968results about "Bone conduction transducer hearing devices" patented technology

An acoustic output device is provided. The acoustic output device includes a housing; a bone conduction vibrator configured to generate bone conduction sound waves and transmit the bone conduction sound waves to a cochlea through the housing to produce sound; an air conduction vibrator configured to generate air conduction sound waves, the air conduction sound waves being transmitted to an ear through sound guiding holes in the housing; and a processing module configured to provide the bone conduction vibrator and the air conduction vibrator with a first audio signal and a second audio signal, respectively, the first audio signal and the second audio signal having a frequency division point, the first audio signal and the second audio signal including components with frequencies above and below the frequency division point, respectively. The frequency division point is not less than 600 Hz.

An auditory operating system designed to facilitate context-aware, audio-based user interactions, particularly with artificial intelligence agents or applications. An auditory operating system shell serves as the primary interface, managing and coordinating multiple specialized agents that handle specific domains like music streaming, scheduling, or home automation. Using natural language processing, the auditory operating system shell identifies the appropriate agent or application for a user's command or query and ensures task execution and context preservation across interactions. The auditory operating system shell enforces privacy and stability by controlling agents' and applications' access to data and system privileges. The auditory operating system shell also supports dynamic context management, enabling seamless handoffs between agents when user requests span multiple domains. This auditory operating system shell may reduce the need for users to memorize specific wake words or commands, as the auditory operating system shell may determine the user's intent from speech or contextual cues.

A headphone apparatus and methods of operation for bone conduction headphones with push-to-talk operation is disclosed. The headphone apparatus is capable of wireless communication and can be communicatively coupled to one or more machines. The push-to-talk feature of the headphone apparatus enables transmissions / messages from the headphone apparatus to the one or more communicatively coupled machines. The push-to-talk feature of the headphone apparatus can also enable push-to-talk operation of the one or more communicatively coupled machines. The headphone apparatus is configured to be received by a charging case. The charging case is configured to enable wireless charging and / or wired charging of the headphone. The charging case is configured to be received by a charging cradle.

A loudspeaker apparatus includes a circuit housing configured to accommodate a circuit component or a battery; an ear hook; a housing of an earphone core configured to accommodate the earphone core; and a housing protector at least partially covering a periphery of the circuit housing and the ear hook. A first end of the ear hook is connected to the circuit housing. The earphone core is driven by the circuit component or the battery to vibrate to generate sound. The housing of the earphone core is connected to a second end of the ear hook away from the circuit housing through a hinge component. The hinge component is capable of rotating to change a position of the housing of the earphone core relative to the ear hook.

The present disclosure relates to a speaker device. The speaker device may include an ear hook, a core housing for accommodating an earphone core, and a circuit housing for accommodating a control circuit or a battery. The ear hook may include a first plug end and a second plug end. The ear hook may be surrounded by a protective sleeve which may be made of an elastic waterproof material. The ear hook may be elastic, and a position of the core housing relative to the ear hook may be changed according to an elastic deformation of the ear hook, thereby the core housing may fit a user in front of or behind an ear of the user. The circuit housing may be fixed to the second plug end. The control circuit or the battery may drive the earphone core to vibrate to generate a sound.

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.

Systems and methods for annotating, also known as tagging, visually identifiable objects using natural language (i.e. spoken voice) are provided. More specifically, but not exclusively, this disclosure relates to systems and methods for tagging identified objects related to underground utilities and assets, and communication systems. Once tagged, data representing identified objects can be stored, transmitted, and / or mapped. In an exemplary embodiment, a utility service worker or other personnel may walk or drive around an area of interest using utility locating equipment or systems to collect data. As data is being collected, the user may visually identify utility related or other items using a laser pointer, and then use their voice to tag items of interest. A headset including a microphone may be provided for capturing the user's voice. Hardware and / or software may be provided for processing tagged items, and relating them to a specific location, and / or utility asset.

The present disclosure provides an earphone, comprising a housing component, a loudspeaker, and a protective net. The housing component is provided with an accommodation cavity and a pressure relief hole. The pressure relief hole is configured to connect the accommodation cavity with an external environment. An opening of the pressure relief hole is disposed at a bottom of the housing component along a height direction. The loudspeaker is disposed in the accommodation cavity. The protective net is connected to the housing component to cover the opening of the pressure relief hole. When projected along the height direction, a length of a projection of the protective net is more than 0.4 times a length of a projection of the housing component.

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.

An imaging apparatus includes a display device and a camera configured to generate image data reproducible as a series of images of a scene. Each of the series of images has a maximum field of view. A processor is configured to receive the image data, display at least a portion of the series of images, analyze the image data to determine if an object is recognized in each of the series of images, and generate a history of the series of images. The history is indicative of whether each of the series of images includes the object. Based at least in part on the history, the processor is configured to cause the display of the at least a portion of the series of images to be modified to: zoom in on the object, pan within the maximum field of view, zoom out on the scene, or any combination thereof.

A wearing assembly and an earphone are provided. The wearing assembly includes an elastic metal wire, a lead assembly, an insert member, and a wrapping assembly. The insert member is fixed to an end of the elastic metal wire and includes an insert body. The wrapping assembly includes a body wrapping portion wrapping a periphery of the elastic metal wire and the lead assembly, the lead assembly has an exposed portion that is exposed from the body wrapping portion and extends to the insert body; and at least one of the insert body and the wrap assembly further wraps a periphery of the exposed portion. The above solution uses at least one of the insert body or the wrap assembly to wrap the periphery of the exposed portion to improve a mounting yield of the wearing assembly.

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).

A vibration sensor (200) is provided, comprising: a vibration receiver (210) including a housing (211) and a vibration unit (212), the housing (211) forming an acoustic cavity, the vibration unit (212) being located in the acoustic cavity and separating the acoustic cavity into a first acoustic cavity (213) and a second acoustic cavity (214); and an acoustic transducer (220) acoustically connected to the first acoustic cavity (213). The housing (211) is configured to generate a vibration based on an external vibration signal, the vibration unit (212) changes an acoustic pressure within the first acoustic cavity (213) in response to the vibration of the housing (211), causing the acoustic transducer (220) to generate an electrical signal. The vibration unit (212) includes a quality element (2121) and an elastic element (2122), an area of the quality element (2121) on a side away from the acoustic transducer (220) is smaller than an area of the quality element (2121) on a side close to the acoustic transducer. The elastic element (2122) is connected around a side wall of the quality element (2121).

Presented herein are techniques for detecting the heartbeat of the recipient of an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device includes sensors for capturing audio signals and vibrations signals from the body of the recipient. A heartbeat detection module filters at least the vibration signals to generate a heartbeat signal representing the heartbeat of the recipient.

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.

Utilizing in-canal microphones and other microphones in wearable devices is described. One embodiment is an ear-worn device that includes an in-canal microphone configured to capture sounds in an ear canal and an array of microphones configured to capture external sounds. The ear-worn device may utilize the in-canal microphone to determine if the user is actively speaking. Upon such a determination, the ear-worn device may turn on the array of microphones to capture the user's voice and perform beamforming to focus the array of microphones on the user's mouth. Such speech can then be processed and provided to an artificial intelligence agent. The ear-worn device may switch between using the in-canal microphone and the array of microphones to capture the user's voice depending on environmental noise, the context of the user, and the voice content. The ear-worn device may also blend captures from the in-canal microphone and the array of microphones.

The utility model discloses a function box assembly, an earphone and an earphone system. The function box assembly comprises a box body and keys. The box body is provided with a control area used for installing keys, and the control area is provided with at least two key areas. The key is arranged in the control area, the key comprises at least two triggering parts arranged corresponding to the key area, and the box body and the key are connected through a spacing part, so that the triggering parts and the key area are arranged at intervals; the interval part is located between two adjacent key areas, and the key can rotate around the interval part and enable one trigger part to make contact with the corresponding key area. Compared with an existing functional box assembly, the functional box assembly is provided with the interval part, the interval part can enable the trigger parts to be independently pressed, and the two trigger parts cannot be linked, so that the problem that the functions of the earphone cannot be adjusted due to the fact that the two trigger parts are in contact with the corresponding key areas at the same time can be avoided.

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 speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.

The present application mainly relates to a diaphragm, an air conduction speaker, and a wearable electronic device. The diaphragm comprises: a center main body and a corrugated ring; the corrugated ring is connected to the outer periphery of the center main body; the corrugated ring comprises two arc-shaped sections and two connection sections; the two arc-shaped sections are spaced apart from and opposite to each other; the two connection sections are spaced apart from each other side by side, and are connected between two pairs of opposite ends of the two arc-shaped sections in a one-to-one correspondence, wherein a plurality of corrugated grooves arranged at intervals in the direction of extension of the arc-shaped sections are formed in each arc-shaped section; two ends of each first corrugated groove respectively extend toward an inner ring and an outer ring of the corrugated ring; and the plurality of corrugated grooves are arranged radially in a same spiral orientation. In this way, the working stability and the service life of the diaphragm can be effectively improved, thereby prolonging the service life of the wearable electronic 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.

The present disclosure relates to a hearing apparatus comprising: a bone conduction sensor configured to convert bone vibrations of voice sound information into a bone conduction signal; a signal processing unit configured to implement a synthetic speech generation process, the synthetic speech generation process implementing a speech model; wherein the synthetic speech generation process receives the bone conduction signal as a control input and outputs a synthetic speech signal.

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 speaker is provided. The speaker includes: a support portion, a magnetic circuit assembly, and a positioning assembly. The magnetic circuit assembly is connected to the support portion through the positioning assembly, and the magnetic circuit assembly vibrates relative to the support portion; and the positioning assembly includes two vibration transmission plates spaced apart in a vibration direction of the magnetic circuit assembly, and projections of the two vibration transmission plates along the vibration direction are symmetrical with each other.

The present disclosure provides an earphone including a core module. The core module may include a core housing and a core. The core housing may include a bottom wall and an annular peripheral wall. When a user wears the earphone, the bottom wall may face the head of the user. One end of the annular peripheral wall may be integrally connected with the bottom wall, the other end of the annular peripheral wall that is away from the bottom wall includes an opening, and the core may be disposed in the core housing through the opening. The core may include a magnet configured such that the core module is attachable to a magnetic object through one side of the bottom wall.

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.

The utility model discloses a transduction assembly, an earphone and an earphone system. The transduction assembly comprises a first shell, a second shell and a support. The second shell and the first shell are connected to form an accommodating cavity together. The support is located in the containing cavity and connected with the second shell, the support and the first shell jointly form a mounting cavity, the support is provided with a through hole, a glue containing part is arranged in the mounting cavity, and the through hole corresponds to and is communicated with the glue containing part. According to the transduction assembly provided by the embodiment of the invention, the bracket and the second shell can be bonded and connected through the waterproof glue, and under the condition that the bracket is connected with the second shell and the bracket and the second shell jointly extrude the waterproof glue, the waterproof glue can flow into the glue accommodating part through the through hole, and the waterproof glue can be stored in the glue accommodating part; therefore, the problem that the waterproof glue between the support and the second shell overflows to the surface of the transduction assembly can be avoided, the overall attractiveness of the transduction assembly is good, the waterproof glue on the surface of the transduction assembly does not need to be cleaned, and the transduction assembly is easy and convenient to install.