634results about "Bone conduction transducer hearing devices" patented technology

The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker apparatus may include a support connection member configured to contact with a user's head. The loudspeaker apparatus may include at least one loudspeaker assembly. The loudspeaker assembly may include an earphone core and a core housing configured to accommodate the earphone core. The core housing may be fixedly connected to the support connection member. At least one button module may be arranged on the core housing. The interior of the core housing may further include at least two microphones, and the at least two microphones may be arranged at a position different from a user's mouth. The loudspeaker apparatus may further include a control circuit or a battery accommodated in the support connection member. The control circuit or the battery may drive the earphone core to vibrate to generate sound.

A loudspeaker assembly and a headphone are provided. The headphone includes a housing assembly, a bone-conduction core module, and an air-conduction core module, and an accommodation space. The bone-conduction core module is provided in the accommodation space and vibrates in a first vibration direction, the air-conduction core module is provided in the accommodation space, and the bone-conduction core module and the air-conduction core module are arranged along the first vibration direction and face each other. In the above manner, the present disclosure reduces the influence of the air-conduction core module on the vibration effect of the bone-conduction core module, increases the sound volume, and improves the bone-conduction effect of the loudspeaker assembly, thereby improving the sound quality effect of the loudspeaker assembly.

Methods and apparatus are described herein related to improving the sound quality of a bone conduction speaker. The sound quality of the bone conduction speaker is adjusted in the sound generation, sound transferring, and sound receiving of the bone conduction speaker by designing vibration generation manners and vibration transfer structures.

The present disclosure is of a bone conduction microphone. The bone conduction microphone comprises of a laminated structure and a base structure. The laminated structure is formed by a vibration unit and an acoustic transducer unit. The base structure is configured to load the laminated structure. At least one side of the laminated structure is physically connected to the base structure. The base structure vibrates based on an external vibration signal, the vibration unit deforms in response to the vibration of the base structure, and the acoustic transducer unit generates an electrical signal based on the deformation of the vibration unit. A resonant frequency of the bone conduction microphone is within a range of 2.5 kHz-4.5 KHz.

The invention provides a sound transmission device which can transmit clear sound to a user without damaging the user and can be actually used. This sound transmission device (1) is provided with: a transducer (2); a transmission plate (3) that transmits vibration to the bone of the head of a person; a housing (4) that houses the transducer (2); and a ring member (7) that is disposed so as to cover the side surface of the housing (4). Furthermore, the transducer (2) includes a giant magnetostrictive element (21), permanent magnets (22a, 22b) disposed at both ends of the giant magnetostrictive element (21), and a coil (23), and the permanent magnet (22a) disposed at one end is connected to the transmission plate (3). The housing (4) is configured so as to include a housing part (41) that houses the transducer (2), and a counterweight body (42) that is connected to the permanent magnet (22b) disposed at the other end. In addition, the ring member (7) holds the side surface of the housing (4) via the damper member (6).

Embodiments of this disclosure provide a device operation method and apparatus, and an electronic device. In the device operation method, after obtaining a vibration signal collected by a bone conduction microphone connected to the electronic device, the electronic device extracts a vibration signal feature of the vibration signal, and then compares the extracted vibration signal feature with a control feature stored in the electronic device. When a comparison result is that the extracted vibration signal feature matches the control feature, the electronic device performs an operation corresponding to the control feature. The vibration signal collected by the bone conduction microphone may be a bone conduction audio signal, and the bone conduction audio signal is skin vibration triggered when a nasal cavity and / or a throat of a user who uses the electronic device make / makes a specific sound.

A wearable multifunction device or earpiece or a pair of earpieces includes one or more processors, at least one microphone coupled to the one or more processors, a biometric sensor coupled to the one or more processors, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory having computer instructions causing the one or more processors to perform the operations of sensing a remaining battery life and based on the sensing, prioritizing one or more of the functions of always on recording, biometric measuring, biometric recording, sound pressure level measuring, voice activity detection, key word detection, key word analysis, personal audio assistant functions, transmission of data to a tethered phone, transmission of data to a server, transmission of data to a cloud device.

A voice activity detection method and system and a voice enhancement method and system are provided. A voice presence probability of a target voice signal present in microphone signals may be determined by calculating a linear correlation between a signal subspace where the microphone signals are located and a target subspace where the target voice signal is located. The voice enhancement method and system may be used to calculate filter coefficients based on the voice presence probability, so as to perform voice enhancement on the microphone signals. The calculation accuracy of the voice presence probability is improved, and the voice enhancement effect is also improved.

A system for reducing noise in a drive signal of a hearing device, including a microphone operative to receive sound and generate a microphone output signal and an adaptive filter apparatus that receives a signal from a transducer separate from the microphone and outputs a filtered signal, wherein the system subtracts the outputted filtered signal from a signal based on the microphone output signal to cancel noise and outputs the resulting signal, and the system further processes the resulting signal to obtain a further processed resulting signal to remove and / or eliminate residual feedback present in the resulting signal.

A hearing aid, comprising a microphone configured to produce a microphone output signal representing sounds transduced by the microphone; an earphone speaker configured to convert an equalized output electrical signal into acoustic waves; a Bluetooth wireless transceiver; and an automated processor configured to spot a plurality of different keywords; and selectively control a Bluetooth communication partner dependent on the spotted keyword.

A microelectromechanical sensor component. The component includes: a substrate; a movable sensor structure connected to the substrate and having a seismic mass portion and a deflection electrode arranged thereon; and at least one evaluation electrode arranged on the substrate. The deflection electrode is arranged so as to be movable relative to the evaluation electrode. The evaluation electrode is configured for capacitive detection of a deflection of the deflection electrode. The deflection electrode and the evaluation electrode form a comb structure. The deflection electrode has a plurality of deflection electrode fingers extending from a deflection electrode bar in the direction of the evaluation electrode. The evaluation electrode has a plurality of evaluation electrode fingers extending, parallel at least in portions to the deflection electrode fingers, from an evaluation electrode bar in the direction of the deflection electrode.

An earpiece is configured for providing audiometric testing. The earpiece includes an earpiece housing, an intelligent control system disposed within the earpiece housing, at least one transducer operatively connected to the intelligent control, and at least one speaker operatively connected to the intelligent control. The earpiece is configured to perform audiometric testing of a user by reproducing sounds at the at least one transducer and receiving user feedback regarding the sounds to provide audiometric test data.

The invention provides an earphone, and relates to the technical field of wearable equipment. The earphone comprises an earphone head and an ear clip, wherein the earphone head and the ear clip are connected with each other and jointly clamp a helix; in a wearing state, the earphone head is located at the front side of the ear part and extends towards the auricular conchae cavity, and the ear clip bypasses the region, opposite to the auricular conchae cavity, of the helix, so that the end part, deviating from the earphone head, of the ear clip is located at the rear side of the ear part; the earphone head comprises a first shell, a camera shooting hole and a camera shooting unit, and the camera shooting hole is formed in the first shell and is communicated with an inner cavity of the first shell; the camera shooting unit is arranged in the first shell, and the camera shooting unit is configured to acquire images and / or videos in the external environment through the camera shooting hole. The earphone provided by the invention also has a shooting function on the premise of giving consideration to the function of listening to music or calling, so that the functional diversity of the earphone is improved.

The present disclosure provides an open earphone comprising: a sound production component including a transducer and a housing accommodating the transducer and an ear hook. In a wearing state, a portion of the ear hook is hung between an auricle and a user's head, and the other portion of the ear hook extends towards a side of the auricle away from the head and connects to the sound production component to place the sound production component in a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. The housing is provided with a sound outlet on an inner side surface towards the auricle for guiding a sound generated by the transducer out of the housing and to the ear canal, and a ratio of an area of the sound outlet to an area of the inner side surface is between 0.015 and 0.25.

Provided are a speaker assembly (10) and an earphone (1). The speaker assembly (10) includes a housing assembly (100), a bone-conduction speaker (200), and an air-conduction speaker (300). The housing assembly (100) is provided with a first accommodating cavity (111), a second accommodating cavity (112), and a communication hole (113) connecting the first accommodating cavity (111) and the second accommodating cavity (112). The bone-conduction speaker (200) is disposed in the first accommodating cavity (111) and blocks the communication hole (113) to isolate the first accommodating cavity (111) from the second accommodating cavity (112). The air-conduction speaker (300) is disposed in the second accommodating cavity (112). The present disclosure can simply and effectively enlarge a volume of an acoustic cavity formed in an internal space of the speaker assembly (10), thereby improving the sound quality effect of the speaker assembly (10).

The present disclosure provides an acoustic output device. The acoustic output device may comprise a bone conduction speaker configured to generate bone conduction acoustic waves. The acoustic output device may also comprise an air conduction speaker configured to generate air conduction acoustic waves, the air conduction speaker being independent of the bone conduction speaker. The acoustic output device may further comprise at least one housing configured to accommodate the bone conduction speaker and the air conduction speaker.

The method for audio signal generation may include obtaining a bone conduction audio signal and an air conduction audio signal. The method may also include obtaining a trained machine learning model that provides a mapping relationship between a set of bone conduction data derived from a specific bone conduction audio signal and one or more sets of equivalent air conduction data derived from a specific equivalent air conduction audio signal. The method may also include determining a target set of equivalent air conduction data corresponding to the bone conduction audio signal using the trained machine learning model based on the bone conduction audio signal and the air conduction audio signal. The method may further include causing an audio signal output device to output a target audio signal representing the speech of the user based on the target set of equivalent air conduction data.

The present description relates to an acoustic output device, comprising: a housing; a bone conduction vibrator, which is used for generating bone-conducted sound waves, the bone-conducted sound waves being transmitted to the cochlea by means of the housing to generate sound; an air conduction vibrator, which is used for generating air-conducted sound waves, the air-conducted sound waves being transmitted to the ear of a user by means of sound guide holes in the housing, and a processing circuit, which is configured to provide a first audio signal for the bone conduction vibrator, and provide a second audio signal for the air conduction vibrator, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to adjust a low-frequency component in the first audio signal or adjust a high-frequency component in the second audio signal. The low-frequency component in the first audio signal or the high-frequency component in the second audio signal are adjusted by means of the processing circuit, such that the ratio of bone-conducted components to air-conducted components in the output of the acoustic output device is variable, so as to adjust high and low frequency output effects of the acoustic output device. Thus, the acoustic output device is suitable for different scenarios, thereby enhancing the use experience of the acoustic output device.

A wireless earpiece includes a wireless earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece housing, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, and at least one speaker operatively connected to the processor. The processor is configured to receive audio from the at least one microphone, perform processing of the audio to provide processed audio, and output the processed audio to the at least one speaker. The processing of the audio involves identifying body generated sounds generated by a body of a user of the wireless earpiece and removing the body generated sounds.

Provided with a voice transmission device that can deliver clear voice to a user without invading the user and can be practically used. A voice transmission device 1 of the present disclosure includes: a transducer 2; a transmission plate 3 configured to transmit a mechanical vibration to a bone of a head of a person; a housing 4 that houses the transducer 2; and a ring member 7 arranged to cover a side surface of the housing 4. The transducer includes: a magnetostrictive element 21; permanent magnets 22a, 22b arranged at both ends of the magnetostrictive element 21; and a coil 23. The permanent magnet 22a arranged at one end of the magnetostrictive element 21 is connected to a transmission plate 3. The housing 4 includes: a housing portion 41 that houses the transducer 2; and a counter mass 42 connected to the permanent magnet 22b arranged at the other end. The ring member 7 holds a side surface of the housing 4 via a damper member 6.

A method includes removably attaching an earbud to a pair of glasses worn by a person. The pair of glasses includes a first speaker configured to deliver sound externally through air or through bone conduction to an ear of the person. The earbud includes a second speaker configured to deliver sound into an ear canal of the person when the earbud is placed in the ear canal. The method further includes establishing a wireless connection between the pair of glasses and the earbud, and detecting a position of the earbud relative to the pair of glasses. The method further includes, when the earbud is detached from the pair of glasses, deactivating the first speaker in the pair of glasses, and activating the second speaker after the earbud is detached from the pair of glasses.

The present invention relates to a device for preventing, alleviating or treating degenerative brain diseases by inducing brain wave synchronization through acoustic vibration tactile stimulation and bone conduction music, and a method thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a wearable device which is worn on the head of a wearer, stimulates the brain by providing Vibroussis composed of 40 Hz vibration and sound to the forehead lobe and the temporal lobe of the wearer, and recovers the gamma oscillation of the brain to normal by increasing the cerebral blood flow. Therefore, the device and the method thereof can prevent, relieve or treat degenerative brain diseases (such as mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease (dementia)).

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method may include determining registered audio information associated with a user based on a bone conduction (BC) signal. According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the method may include extracting a second audio signal corresponding to the user from a first audio signal based on the registered audio information associated with the user. According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the method may include processing the at least one from among the extracted second audio signal and a portion of the first audio signal which does not contain the second audio signal.

An apparatus is described which comprises the following: (a) a housing configured to be carried in an ear, (b) a motion sensor unit for acquiring motion data, (c) a physiological sensor unit for acquiring physiological data, (d) a data processing unit configured to generate performance data based on the motion data and / or the physiological data, (e) a signal processing unit configured to generate an audio signal based on the generated performance data, and (f) a loudspeaker for outputting the generated audio signal, wherein the motion sensor unit, the physiological sensor unit, the loudspeaker, the data processing unit, and the signal processing unit are incorporated in the housing. Furthermore, a system, a method and a use is described.

A transducer assembly (100), comprising a first housing (10), a second housing (30) and a support (50), wherein the second housing (30) and the first housing (10) are connected to each other and jointly form an accommodating cavity (31); the support (50) is located in the accommodating cavity (31) and is connected to the second housing (30), and the support (50) and the first housing (10) jointly form a mounting cavity (51); and the support (50) is provided with through holes (53), adhesive accommodating portions (11) are provided in the mounting cavity (51), and the through holes (53) correspond to and are in communication with the adhesive accommodating portions (11).

A speaker assembly is provided. The speaker assembly includes a housing assembly including a main housing, an air conduction speaker disposed within the main housing, and a bone conduction speaker rotatably supported on the main housing and being capable of rotating relative to the main housing along a preset rotation axis. A vibration direction of the air conduction speaker is parallel to the preset rotation axis, and a vibration direction of the bone conduction speaker is perpendicular to the preset rotation axis.

Earbud core of a bone conduction loudspeaker, characterized in that the earbud core of a bone conduction loudspeaker comprises: a magnetic circuit arrangement, a vibration arrangement, an external conductor and a support, wherein the vibration arrangement comprises a coil and an internal guide conductor, wherein the external conductor can transmit audio current to the coil for the vibration arrangement, wherein an end of the external conductor is connected to the internal guide conductor of the earphone core, wherein the support has a cable trough, wherein the external conductor and / or the internal conductor are at least partially arranged in the cable trough, wherein the internal guide conductor and the external guide conductor are welded together, and wherein the weld point is located in the cable trough.

An auricular stimulation device having surface electrodes biased towards each other, and offset from one another, is provided. The stimulation device can be positioned about the ear of a patient with each of the electrodes overlaying auricular ear tissue containing innervation supplied by an auricular branch of the vagus nerve. The electrodes transcutaneously stimulate the auricular branch. Also provided is a method of treating a patient using the auricular stimulation device. The stimulation device can be used for treating patients with conditions such as high blood pressure, depression, high blood glucose level, and tinnitus. Also provided is a diagnostic and therapeutic system having the auricular stimulation device, a smart device and a monitoring device. The smart device controls the auricular stimulation device based on biomarker information received from the monitoring device; and on information related to the patient, such as age, musculoskeletal stability, etc.; and / or on user input.

A glasses-type information device includes a first speaker function configured to transmit sound to a user wearing the glasses-type information device, a second speaker function configured to transmit sound to a surrounding area of the glasses-type information device, and a notification function including at least any of a vibration function and a function of turning on a lamp. When temples of the glasses-type information device are folded and the glasses-type information device is not worn by the user, the first speaker function is disabled and output processing is performed using at least any of the second speaker function and the notification function for an application installed on the glasses-type information device.