Abstract: An in-ear earphone, including a casing, a speaker, and an attenuation guide, is provided. The casing includes a sound outlet and a first through hole. An inside of the casing has a first accommodating space. The speaker is disposed in the first accommodating space. The casing defines a front cavity and a rear cavity by the speaker. The attenuation guide is formed in the casing and includes at least a first attenuation channel and a second attenuation channel. The first attenuation channel has a first inlet and a first outlet. The first inlet is connected to the first through hole. The second attenuation channel has a second inlet and a second outlet. The second inlet, the first outlet, and the rear cavity are acoustically connected, and the second outlet is connected to the front cavity.

Abstract: A wireless earbud including an outer housing, an internal assembly, and an inner housing. The outer housing and the inner housing may couple together to form a water tight enclosure for the internal assembly. The internal assembly may include components that carry out a function of the wireless earbud, such as printed circuit boards, network interfaces, batteries, loudspeakers, and so forth. The outer housing may also include a proximity sensor for receiving touch and/or antenna(s) for communicatively coupling the wireless earbud to other electronic devices. Additionally, the inner housing may include a charging module for the wireless earbud.

Abstract: An audio system includes a speaker and a processor. The processor determines a privacy setting for an audio signal. The privacy setting may be selected by a user. The privacy setting may indicate activation of a private mode, or may indicate a privacy level from a range of privacy levels. The processor determines an audio filter that adjusts the audio signal to mitigate sound leakage when presented by the speaker based on the privacy setting. The audio filter may include a low-pass filter and a multiband compressor. The parameters of the audio filter may vary based on the privacy setting. The processor applies the audio filter to the audio signal to generate a filtered audio signal and provides the filtered audio signal to the speaker.

Abstract: A three-dimensional earpiece production system for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional earpieces based on scanned images of an ear which conformably engage the outer ear of a wearer.

Abstract: An earphone comprising a rear chamber and a vent structure. The vent structure comprises a longitudinal recess in the housing wall, which recess is defined by a bottom wall and recess walls connecting the bottom wall and the housing wall, a recess opening in the recess, which recess opening connects the recess and the rear chamber, a mesh device arranged parallel with the bottom wall, whereby a longitudinal recess cavity is provided between the bottom wall and the mesh structure. The invention also relates to the manufacturing such an earphone.

Abstract: Technology for a wearable heart rate monitoring device is disclosed. The wearable heart rate monitoring device can include a heart rate sensor operable to collect sensor data, a modulator operable to generate a modulated signal that includes the sensor data, a housing configured to engage a body feature or surface in a manner that allows for heart rate detection, and a communication module configured to transmit the sensor data in the modulated signal to a mobile computing device via a wired connection that is power limited. The mobile computing device is typically configured to demodulate the modulated signal in order to extract the sensor data.

Abstract: The present application discloses a sound-output device, a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The vibration speaker is coupled to the air-conducted speaker through a mechanical structure; and the bone-conducted sound wave is input to the air-conducted speaker at least in part as an input signal.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an audio system configured to provide enhancement of low audio frequencies. The audio system includes a tissue transducer and a speaker coupled to the tissue transducer. The tissue transducer is configured to be coupled to a tissue of a user (e.g., pinna of a user's ear). The speaker includes a diaphragm having a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface. The first surface is configured to generate a first set of airborne acoustic pressure waves, and the second surface is configured to generate a backpressure. The tissue transducer is driven by the backpressure to vibrate the tissue to form a second set of acoustic pressure waves. The first set of airborne acoustic pressure waves and the second set of acoustic pressure waves together form audio content that is presented to the user.

Abstract: Various aspects include wearable audio devices and related systems. In particular implementations, a wearable audio device includes: a base having: an acoustic transducer; a controller coupled with the acoustic transducer; and terminals for connecting a power source; and a first cap including: an antenna; and a battery including terminals for connecting with the terminals in the base, where the first cap is removably coupled to the base.

Abstract: A device includes a balloon inflation module having an involuted balloon housed within a lumen, an integrated reservoir in fluid communication with the involuted balloon where the balloon inflation module is configured to selectively displace a volume of fluid from the integrated reservoir into the involuted balloon and from the involuted balloon into the integrated reservoir. The device also includes a port configured to receive an accessory module. In one embodiment, the accessory module is a communication module having a logic circuit coupled to an ambient microphone configured to pick up ambient audio content, an ear canal microphone configured to pick up audio in the proximity of an ear canal, and an ear canal receiver configured to provide audio content in the proximity of the ear canal. In some embodiments, the integrated reservoir is formed within portions of a push button spring-loaded pump assembly. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An earphone comprising housing, a speaker, a speaker protrusion extending along a protrusion axis and comprising an inner protrusion surface and an outer protrusion surface, a resilient eargel comprising an inner eargel surface and an outer eargel surface. The eargel is detachably attached to the speaker protrusion, such that the outer protrusion surface abuts an abutment part of the inner eargel surface in an abutment zone extending along the protrusion axis. The eargel is adapted to be inserted into the outer ear of a user, such that it abuts the ear canal of a user, whereby a cavity is provided between at least the speaker, the inner protrusion surface, the inner eargel surface and the ear canal. The earphone is provided with a vent channel coupling the cavity and the ambient, wherein the vent channel comprises a groove (8) in the outer protrusion surface or the inner eargel surface.

Abstract: An earbud design is disclosed that is configured to sit securely within an ear of a user. The earbud can be secured within the ear by an anchoring feature formed from an elastomeric material. The anchoring feature has a size and shape in accordance with an interior geometry of an ear of a user. Because the anchoring feature positions the earbud with respect to the ear, geometries of the earbud can be focused upon audio performance and/or device aesthetics. In some embodiments, the earbud housing can have a linear design which allows an audio driver within the earbud housing to be positioned close to an opening defined by the earbud housing. In this way, acoustic degradation associated with a long audio path from the audio driver to the opening can be avoided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses for manipulation of an ear device within the ear canal of a subject. Also disclosed herein are methods of using said apparatuses for the insertion, removal, or other manipulations of the ear device. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the apparatuses, and kits containing the apparatus with instructions for use.

Abstract: A hearing device includes: a sensor configured for placement in an ear canal of a user of the hearing device, the sensor configured to provide a sensor signal; a processing unit coupled to the sensor; and a receiver coupled to the processing unit, wherein the receiver is configured to provide an audio output; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a presence of eye-movement related eardrum oscillation based at least in part on the sensor signal. The detected eye-movement related eardrum oscillations may be used to change a processing in the hearing device.

Abstract: An earpiece including an intra-auricular support positionable in an auricle of an ear, a portion of the intra-auricular support configured as an intra-auricular support base securable to an earphone housing of an earphone.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to audio data processing methods and devices. One example method includes obtaining a first audio data and a second audio data, converting the first audio data into a first channel of audio data and converting the second audio data into a second channel of audio data, and at least one of outputting the first channel of audio data to a first audio output device or outputting the second channel of audio data to a second audio output device.

Abstract: The technology provides a device, such as a wireless earbud, with capacitive sensing capabilities. For instance, the device may include a housing, and a conductive support positioned inside the housing. The device may further include one or more processors configured to measure a combined capacitance of a plurality of electrodes at the conductive support. Based on the combined capacitance, the one or more processors may detect that the conductive support is inserted into an ear. The one or more processors may then operate the device in a first mode based on detecting that the conductive support is inserted into an ear.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a wearable device, a wearing detection method and a storage medium. The wearable device includes: a device housing; a capacitive sensor, a processing module and a metal structural component which are provided inside the device housing, where the metal structural component is adhered to the capacitive sensor. The metal structural component is configured to increase an electrostatic induction region of the capacitive sensor; the processing module is configured to: obtain a real-time capacitance value and an inherent capacitance value of the capacitive sensor to ground, determine a real-time difference between the real-time capacitance value and the inherent capacitance value, and determine the wearable device to be in a worn state when the real-time difference is greater than a preset threshold.

Abstract: A tinnitus treatment device may include a sound generation unit configured to generate an electrical stimulus, and an open earphone operably coupled to the sound generation unit to produce acoustic vibrations based on the electrical stimulus. The open earphone may include an auditory passage and the open earphone may be insertable into an ear canal of a person such that the auditory passage enables sound to pass substantially unobstructed by the device into the ear canal of the person. The sound generation unit may be configured to be adjustable to tune the electrical stimulus based on a characteristic of tinnitus symptoms experienced by the person.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present invention and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.

Abstract: An active medical device, including an input receiver configured to receive a frequency-varying input signal, and a functional component that reacts to the input signal and consumes power at a rate dependant on the frequency of portions of the input signal to which the functional component reacts, wherein the active medical device is configured to adjust one or more portions of the input signal corresponding to portions of the input signal where the functional component consumes power at a rate that is greater than that of other portions of the input signal.

Abstract: An in-ear headphone includes a shell, a speaker, a circuit board, and a sensing structure. The shell has an accommodating space. The speaker is disposed in the accommodating space. The circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the speaker. A sensing chip is disposed on the circuit board. The sensing structure includes a sensing member and a transmission member. The sensing member protrudes from a front end of the shell and has a conductor. The sensing member is electrically connected to the sensing chip by the transmission member. A material of the sensing member is different from a material of the shell.

Abstract: An earpiece including an earbud. The earbud includes a stem having a proximal end and a distal end, a speaker disposed inside the stem at the distal end, and a sleeve disposed inside the stem. The earpiece also includes a housing connected to the proximal end of the stem. The housing contains firmware configured to communicate electronically with the speaker and to communicate wirelessly with an external device. The housing also contains curved partial sleeves. Each of the curved partial sleeves is adjacent an inner surface of a wall of the housing.

Abstract: A safe earphone includes a wired safe earphone and an over ear safe headphone, having plurality of speakers with different frequency responses respectively used for two ears to listen, so the frequency response is particularly good; it is provided with a noise reduction signal conversion system which effectively converts the transmission of the active noise reduction frequency signal into the transmission of the passive audio signal and then restore to the transmission of the active audio signal after transmission of 1000 mm in length, therefore human body is isolated from radiation of communication at a long distance, which achieves a good a high degree of radiation protection, and solving the technical problem that the microphone of the existing radiation-proof earphone must be placed outside the air tube. Therefore, the invention is an excellent safe earphone achieving highly radiation-proof, having high sound quality and noise reduction function.

Abstract: An ear tip apparatus for use with a hearing device is provided and comprises a malleable structure. The malleable structure is sized and configured for placement in an ear canal of a user. The malleable structure is deformable to allow an adjustable venting of the ear canal, thereby minimizing the occlusion effect. Methodology for adjusting a degree of venting of the ear canal is also provided, including the automatic adjustments. Adjusting the degree of venting may be done in response to one or more of detected feedback or an environmental cue.

Abstract: An earphone includes a driver body, an insertion portion extending from the driver body and configured to be inserted in an ear canal, a cover body covering the driver body and including, a first opening at a position corresponding to the insertion portion, and a projection configured to come into contact with a concha. The driver body is configured to attach and detach any of a plurality of types of cover bodies each including the projection with a height thereof projecting from the cover body, the heights of the projections of the plurality of types of cover bodies being different and increasing as a distance from the opening to the respective projection is increased.

Abstract: A hearing device has an ear plug for insertion into an ear canal of a user of the hearing device. The ear plug comprises a vent having a vent valve device configured to open or close the vent. The hearing device is configured to obtain a predetermined audio signal representing a sound emitted by the vent when the vent valve device is being manipulated. The signal processor is configured to output a phase-inverted version of the predetermined audio signal to the receiver substantially at the same time as the vent valve device is manipulated, thus cancelling out the sound of the vent. The predetermined audio signal may be obtained during manufacture of the hearing device or it may be picked up by an in-the-ear microphone. Accordingly, the unpleasant sound of a vent being opened or closed while the hearing device is worn by a user is reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ear tip. An ear tip according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is mounted on one side of an earphone and configured to be inserted into a wearer's external auditory canal to stably fix a position of the earphone. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide the ear tip including a structure easily and physically removable from a mold without the aid of a separate chemical substance even though a material having high adhesiveness is applied in a manufacturing process.

Abstract: A pair of earbuds are configured with a rotatable knob that connects to the earbud's main body and, responsive to user adjustment, adjusts the size of the silicone ear tip on the fly. The rotatable knob connects to an end of the earbud's main body, and the silicone tip attaches to an opposite end of the rotatable knob. The ear tip, typically comprised of silicone, snugly conforms to a shape of the rotatable knob so that when an adjustment section of the rotatable knob adjusts, the adjustment reflects onto the tip. The earbud's main body is equipped with a receptacle to which connectors on the rotatable knob attach. The connector is part of the rotatable knob, which includes the adjustment section. Clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the knob results in an adjustment to the adjustment section and the size of the knob's exterior.

Abstract: An electronic device for playing audio information to a user includes a body and an ear insert. The body has a speaker therein. The ear insert includes an integrated fin and sound director. The fin and sound director are oriented opposite one another at opposite ends of the ear insert in a longitudinal direction. The fin and sound director each project beyond the body in the longitudinal direction. The sound director is in audio communication with the speaker to direct sound from the speaker through and out of the sound director.

Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for neural network-driven frequency translation for hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include a method of signal processing an input signal in a hearing assistance device, the hearing assistance device including a receiver and a microphone. The method includes performing neural network processing to train a processor to identify acoustic features in a plurality of audio signals and predict target outputs for the plurality of audio signals, and using the trained processor to control frequency translation of the input signal.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for audio output devices with user-based adjustable contact. Information, relating to a user of an audio output element having at least a portion in contact with the user, may be obtained, and conditions affecting outputting of audio signals via the audio output and/or the contact between the audio output element and the user may be assessed based on the obtained information. Adjustments applicable to the audio output element may be determined, based on the assessment of conditions, with at least one adjustment applying to positioning of the at least a portion of the audio output element relative to the user, and with the determining including configuring the at least one adjustment to account for and/or counteract effects of the conditions on one or both of the outputting of the audio signals and the contact between the audio output element and the user.

Abstract: Various aspects include ported wearable audio devices. In certain implementations, a wearable audio device includes: a first cavity; a second cavity; a third cavity; a driver disposed between the first cavity and the second cavity, the driver configured to provide an acoustic output; a first mass and/or resistive port connecting the second cavity and the third cavity; and a second mass and/or resistive port connected to the third cavity.

Abstract: An open-air type earphone with a bracket forming a bass pipe is provided. The open-air type earphone includes: a housing configured to be worn on an ear and having a sound-emitting hole and a back hole; an acoustic transducer mounted within the housing and configured to emit sound to the sound-emitting hole; and one or more brackets mounted between the acoustic transducer and the housing and capable of tuning acoustic characteristics.

Abstract: An illustrative hearing device comprises a controller module and a receiver module including a speaker and an active vent which can be switched between an open state and a closed state, wherein the speaker is electrically connected to the controller module by two differential audio lines, wherein the active vent comprises a solenoid with an inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal connected to the controller module via one of the differential audio lines and the second terminal connected to the controller module either via the other one of the differential audio lines or to at least one control output of the controller module via a separate control line.

Abstract: An earphone includes a housing, a first eartip, and a second eartip. The housing defines a vent hole therein. The first eartip is configured to be mounted on the housing and cover the vent hole. The second eartip is configured to be mounted on the housing and exposing the vent hole. The housing selectively cooperates with one of the first eartip and the second eartip.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transmitting vibrations via an electronic and/or transducer assembly through a tooth or teeth are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure.

Abstract: A speaker unit with microphone is provided. The speaker unit includes a housing, a cover, a vibration element and a microphone. The cover is assembled to the housing and forms a chamber with the housing. The cover has at least one audio hole. The vibration element is disposed in the chamber for generating sound toward the cover. The microphone is fixed on the cover and outside the chamber.

Abstract: An auditory wearable device management system for supporting effective use of an auditory wearable device shared by a collection of people (hereinafter abbreviated as an auditory device) is provided. An auditory wearable device management system for distributing audio information from one or more information sound sources to an auditory device worn by each wearer constituting a collection of people and acting collectively includes wearing information holding means that associates the wearer with a wearing status of the auditory device worn by the wearer as wearing information, audio information distribution control means that outputs distribution control information for designating the wearer, the wearer being a distribution destination of the audio information from each of the one or more information sound sources.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to earphone device supports and earphone support cases. In embodiments described herein, an earphone support is configured to be securely positioned over an earphone device. The earphone support includes a main body with a supporting element extending therefrom. The supporting element has a curvature shaped to follow a contour of the earphone device such that it clips onto to the earphone device. In additional embodiments described herein, an earphone support case is configured to securely store the earphone supports and mate with an earphone device case. The earphone support case has a main body coupled to a lid by a hinge. The main body includes a plurality of earphone support mounts. Each of the earphone support mounts are configured to support one of a plurality of earphone supports such that each earphone support is securely positioned within the earphone support case.

Abstract: A method including establishing, at a first wireless audio device, a first communication channel with a second wireless audio device, receiving, at the first wireless audio device, audio data corresponding to a user utterance, determining that the audio data includes a wake word, transmitting at least a portion of the audio data from the first wireless audio device to a mobile device via a second communication channel, receiving an indication to establish a third communication channel with a second wireless audio device, and establishing the third communication channel with the second wireless audio device.

Abstract: Auricular attachments should be comfortable for long term wear. An auricular interface based on a skirt attachment is disclosed. By separating the uplifting force of the skirt from a separate downward force a more comfortable wearing is achieved. The skirt can optionally be pleated. The objective is achieved by a skirt structure having an outer surface that contacts least a part of an inner part of an outer boundary of a concha of a pinna, without the skirt touching the floor of the concha.

Abstract: A wireless earbud including an outer housing, an internal assembly, and an inner housing. The outer housing and the inner housing may couple together to form a water tight enclosure for the internal assembly. The internal assembly may include components that carry out a function of the wireless earbud, such as printed circuit boards, network interfaces, batteries, loudspeakers, and so forth. The outer housing may also include a proximity sensor for receiving touch and/or antenna(s) for communicatively coupling the wireless earbud to other electronic devices. Additionally, the inner housing may include a charging module for the wireless earbud.

Abstract: In-ear active noise-cancelling (ANC) earphones for which the ANC circuit remains stable even under varying wearing conditions, the earphones being worn so that an eartip of the earphone is at least partially in the external auditory canal, with at least one speaker with a frontal volume leading to a tip area and/or speaker channel, and with at least one ANC microphone. To ensure that the ANC circuit remains stable even with a small available space, the earphones feature the connection of a frontal volume and/or a speaker channel with an additional volume via a tube ending in the tip area.

Abstract: Embodiments describe an attachment mechanism including a wire bent in various directions forming a spring compressible in lateral directions. The wire includes a first wireform feature and a second wireform feature extending from the first wireform feature, where the first wireform feature and the second wireform feature each include: an intermediate segment; a u-shaped segment extending from the intermediate segment; and an end segment extending from the u-shaped segment.

Abstract: One or more sensors are configured to contextualize a series of user generated movements to control one or more electronic devices. For example, a set of earphones comprises one or more sensors for sensing a location of the earphones. The one or more sensors enable earphones such as a pair of bluetooth or earphones wirelessly coupled to a bluetooth enabled electronic device, the capability to understand the configuration of use of the earphones. Based on a location and use or non-use of the earphones, one or more contextual responses is able to be applied for a given action.

Abstract: Aspects describe a nozzle including a first flexible portion and a second rigid portion. The rigid portion is less flexible than the flexible portion. When positioned in a user's ear, the flexible portion extends a section of the earbud housing towards an ear canal of a user and the rigid portion couples a removable sealing structure to the earbud housing. In aspects, the flexible portion provides comfort by allowing a sealing structure to flex and accommodate a wearer's ear and the rigid portion provides structure for the feedback microphone to be placed close to the user's ear canal for ANR.

Abstract: An earphone (1) comprising housing (2), a speaker (3), a speaker protrusion (4) extending along a protrusion axis (Z) and comprising an inner protrusion surface (12) and an outer protrusion surface (6), a resilient eargel (5) comprising an inner eargel surface (10) and an outer eargel surface (13). The eargel (5) is detachably attached to the speaker protrusion (4), such that the outer protrusion surface (6) abuts an abutment part (17) of the inner eargel surface (10) in an abutment zone (27) extending along the protrusion axis (Z). The eargel (5) is adapted to be inserted into the outer ear of a user, such that it abuts the ear canal of a user, whereby a cavity (7) is provided between at least the speaker (3), the inner protrusion surface (12), the inner eargel surface (10) and the ear canal. The earphone (1) is provided with a vent channel (9) coupling the cavity (7) and the ambient, wherein the vent channel (9) comprises a groove (8) in the outer protrusion surface (6) or the inner eargel surface (10).

Abstract: An acoustic receiver employs one or more housing endplates recessed below an edge of a sidewall of the housing. In some implementations, a cured b-stage material is disposed in a recess along an interface between an endplate and a sidewall of the housing, wherein the cured b-stage material acoustically seals at least a portion of the housing. In some implementations, both a top housing endplate and a bottom housing endplate are recessed and have cured b-stage material disposed in respective recesses along an interface between the endplates and housing sidewalls wherein the cured b-stage material acoustically seals a top and bottom portion of the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an earphone having a nozzle-integrated structure with a DSF applied thereto. The earphone includes: a housing formed as a penetrated body, and configured such that a nozzle portion is provided therein; a retainer configured to be fastened inside the housing; a magnet configured to generate magnetic force; a yoke configured to concentrate magnetic force; a plate configured to collect magnetic force; a voice coil configured to generate a magnetic field and vibrate through the interaction with the magnet; and a diaphragm configured to vibrate and generate sound. A penetrated sleeve is provided inside the housing and forms a nozzle portion. A drum safety filter (DSF) hole is formed in one side of the edge of a seating surface and a mesh member is disposed below a portion of the retainer in which the DSF hole is formed.