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ACOUSTIC OUTPUT APPARATUS
20230111069 · 2023-04-13 · ·

The present disclosure discloses an acoustic output apparatus. The acoustic output apparatus may include at least one acoustic driver, a housing structure, and at least two sound guide holes. The at least one acoustic driver may output sounds having opposite phases from the at least two sound guide holes. The housing structure may be configured to carry the at least one acoustic driver. The housing structure may include a user contact surface to be in contact with a user. When the user wears the acoustic output apparatus, the user contact surface may be in contact with a body of the user. An included angle between a connection line between the at least two sound guide holes and the user contact surface may be in a range of 75°-105°.

Range extender device

This document describes techniques and systems that enable a range extender device. The techniques and systems include a user device that includes a housing with an audio sensor, a heat sink assembly, a circuit board assembly, and a speaker assembly positioned within the housing. The housing includes a top housing member connected to a bottom housing member. The top housing member includes a concave-down top-end portion connected to a generally-cylindrical vertical wall via rounded corners. The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink and one or more antennas positioned proximate to an inner surface of the vertical wall. The circuit board assembly is positioned within the housing and proximate to the heat sink assembly, and the speaker assembly is positioned within the housing and connected to the circuit board assembly. Also, a light ring assembly is connected to a bottom exterior surface of the bottom housing member.

Directive multiway loudspeaker with a waveguide
20220337941 · 2022-10-20 ·

The present invention relates to a loudspeaker including a uniform enclosure having front portion, side portions and back portion defining an inner volume, the front portion is formed as a waveguide surface and includes at least one driver in the waveguide surface and is capable of radiating the main acoustic power of the loudspeaker to direction of first acoustic axis, and an at least one additional driver attached to the enclosure, the additional driver is attached inside the enclosure such that a sub volume is formed inside the inner volume, the sub volume limited by the driver, spacers between the driver and the front portion, and the front portion of the enclosure, at least one first port is adapted to open from the sub volume to ambient volume either to side portion or back portion of the enclosure, and at least one resonator including at least one resonator cavity acoustically connected to the sub volume, the resonator being tuned to at least one of unwanted resonances of the sub volume. In accordance with the invention the resonator is formed as a separate unit connected to the uniform enclosure.

Enclosure for diffusing sound by reverberation
11627411 · 2023-04-11 · ·

AMENDMENT TO THE ABSTRACT The invention relates to an enclosure for diffusing sound by reverberation comprising:—a loudspeaker comprising a fixed frame, a cylindrical support and a membrane connected to an upper bearing surface of the frame; and—a wave guide mounted on the upper bearing surface, the wave guide being substantially in the form of a truncated pyramid with a long wall forming a front face, a short wall and lateral uprights; the wave guide comprising at least one acoustic wall fastened to the lateral uprights, the acoustic wall extending tangentially relative to the generatrix line of the cylindrical support closest to the front face.

Enclosure for diffusing sound by reverberation
11627411 · 2023-04-11 · ·

AMENDMENT TO THE ABSTRACT The invention relates to an enclosure for diffusing sound by reverberation comprising:—a loudspeaker comprising a fixed frame, a cylindrical support and a membrane connected to an upper bearing surface of the frame; and—a wave guide mounted on the upper bearing surface, the wave guide being substantially in the form of a truncated pyramid with a long wall forming a front face, a short wall and lateral uprights; the wave guide comprising at least one acoustic wall fastened to the lateral uprights, the acoustic wall extending tangentially relative to the generatrix line of the cylindrical support closest to the front face.

Horn-loaded loudspeaker
11470417 · 2022-10-11 · ·

According to an aspect of the disclosure, a loudspeaker includes an enclosure. The enclosure includes a first plurality of sidewalls. The loudspeaker further includes a horn. The horn is defined in part by the first plurality of sidewalls. The horn includes a second plurality of sidewalls that are coupled to the first plurality of sidewalls and that include a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The horn further includes a motorboard that includes a first opening arranged along a plane and a second opening arranged along the plane. The motorboard is coupled to the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The loudspeaker further includes an active driver arranged concentric to the first opening to transmit sound waves directly through the first opening, and a passive component arranged concentric to the second opening to transmit sound waves directly through the second opening.

ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE
20230103673 · 2023-04-06 ·

An acoustic waveguide in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present technology that comprises a housing having a proximal end with an inlet aperture and a distal end with an outlet aperture, and a mounting flange positioned at the proximal end and configured to acoustically couple a driver to inlet aperture. A plurality of sound channels extend through the housing and acoustically couple the inlet aperture to the outlet aperture. Each sound channel at least partially defining a sound path has an acoustic length, wherein at least one of the sound paths of the plurality of sound channels has a bend angle that exceeds 180 degrees.

SPEAKER ARRAY, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM

The scale of an apparatus that reproduces a sound field is reduced. A speaker array 1 includes a plurality of speakers arranged at intersections of a first plurality of virtual lines arranged parallel to each other at equal intervals and a second plurality of virtual lines that are perpendicular to the first plurality of virtual lines and are arranged parallel to each other at equal intervals, wherein multipoles of a given order are superimposed using the plurality of speakers to realize wave field synthesis.

ACOUSTIC LENS AND SPEAKER SYSTEM
20220321995 · 2022-10-06 ·

An acoustic lens includes: a plurality of fins each having one end portion located on a side opposite to the loudspeaker on a support surface that extends as convexly curved along a predetermined direction when the acoustic lens is viewed from a lateral side, the plurality of fins being arranged in the predetermined direction at substantially equal intervals and substantially in parallel to one another. When the acoustic lens is viewed from the lateral side, the plurality of fins are substantially identical in length, and an elevation angle of the support surface relative to each of the plurality of fins gradually increases from one side to an other side in the predetermined direction.

CONE ARRANGED SPEAKER
20220321996 · 2022-10-06 ·

Disclosed herein is a cone arranged speaker. The cone arranged speaker includes: a speaker unit; an enclosure accommodating the speaker unit in at least one surface and having an empty space therein; and a conical reflector formed as a cone inside the enclosure, provided to surface-reflect a sound wave propagating from the speaker unit, including a vertex, a circular planar portion, and a side surface portion connecting the vertex and the planar portion, and provided as at least one conical reflector.