60 results about "Outer ear" patented technology

Aspects include headphones. In certain cases, a headphone includes: an ear cuff body having: a first portion configured to pass over an outer side of at least one of an antihelix, a helix, or a lobule of a user's outer ear; and a second portion configured to sit behind the outer ear; an acoustic package configured to deliver sound to the ear canal region; and wiring extending between the ear cuff body to the acoustic package.

A faceplate (1) configured to be removably affixed to an outer face (20) of a retaining body (17) of an earpiece (2) configured to be disposed within the concha of an ear of a wearer. An earpiece (2) comprising a retaining body (17) configured to be disposed within the concha of an ear of a wearer, the retaining body having an outer face (20) opposite to an inner face (21) extending to a retaining body periphery (22), the retaining body including a projection element (18) configured to project into an ear canal opening of the wearer, the projection element (18) adapted to retain an earpiece tip (19) configured to engage an ear canal wall of the wearer, and a faceplate (1) configured to cover the outer face (20) of the retaining body (17), the retaining body and the faceplate including releasably engageable mateable parts to removably affix the faceplate to the retaining body.

A signal transmission device, an electronic device, a method for reversibly connecting an electronic device, and a method for changing different devices are proposed, in which, in particular, a conducted (e.g., wired) loudspeaker, especially a piezo loudspeaker (2), which is attached to the eardrum (3) and excites it to vibrate, is used, wherein the ear canal (4) generally remains open and the natural acoustic transparency of the outer ear is maintained, since the signal transmission from the electronic device to the loudspeaker and the necessary otoplastic measures are generally placed at least partially outside the ear canal (4).

The invention discloses a rotating steel bar damper of a four-connecting-rod structure. The rotating steel bar damper comprises an outer lug plate, an inner lug plate, an energy dissipation steel bar, a pin shaft and a sleeve. According to the rotating steel bar damper of the four-connecting-rod structure, the damper can deform in any direction in a plane, each pin shaft and the corresponding energy dissipation steel bar surrounding one circle of the pin shaft form a single rotating unit, under the earthquake effect, when the outer lug plate moves in a certain direction, the outer lug plate and the inner lug plate rotate relatively, and therefore the rotating steel bar damper can deform in any direction. The shearing force between the outer lug plate and the inner lug plate is borne by the pin shaft, the bending moment generated by relative rotation of the outer lug plate and the inner lug plate is borne by the energy dissipation steel bar, bending-shearing separation is achieved through the structure, overall plastic deformation of the damper is concentrated on the energy dissipation section of the energy dissipation steel bar, and earthquake energy is dissipated through shearing plastic deformation of the energy dissipation steel bar. And according to the damper, translation deformation is converted into rotation deformation through a four-connecting-rod structure, and the deformation capacity of the metal shearing type damper is improved.

The utility model provides an earphone head and a bluetooth earphone, the earphone head comprises a main housing and a sound production assembly, the main housing comprises an inner side wall, an outer side wall and an annular side wall, and the inner side wall, the outer side wall and the annular side wall are enclosed to form an accommodating cavity; the sound production assembly is provided with a sound production surface, the sound production assembly is arranged in the accommodating cavity in a manner that the sound production surface faces the inner side wall, and an inner sound cavity is formed by a cavity between the sound production surface and the inner side wall; the annular side wall is provided with a directional sound guide hole communicated with the inner sound cavity, and the earphone head is worn on a human body in a manner that the inner side wall is attached to the face of the human body and the directional sound guide hole faces the auricle of the human body; the edge, away from the inner side wall, of the directional sound guide hole is provided with a sound guide plate protruding out of the face where an outlet of the directional sound guide hole is located. The earphone head of the utility model does not need to be plugged into the ear canal and cover the external ear, and does not need to press the skull, so that better sound playing quality can be achieved.

The technology provides a multi-body earpiece suitable for use as an in-ear sensor system, which can be used for biometrics or a human-computer interface. The multi-body earpiece includes two body elements connected together by a flexure. These components provide at least 3 points of contact along different parts of the outer ear, in which the flexure is tethered to the two bodies and arranged to lock them in place during wear. In addition to having stability from moving while minimizing sound occlusion, this arrangement enables any electrodes for the on-board sensor(s) to remain in contact with the skin of the ear and provide as many contact points in desired areas as the electronics dictate for the signals of interest.

This invention discloses a device for attaching an optical element, such as an otoscope, to a smartphone for diagnosing and / or identifying problems in the outer ear, middle ear, and / or ear canal of a patient. The device may include a body. The body may include a hole and a first engagement member configured to engage with a second engagement structure belonging to the optical element. A first surface may be attached to the body and configured to contact a first smartphone surface. A piston may be provided, which may include a second surface parallel to the first surface and configured to contact a second smartphone surface. A threaded knob may be provided, connected to the piston through the hole.

A symmetrically performing motor includes an asymmetrical rotor. The rotor includes a core and a plurality of arcuately arranged magnets. The core includes a hub, a plurality of pole segments, and a plurality of bridges extending between and interconnecting respective ones of the pole segments to the hub. Each of the bridges has an axially varying width. The pole segments are swept in form such that the rotor core exhibits mirror asymmetry. Each of the pole segments includes a body, a head disposed radially adjacent the body, and a pair of arcuately spaced apart ears extending generally tangentially outwardly from the head. The head defines an arcuate outer head face extending along an outer rotor margin. Each of the ears defines a respective outer ear face disposed inward of the outer rotor margin. Each of the outer ear faces defines an ear angle relative to the outer rotor margin.

Embodiments are directed to an electronic device configured to measure temperature from within an ear canal having a first bend, a second bend, and a tympanic membrane. The device comprises an enclosure comprising an in-canal section dimensioned for deployment in the ear canal. The in-canal section comprises a trough extending axially along at least a portion of the in-canal section and arranged to be positioned between the first bend and the tympanic membrane when the in-canal section is fully deployed in the ear canal. A temperature sensor is disposed in the trough. The temperature sensor comprises a flexible circuit board, a distal temperature sensor disposed on the flexible circuit board, and a proximal temperature sensor disposed on the flexible circuit board and situated proximal of, and spaced apart from, the distal temperature sensor in an outer ear direction.

A binaural hearing aid system comprises left and right hearing instruments each comprising a BTE-part comprising a housing configured to be located at or behind an outer ear of the user and an acceleration sensor configured to measure acceleration in at least two directions relative to the housing of the BTE-part and to provide acceleration data indicative thereof. A first one of the left and right hearing instruments comprises a transmitter configured to transmit said acceleration data to the other hearing instrument, and the other hearing instrument comprises a receiver for receiving said acceleration data from the first one of the hearing instruments. The other hearing instrument further comprises a controller for detecting whether or not the left and right hearing instruments are correctly mounted in dependence of a similarity measure between said acceleration data provided by the left and right hearing instruments. A method of operating a binaural hearing aid system is further disclosed.

The utility model relates to the field of earphones, in particular to an ear clamping type earphone capable of rotatably adjusting an angle, which comprises an earphone body, the earphone body comprises a first clamping part, a connecting arm, a rotating structure and a second clamping part, the second clamping part is provided with a sound outlet, and the rotating structure and the second clamping part rotate relative to the first clamping part. The rotating structure is arranged between the connecting arm and the second clamping part, and the rotating structure and the second clamping part rotate relative to the first clamping part, so that the sound outlet of the second clamping part is aligned with the external auditory meatus opening, it is ensured that the earphone can efficiently transmit music into the ear canal, and transmission loss is reduced; therefore, the wearing comfort of the user is improved, the experience of the user is effectively improved, and the problems that the user cannot really hear the sound output by the sound outlet of the earphone and is uncomfortable to wear and the experience of the user is reduced due to the fact that the sound outlet of the existing ear clamping type earphone cannot be effectively aligned with the external auditory canal of the user are solved.

An exemplary system and method are disclosed for the assessment of auditory sound conduction in the outer and middle ears in newborns and infants during the time of standard universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) (inpatient and outpatient) in the first month of life using absorbance peak template (APT) analysis. Rather than using normative ranges showing the bounds of normal absorbance values at each frequency across frequencies, the exemplary system and method employ analysis of coherent morphological absorbance-frequency features, which are most diagnostically useful and theoretically informative, in the mid-frequency absorbance peak. The analysis can detect mid-frequency absorbance peaks in the absorbance peak template while also providing an overlay of the absorbance vs. frequency plot on the screen of the test instrument to determine key metrics in the parameters for normal absorbance peaks.

Embodiments are directed to an electronic device configured to measure temperature from within an ear canal having a first bend, a second bend, and a tympanic membrane. The device comprises an enclosure comprising an in-canal section dimensioned for deployment in the ear canal. The in-canal section comprises a trough extending axially along at least a portion of the in-canal section and arranged to be positioned between the first bend and the tympanic membrane when the in-canal section is fully deployed in the ear canal. A temperature sensor is disposed in the trough. The temperature sensor comprises a flexible circuit board, a distal temperature sensor disposed on the flexible circuit board, and a proximal temperature sensor disposed on the flexible circuit board and situated proximal of, and spaced apart from, the distal temperature sensor in an outer ear direction.

The application discloses a kind of unmanned plane positioning system and method based on bat ultrasonic wave transceiving, including: unmanned plane body and controller, the base is equipped on the unmanned plane body, the base is equipped with respectively with the ultrasonic wave transmitting device, ultrasonic wave receiving device and antenna connected with controller;Ultrasonic wave transmitting device and ultrasonic wave receiving device are oppositely arranged;The ultrasonic wave receiving device includes: for simulating the characteristics of outer ear of bat analog outer ear, with signal receiver for receiving the physical signal generated when analog outer ear is deformed, for supporting and adjusting the position and angle of analog outer ear bionic movement device;The controller can control bionic movement device movement, to change the position and angle of analog outer ear.The application can adjust the spatial position and inclination angle of analog outer ear according to actual needs, and the ear and head movement of bat when receiving acoustic signal is well simulated.

Earphones, characterized in that the earphone includes: a housing arrangement that serves to form a recording space and has a first direction and a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction; an ear hook connected to the housing assembly, wherein, when worn, the ear hook is located at least partially at the back of the user's ear and the housing assembly is stacked in the second direction against the front of the user's ear, with the earphone being worn over the ear hook at a position near the outer ear canal of the user's ear without blocking the outer ear canal; a loudspeaker and a battery, spaced apart from each other in the recording space, wherein the loudspeaker has a first axis and the battery has a second axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis each have a positive direction pointing towards the user's ear when worn, wherein the projections of the first axis and the second axis intersect in a reference plane defined by the first direction and the second direction.

The invention discloses an air bag expansion in-ear earphone based on external ear special-shaped contour adaptation. The air bag expansion in-ear earphone comprises a bottom shell, a loudspeaker, an air bag, a face shell and an elastic self-locking mechanism. The outer contour face of the bottom shell is matched with an outer lug special-shaped structure, the outer side face is combined with an air bag, the face shell is connected with the bottom shell through a connecting column, an expansion-shrinkage hole is formed in the center of the face shell, and the air bag partially penetrates through the hole. The elastic self-locking mechanism is connected with the outer cover and the bottom shell, penetrates through the telescopic channel of the air bag and comprises a sliding sleeve, a sliding block, a reset spring and a traction rod, and a sliding groove of the sliding block is provided with an upper clamping groove and a lower clamping groove. In a normal state, the elastic self-locking mechanism extends, and the air bag contracts; during wearing, the outer cover is pressed, the elastic self-locking mechanism is compressed and locked, and the outer cover extrudes the air bag to expand in the circumferential direction of the bottom shell to fit the outline of the outer ear. Non-auditory meatus intrusive wearing is achieved, the loudspeaker is suspended and does not make contact with the auditory meatus, the air bag is sealed to form an air layer, the physical noise reduction function and the air pressure absorption function are achieved, oppression is avoided, the earphone is adaptive to different outer ear contours, and the earphone is light, easy to store and good in comfort and sound quality.

The application discloses a construction method of a large-span truss steel structure roof, which comprises the following steps: step 1, completing roof assembly on a floor surface; fixing joint shaft nodes outer ear plates to the roof; step 2, lifting the roof upward by using a lifting system, and removing the assembly jig frame after the roof is lifted to a first height; step 3, inserting joint shaft nodes inner ear plates fixed at the end of the bifurcated column into two joint shaft nodes outer ear plates, and inserting a pin shaft into a pin shaft hole on the ear plate; step 4, gradually lifting the roof, and adjusting the bifurcated column from an inclined posture to a vertical posture in the process of lifting; continuing to lift the roof to a design height; and step 5, adjusting the posture of the bifurcated column, and connecting the lower end of the bifurcated column and the top of the support column. The method solves the problems of difficult installation of the bifurcated column joint shaft, inability to hoist the bifurcated column into place in a narrow space in the air, and difficulty in high-altitude assembly of the bifurcated column joint shaft pin shaft.

The technology provides a multi-body earpiece suitable for use as an in-ear sensor system, which can be used for biometrics or a human-computer interface. The multi-body earpiece includes two body elements connected together by a flexure. These components provide at least 3 points of contact along different parts of the outer ear, in which the flexure is tethered to the two bodies and arranged to lock them in place during wear. In addition to having stability from moving while minimizing sound occlusion, this arrangement enables any electrodes for the on-board sensor(s) to remain in contact with the skin of the ear and provide as many contact points in desired areas as the electronics dictate for the signals of interest.

The utility model provides a lifting lug device for lifting a jacket, which comprises the jacket, a plurality of main legs are arranged on the jacket, a plurality of main shafts are arranged on one side of each main leg, an outer lug plate and an inner lug plate are arranged at one end of each main shaft, a plurality of stiffening plates are uniformly distributed on the outer circle of the other side of each main shaft, and a gap is arranged between each outer lug plate and the corresponding inner lug plate. A plurality of through pin holes are formed in the plate face of the outer lug plate, a plurality of through threaded holes are formed in the plate face of the inner lug plate, and the pin holes correspond to the threaded holes in a one-to-one mode. The problem of safety risk caused by shaking of a lifting hook when a worker hangs a sling during traditional jacket hoisting is solved.

The invention relates to an ear-worn hearing device with an in-ear microphone. A hearing device is disclosed comprising an acoustic tube configured for being worn on an outer ear of a user or at least partially in an ear canal of the user. The hearing device comprises: a speaker having a sound outlet acoustically coupled to an opening of a sound tube through a speaker sound path; and a microphone mounted on the carrier. The microphone includes a manifold forming a microphone sound path acoustically coupling the microphone to the opening of the sound tube, where the manifold isolates the microphone sound path from the speaker sound path along at least a portion of the channel of the sound tube.

An ear-clip earphone is provided. The ear-clip earphone comprises a sound production portion configured to be inserted into a concha cavity of a wearer when the ear-clip earphone is worn by the wearer. The sound production portion comprises a housing having an accommodating cavity; a first acoustic driver and a second acoustic driver disposed in the accommodating cavity, a first sound transmission channel being formed between a first diaphragm of the first acoustic driver and a second diaphragm of the second acoustic driver; a sound outlet hole disposed in the housing, the sound outlet hole being acoustically connected to the first sound transmission channel and exporting sound generated by the first acoustic driver and the second acoustic driver; an abutting portion, configured to abut against behind the ear of the wearer when the ear-clip earphone is worn; and an ear hook, configured to bypass an antihelix and a helix of the wearer and connect the sound production portion to the abutting portion when the ear-clip earphone is worn.

A binaural hearing aid system comprises left and right hearing instruments each comprising a BTE-part comprising a housing configured to be located at or behind an outer ear of the user and an acceleration sensor configured to measure acceleration in at least two directions relative to the housing of the BTE-part and to provide acceleration data indicative thereof. A first one of the left and right hearing instruments comprises a transmitter configured to transmit said acceleration data to the other hearing instrument, and the other hearing instrument comprises a receiver for receiving said acceleration data from the first one of the hearing instruments. The other hearing instrument further comprises a controller for detecting whether or not the left and right hearing instruments are correctly mounted in dependence of a similarity measure between said acceleration data provided by the left and right hearing instruments. A method of operating a binaural hearing aid system is further disclosed.

An ear-wearable electronic device includes a first near-field communication (NFC) device and a transfer region configured to facilitate transfer of a wearable sensor unit into an ear of a wearer or onto an outer ear of the wearer or a surface of the wearer's head adjacent the outer ear. The wearable sensor unit comprises electronic circuitry comprising a second NFC device configured to communicatively couple to the first NFC device and facilitate wireless transfer of power from the ear-wearable electronic device to the wearable sensor unit and wireless transfer of data at least from the wearable sensor unit to the ear-wearable electronic device, and one or more sensors configured to measure at least one physiologic parameter or physiologic condition of the wearer. The wearable sensor unit and the ear-wearable electronic device are configured to remain mechanically decoupled from one another subsequent to deployment of the wearable sensor unit.

An integrated or detachable tail structure is provided for enhancing retention of an associated earpiece within the ear of a user. In one example, an earpiece comprises a main body and a tail structure. The main body contains one or more electronic components. The tail structure is coupled to the main body, has a semi-circular shape, and when compressed and placed within an outer ear of the user, engages at least three distinct anatomical features of the outer ear, including the antitragus, the antihelix, and the helical crus.

The invention provides a temporomandibular joint activity stress detection piezoresistive sensor, a detection device and a method, and belongs to the technical field of sensing devices. According to the invention, a flexible shell film, a piezoresistive sensing material, a hard device shell, a circuit board and a lead are used for constructing a temporomandibular joint motion stress detection piezoresistive sensor. The temporomandibular joint activity stress detection piezoresistive sensors are stuffed into ear canals on two sides to perform opening and closing movement, acting force generated by impact of condylar processes on external ear canals during opening and closing movement is converted into electric signals, the electric signals are transmitted to a computer end to realize real-time detection, generated wave crests are analyzed, and the detection accuracy is improved. And whether a subject has temporomandibular joint disorder is diagnosed in an auxiliary manner.

The utility model provides a kind of ear washer with higher use experience, including main body, control circuit board being arranged in the inside of the main body, for water storage's water storage tank, and the water storage tank is connected with the gas pump unit of pipeline intercommunication and is used to recycle dirty water's sewage tank;The outer ear cover that is mutually matched with the shape of user ear portion is provided in the side of the main body;It further includes the water jet opening being arranged in the inside of the outer ear cover, and it is connected with the gas pump unit intercommunication, it further includes the hot air subassembly being arranged in the inside of the main body;The hot air subassembly includes hot air shell, the micro fan of the inside of hot air shell and the heating sheet and / or heating wire for improving airflow temperature, in actual application process, the design of heating sheet and heating wire can be better utilized, realize the heating air outlet function of water jet opening part, and the internal structure of the application is more conducive to the recovery of sewage, improve use experience.

An earplug includes a body made of a silicone material containing a phosphorescent material that causes the earplug to glow in the dark after exposure to light. A filter for reducing sound is positioned within the body. The silicone material includes 80-90% polydimethylsiloxane and 5-15% of the phosphorescent material, such as zinc sulfide, strontium aluminate, or rare-earth metal chelates. A fin extends from the body and fits into folds of an outer ear to secure the earplug in place. The body has a layered design with multiple sections that gradually decrease in diameter toward a tip of the earplug.

Systems, methods, and devices for detecting mandibular motion via in-ear monitoring of ear canal deformation are disclosed. An earpiece houses multiple infrared proximity sensors oriented to measure volumetric changes in the cartilaginous portion of the outer ear canal induced by jaw movement. A coupled processor acquires, filters, and fuses proximity signals to identify activity onset and termination, and classifies movement events such as chewing, coughing, and yawning using signal-processing and machine-learning algorithms. The system optionally communicates wirelessly to a voice transducer to enable hands-free voice initiation and control. The system provides discreet, reproducible, and user-specific operations suitable for implementing a hands-free human-machine interface.