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公开(公告)号:US20220240004A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17724392
申请日:2022-04-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Michael B. Howes , Yacine Azmi , Scott P. Porter , Jonathan S. Aase , Andrew P. Bright , Christopher R. Wilk
Abstract: An earphone comprising: an earphone housing having a cap portion and a body portion that interlock with one another to enclose a driver, the driver having a front face that outputs sound waves and a back face opposite the front face, the cap portion defines a first chamber coupled to the front face of the driver and the body portion defines a second chamber coupled to the back face of the driver, a first opening formed through the cap portion; a first port and a second port formed through the body portion and open to a surrounding environment; and a mesh coupled to the first opening, the first port or the second port.
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公开(公告)号:US11363363B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16790661
申请日:2020-02-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Zachary C. Rich , Kurt R. Stiehl , Arun D. Chawan , Michael B. Howes , Jonathan S. Aase , Esge B. Andersen , Yacine Azmi , Jahan C. Minoo , David J. Shaw , Aarti Kumar , Augustin Prats , Robert D. Watson , Baptiste P. Paquier , Axel D. Berny , Benjamin W. Cook , Jerzy S. Guterman , Benjamin Adair Cousins
IPC: H04R1/10
Abstract: A housing has a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry inside the housing includes a wireless communications interface to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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公开(公告)号:US11315277B1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-26
申请号:US16560171
申请日:2019-09-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Peter Victor Jupin , Yacine Azmi , Martin E. Johnson , Darius A. Satongar , Jonathan D. Sheaffer
Abstract: A device and a method of using the device to determine a user-specific head-related transfer function (HRTF), are described. The device can determine first geometric data corresponding to visible features of a pinna of a user in an image, and second geometric data corresponding to hidden features of the pinna obfuscated by the visible features in the image. The first geometric data and the second geometric data are combined in a geometric model that describes a shape of the pinna, and the user-specific HRTF is determined based on the geometric model. The user-specific HRTF is used to render spatial audio to the user. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
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公开(公告)号:US10805713B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-13
申请号:US15924049
申请日:2018-03-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yacine Azmi , Esge B. Andersen , Jonathan S. Aase , Michael B. Howes
Abstract: Intra-concha earphones are disclosed. In an embodiment, an intra-concha earphone includes a housing having a rear space divided into a back volume, a bass duct, and a vent chamber between a driver and a rear wall. The vent chamber may be acoustically coupled with the back volume through both an acoustic port and the bass duct. Furthermore, the vent chamber may be acoustically coupled with a surrounding environment through a vent port, which may be a sole acoustic opening in the rear wall. Thus, sound emitted by the driver may propagate through the acoustic port and the bass duct to meet in the vent chamber before being discharged through the vent port to the surrounding environment. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190289382A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-19
申请号:US16430823
申请日:2019-06-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Arun D. Chawan , Kurt Stiehl , Benjamin A. Cousins , Jonathan S. Aase , Yacine Azmi , Paul Choiniere , Scott W. Slabaugh
IPC: H04R1/10 , A45C11/24 , H02J7/02 , A45C13/02 , H04R1/28 , H04R1/34 , B65D25/02 , B65D43/16 , H04R1/02 , H04B1/3888 , H04B5/00 , A45C13/10 , A45C13/00 , H04R5/033 , A45C11/00 , H01R13/52 , H02J7/00 , H04R9/06 , H04R9/02
Abstract: An earbud includes a housing that includes a driver assembly positioned within the housing forming a front volume in front of the driver and a back volume behind the driver. An acoustic insert is positioned behind the driver assembly and attached to an interior surface of the housing such that it forms a bass channel that is routed from the back volume to a vent in the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US09973845B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-15
申请号:US15588400
申请日:2017-05-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Arun D. Chawan , Kurt Stiehl , Benjamin A. Cousins , Jonathan S. Aase , Yacine Azmi , Paul Choiniere , Scott W. Slabaugh
IPC: H04R1/28 , H04R1/10 , H04R1/34 , A45C11/00 , A45C13/02 , A45C13/10 , A45C13/00 , H02J7/00 , H02J7/02
CPC classification number: H04R1/1016 , A45C11/00 , A45C11/24 , A45C13/005 , A45C13/02 , A45C13/1069 , A45C2011/001 , A45C2013/026 , B65D25/02 , B65D43/16 , F16B2001/0035 , H01R13/521 , H02J7/0044 , H02J7/0047 , H02J7/025 , H02J7/027 , H02J2007/0096 , H04B1/385 , H04B1/3888 , H04B5/0037 , H04M1/6033 , H04R1/02 , H04R1/1025 , H04R1/1041 , H04R1/1058 , H04R1/1075 , H04R1/2826 , H04R1/2857 , H04R1/345 , H04R5/033 , H04R9/025 , H04R9/06 , H04R2201/105 , H04R2420/07 , H04R2460/03 , H04R2460/09 , H04R2460/17
Abstract: An earbud includes a housing that includes a driver assembly positioned within the housing forming a front volume in front of the driver and a back volume behind the driver. An acoustic insert is positioned behind the driver assembly and attached to an interior surface of the housing such that it forms a bass channel that is routed from the back volume to a vent in the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20180091893A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-29
申请号:US15723079
申请日:2017-10-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Michael B. Howes , Yacine Azmi , Scott P. Porter , Jonathan S. Aase , Andrew P. Bright , Christopher R. Wilk
CPC classification number: H04R1/2849 , H04R1/02 , H04R1/023 , H04R1/1016 , H04R1/1058 , H04R1/1075 , H04R1/2826 , H04R1/2846
Abstract: An earphone comprising an earphone housing having a wall comprising (1) a front side that joins (2) an end portion in which a primary sound output opening is formed, which joins (3) a face portion in which a secondary output opening is formed, which joins (4) a back side which joins the front side and encloses a driver, wherein the primary output opening is dimensioned to output sound generated by a diaphragm of the driver contained within the earphone housing into the ear and the secondary output opening is dimensioned to vent the ear to a surrounding environment, and wherein the primary output opening and the secondary output opening face different directions.
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公开(公告)号:US09883281B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-30
申请号:US15588400
申请日:2017-05-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Arun D. Chawan , Kurt Stiehl , Benjamin A. Cousins , Jonathan S. Aase , Yacine Azmi , Paul Choiniere , Scott W. Slabaugh
IPC: H04R1/28 , H04R1/10 , H04R1/34 , A45C11/00 , A45C13/02 , A45C13/10 , A45C13/00 , H02J7/00 , H02J7/02
Abstract: An earbud includes a housing that includes a driver assembly positioned within the housing forming a front volume in front of the driver and a back volume behind the driver. An acoustic insert is positioned behind the driver assembly and attached to an interior surface of the housing such that it forms a bass channel that is routed from the back volume to a vent in the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US09609420B2
公开(公告)日:2017-03-28
申请号:US14151583
申请日:2014-01-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yacine Azmi , Esge B. Andersen
CPC classification number: H04R1/1058 , H04R1/06 , H04R1/1016 , H04R1/1033 , H04R1/1041 , H04R1/1075 , H04R2420/07 , H04R2460/03
Abstract: A first earphone of an earphone system includes a first magnet assembly and a first voice coil. A second earphone of the earphone system includes a second magnet assembly and a second voice coil. The second magnet assembly has a magnetic polarity that is opposite to the first magnet assembly. The current direction in the second voice coil is reversed relative to the current direction in the first voice coil. The first earphone and the second earphone attract each other because of the opposite magnetic polarity between the first magnet assembly and the second magnet assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20170064427A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-02
申请号:US15302163
申请日:2015-04-20
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Zachary C. Rich , Kurt R. Stiehl , Arun D. Chawan , Michael B. Howes , Jonathan S. Aase , Esge B. Andersen , Yacine Azmi , Jahan C. Minoo , David J. Shaw , Aarti Kumar , Augustin Prats , Robert D. Watson , Baptiste P. Paquier , Axel D. Berny , Benjamin W. Cook , Jerzy S. Guterman , Benjamin Adair Cousins
IPC: H04R1/10
CPC classification number: H04R1/1016 , H04R1/1025 , H04R1/105 , H04R1/1075 , H04R2201/107 , H04R2420/07
Abstract: The wireless earphone (1) comprises a housing (2) having a bud portion abutting an elongated stem portion. The bud portion is to fit within an ear. The bud portion has a primary sound outlet (5) at its far end that is to be inserted into an outer ear canal, and abuts the stem portion at its near end. A speaker driver (6) is inside the bud portion. Electronic circuitry (7,24) inside the housing (2) includes a wireless communications interface (4) to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver. A rechargeable battery (3) as a power source for the electronic circuitry is located inside a cavity of the stem portion.
Abstract translation: 无线耳机(1)包括具有邻接细长杆部分的芽部的壳体(2)。 芽部分适合在耳朵内。 芽部具有其远端处的主要声音出口(5),其被插入外耳道中,并且在其近端处邻接杆部分。 扬声器驱动器(6)在芽部内。 壳体(2)内的电子电路(7,24)包括无线通信接口(4),用于通过无线接收音频内容,并且响应于向扬声器驱动器提供音频信号。 作为用于电子电路的电源的可再充电电池(3)位于杆部分的腔内。
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