Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shape-adaptable surface for an audio port
- Patent Title (中): 适用于音频端口的形状适应性表面
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Application No.: US13468497Application Date: 2012-05-10
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Publication No.: US08577071B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Steven Henry Fyke , Norman Miner Ladouceur , Jason Tyler Griffin
- Applicant: Steven Henry Fyke , Norman Miner Ladouceur , Jason Tyler Griffin
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing a shape-adaptable surface for an audio port of a device includes an audio port, a shape-adaptable surface having a plurality of portions, a plurality of sensors coupled to the shape-adaptable surface, wherein the plurality of sensors are operative to sense a plurality of distances between the object and the shape-adaptable surface, and a processor operatively coupled to the shape-adaptable surface and the plurality of sensors, said processor configured to control some of the plurality of portions of the shape-adaptable surface to adjust the plurality of distances and to provide a channel between a sound receiver of the object and the audio port. An improved audio coupling is formed by adjusting the distances between the shape-adaptable surface and the object, thereby transmitting sounds directly from the audio port of the device to a sound receiver of the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120219172A1 Shape-Adaptable Surface for an Audio Port Public/Granted day:2012-08-30
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