H04R19/016

Sensor device and microphone assembly

This disclosure provides methods, systems, and apparatuses, for a microphone circuit. In particular, the circuit includes transducer that can sense pressure changes and generate an electrical signal having frequency components in a first frequency range and in a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range. The circuit includes a feedback circuitry that can attenuate frequency components in the first frequency range in the electrical signal and, from it, generate an audio signal. A feedback path circuit includes a low pass filter having a cut-off frequency within the first frequency range, and filters the audio signal to generate a low pass filter signal that includes frequency components in the first frequency range. The low pass filter signal can be used to generate a low frequency pressure signal that corresponds to low frequency pressure changes sensed by the transducer.

Voice input apparatus
11399226 · 2022-07-26 · ·

Disclosed is a voice input apparatus including: a panel in which a voice input hole is formed; a circuit board which is disposed below the panel, and has a voice passing hole and a binding hole formed in a position corresponding to the voice input hole; a microphone which is disposed below the circuit board, and provided with a voice receiving hole in a position corresponding to the voice passing hole; and a sealer which guides a voice inputted through the voice input hole to the voice passing hole, wherein the sealer includes: a guide pipe which is formed in a cylindrical shape having a hollow and disposed between the panel and the circuit board, has an upper surface defining an upper end of the hollow is in contact with a bottom surface of the panel while surrounding the voice input hole, and has a lower surface defining a lower end of the hollow is in contact with an upper surface of the circuit board while surrounding the voice passing hole; and a hook which protrudes from the lower surface of the guide pipe and passes through the binding hole to be caught by a bottom surface of the circuit board.

RAIN SENSOR
20210405254 · 2021-12-30 ·

Provided herein is technology relating to measuring weather data and particularly, but not exclusively, to apparatuses, methods, and systems for sensing hydrometeors (e.g., rain) and measuring hydrometeor characteristics (e.g., volume, rate, size distribution, etc.).

Electroacoustic Transducer
20210409872 · 2021-12-30 ·

An electroacoustic transducer includes a first fixed electrode, a second fixed electrode, and a vibration body. The first and second fixed electrodes face each other across a space. The first fixed electrode includes first protrusions that are provided on a first electrode surface of the first fixed electrode and that protrude toward the second fixed electrode. The first protrusions are arranged at a first arrangement density that varies depending on a position of the first protrusions on the first electrode surface. The second fixed electrode includes second protrusions that are provided on a second electrode surface of the second fixed electrode and that protrude toward the first fixed electrode. The second protrusions are arranged at a second arrangement density that varies depending on a position of the second protrusions on the second electrode surface. The vibration body is sandwiched between the first protrusions and the second protrusions.

VOICE INPUT APPARATUS
20210385564 · 2021-12-09 · ·

Disclosed is a voice input apparatus including: a panel in which a voice input hole is formed; a circuit board which is disposed below the panel, and has a voice passing hole and a binding hole formed in a position corresponding to the voice input hole; a microphone which is disposed below the circuit board, and provided with a voice receiving hole in a position corresponding to the voice passing hole; and a sealer which guides a voice inputted through the voice input hole to the voice passing hole, wherein the sealer includes: a guide pipe which is formed in a cylindrical shape having a hollow and disposed between the panel and the circuit board, has an upper surface defining an upper end of the hollow is in contact with a bottom surface of the panel while surrounding the voice input hole, and has a lower surface defining a lower end of the hollow is in contact with an upper surface of the circuit board while surrounding the voice passing hole; and a hook which protrudes from the lower surface of the guide pipe and passes through the binding hole to be caught by a bottom surface of the circuit board.

ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR REDUCING NOISE
20220182758 · 2022-06-09 ·

An electrical device for reducing noise, comprises a first microphone configured to receive soundwave from a sound source and convert the soundwave to a first electrical signal including a noise component, a second microphone configured to receive ambient noise from an ambient environment and convert the ambient noise to a second electrical signal. The second electrical signal is reversed in polarity to the first electrical signal. The electrical device further comprises a circuit connecting the first microphone and the second microphone. The circuit is configured to combine the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal in order to reduce the noise component in the first electrical signal with the second electrical signal that is reversed in polarity.

MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER WITH REDUCED SIZE
20220169499 · 2022-06-02 · ·

The present invention relates to a micro-electromechanical transducer comprising a pressure detecting arrangement adapted to detect generated pressure variations, and provide an output signal in response to the detected pressure variations, wherein the pressure detecting arrangement comprises a microphone cartridge and a signal processing unit; a pressure generating arrangement adapted to generate pressure variations in response to vibrations thereof; and a volume separating element comprising one or more openings, wherein the microphone cartridge is at least partly arranged in a first opening of the volume separating element in order to reduce the overall height of the micro-electromechanical transducer. The present invention further relates to a hearing device comprising a micro-electromechanical transducer.

Implantable microphone management
11722815 · 2023-08-08 · ·

A device, including an implantable microphone, including a transducer, and a chamber in which a gas is located such that vibrations originating external to the microphone based on sound are effectively transmitted therethrough, wherein the transducer is in effective vibration communication with the gas, wherein the transducer is configured to convert the vibrations traveling via the gas to an electrical signal, the chamber and the transducer correspond to a microphone system, wherein the chamber corresponds to a front volume of the microphone system, and the transducer includes a back volume corresponding to the back volume of the microphone system, and the implantable microphone is configured to enable pressure adjustment of the front and/or back volume in real time.

Microphone and methods of assembling microphones

A microphone can include a cover having a series of slits and a nest. The nest can be configured to receive a first diaphragm, a second diaphragm, and a PCB in a stacked arrangement, such that the PCB is positioned between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm. Also, the first diaphragm can define a first plane, the second diaphragm can define a second plane, and the PCB can define a third plane and the first plane, the second plane, and the third plane can extend parallel to one another. The cover can also include slits having a first length and a second length, and the first length can be greater than the second length. The slits can extend both radially and axially.

Push-pull electret transducer with controlled restoring force for low frequency microphones and energy harvesting

Provided is an energy harvesting system, including: a first electrode; a second electrode; a non-metalized mono-charged electret diaphragm disposed between the first and second electrodes; a base; a spring extending between the base and the electret diaphragm; and a rod in communication with the electret diaphragm and for manipulating a position of the electret diaphragm relative to the first and second electrodes.