282 results about "Ear Auricle" patented technology

The apparatus for transcutaneous stimulation or transcutaneous measurement of a parameter is a device which fits wholly within the pinna (external ear) of the vertebrate. In order to fit completely within the pinna, the housing is C-shaped and from each end of the housing is a curved section which has a spring action that holds the apparatus inside the ear. This apparatus has a compact design which allows for nerve stimulation in a particularly efficient, ergonomically favorable and easy manipulation for the patient.

A headphone device includes: an approximately U-shaped band portion, the band portion being configured such that one and the other ends thereof are held on temples near upper ends of the left and right pinnas of a wearer and an intermediate portion thereof is positioned at the occiput of the wearer; left and right side connecting members connected to the band portion; left and right side housings connected to the band portion via the connecting members in a manner hanging from the band portion; and left and right side headphone drivers disposed in the left and right side housings, respectively.

In a hearing device with low feedback tendency with simultaneous open feed and utilization of the natural directional effect of the pinna, the hearing device has a tube-shaped ear fitting piece for insertion into an auditory canal and speaker is arranged in the ear fitting piece, and at least two microphones are arranged in the ear fitting piece acoustically-symmetrically to the speaker in the built-in state of the hearing device in the ear fitting piece. The sound emitted by the speaker that can be differentiated from the usable sound, such that the level of feedback can be reduced. At the same time, open feed and utilization of the natural directional effect of the pinna are ensured.

A system for audio content delivery to an in-the-ear device from a local computing device. Also, a system for audio content delivery to an in-the-ear device from a content delivery network. The in-the-ear device is sized and shaped such that it universally and ergonomically fits into the human ear without slipping out and provides the user with a comfortable fit. The in-the-ear device is secured in the user's ear taking advantage of the natural curvature of the human to provide support and shift the center of gravity from outside the ear to further inside the pinna to prevent the device from slipping out while retaining a high level of comfort.

An auricle-installed apparatus, including: a device configured to be installable to a user's ear and have an electric conversion function; and a main body including a supporting portion configured to support the device, and a first curved portion and a second curved portion that are configured to be installable to a user's auricle, the first curved portion and the second curved portion having a first state configured to maintain a first curved shape and a second state configured to maintain a second curved shape different from the first curved shape.

Headsets (20, 50, 60, 71) provide surround sound and full 3 dimensional effects to a user to simulate the effects of direction and sound source. Advantages include: surround sound effect without the limitations of Head-Related Transfer Functions, and pinna effect customized to each user's ears; horn shape tube outlets (32) to create an efficient transmission of sound; ability to space the headset speakers (22, 24) away from the user's ear and to maintain sound quality by addition of a chamber (28) behind the speakers (22, 24), with the aid of tube sound guides (23, 25) and the horn shaped outlets; and, no need for electronic hardware to process the electrical signals to create desired effects as placement of the speakers creates the correct timing, and damping material (34) in the tubes between speakers creates a desired intensity drop. Head tracking capability is also provided.

Active otoplastics (3) with integrated earpieces (4) are to be acoustically optimized. There is provision here for forming a sound outlet (8) into the otoplastic in accordance with acoustic conditions. If the sound outlet (8) has the form of an exponential horn, this results in advantages for supply of high tones. The earpiece (4) can be secured with the aid of an adapter (5) into the otoplastic (3) so that it can be exchanged.

According to the present invention, a hearing aid is provided having a housing with an open canal section that is adapted for fitting in the ear canal of a user and having a short vent the longitudinal extension of which is shorter than the longitudinal extension of the open canal section, and an output port for emission of sound towards the eardrum of the user when inserted in the ear canal, and a closed pinna section for enclosing hearing aid components and that is attached to the open canal section and adapted to be positioned outside the ear canal in front of the pinna when the open canal section is inserted in the ear canal, the short vent substantially preventing the occlusion effect.

The present invention relates to a new type of hearing device housing having an open canal section that is adapted for fitting in the ear canal of a wearer and having a short vent, the longitudinal extension of which is shorter than the longitudinal extension of the open canal section, and an output port for emission of sound towards the eardrum of the wearer when inserted in the ear canal, and an outer ear section for accommodation of electronic components and being attached to the canal section and adapted for positioning in front of the ear during use, the short vent reducing the occlusion effect, wherein the canal section comprises an open and flexible earpiece manufactured in standard sizes. The hearing device may be a hearing aid, a headset, a headphone, etc. Unlike a conventional BTE (Behind-The-Ear) hearing aid having a housing to be positioned behind the ear, the housing of the hearing device according to the present invention is positioned in front of the ear, i.e. in front of the pinna. The positioning of the hearing device is simple since positioning of the outer ear section is automatically performed together with the positioning of the open canal section in the ear canal of the wearer.

The present invention pertains to an ear-mountable, paraboloid-shaped reflective acoustic lens which can be used to enhance a user's perception of the sounds from a source the user faces. The lens mechanically collects and naturally amplifies the airborne acoustic information from the sound source. The lens uses both the wearer's external ear as well as the interior face of an acoustic lens to coherently reflect increased amounts of sound from the source into the ear canal of a user who wears the lightweight, deformable lens. All sections of the lens meet the head of the user at an obtuse angle. The lens is held in place around the user's ear by the inward pressure of the lens pushing against the outside of the user's pinna. Adherence of the device to the ear of the wearer can be increased by an adhesive strip on the interior face of the lens.

The invention provides a sound oriented transmission method of a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The method comprises the steps of: storing auricle images of a user into the internal storage of the mobile terminal in advance; when the mobile terminal plays sound, starting an image obtaining device to obtain the front image of the mobile terminal; recognizing that whether auricle characteristics are included in the front image; if the auricle characteristics are recognized, matching the auricle characteristics in the auricle images stored in the mobile terminal with the auricle characteristics in the front image; if the matching is successful, obtaining relative three-dimensional space coordinates of the ears of the user relative to a parametric array loudspeaker in the mobile terminal, starting the parametric array loudspeaker, and transmitting sound signals towards the directions of the ears according to the obtained relative three-dimensional space coordinates. According to the sound oriented transmission method of the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal, after being recognized, the ears of the user are positioned, sound is transmitted in an oriented manner by the parametric array loudspeaker, and thereby sound diffusion is reduced, and interference of the sound on people nearby is avoided.

In order to improve the directional effect in a hearing device system with a hearing aid device worn behind the left ear and a hearing aid device worn behind the right ear, the hearing aid devices are to be fashioned side-specific. Furthermore, each hearing aid device has at least three sound entrance ports that are arranged substantially along a straight line. When the hearing aid devices are worn, these straight lines are turned toward the straight-ahead viewing direction of a hearing device user (in contrast to symmetrically-fashioned hearing aid devices) due to the particular fashioning of the hearing aid devices. A directional effect thus is achieved by the natural formation of the pinna.

A headphone device includes: a driver unit held in the vicinity of the external acoustic meatus of an ear; and an arm in a predetermined shape formed integrally with the driver unit and extending from the driver unit, wherein an end of the arm is kept abutting on a part of the auricle near the base the auricle on a back side thereof to support the device at two support points provided by the driver unit and the end of the arm.

A hearing protection device and method of natural sealing provides an ear clip designed with two elongated elements. The elements each have a flexible part or cushions at one end and are attached with a tension mechanism that applies pressure forcing the ends together. The flexible part or cushion ends contact the wearer, one behind the lower ear and the other at the auricle skin flap pressing the flap to cover the ear canal.

The invention discloses an intelligent head-mounted device, and the device comprises a lens and a leg part, the lens is connected with the leg part, and the leg part is internally provided with a cavity; the sound production device is arranged in the cavity, and the cavity is divided into a front sound cavity and a rear sound cavity by the sound production device; the sound outlet hole is formed in the leg part and is communicated with the front sound cavity; the main sound leakage hole and the auxiliary sound leakage hole are formed in the leg part, and the main sound leakage hole and the auxiliary sound leakage hole are communicated with the rear sound cavity; the positions of the sound outlet hole, the main sound leakage hole and the auxiliary sound leakage hole are configured as follows: when a wearer wears the intelligent head-mounted device, the sound outlet hole and the auxiliary sound leakage hole are located at the front side of the auricle of the wearer, and the main sound leakage hole is located at the rear side of the auricle of the wearer.