A method and a device for controlling the propagation of acoustic waves in the vicinity of a wall, the method and device implementing a master device for controlling a set Nc of cells primarily made up of a speaker, a set of Nm microphones connected to the speaker, and a control unit, by means of control laws that determine the intensity of the electrical signal that must be sent to each speaker so as to obtain a target determined generalized acoustic impedance for each speaker, such that a fraction of the acoustic waves is absorbed by the membrane of each speaker.

A coil assembly for integration into a transducer is presented. The coil assembly may include a metal bobbin assembly, a wire coil, and one or more nonconductive printed circuit board (PCB) stiffeners. A speaker that renders micro noise in an artificial reality environment for improving simulated presence is further presented. The speaker may generate a plurality of micro noises based in part on the determined state of the virtual object. The speaker may spatialize the plurality of micro noises, such that the plurality of micro noises appears to originate from the virtual object. A speaker for speaker diaphragm motion detection using optical MEMS sensors is further presented. Optical MEMS sensors are used to optically monitor displacement of one or more portions of a speaker diaphragm. The speaker may be configured to determine that a speaker diaphragm is in rocking mode and move the speaker diaphragm out of rocking mode.

A system for providing an audio interface at a mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes an interface programmed detect a loudspeaker system. The mobile device presents, via a user interface, a display screen to receive user input of sweet-spot commands. The mobile devices send sweet-spot parameters to the loudspeaker system in response to the sweet-spot commands.

An abnormal sound diagnosis system includes a sound acquisition unit configured to acquire data of a sound generated from an object, an inquiry information acquisition unit configured to acquire inquiry information regarding an abnormal sound generated in the object, an arithmetic processing unit configured to acquire a spectrogram indicating a relationship among a time, a frequency, and sound pressure from the data of the sound, an extraction unit configured to acquire, based on the inquiry information acquired by the inquiry information acquisition unit, an inferred frequency range of the abnormal sound generated in the object and extract an extracted range corresponding the inferred frequency range of the spectrogram acquired by the arithmetic processing unit, and a diagnosis unit configured to diagnose, based on the extracted range of the spectrogram extracted by the extraction unit, a cause of the abnormal sound generated in the object.

Earpieces and methods for acute sound detection and reproduction are provided. A method can include measuring an external ambient sound level (xASL), monitoring a change in the xASL for detecting an acute sound, estimating a proximity of the acute sound, and upon detecting the acute sound and its proximity, reproducing the acute sound within an ear canal, where the ear canal is at least partially occluded by an earpiece. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Examples of the disclosure relate to apparatus, methods and computer programs for enabling audio zooming. The apparatus can include circuitry configured for determining, for an audio signal, if sound energy in at least one first direction is different to sound energy in at least one second direction by at least a threshold amount. The circuitry may also be configured for controlling an amount of headroom provided based on whether or not sound energy in at least one first direction is different to the sound energy in at least one second direction by at least a threshold amount.

The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining a vibration transfer function from a sound generation unit to other positions. The method comprises: generating a first sound and a second sound based on a first test audio signal and a second test audio signal; outputting a first feedback signal after receiving the first sound, the first feedback signal including a signal transmitted from a sound generation unit to a first position through vibration transmission path and air conduction transmission path; outputting a second feedback signal after receiving the second sound, the second feedback signal including a signal transmitted from the sound generation unit to a second position through air conduction transmission path; determining the vibration transfer function from the sound generation unit to the first position based on the first test audio signal, the second test audio signal, the first feedback signal, and the second feedback signal.

The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining a vibration transfer function from a sound generation unit to other positions. The method comprises: generating a first sound and a second sound based on a first test audio signal and a second test audio signal; outputting a first feedback signal after receiving the first sound, the first feedback signal including a signal transmitted from a sound generation unit to a first position through vibration transmission path and air conduction transmission path; outputting a second feedback signal after receiving the second sound, the second feedback signal including a signal transmitted from the sound generation unit to a second position through air conduction transmission path; determining the vibration transfer function from the sound generation unit to the first position based on the first test audio signal, the second test audio signal, the first feedback signal, and the second feedback signal.

A loudspeaker controller for estimating a fundamental resonance frequency of a loudspeaker includes: an amplifier circuit, arranged to generate a driving signal of the loudspeaker according to an audio input signal; a sensing circuit, arranged to sense characteristics of the driving signal to generate a measurement signal; a plurality of band pass filter circuits, arranged to filter the measurement signal to generate a plurality of filter outputs, respectively, wherein the plurality of band pass filter circuits have different passbands; and an estimation circuit, arranged to estimate the fundamental resonance frequency according to the plurality of filter outputs.

Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having speakers and airflow sensors for the speakers. In one or more implementations, the airflow sensor may be formed, in part, by a mesh structure that spans a port in a housing of the electronic device. In one or more implementations, the airflow sensor may be formed, in part, by an exposed portion of a conductive trace of the speaker.