Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 12/06

20060291665 - Sound image position correction system, sound image position correction method, and audio/display apparatus: The present invention provides a sound image position correction system that applies sound image position correction processing to a voice signal so that an optimal sound image position is obtained. There is provided a sound image position correction system which corrects the position of a sound image output from a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060291666 - Volume control: A volume control may be provided with some integrated graphical indication of the presence and/or level of an audio signal that it controls. For example, a slider-type volume control may be provided with a signal meter within the slider itself. A volume control may be provided with a mechanism for... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20060291667 - Method and device for driving a directional speaker: A directional speaker that vibrates a diaphragm to send sound waves includes reproducing signal generation means 10 for outputting a reproducing audible signal; ultrasonic signal generation means 20 for outputting a carrier wave signal at a frequency in an ultrasonic band; phase modulation means 30 for phase modulating the carrier... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060291668 - Vehicle audio system: A vehicle audio system mountable on a vehicle compartment ceiling near a front window includes a flat substantially rectangular case having two opposite lengthwise side ends and a shaft hole defined in one of the side ends so as to extend lengthwise with respect to the one side end, the... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20060291669 - Audio signal processing: A method for processing and transducing audio signals. An audio system has a first audio signal and a second audio signal that have amplitudes. A method for processing the audio signals includes dividing the first audio signal into a first spectral band signal and a second spectral band signal; scaling... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060291670 - Speaker equalization tool: A computer readable medium containing program instructions for controlling a parametric equalizer is provided. Generally, a computer readable code is provided for displaying a composite equalization curve, wherein the composite equalization curve is formed from at least a first frequency filter with a first center frequency, a second frequency filter... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20060291671 - Switchable audio circuits for mobile terminals and methods and computer program products for operating the same: Audio circuits for a mobile terminal include a microphone and an audio signal processing circuit having an input coupled to the microphone. The audio signal processing circuit has a switchable portion and is configured to switch between a voice mode utilizing the switchable portion and a full fidelity mode not... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20060291672 - Condenser microphone: A condenser microphone is obtained, in which the bias of a current amplifier circuit in emitter-follower connection immediately after an impedance converter automatically changes in accordance with the switching of phantom power supply voltages and the maximum output level and the maximum permissible input sound pressure level are increased at... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060291673 - Speaker: A speaker may include a center pole, a voice coil bobbin, a support member that supports at least one of the center pole and the voice coil bobbin, and a converter circuit for converting an electrostatic capacity which is formed between the center pole and the voice coil bobbin into... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060291674 - Method of making silicon-based miniaturized microphones: A method of making a silicon-based miniaturized microphone by means of the application of a combination of processes including a semiconductor manufacturing process and a silicon micro-machining technology. A silicon-based miniaturized microphone made by means of this method has a silicon substrate, which defines a resonance cavity, a diaphragm, a... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20060291675 - Fragrance emitting and stopping device for a cell phone: The present invention relates to a fragrance emitting and stopping device used on a cell phone, wherein an activator can produce an electromagnetic force after being activated, and the slide device can be moved to a position at which the through hole on the slide device is aligned with or... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20060291676 - Control panel door apparatus: A housing for electronic devices such as loudspeakers has a control panel on a first surface and a door hingedly connected to and adjacent to the panel. An opening mechanism releases the door from a closed position, allowing rotation of the door about an axis that extends through the hinged... Agent: Greenberg-traurig

20060291677 - High-fidelity piezoelectric contact-type microphone structure: A piezoelectric contact-type microphone structure is provided. With this structure, the piezoelectric element directly touches the speaker's skin without the intervening sponge or spring to fully pick up the skin vibration and to avoid high-frequency attenuation. The structure also provides an ample room for the piezoelectric element to undergo full... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060291678 - Electronic device: An electronic device which enables easily providing a mounting orientation recognition mark thereon while being provided with, on a end surface thereof, input/output terminals surrounded by a ground pattern. A substrate is provided within a case main body. A ground is formed on the surface of the substrate. An output... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060291679 - Microphone placement in hearing assistance devices to provide controlled directivity: The present disclosure includes various methods and apparatus for controlling directionality of a hearing assistance device including a pair of directional microphones. In various examples, the hearing assistance device includes a pair of directional microphones and an omnidirectional microphone. In various examples, the hearing assistance device includes a directional microphone... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20060291680 - Communication system and hearing device: A communication system has a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver. The transmitter is built into a hearing device to be worn at one or both ears of an individual. The hearing device has an input acoustical-to-electrical converter unit and an output electrical-to-mechanical converter unit. The wireless transmitter is operationally... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20060291681 - Hearing aid comprising adaptive feedback suppression system: A hearing aid comprises an input transducer (2), a subtraction node for subtracting a feedback cancellation signal from the electrical input signal thereby generating a processor input signal, a signal processor (3), an output transducer (4), a pair of equalization filters (7a, 7b) for selecting from the processor input and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291682 - Sealing retainer for extended wear hearing devices: Embodiments of the invention provide seals for retaining hearing devices in the ear canal. An embodiment provides a seal for a hearing device comprising a curved shell having a wall and an opening at a shell apex portion. The shell defines a cavity for retention of a device component. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060291683 - Sealing retainer for extended wear hearing devices: Embodiments of the invention provide seals for retaining hearing devices in the ear canal. An embodiment provides a seal for a hearing device comprising a curved shell having a wall and an opening at a shell apex portion. The shell wall defines a cavity for retention of a hearing device... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060291684 - Passive acoustic radiating: An audio device has passive radiators that are driven by acoustic drivers. The passive radiators are arranged so that the net mechanical vibration is minimized.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060291685 - Adjustable headset structure: An adjustable earplug-type headset is provided. The headset mainly contains a body member whose inner side is configured with an earphone and a positioning track. A positioning device is configured on an adjusting member, which in turn is slidably installed inside the positioning track. The positioning device helps to position... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060291686 - Personal audio-set with adjustable sliding ear clip mount: A personal audio set formed that includes an ear-clip mounting portion pivotally secured to a frame is disclosed. In one embodiment, the frame of the personal audio set includes a sliding portion to define a first axis of rotation, and the ear hook is pivotally secured to the sliding portion... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20060291687 - Vehicle-mounted speaker device and vehicle having the same: A vehicle having a vehicle-mounted speaker device attached to a spare tire accommodation unit for use has a vehicle-mounted speaker unit, which is fixedly attached to the accommodation unit and radiates sound, and causes an accommodation lid of the accommodation unit to act as a passive vibrating plate to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060291688 - Flat speaker: A flat speaker comprising a vibrating plate including a spiral voice coil, a lead portion extracted from the vice coil and reinforced by the reinforcing member, and an electric supply line; an edge portion supporting the vibrating plate; and a yoke, supporting the edge portion, on which the permanent magnet... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060291689 - Surround for speaker: An elastically deformable surround for speaker is disclosed to have two elastic surround elements and a cloth lining fixedly mounted in between the elastic surround elements, each elastic surround element having an inner diameter portion for the mounting of a cone, an outer diameter portion for fastening to a basket,... Agent: Yen-chen Chan

20060285695 - Speaker system utilizing input from a transducer in proximity to a separate speaker: A speaker system utilizes input from a transducer that receives an acoustical signal produced by a speaker that is separate from the speaker system. The acoustical signal is amplified and drives a speaker of the speaker system. The speaker system is thereby provided with the necessary electrical audio signal without... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20060285696 - High noise environment stethoscope: A stethoscope having noise suppression features that make it suitable for use in high noise environments. The stethoscope includes ear pieces connected to signal processing components connected to a transducer in a chest piece that includes at least one suppression barrier extending from it. In at least one embodiment, the... Agent: Office Of The Staff Judge Advocate U.s. Army Medical Research And Materiel Command

20060285697 - Open-air noise cancellation for diffraction control applications: A variety of open-air noise cancellation systems are disclosed. The systems are configured to suit the needs of the particular application, for example, a sound wall installation, a seat or chair headrest application, a patio umbrella installation, or a window/door treatment application. A particular system may utilize an analog-based or... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20060285698 - Vehicle symmetric acoustic system and control method thereof: A vehicle acoustic system with a plurality of speakers and a control method thereof are provided. The system includes a plurality of microphones installed at a listener position, and outputting an audible sound; a position selector for selecting one of audio signals; an audio measurement unit for analyzing the audio... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20060285699 - Apparatus, system and method for capturing sound: A sound capture apparatus with first and second omnidirectional acoustic transducers mounted at a separation distance to simulate a manner by which sound waves propagate around a human head. The apparatus also includes an arrangement for amplifying the output of each transducer. The amplifying arrangement is mounted within a housing... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams

20060285700 - Anti-pop driver circuit: An anti-pop driver circuit, which may be incorporated in an audio processing integrated circuit, includes a right channel driver module, a left channel driver module, a center channel driver module, and a control module. The right, left, and center channel driver modules are operably coupled to produce channel outputs in... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20060285701 - System and method for os control of application access to audio hardware: A system and method for OS control of application access to audio hardware provides means for a user to specify in a control panel applications from which sounds will be played through audio hardware. Selections of applications are made, and modifications to the selections are stored as configuration data, including... Agent: Janis E. Clements

20060285702 - Multi-mode driver circuit: A multi-mode driver circuit includes a first channel driver, a second channel driver, and a control module. The first channel driver module is operably coupled to drive a first channel signal to a first node of an output. The second channel driver module is operably coupled to drive a second... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20060285703 - Condenser microphone: To operate from any of phantom power sources of 12 V, 24 V and 48 V and secure a maximum output level according to each of the power sources. A condenser microphone including a microphone unit MU containing a diaphragm and a fixed pole, an FET Q1 of a built-in... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20060285704 - Speaker: A speaker may include a center pole and a voice coil bobbin having a bobbin that may include nonmagnetic and electric conductor layers and insulator layers disposed between the electric conductor layers. An electrostatic capacity, which is formed between the center pole and the voice coil bobbin, is detected and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060285705 - Coaxial speaker: A coaxial speaker is provided. The speaker includes a bottom plate; a tweeter; a pole having a through-hole passing up/down at its upper and central part; and a tweeter fixing member fixed and connected at its one end to a bottom surface of the tweeter, and fixed and connected to... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20060285706 - System and method for facilitating listening: A system and method for assisting listening wherein an integrated circuit selects one or more audio sources from among a plurality audio sources to be presented to a signal processing circuit. Selection of the audio source can be automatically executed in response to detection of an external magnetic field, such... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20060285707 - Electro-acoustic transducer: An object of the present invention is to provide an electro-acoustic transducer having the effects of absorbing vibration and high-frequency noise, reducing the number of components, and preventing heat conduction at the same time. An electro-acoustic transducer according to the present invention includes: an electrically conductive capsule having an opening... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20060285708 - Hearing aid apparatus and method of using same: Apparatus and method for providing an electromagnetic audio signal of increased volume perception from an apparatus to an individual wearing a hearing aid having a telephone switch at the “On” position while maintaining the audio volume of speakers of the apparatus at a lower magnitude.... Agent: Frank L. Hart Attorney At Law

20060285709 - Hearing aid device with means for feedback compensation: With a hearing aid device, filter parameters of filters are to be adjusted for feedback suppression. It is hereby proposed that test signals are emitted via an earpiece in order to estimate the transmission behavior of the feedback path, and response signals to these test signals are recorded by a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060285710 - Docking station for a portable music player: A docking station for a portable music player is presented. The docking station includes a base unit having a concealable port capable of providing electrical and mechanical communication with the portable music player. The docking station further includes at least one speaker capable of providing sound received from the portable... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20060285712 - Coaxial mid-frequency and high-frequency loudspeaker: A loudspeaker is provided for receiving an electrical signal and transmitting an acoustic signal through a transmission medium. The system includes generally two elements: a coaxial transducer and an acoustic transformer. The coaxial transducer includes a high-frequency driver and a mid-frequency driver that are coaxially arranged. The acoustic transformer is... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20060285711 - Horn speaker: The present invention relates to a horn speaker, and in particular to a horn speaker capable of decreasing the length of a horn by forming a sound path in a curved shape in the interior of a horn. The horn speaker includes a first sound path, a second sound path... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20060285713 - Microphone structure: A microphone structure used for a hand-free device is proposed. It includes a microphone unit having a controller and a clipping unit disposed at a rear side of the microphone unit to make the clipping unit and the microphone unit form a rear clip. The microphone structure can be clipped... Agent: Chen-che Lin

20060285714 - Narrow directional microphone: There is provided a narrow directional microphone which houses a plurality of microphone units of a first-order pressure gradient type (condenser microphone) while achieving reduced weight and compact shape at the same time. The narrow directional microphone includes a cylindrical microphone case that is also used as an acoustic tube... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20060285715 - High fidelity noise-excluding earphones with ergonomically designed construction: An insert high fidelity earphone is provided in which a hollow housing is connected to two tubes. A first tube is connected to the hollow housing on one side, and on the other side is inserted into an ear tip that ensures substantial sealing of the ear canal. A second... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20060285716 - Wire management system: An improved wire connection system and method is provided. More specifically, an improved wire connection system for audio systems and method that employs a wire connection and/or terminal may be positioned on the front portion of a speaker housing unit. The wire connection system and method allows for positioned of... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker LLP

20060285717 - Audio device heat transferring: An acoustic device having a heat producing device, such as an amplifier and a heat sink for transferring heat from the amplifier. The acoustic device has a cone having an inner surface, and a support structure defining a volume. The heat producing element and the heat sink are positioned in... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060285718 - Speaker: A speaker includes a frame, a diaphragm fixed through a first edge, a voice coil, a magnetic circuit and a suspension holder fixed through a second edge. The first and the second edges are substantially symmetrical in shape with respect to the space between them and the inner periphery of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20060280310 - Noise reduction in a stereo receiver: A method of denoise a stereo signal comprising a stereo sum signal and a stereo difference signal, performs a frequency selective stereo to mono blending based on the masking effect of the human auditory system. Therefore, a stereo signal noise reducer, comprising a first filter bank (1) to split the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060280311 - Apparatus and method for generating a low-frequency channel: For generating a low-frequency channel for a low-frequency loudspeaker arranged at a predetermined low-frequency loudspeaker position, a plurality of audio objects are initially provided, each audio object having an object position and an object description associated with it. Hereafter, a calculation of an audio object scaling value is performed for... Agent: M. Paul Qualey, Esq. C/o Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20060280313 - Method and device for quality evaluation of an audio signal and device and method for obtaining a quality evaluation result: A quality evaluation device for quality evaluation of an audio signal transmitted via an audio signal channel includes a unit for providing contacting information to a remote user, wherein the contacting information includes a contact address. A measurement server includes an interface designed to be a final point of the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20060280312 - Methods and apparatus for capturing audio signals based on a visual image: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an initial listening zone wherein the initial listening zone represents an initial area monitored for sounds; detect a view of a visual device; compare the view of the visual with the initial area of the initial listening zone; and adjust the initial... Agent: Valley Oak Law

20060280314 - Digital amplifier and switching power supply: To provide a digital amplifier and a switching power supply which are effective to realize a noise level required for a high grade and output digital amplifier and a switching power supply. In an embodiment, a noise component extraction circuit is coupled to the output stage of a D-class driver.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20060280315 - System and method for delivering audio-visual content along a customer waiting line: A system for providing audio information to persons in an approach path (12) includes an interaction point (14), and an approach path (12) leading to the interaction point. A parametric sound system (18) is provided, which includes a parametric speaker (20) disposed adjacent to the interaction point. The parametric sound... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20060280316 - Audio system and method for controlling an audio system: An audio system includes a first speaker operable to output sound over a first frequency range, and a second speaker operable to output sound over a second frequency range. A first input device is operable to select a volume of the sound output by the first and second speakers, and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20060280317 - Cascading multi-band frequency notch filter: An audio filter system including an audio notch filter having selected resistance and capacitance values, the system including up to ten parallel connected notch filters for a filter set, each notch filter selected to notch the same frequency or band of frequencies. A number of filter sets may further be... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20060280318 - Microphone array having a second order directional pattern: A directional microphone system is disclosed, which comprises circuitry for low pass filtering a first order signal, and circuitry for high pass filtering a second order signal. The system further comprises circuitry for summing the low pass filtered first order signal and the high pass filtered second order signal. A... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20060280319 - Micromachined capacitive microphone: This invention relates to a micromachined capacitive microphone having a shallowly corrugated diaphragm that is anchored at one or more locations on the support has a plurality of dimples to support itself and rest freely on the perforated backplate. The diaphragm whose ends are not anchored is bounded by the... Agent: General Mems Corporation

20060280320 - Surface mountable electret condenser microphone: Disclosed is an electret condenser microphone capable of surface mounting which has a structure highly resistant to high temperature. The electret condenser microphone comprises a case, a polar ring, a diaphragm, a spacer, a back-plate, a first base, a second base and a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the first... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060280321 - Acoustic apparatus: According to the present invention, there is provide an acoustic apparatus in which the vibration generated by the speaker units imposes no influence on the other devices provided in the apparatus. The acoustic apparatus includes at least a pair of speaker units, a speaker box that contains the pair of... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060280322 - Discreet interface system: The present invention relates generally to a system for interfacing electronic devices with at least one garment. In particular, the invention pertains to a washable system for interfacing electronic devices with at least one garment wherein the system includes at least one connector, a conductive material, and at least one... Agent: Jones Day

20060280323 - Virtual multichannel speaker system: A virtual multichannel sound system is presented to improve audio reproduction by statically or dynamically conforming signal processing to specific speaker characteristics and/or arrangements. According to one such aspect, one or more dynamic signal processing algorithms driving two or more speakers are altered in response to the relative physical characteristics... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz LLP

20060280324 - Interface facility for signal transmission between a hearing aid device and an external device: The signal transmission between a hearing aid device and an external device is to be improved. For this purpose, a first signal transmission facility arranged on or in the hearing aid device and a second signal transmission facility which can be connected in a mechanically detachable manner to the hearing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060280325 - Tool for inserting a wax guard into the shell of a hearing instrument: Insertion of a wax guard with a bridge into the receiver tube of a hearing instrument may be accomplished with a tool that grasps the wax guard securely, inserts the wax guard into the tube, and then slides off of the wax guard, leaving the wax guard within the tube.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060280326 - Rotatable sub woofer speaker system: The combination of a stand and speaker enclosure having a plurality of walls, a driveable speaker located on one of the walls, connectors for interfacing to the speaker located on another wall and wherein the stand and the enclosure are cooperatively configured to facilitate the orientation of the speaker between... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20060280329 - Image display apparatus: According to one embodiment, a front frame forms a cabinet, and a display screen of an image display unit is arranged to be exposed from an opening at the center thereof. A frame forming portion is located at the lower part of the front frame, and sound emitting units which... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060280327 - Speaker device and acoustic output method thereof as well as image display apparatus: While the speaker mounting region is improved to look smaller as viewed from the front side, a performance of a speaker device is maintained. The speaker device has a speaker, a first cavity portion formed by extending a front opening of the speaker, a second cavity portion which communicates with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060280328 - Speaker device and image display apparatus: With improvement of making a speaker mount region look smaller as viewed from the front side, this structure can be utilized as a new function. A speaker device comprises a frame forming unit located at the lower part of a front frame, a rectangular sound-emitting unit, first and second walls... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060280330 - Speaker device: A speaker device includes a voice coil bobbin around which a voice coil is wound, and a connecting member mounted on an outer peripheral wall of the voice coilbobbin. Plural ventilation holes are provided on a side wall of the voice coil bobbin with constant spaces, and plural ventilation holes... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060274900 - 5-2-5 matrix encoder and decoder system: A sound reproduction system has been developed for converting signals on two input channels into surround signals on five or seven output channels and vice-versa. A decoder is included that enhances the correlated component of the input signals in the desired direction and reduces the strength of such signals in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060274901 - Audio image control device and design tool and audio image control device: The sound image control device filters transfer functions H3 and H1 indicating transfer characteristics of a sound from an acoustic transducer (8) to entrances to respective ear canals (1) and (2) as well as filtering transfer functions H4 and H2 from an acoustic transducer (9) to the entrances to the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20060274902 - Audio processing: An audio processing apparatus operable to determine, for each loudspeaker of a plurality of loudspeakers, the respective volume at which an audio signal is to be output through that loudspeaker, the volume being determined in dependence on a desired characteristic of a simulated source for the audio signal, the position... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20060274903 - Sound quality adjustment device: LPF and HPF extract bass and treble ranges, respectively, from an input sound signal, and bass and treble boost circuits perform dynamic range expansion/contraction on the extracted bass- and treble-range sound signals in accordance with input levels of the sound signals. The input sound signal and the sound signals output... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20060274904 - Modified volterra-wiener-hammerstein (mvwh) method for loudspeaker modeling and equalization: A method and apparatus for adaptive precompensation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises modifying operation of a predistortion filter in response to previous predistorted values and an original input signal, determining a precompensation error between the original input samples and the predicted loudspeaker output, and substantially reducing the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060274905 - Techniques for presenting sound effects on a portable media player: Improved techniques for presenting sound effects at a portable media device are disclosed. The sound effects can be output as audio sounds to an internal speaker, an external speaker, or both. In addition, the audio sounds for the sound effects can be output together with other audio sounds pertaining to... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20060274906 - Acoustic sensor with combined frequency ranges: A hybrid acoustic sensor can include a first acoustic sensor, a second acoustic sensor, and a mixer. The first acoustic sensor can generate a first signal to represent acoustic data in a first bandwidth around a first center frequency. The second acoustic sensor can be co-located with the first acoustic... Agent: Intel Corporation

20060274907 - Speaker device and manufacturing method thereof: A speaker device includes a terminal member, a voice coil bobbin, and a connecting member mounted on the voice coil bobbin. The connecting member has a terminal mounting part. A pair of claw part and hook-shaped projecting part is provided on an upper end portion of the terminal mounting part,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060274908 - Apparatus and method for displaying audio level: An apparatus and method for providing an audio level are discussed. According to one embodiment, the method includes generating a sum of outputs of channels in audio, weighting the sum according to the number of channels in the audio, and indicating an audio level of the audio according to the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060274909 - Hearing aid with printed circuit board and microphone suspension: A hearing aid for placement behind the ear lobe of a hearing aid user has a rigid circuit board, a microphone and a suspension for holding the microphone, a top shell part with at least one sound inlet opening for directing sound from the environment to the microphone and a... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060274910 - Portable media reproduction system: A portable system capable of receiving audio signals from one or more sources and reproducing the signals via speakers contained therein. The portable media reproduction system includes a docking component for communicatively coupling a portable media player device to the portable media reproduction system, thereby reducing desktop clutter and simplifying... Agent: Greenberg-traurig

20060274911 - Tracking device with sound emitter for use in obtaining information for controlling game program execution: A tracking device for use in obtaining information for controlling an execution of a game program by a processor for enabling an interactive game to be played by a user and related apparatus are disclosed.... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20060274912 - Portable speakers: A portable speaker having at least one driver mounted in a first enclosure and a second enclosure separate from the first enclosure and having pivotally mounted to it the first enclosure. The second enclosure has all electronics, controls and a battery compartment. The first enclosure is moveable relative to the... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20060274913 - Microphone with narrow directivity: A microphone with narrow directivity capable of obtaining high directivity and reducing wind noise is obtained. A cylindrical acoustic tube, a microphone unit arranged in the acoustic tube, a front acoustic chamber and a rear acoustic chamber formed by partitioning the acoustic tube by the microphone unit, a front acoustic... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060274914 - Speaker apparatus and manufacturing method thereof: A speaker apparatus comprises: a drive cone transferring a drive power of a voice coil to the diaphragm; a diaphragm disposed in a driving direction; and a diaphragm disposed in a driving direction. The drive cone is fixed to a diaphragm support of a frame. An outer circumference of the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)