Abstract: An embodiment smart speaker includes a motor configured to rotate a rotary shaft, a speaker housing connected with the rotary shaft, a first speaker mounted on an inclined surface disposed on an upper end of the speaker housing, a second speaker mounted on a vertical surface of the speaker housing, a cover configured to protect the first speaker and the second speaker, and a controller configured to control a rotation of the first speaker and the second speaker using the motor to radiate a sound in at least one target direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for visualizing sound coverage in a venue. An embodiment operates by receiving audio content from an audio source, determining audio signal properties of the audio content, where the audio signal properties comprise one or more spectral, temporal, spatial components (e.g., energy, spectrum or directivity), receiving an audio system configuration of loudspeakers or sound beams of a venue, visualizing the audio signal based on a mapping of an intersection of a unique volumetric beam of colored light, representing the spectral, temporal, spatial components, with a portion of the venue and displaying the visualized audio signal as a virtual representation of sound coverage of the portion of the venue.

Abstract: A multiple-driver adapter having a plane wave equalizer according to the present invention may include: a cube body; a high-pitched driver provided on one surface of the cube body and a medium-pitched driver provided on the other surface; a horn unit vertically disposed in the high-pitched driver and the medium-pitched driver, and partially disposed at output units of the high-pitched and medium-pitched drivers, and having a fore end exposed to one surface of the cube body; and at least one equalizer provided in the cube body and reducing sound interference.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a speaker applicable to be fixed on an arched surface. It comprises a sound making member and a fixing frame connected therewith. The sound making member comprises a connecting frame, a magnetic element arranged at the front portion of the connecting frame, and a damper arranged at the rear portion of the connecting frame. The fixing frame is arched-shaped and fixedly connected with the back side of the connecting frame. It is arranged with a plurality of mounting holes, through each of which a fastening component can pass. It is designed to achieve an optimized box volume of the speaker box, and effectively simplifies the development of the moulds for the main body of the speaker box. It has merits such as reliable and convenient fixation, stable structure, convenient attachment and detachment, improved sound quality and sound effect.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses electronic terminal including housing, sound producing device and switching structure, and first sound cavity channel and second sound cavity channel formed in the housing. The sound producing device defines sound producing cavity jointly with housing. The electronic terminal further includes mounting groove formed in housing. The switching structure includes baffle slidably arranged in mounting groove and driving portion driving baffle to slide in mounting groove. The driving portion drives baffle to slide into first sound cavity channel or the second sound cavity channel, to close first sound cavity channel or the second sound cavity channel. The baffle can be driven to slide in mounting groove to selectively close first sound cavity channel or second sound cavity channel, to prevent the problem that the terminal, when using one of the first sound cavity channel and the second sound cavity channel, is affected by the other.

Abstract: An ultrasonic generator has a speaker element having a first resonance frequency and a speaker element having a second resonance frequency. The first resonance frequency and the second resonance frequency are adjacent resonance frequencies in the speaker. The distance between the elements is set so that the sound from the first speaker element and the sound from the second speaker element have a predetermined relationship at a target position. The target position is two or more positions on the object located in the target space. A predetermined relationship is a relationship in which a sound from the first speaker element and a sound from the second speaker element strengthen each other at an intermediate frequency between the first resonance frequency and the second resonance frequency.

Abstract: An unmanned moving body includes a directional speaker that outputs sound in an orientation direction and a processor that obtains one or more instances of sensing data. The processor: determines whether or not a second target is present in a vicinity of a first target in accordance with at least one of the one or more instances of sensing data; calculates a positional relationship between the first target and the second target when it is determined that the second target is present; and determines a first position of the unmanned moving body in accordance with the positional relationship and causes the unmanned moving body to move to the first position, the first position being a position that places the first target and the second target within a range over which the sound from the directional speaker reaches at at least a predetermined quality.

Abstract: A belt audio system includes a belt and a buckle assembly having a first buckle body and a second buckle body. The first buckle body includes hooks extending outward from the front surface, and the second buckle body including a pair of openings for receiving the hooks. An entertainment device having a magnet on the back surface is connected to the first and second buckle bodies. The entertainment device having a speaker, and a wireless transceiver for receiving content from an external device to be played on the speaker. A location identification unit provides distance information for a golf course, and a display provides the detected distance. A decorative buckle cover includes a magnet along a back surface and decorative elements along the front surface. The buckle cover magnetically connects to the buckle assembly when the entertainment device is not in use.

Abstract: The speaker array includes a first speaker 1, a second speaker 2, and a local sound emission structure 3. The first transmission portion 311 and the second transmission portion 312 are arranged in such a manner that the distance between the center position of the first transmission portion 311 and the center position of the second transmission portion 312 is smaller than the distance between the center position of the first speaker 1 and the center position of the second speaker 2, in order to generate sound sources that are arranged at an interval narrower than the interval between the first speaker 1 and the second speaker 2.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing including a cover, a hinge engaging portion, and a hinge protrusion, and a hinge structure configured to rotate the second housing relative to the first housing, the hinge structure including a first base facing the hinge engaging portion and a second base connected to the first base, and the second base includes a first contact surface contacting the hinge protrusion as the second housing transitions between the closing position and the intermediate position, and a second contact surface contacting the hinge protrusion while the second housing transitions between the intermediate position and the opening position.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed herein, including a first housing, a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing, and to guide a sliding movement of the first housing, a display including a first display region disposed on the first housing, and a second display region extending from the first display region, a speaker module disposed within the second housing, and at least one roller structure configured to seal a space between the first housing and the second housing, and to guide the sliding movement of the first housing relative to the second housing.

Abstract: This application discloses a device to project sound to a specific person while keeping the sound away from others nearby. The device has various parametric speakers arranged in a pattern to project sounds in a narrow field while preventing dispersion of sounds to nearby areas. The device can be connected to other electronic equipment by wires or wirelessly, and can be removed and used in different settings. This device has particular application in delivering sounds to infants and toddlers to soothe them while the same sounds are not heard by adults nearby.

Abstract: A system and method is described for determining whether a loudspeaker device has relocated, tilted, rotated, or changed environment such that one or more parameters for driving the loudspeaker may be modified and/or a complete reconfiguration of the loudspeaker system may be performed. In one embodiment, the system may include a set of sensors. The sensors provide readings that are analyzed to determine 1) whether the loudspeaker has moved since a previous analysis and/or 2) a distance of movement and/or a degree change in orientation of the loudspeaker since the previous analysis. Upon determining the level of movement is below a threshold value, the system adjusts previous parameters used to drive one or more of the loudspeakers. By adjusting previous parameters instead of performing a complete recalibration, the system provides a more efficient technique for ensuring that the loudspeakers continue to produce accurate sound for the listener.

Abstract: This application discloses a device to project sound to a specific person while keeping the sound away from others nearby. The device has various parametric speakers arranged in a pattern to project sounds in a narrow field while preventing dispersion of sounds to nearby areas. The device can be connected to other electronic equipment by wires or wirelessly, and can be removed and used in different settings. This device has particular application in delivering sounds to infants and toddlers to sooth them while the same sounds are not heard by adults nearby.

Abstract: A reproduction device is provided with a sound-signal interface that inputs a sound signal, a signal processor that applies acoustic correction to the sound signal using a predetermined correction parameter, a sound emitter that emits a sound based on the sound signal subjected to the acoustic correction, an acceleration sensor, and a controller that configured: to update predetermined correction parameter; detect movement of the reproduction device based on the acceleration sensor; and stop the updating of the predetermined correction parameter upon the controller detecting movement of the reproduction device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for visualizing sound coverage in a venue. An embodiment operates by receiving audio content from an audio source, determining audio signal properties of the audio content, where the audio signal properties comprise one or more spectral, temporal, spatial components (e.g., energy, spectrum or directivity), receiving an audio system configuration of loudspeakers or sound beams of a venue, visualizing the audio signal based on a mapping of an intersection of a unique volumetric beam of colored light, representing the spectral, temporal, spatial components, with a portion of the venue and displaying the visualized audio signal as a virtual representation of sound coverage of the portion of the venue.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a speaker and a terminal device. The speaker includes a speaker housing and a speaker body, where the speaker body is disposed in the speaker housing, the speaker body and the speaker housing form a speaker front cavity and a speaker rear cavity, the speaker housing is provided with a sound output channel, the sound output channel communicates with the speaker front cavity, the speaker rear cavity includes a first sub-cavity, the speaker housing includes a first spacer disposed in the first sub-cavity, the first spacer splits the first sub-cavity into a resonance tube and a resonance cavity, the resonance tube communicates with the resonance cavity, a first connecting hole is provided in a side wall of the speaker front cavity, and the speaker front cavity communicates with the resonance tube through the first connecting hole.

Abstract: Systems and methods of audio processing and control for improved audibility and performance in a parametric loudspeaker system. The parametric loudspeaker system includes a parametric loudspeaker providing a capacitive load, an output stage having a plurality of switches interconnected in a bridge configuration and connected to the capacitive load of the parametric loudspeaker, and a controller operative to generate a series of pulse width modulation (PWM) pulses, and to generate a plurality of control signals synchronized with the series of PWM pulses for switchingly controlling the plurality of switches in the bridge configuration, thereby driving the capacitive load of the parametric loudspeaker.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fall arrester device (20) for a carrier system (10) for preferably movably holding at least one medical equipment, comprising at least one carrier device which has at least one critical point (12), and comprising at least one elongate securing part (22), wherein the carrier device has a first through-opening (24) in a first region (14) which is spaced apart from the critical point (12), and a second through-opening (26) in a second region (16) which is opposite to the first region with respect to the critical point (12) and is spaced apart from the critical point, wherein the securing part (22) is routed through both through-openings (24, 26), and the fall arrester device (20) comprises a first blocking element (28) which is fastened to a first end of the securing part (22), and a second blocking element (30) which is fastened to a second end of the securing part (22) which is opposite to the first end of the securing part (22), wherein the two blocking elements (28, 30) are arrange

Abstract: A device is configured to be mounted to a planar mounting panel, including, for example, a wall or ceiling of a home or other building. The device includes a housing, a fastener, a dogleg tab and a friction inducing member. The housing is configured to be received in an aperture in the mounting panel and includes a housing aperture. The fastener is disposed in the housing aperture. The dogleg tab is operatively coupled to one end of the fastener. The dogleg tab is configured to be disposed in a retracted position and to be disposed in an engagement position, in which engagement position the dogleg tab is disposed to engage an inside surface of the mounting panel. The friction inducing member is fixedly attached to the housing adjacent the housing aperture and friction-fit to the fastener.

Abstract: Provided herein is a massage device having a sound output module. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a sound output module including a sound generating part configured to generate sound, a sound emitting member configured to emit transmitted sound to the outside, an actuator configured to provide a driving force to allow movement of the sound emitting member, and an external driven member configured to receive the driving force from the actuator and move linearly, wherein the sound emitting member is seated on the external driven member and allowed to protrude outward due to linear movement of the external driven member. There is also provided a massage device including the sound output module.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first terminal portion disposed with a first sound output hole and a second terminal portion disposed with a second sound output hole and a receiver. The second terminal portion can move between a first position and a second position relative to the first terminal portion. At the first position, the first sound output hole is connected to the second sound output hole, and at the second position, the second sound output hole is staggered from the first terminal portion. A baffle is disposed on the second terminal portion. The second terminal portion is located at the second position relative to the first terminal portion, and the baffle covers the second sound output hole. The second terminal portion is located at the first position relative to the first terminal portion, the baffle is removed away from the second sound output hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reflector for an acoustic shock or pressure wave head, wherein the reflector comprises an acoustically reflective surface formed by a body of rotation, said body of rotation being formed by rotation of an elliptical segment about a rotation axis which extends through a focal point of the ellipse and encloses an angle ? between 0.1° and 30° with the main axis of the ellipse.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an in-vehicle independent sound zone control method, a system and a related device, applied to a vehicle. The method includes the following steps: presetting a control area and a non-control area; arranging a speaker array behind a front seat of the vehicle for generating a first acoustic response, and arranging a headrest speaker at a headrest on a rear seat of the vehicle for generating a second acoustic response; fitting a virtual target speaker, wherein the virtual target speaker is configured to generate a target acoustic response within the control area; and controlling a sound quality of the in-vehicle independent sound zone through an audio algorithm processing on the target acoustic response, the first acoustic response and the second acoustic response.

Abstract: A portable electronic device comprising: an enclosure having an enclosure wall that forms an interior chamber and a sound output port to an ambient environment; a speaker positioned within the interior chamber, the speaker having a front volume chamber coupling a sound output surface of the speaker to the sound output port and a back volume chamber acoustically coupled to the interior chamber by an aperiodic vent; and a valve operable to open and close the aperiodic vent in response to a pressure change.

Abstract: A speaker device includes an electroacoustic transducer configured to convert an audio signal into a set of sound waves and a transmitter configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal that carries the audio signal for receipt at distances limited to an audibility range of the set of sound waves. The audibility range of the set of sound waves corresponds to a distance at which the set of sound waves is estimated to be below a predetermined sound level.

Abstract: An electronic module is provided. The electronic module includes a first transducer and a second transducer. The first transducer is configured to radiate a first ultrasonic wave. The second transducer is configured to radiate a second ultrasonic wave. The first transducer and the second transducer are disposed on noncoplanar surfaces.

Abstract: Directed audio-encoded data emissions systems and methods may include one or more sensors, one or more audio transmitters, and a controller configured to cause emission of directed audio-encoded data toward various objects, such as vehicles, user devices, audio input/output devices, or others. For example, responsive to detecting a potential safety situation and/or a potential intended communication situation associated with one or more detected objects, audio-encoded data having selected audio characteristics may be emitted toward the detected objects using selected audio transmitters. The audio characteristics may be selected to encode one or more instructions to be executed by the detected objects, and the instructions may cause emission of audio, visual, or haptic notifications and/or initiation of various functions or operations by the objects.

Abstract: A receiver module and a terminal device are provided. The receiver module includes a housing, a receiver, a drive assembly and a soundproofing assembly, where the housing is internally provided with an accommodating space, the receiver is arranged in the accommodating space, and the housing and the receiver fit together to form a sound cavity, a sound-emitting side of the receiver facing towards the sound cavity; the housing is provided with a first sound-emitting hole and a second sound-emitting hole; the drive assembly and the soundproofing assembly are connected, and the drive assembly is configured to drive the soundproofing assembly to be in a first state or a second state.

Abstract: A remote-assist system programmed for vehicle parking assist or other remote vehicle operation features includes a selective ultrasonic beamforming Amplitude Modulated (AM) system configured and/or programmed to transmit audible alerts to a primary user via ultrasonic beamforming AM. The system localizes a mobile device that is being used by the primary user to initiate the system. The system localizes the primary user, and others in the vicinity, and determines others that may be associated with the vehicle and primary user. The system defines and reshapes a target zone to include only those associated with the primary user and the vehicle. The system electronically or mechanically steers a transducer array to steer an ultrasonic beam with an AM audio alert to the target zone, where the message is audible only to those within the target zone.

Abstract: In some examples, a system for angle modification of audio output devices includes a receiver engine to receive an input to modify an angle of the audio output device relative to an axis of a computing device that includes the audio output device, and a modify engine to modify the angle of the audio output device relative to the axis of the computing device based on the input via an electric motor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a communication robot including a support body disposed at the lower side, a main body supported by the support body so as to be rotatable about a first spin rotation axis in the leftward-rightward direction, the main body being configured such that the upper part of the main body performs an inclining operation relative to the lower part of the main body, and a display body supported by the main body so as to be rotatable about a second spin rotation axis in the leftward-rightward direction, the display body being configured to output an image.

Abstract: An auto-orienting loudspeaker assembly for a vehicle seat includes a housing arranged to be received within a rear side of the vehicle seat, an enclosure rotatably mounted to the housing, the enclosure having a nonuniform weight distribution, and a loudspeaker disposed within the enclosure and having an initial orientation. A change in an angular position of the vehicle seat results in a passive rotation of the enclosure with respect to the housing to substantially maintain the initial orientation of the loudspeaker as the angular position of the vehicle seat changes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to loudspeaker devices and configurations. In at least one embodiment, a loudspeaker includes a housing structure having a multi-sided cross-sectional profile, a first speaker configuration coupled to a first face of the housing structure, and a second speaker configuration coupled to a second face of the housing structure. The first face of the housing structure and the second face of the housing structure may be adjacent to each other, and the first face of the housing structure and the second face of the housing structure may be substantially planar, in one or more examples. The loudspeaker may further comprise a controller configured to rotate the housing structure. For example, the housing structure may be rotated about a central axis of the housing structure. Further, the housing may be an elongated triangular structure in at least one example.

Abstract: A robot includes a spin body, and a drive motor, a spin motor, and a PCB connected electrically to the spin motor and the drive motor mounted on the spin body. Accordingly, the spin motor, the driving motor, and the PCB are rotated together with the spin body, so that relative movement does not occur between the PCB and the respective motors, and tangling or twisting of the connection member electrically connecting the respective motors and the PCB does not occur.

Abstract: An output control device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a person is a specific person, a processing unit configured to acquire position information of the person, and an output control unit configured to cause a first output device located in the vicinity of the person to output information according to the person on the basis of personal information about the person determined to be the specific person by the determination unit and the position information acquired by the processing unit, wherein the output control unit is configured to cause a second output device to output the information output by the first output device in continuation with the output of the first output device if the person has moved from the vicinity of the first output device to the vicinity of the second output device.

Abstract: An audio converter system is provided. The system comprises an audio input configured to receive a source audio, an audio output configured to couple to a hybrid speaker comprising at least two nondirectional speakers and a directional speaker, and a processor configured to generate an output audio for the hybrid speaker based on the source audio by: identifying a specific sound in the source audio, isolating the specific sound from the source audio, generating a directional speaker output for the directional speaker of the hybrid speaker based on the specific sound, and generating at least two channels of nondirectional speaker output for the at least two nondirectional speakers of the hybrid speaker.

Abstract: A grille and an acoustic device having a superior exterior design without impairment of acoustic efficiency are provided. The grille includes: a through hole-provided region having a plurality of through holes; and a non-through hole-provided region having a plurality of non-through holes each with a bottom, and provided adjacent to the through hole-provided region. The through holes and the non-through holes entirely provide a plurality of openings on an exterior surface of the grille. In the non-through hole-provided region, a depth of the non-through holes on a side close to the through hole-provided region is greater than a depth of the non-through holes on a side distant from the through hole-provided region.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to use captured spatial audio content captured by a rotatable spatial audio capture microphone array, the captured spatial audio content defining the three-dimensional arrangement of the audio in the scene, an orientation of the aural scene defined relative to the microphone array at the time of audio capture, and use captured direction data representative of the direction of a reference direction of said microphone array relative to the scene over a time during which said spatial audio content was captured; to generate modified spatial audio content in which the aural scene is decoupled from any rotation of the rotatable spatial audio capture microphone array that occurred during capture of the spatial audio content for presentation to the recipient user relative to a space in which the recipient user is located by virtue of modification of the orientation of the aural scene using the captured direction data.

Abstract: A robot includes an enclosure of a speaker that is formed as an arc or annular shape along a circumferential direction of a body. In addition, a display and the speaker are positioned to one side of a rotation axis of the body.

Abstract: A method for detecting wrong positioning of an earphone, and an electronic device and storage medium therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a speaker positioned on surface of a housing; and at least one processor configured to determine a positioning state of an earphone detachably connectable to the electronic device based on a difference between a first audio signal received through at least one microphone positioned in a first body of the earphone and a second audio signal received through at least one microphone positioned in a second body of the earphone.

Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for performing a quantitative balance assessment on a subject are described. The method comprises instructing the subject to perform an assessment task with at least a first kinematic sensor mounted on the subject's head; collecting kinematic sensor measurements, comparing the measurements to a threshold value; summing the total number of kinematic sensor measurements that exceed the threshold value to generate a numerical score indicative of the subject's postural stability. The system makes use of only kinematic data collected from the wireless sensors to quantify BESS, and generate a BESS score, without any other physiological variables such as forward sway.

Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a stereophonic sound reproduction apparatus includes: an input unit for receiving an acoustic signal; a control unit for acquiring an output acoustic signal for generating a virtual sound source for the received acoustic signal; and an output unit for outputting the acquired output acoustic signal by using a front speaker and a side speaker, wherein the control unit generates an attenuation signal that is a signal for attenuating or cancelling an inflow acoustic signal to be directly transferred to an audience in the output acoustic signal output from the side speaker, and the generated output acoustic signal includes the attenuation signal.

Abstract: A method comprising: receiving a reference time delay between a first reference signal emitted by a first speaker and a second reference signal emitted by a second speaker, each recorded by a microphone having a target position; using the microphone positioned at an actual position, recording a first sound signal emitted by the first speaker and a second sound signal emitted by the second speaker; determining an actual time delay between the first and second sound signals; comparing the actual time delay to the reference time delay; determining a match or a mismatch between the actual position and the target position for the given microphone; and outputting an indication of the match/mismatch.

Abstract: A sound output apparatus is provided, which includes an outer case having an upper portion with an opening formed upward, and a lower portion with sound holes formed therethrough, a first sound output unit provided at an upper side within the outer case and capable of outputting sounds of a first frequency band, a second sound output unit provided at a lower side within the outer case and capable of outputting sounds of a second frequency band, and a conveying device provided below the first sound output unit and capable of moving the first sound output unit up and down, wherein the conveying device allows the first sound output unit to protrude upwardly such that sounds are output between the outer case and the first sound output unit.

Abstract: An environment detection node supports dynamic audio optimization by receiving data from sensors and analyzing the received data to detect objects such as furniture and/or humans within an environment. Based on locations within the environment of the detected objects, the environment detection node determines an optimized target location and adjusts audio output to be optimized when heard at the target location.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that may be implemented to use multiple light sources to visually display non-graphics positional audio information based on multi-channel audio information produced by a computer application executing on a processor of an information handling system. The multiple light sources may be operated separately and independently from a user's computer display device, and the non-graphics positional audio information may be separate and different from any visual graphics data that is generated by the computer application or information handling system.

Abstract: An engaging structure is used for installation of a loudspeaker into an installation hole of a partition. The installation hole extends through first and second faces of the partition. The engaging structure includes a receiving portion and a plurality of clamping units. The receiving portion has a receiving hole for receiving the loudspeaker. The clamping units are coupled with the receiving portion and surround the receiving hole. Each clamping unit includes first and second clamping members. The first clamping member includes a first end connected to a first end of the second clamping member, and a second end connected to a first wheel. The first wheel abuts with an inner periphery of the partition. The second clamping member includes a second end connected to a second wheel, and the second wheel abuts with one of the first and second faces of the partition.

Abstract: A playback device including: a housing: an attachment portion to a first position on an attachment surface; a speaker that plays back sound in a predetermined direction in accordance with a first audio signal having a first band; and a vibration portion that vibrates in accordance with a second audio signal having a second band that is lower than the first band, the vibration portion having an abutment surface that abuts at a second position on the attachment surface. The attachment member, the speaker, and the vibration portion are attached to the housing.

Abstract: An articulating speaker assembly includes a first member including a first driver and a second member including second driver. The first member and the second member are pivotally connected for selectively changing the profile of the speaker assembly. A central housing member is pivotally connected to each of the first member and the second member, wherein the central housing member supports a third driver.