The present disclosure relates to a magnetic circuit assembly of a bone conduction speaker. The magnetic circuit assembly may generate a first magnetic field. The magnetic circuit assembly may include a first magnetic element, and the first magnetic element may generate a second magnetic field. The magnetic circuit may further include a first magnetic guide element and at least one second magnetic element. The at least one second magnetic element may be configured to surround the first magnetic element and a magnetic gap may be configured between the second magnetic element and the first magnetic element. A magnetic field strength of the first magnetic field within the magnetic gap may exceed a magnetic field strength of the second magnetic field within the magnetic gap.

A headphone in which both the left and right stereo channels are contained within a single earpiece (10) and separated by vertical positioning above (12) and below (14) the ear, rather than each ear receiving one stereo channel, as in traditional headphones. This allows the listener to hear the audio content of both stereo channels with a single ear, while still being able to distinguish between the two channels. The other earpiece of the headphone may be a “dummy” (20) which contains no speaker, and the headphone can be reversed depending on which ear the user wants to listen with. Optionally, the back of each earpiece can be opened, allowing the listener to experience stereo sound in one ear while listening to his/her surroundings with the other.

A system includes a safety helmet and an earpiece, wherein the earpiece is configured to determine when a user of the earpiece is wearing the safety helmet. The earpiece may include a touch surface and at least one sensor associated with the touch surface and wherein the earpiece is configured to ignore input at the touch surface when the user of the earpiece is wearing the safety helmet. A method includes sensing by an earpiece that a user is wearing a helmet and deactivating sensors associated with a touch input area on the ear piece when the user is wearing the helmet. A method includes charging an earpiece using a battery of a helmet while a user is wearing the earpiece and the helmet. A method includes communicating data from one or more sensors of a helmet or one or more sensors of a motorcycle to an earpiece and providing audio output indicating of the data to a user through a speaker of the earpiece.

Disclosed by the present application are an earphone and a worn detection device thereof. The detection device comprises a sensing panel used for forming a battery encapsulated metal shell, a detection chip connected to an input end and the sensing panel and a control chip connected to an output end of the detection chip; a battery is arranged in an earphone handle of the earphone; the detection chip is used for detecting a sensing signal of the sensing panel and determining a wearing state of the earphone according to the sensing signal; and the control chip is used to adjust the working state of the earphone according to the wearing state. When a user wears the earphone, the earphone handle of the earphone contacts the skin of the user, a capacitance effect is formed between the sensing panel and the skin of the user, and a sensing signal is generated. The detection chip determines the wearing state of the earphone by means of the sensing signal, and the control chip adjusts the working state of the earphone according to the wearing state. The present application reuses the encapsulated metal shell as the sensing panel, which is conducive to the miniaturization of the earphone and the improvement of the sensitivity and reliability of detecting the wearing state.

An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, at least one inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing, the at least one inertial sensor operatively connected to the processor, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor. The earpiece is configured to exchange inertial data with a vehicle having one or more inertial sensors. The vehicle may be a motorcycle, moped, scooter, bicycle, electric bicycle, personal transporter, hover board, or other type of vehicle.

An example method of operation may include identifying, in a particular room environment, a number of speakers and one or more microphones on a network controlled by a controller and amplifier, providing test signals to play sequentially from each amplifier channel of the amplifier and the speakers, monitoring the test signals from the one or more microphones simultaneously to detect operational speakers and amplifier channels, providing additional test signals to the speakers to determine tuning parameters, detecting the additional test signals at the one or more microphones controlled by the controller, and automatically establishing a background noise level and noise spectrum of the room environment based on the detected additional test signals.

A system, method, and wireless earpieces for determining the status of the user. Sensor measurements of the user are performed utilizing a radar sensor of the wireless earpieces. The sensor measurements are analyzed. The status of the user is determined utilizing at least the sensor measurements of the radar sensor of the wireless earpieces. An alert is communicated to the user in response to there being a change in the status of the user.

A method of utilizing wireless earpieces for hub communications in embodiments of the present invention may have one or more of the following steps: (a) activating the wireless earpieces, (b) connecting one or more devices to the wireless earpieces, (c) performing first biometric measurements of the user utilizing the wireless earpieces, (d) receiving second biometric measurements from the one or more devices, (e) determining if the one or more devices is located on the same user as the wireless earpieces by comparing the second biometric measurements to the first biometric measurements, (f) receiving a communication to be sent through the wireless earpieces from the one or more devices, and (g) sending the communication to reach a receiving party in response to the determination the second biometric measurements are similar to the first biometric measurements.

An over-the-ear hearing assessment device and a method for evaluating the performance of over-the-ear hearing devices are described. An exemplary over-the-ear hearing assessment device includes an ear cup defining an interior volume and positionable at least partially over the ear of a user. The ear cup includes a shell, a cushion, and an acoustic port extending from an exterior to the interior volume of the ear cup. The acoustic port is sealably engagable with a microphone.

A system, method, and wireless earpieces for communicating with a virtual reality headset. A position and an orientation of a head of a user are detected utilizing at least wireless earpieces. Audio content is received. The audio content is enhanced utilizing the position and the orientation of the head of the user. The audio content is immediately delivered to the user. The method may further include communicating the position and the orientation of the head of the user to the virtual reality headset. The audio content may be based on the orientation and position of the head of the user.