A MEMS sound transducer includes a backplate and a membrane held by an edge fixing such that the membrane is deflectable along a deflection direction toward the backplate. The MEMS sound transducer further includes an elevation element arranged between the membrane and the backplate and having a first height along the deflection direction. The MEMS sound transducer also includes a supporting structure and a spacer element arranged between the membrane and the supporting structure and having a second height along the deflection direction, the second height being greater than the first height. The supporting structure is the backplate or is a supporting element arranged opposite the backplate, such that the membrane is arranged between the backplate and the supporting element.

A gesture recognition apparatus includes a sensor unit configured to be worn by a user on a user's body part. The sensor unit includes one or more sensors, a processor unit, the processor unit and the sensor unit are arranged in communication with each other, the processor unit receiving acoustic data from the one or more sensors, wherein the acoustic data corresponds to a gesture performed by a user, and the processor unit is configured to process the acoustic data received from the one or more sensors to determine a gesture performed by the user.

A gesture recognition apparatus includes a sensor unit configured to be worn by a user on a user's body part. The sensor unit includes one or more sensors, a processor unit, the processor unit and the sensor unit are arranged in communication with each other, the processor unit receiving acoustic data from the one or more sensors, wherein the acoustic data corresponds to a gesture performed by a user, and the processor unit is configured to process the acoustic data received from the one or more sensors to determine a gesture performed by the user.

The present invention provides a microphone including: a microphone unit including a vibration plate that vibrates in response to sound; a unit board disposed rearward of the vibration plate; a first ground pattern disposed on the rear surface of the unit board; a unit casing accommodating the microphone unit and the unit board; a contact region of the unit casing, the contact region being in contact with the first ground pattern; a main board having a side face having a second ground pattern, the second ground pattern being in contact with the contact region; and an adhesive joining the side face of the main board to the microphone unit.

A hearing aid includes a microphone unit arranged in a hearing aid housing. The microphone unit is oriented in the housing relative to a microphone inlet element to cause a pressure equalization that allows acoustic cancellation of vibrations in the microphone unit.

A diaphragm is provided that has small mechanical anisotropy even when heat is applied to the diaphragm in the production process. The diaphragm includes a biaxially stretched film stretched in a first direction (the machine direction) and a second direction (the transverse direction), wherein the entire surface of the biaxially stretched film has a first pattern and a second pattern, the first pattern has ridges and grooves with a first pitch, the second pattern has ridges and grooves with a second pitch, the second pitch is smaller than the first pitch, the second pattern is formed along the first direction or the second direction, and the length of regions defined by the first pattern in the first direction differs from the length of the regions in the second direction.

Offset cartridge microphones are provided that include multiple unidirectional microphone cartridges mounted in an offset geometry. Various desired polar patterns and/or desired steering angles can be formed by processing the audio signals from the multiple cartridges, including a toroidal polar pattern. The offset geometry of the cartridges may include mounting the cartridges so that they are immediately adjacent to one another and so that their center axes are offset from one another. The microphones may have a more consistent on-axis frequency response and may more uniformly form desired polar patterns and/or desired steering angles by reducing the interference and reflections within and between the cartridges.

Provided is an acoustic transducer including: a semiconductor substrate; a vibrating membrane, provided above the semiconductor substrate, including a vibrating electrode; and a fixed membrane, provided above the semiconductor substrate, including a fixed electrode, the acoustic transducer detecting a sound wave according to changes in capacitances between the vibrating electrode and the fixed electrode, converting the sound wave into electrical signals, and outputting the electrical signals. At least one of the vibrating electrode and the fixed electrode is divided into a plurality of divided electrodes, and the plurality of divided electrodes outputting the electrical signals.

In one embodiment of an audio system, a transducer can be coupled to a passive acoustic directional amplifier to provide various benefits and improvements, including improvements to: speech intelligibility, signal-to-noise ratio, effective equivalent input noise, at-a-distance acoustic signal reception, and directional preference. In another embodiment, the shape of an interior surface of a passive acoustic directional amplifier is provided. In another embodiment, the material properties of an interior surface of a passive acoustic directional amplifier are provided.

Disclosed is a display device, including a display panel and at least one thin film actuator. The display panel includes a front side and a rear side that are opposite to each other. The thin film actuator is arranged on the rear side, and the thin film actuator indirectly drives the display panel to vibrate through a vibrating cavity or a connecting structure.