium and the second medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Taehwa Lee, Hideo Iizuka
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Patent number: 11627411Abstract: AMENDMENT TO THE ABSTRACT The invention relates to an enclosure for diffusing sound by reverberation comprising:—a loudspeaker comprising a fixed frame, a cylindrical support and a membrane connected to an upper bearing surface of the frame; and—a wave guide mounted on the upper bearing surface, the wave guide being substantially in the form of a truncated pyramid with a long wall forming a front face, a short wall and lateral uprights; the wave guide comprising at least one acoustic wall fastened to the lateral uprights, the acoustic wall extending tangentially relative to the generatrix line of the cylindrical support closest to the front face.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: FOCAL JMLABInventor: Arnaud Cazes Bouchet
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Patent number: 11601748Abstract: A loudspeaker is provided that includes an outer tubular section, an inner tubular section at least partially disposed within the outer tubular section, a driver disposed in the inner tubular section at an angle offset from a cross-sectional plane of the inner tubular section, a sound deflector disposed at a first end of the outer tubular section, and a void defined collectively by a space between a first end of the inner tubular section within the outer tubular section and the sound deflector, and a space between an outer portion of the inner tubular section and an inner portion of the outer tubular section. The sound produced by the driver passes through the void via the space between the first end of the inner tubular section within the outer tubular section and the sound deflector, and then via the space between the outer portion of the inner tubular section and the inner portion of the outer tubular section.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: Paul M. Krueger
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Patent number: 11546680Abstract: A flat plate audio transducer. A front panel and a back panel are connected via a frame. One or more electromagnetic actuators are mounted between the two panels. Voice coils are used as the actuators in some embodiments. Stiffening braces are preferably run between groups of actuators to prevent unwanted resonance phenomena. In some embodiments an actuator array moves both the front and back panels. In other embodiments only one panel is moved.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventor: F. Bruce Thigpen
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Patent number: 11533557Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide directional speakers and haptic devices for each guest of a ride vehicle. A controller may receive a vehicle location, seat location data, input audio data, and input haptic data. The seat location data may include a guest's seat location in the ride vehicle and/or the guest's preferences (e.g., a preferred language, volume preferences, or content rating preference). The controller may generate different audio output signals corresponding to different guests based on the input audio data, the vehicle location, and/or the seat location data, and generate different haptic output signals corresponding to different guests based on the input haptic data, the vehicle location, and/or the seat location data. The controller may then instruct directional speaker directed at the seat locations of the different guests to output the different audio output signals and instruct haptic devices directed at the seat locations to output the different haptic output signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Gregory S. Hall, Corrie Pickering
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Patent number: 11533576Abstract: A method for generating sound within a predetermined environment, the method comprising: emitting a first audio signal from a first location; and concurrently emitting a second audio signal from a second location, wherein: the first location and second location are distinct within the environment; the first audio signal and second audio signal have the same frequency; and the first audio signal and second audio signal have a phase difference that varies as a function of time to limit the time-averaged interference fluctuation across the environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: CAE INC.Inventors: Laurent Desmet, Maxime Ayotte, Marc-Andre Giguere
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Patent number: 11432058Abstract: A housing assembly and an electronic device are provided. The housing assembly comprises a middle frame. The middle frame comprises a side surface. A first sound cavity, a second sound cavity and a sound output hole are arranged at the middle frame. One end of the first sound cavity corresponds to a receiver. The other end of the first sound cavity extends toward the side surface and communicates with the second sound cavity. The second sound cavity extends in a lengthwise direction of the side surface and is in communication with the sound output hole. The invention employs a sound guiding channel having an offset configuration to communicate a receiver with an external environment, thereby ensuring quality of an audio output while reducing an occupied region near the sound output hole and improving the appearance of a product to meet the appearance requirement.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Heng Zhang, Shenbo Yan
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Patent number: 11350194Abstract: A loudspeaker including a diaphragm having a front surface facing in a forward direction for producing sound to be radiated outwardly from the loudspeaker in the forward direction and a back surface facing in a backward direction that is opposite to the forward direction; a magnet unit configured to provide magnetic field in a predetermined region of space; a voice coil rigidly connected to the diaphragm, wherein the voice coil is configured to produce a magnetic field in use which interacts with the magnetic field provided by the magnet unit in the predetermined region of space so as to move the diaphragm along a longitudinal axis of the loudspeaker; a flexible dustcap attached to the diaphragm and an attachment surface of the loudspeaker that is fixed with respect to the magnet unit and is located radially inwards of the voice coil relative to the longitudinal axis of the loudspeaker.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: PSS BELGIUIM NVInventor: Johan Schepens
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Patent number: 11290810Abstract: A device includes a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) element configured to sense acoustic signals. The device also includes a circuitry configured to enable the microphone element to sense the acoustic signals. The circuitry is further configured to disable the microphone element to prevent the microphone element to sense the acoustic signals. It is appreciated that the circuitry is further configured to apply a test signal to the MEMS element when the microphone element is disabled. The microphone element outputs a signal in response to the test signal to the circuitry. The circuitry in response to the output signal with a first value determines that a diaphragm of the MEMS element is nonoperational and the circuitry in response to the output signal with a second value determines that the diaphragm of the MEMS element is operational.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: Marek Matej, Stefano Riva
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Patent number: 11212605Abstract: An electronic device including a housing comprising one or more walls that define an interior cavity and that include a first wall having an audio opening extending through the first wall from an exterior surface of the housing to the interior cavity; a bracket disposed within the interior cavity and having first and second opposing surfaces, a first channel extending along the first surface and having a first end spaced apart from and surrounding the audio opening, and a second channel fluidly coupled to and extending perpendicular to the first channel through the second surface at a location laterally displaced from the audio opening; and a microphone disposed within the interior cavity and coupled to the second surface of the bracket over the second channel, wherein the bracket cooperates with the first wall to create an acoustic pathway that extends from the audio opening through the first wall, through the first channel and through the second channel to the microphone.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Michael K. Mondry, Allegra Shum, Brian A. Argyres, Benjamin J. Pope, Sherry Cao
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Patent number: 11057710Abstract: A loudspeaker having: a magnetic unit, a voice coil axially movable in the air gap of the magnetic unit, a basket fixed to the magnetic unit, a membrane fixed to the cylindrical support of the voice coil and connected to the basket, and a vibrating element fixed to said membrane by means of a rim. The vibrating element has a base fixed to the membrane, a shank that projects from the base and a mass that projects from the shank in cantilever mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Inventor: Dario Cinanni
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Patent number: 10993021Abstract: The present application provides a speaker module, and the speaker module includes a housing having a receiving space and a speaker unit mounted in the receiving space. The speaker unit divides the receiving space into a front cavity and a rear cavity opposite to the front cavity. The speaker module further includes a sound absorbing cover received in the rear cavity and fixedly connected to the housing. A connecting surface of the housing to be connected to the sound absorbing cover is provided with a recess facing towards the sound absorbing cover. The recess is in communication with the rear cavity, and a surface of the sound absorbing cover facing towards the recess is an air-permeable surface. Compared with the related art, the speaker module provided by the present disclosure has better acoustic performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Wei Song, Fan Zhang
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Patent number: 10993030Abstract: A head-worn audio system includes a support frame, a first contact element configured to contact a first portion of a head of a user, a first actuator coupled to the support frame and configured to move the first contact element, a first sensor configured to generate a first sensor signal indicating a first state of the first contact element and a second sensor signal indicating a second state of the first contact element, and a processor. The processor is communicatively coupled to the first actuator and the first sensor and is configured to cause the first actuator to move the first contact element from a first position that corresponds to the first state to a second position that corresponds to the second state, wherein, in the second state, the first contact element is in contact with the head of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Adam Boulanger, Joseph Verbeke, Stefan Marti, Davide Di Censo
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Patent number: 10863293Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electro-acoustic conversion device and a terminal. The electro-acoustic conversion device includes a housing, an electro-acoustic component, and a vibration element. The housing is provided with a sound chamber and a sound outlet communicating with the sound chamber. The electro-acoustic component is arranged in the sound chamber. The vibration element is fixed to the housing and configured to generate sound waves to atomize liquid in the sound chamber, so that the atomized liquid is discharged outside the sound chamber through the sound outlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignees: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD., KING TONE INNOVATION (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Bixiang Yan, Xin Yan
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Patent number: 10863262Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (22) for controlling a loudspeaker in an enclosure, the device (22) comprising: a unit (36) for duplicating a desired dynamic signal (Sdyn) to obtain two identical desired dynamic signals (Sdyn1, Sdyn2), a first processing unit (38) configured to process the first desired dynamic signal (Sdyn1) to obtain a first processed signal (Sdyn1?) whereof the frequencies are less than or equal to a predetermined frequency, a second processing unit (40) configured to process the second desired dynamic signal (Sdyn2) to obtain a second processed signal (Sdyn2?) whereof the frequencies are strictly greater than the predetermined frequency, and a unit (42) for combining the processed first and second signals (Sdyn1?, Sdyn2?) to obtain a control signal (Scommande) of the loudspeaker.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: DEVIALETInventor: Vu Hoang Co Thuy
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Patent number: 10837772Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with pressure sensors. A pressure sensor may be mounted within a device housing in a pressure sensor cavity at or near an opening in the housing. A barometric vent between a main cavity within the housing and the pressure sensor cavity allows pressure changes in the main cavity to generate airflow through the pressure sensor cavity and out through the opening in the device housing. The generated airflow may clear debris that has occluded the opening in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David MacNeil, William S. Lee, Eric N. Nyland
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Patent number: 10674250Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a speaker box which includes an upper cover, a lower cover fixed to the upper cover in a covering manner and forming an accommodating space with the lower cover, and a sound unit accommodated in the accommodating space. The sound unit and the upper cover define a front cavity. The sound unit, the lower cover and the upper cover define a rear cavity together. The speaker box further includes a cover plate fixed to one side of the upper cover away from the lower cover, and an air-permeable isolating member. The cover plate and the upper cover are separated and define an auxiliary cavity which is filed with sound-absorbing particles. The air-permeable isolating member is fixed to the upper cover and completely covers the through hole, and the air-permeable isolating member encloses the sound-absorbing particles in the auxiliary cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanlong Wang, Fuhu Zhang
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Patent number: 10602247Abstract: A loudspeaker, comprising an enclosure; at least one dynamic driver mounted in the enclosure; and a porous sound adsorber material disposed within the enclosure, the sound adsorber material at least comprising a Metallic Organic Framework material.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: SSI New Material (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Christian Lembacher, Christoph Schmauder
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Patent number: 10559294Abstract: The present technique relates to an acoustic tube and an acoustic reproduction apparatus that can generate an evanescent wave at a lower cost. An acoustic tube includes an acoustic path longer than an external dimension of the acoustic tube and includes a plurality of opening portions or a slit-like opening portion. When a sound wave advances in the acoustic tube, sound waves are output from the plurality of opening portions or from a plurality of positions of the slit-like opening portion, and the sound waves are combined to form an evanescent wave. The present technique can be applied to an acoustic tube, an acoustic reproduction apparatus including the acoustic tube, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsu Magariyachi, Yuhki Mitsufuji, Yu Maeno
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Patent number: 10555090Abstract: A MEMS microphone system with encapsulated movable electrode is provided. The MEMS microphone system comprises a MEMS sensor having an access channel, a plug, and first and second members. The access channel configured to receive the plug is formed on at least one of the first and second member. A vacuum having a pressure different from a pressure outside the MEMS sensor is formed between the first and second members.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignees: Akustica, Inc., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jochen Reinmuth, Vijaye Rajaraman, Daniel Meisel, Bernhard Gehl
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Patent number: 10178468Abstract: An acoustic system is provided that includes a transducer having a housing, which encloses a volume and in which at least a surface or a sub-surface is formed by a sheet-like structure configured to vibrate. Powder made of adsorbent material having an adsorption effective surface may be present in the volume. The powder may be selected such that, through a movement of the powder caused by vibrations of the sheet-like structure configured to vibrate, the adsorption effective surface is enlarged. The adsorbent material may be selected such that an adsorption of air or gas present in the volume is caused by an increase of the pressure caused from vibrations of the sheet-like structure configured to vibrate. The powder is freely movable within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Karlheinz Bay, Michael Leistner, Philip Leistner, Waldemar Maysenhölder
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Patent number: 9918161Abstract: A speaker box is disclosed. The speaker box includes a housing; a speaker unit accommodated in the housing and including a diaphragm for generating sound; a front sound cavity cooperatively formed by the diaphragm and the housing; a sound channel communicating the front sound cavity with outside space of the speaker box; and a sound-absorbing device disposed in the sound channel. The sound-adsorbing device includes an accommodation housing, sound-absorbing powder filled in the accommodation housing and a separation net sealing the accommodation housing. The speaker box achieves designed acoustic parameters with good acoustic performance.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.Inventors: Zhizhu Chen, Miao Miao, Fuhu Zhang, Chengliang Wang, Cheng Qian
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Patent number: 9407977Abstract: A loudspeaker device is presented which includes a zeolite material comprising zeolite particles having a silicon to aluminum mass ratio of at least 200. For an increased pore fraction of pores with a diameter in a range between 0.7 micrometer and 30 micrometer shows an increased shift of the resonance frequency down to lower frequencies has been observed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignees: Nanoscape AG, Knowles IPC (M) SDN BHDInventors: Maria Papakyriacou, Johannes Kobler, Jürgen Sauer
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Patent number: 9319776Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an acoustic manipulator element is provided. The acoustic manipulator element is arrangable relatively to an acoustic source in a manner that the acoustic manipulator element splits frequency selectively sound waves originating from the acoustic source in a reflected and a through component, wherein at least a portion of the acoustic waves of the through component is attenuated by at most 15 dB for acoustic frequencies having a wavelength between 200 Hz and 16000 Hz compared to the sound waves of the acoustic source.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Inventor: Hubert Hochleitner
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Patent number: 9020178Abstract: The present invention provides a novel drive unit mounting arrangement, in which a drive unit having a chassis is mounted to a cabinet from at least two sides. The arrangement comprises a member for securing the drive unit to the cabinet from mounting points of the chassis. The arrangement further comprises a suspension member between the mounting points of the chassis and the cabinet such as to suspend the drive unit chassis elastically to the cabinet for allowing suspension in both forward and rearward directions.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Genelec OyInventors: Ilpo Martikainen, Markku Kulomäki, Aki Mäkivirta, Jussi Väisänen, Noa Eskelinen, Jari Mäkinen, Pekka Nissinen
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Publication number: 20150110293Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for acoustic optimization. An example playback device includes a first transducer to at least one of output sound waves and receive sound waves, a second transducer to at least one of output sound waves and receive sound waves, and an acoustic grille positioned in relation to the first transducer, where the acoustic grille is to reflect sound waves received at a first angle of incidence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Daniel C. Wiggins
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Publication number: 20150110326Abstract: An anti-diffraction plate for including in a planar magnetic transducer. The anti-diffraction plate includes anti-diffraction structures for positioning adjacent to magnets of the planar magnetic transducer. By introducing a shape over top surface of the magnets, the anti-diffraction structures cause the elimination of diffraction patterns as a main audio wavefront passes by the magnets from a diaphragm. A diffusion structure for diffusing reflected sound waves, the diffusion structures reducing or eliminating the power and capacity of the reflected sound waves to create interference patterns with oncoming sound waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Dragoslav Colich
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Patent number: 9008343Abstract: An annular diaphragm compression driver for electro-acoustic conversion has an annular diaphragm, which bears a moving coil, and a compression driver housing with a closed housing base. Opposite the housing base is a sound wave routing element having a sound discharge channel. The compression driver also has an annular magnet system unit, which has an annular magnet gap (M) and a compression chamber, adjoining the magnet gap (M), for the annular diaphragm. The open exit end of the sound discharge channel is in slot form and its entry start is annular. The sound path between the compression chamber and the entry start contains an annular collecting space. The collecting space and the sound discharge channel contain a central sound guidance body having a portion which merges to match the slot-like exit end. The sound discharge channel is formed between the sound guidance body and the sound wave routing element.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: BMS Speakers GmbHInventor: Dimitar Kirilov Dimitrov
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Publication number: 20150092973Abstract: A system and method for enhancing the real and/or perceived bass band of an audio signal is disclosed. A computationally simple yet effective bass band enhancement system for use in consumer electronics applications is disclosed. An audio processing system including bass enhancement functionality for use in a mobile audio system is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2012Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: ACTIWAVE ABInventor: Pär Gunnars Risberg
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Patent number: 8995700Abstract: An acoustic transducer may comprise a sound source, a throat connected to the sound source, and a horn connected to the throat. The horn may be arranged on a wall, wherein the throat is designed such that a path of the sound from the sound source to an interface between the throat and the horn is shorter in a region close to the wall than at a region that is remote from the wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: d&b audiotechnik GmbHInventor: Frank Bothe