Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 02/07

20070041587 - Digital audio broadcasting modem interface system for receiving multi-channel and its working method: Disclosed is a DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) modem interface for receiving multi-channel, which is capable of receiving two channels at once by providing a sub-channel filtering function to the DAB modem interface, and a method of operating the same. The DAB modem interface includes a serial interface for capturing channel... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070041586 - Microphone bleed simulator: The invention is a microphone bleed simulator which processes the audio signals recorded with one spot microphone and one room mic (or one spot mic alone) and simulates the sound that would be created in a typical studio recording environment wherein multiple spot microphones and multiple room microphones distributed throughout... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070041588 - Motor operation noise elimination circuit of portable multimedia player: A motor operation noise elimination circuit of a portable multimedia player is provided, in which a first sound sensor is utilized to sense a first sound signal generated by motor operation during recording and a second sound signal input in the portable multimedia player for recording. Then the first sound... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070041589 - System and method for providing environmental specific noise reduction algorithms: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for providing environmental specific noise reduction algorithms (ESNRAs) in a head-mounted device. A network server may be used to store a plurality of ESNRAs. One or more of the ESNRAs may be downloaded from the network server for... Agent: Joseph M. Sauer, Esq. Jones Day

20070041590 - Directional speaker system: A directional sounder emits audible outputs in a first direction. Audible outputs in a second direction are canceled. Two transducers can be carried in a common housing configured to emit outputs in the first and second directions respectively.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070041591 - Audio player: In a reproduction section, when the number of detected channels in a decoding section is 2, a bass management judgment section performs control over bass management, so that the bass management is automatically turned OFF.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070041592 - Stream segregation for stereo signals: Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; classifying portions of the signals having similar panning coefficients; segregating a selected one of the classified portions of the signals corresponding to the source; and reconstructing... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070041593 - Audio on/off switching: Provided are disabling and/or switching assemblies that disable a microphone when a singer or other user moves away from it. In certain implementations, the assembly utilizes a kill switch, such as a pressure-activated floor-pad switch or a proximity sensor. In another aspect, a switch assembly is provided, with the assembly... Agent: Law Offices Of David L. Hoffman

20070041594 - Recording system and recording method: A recording system is equipped with a pre-processing device which serves as an image recording unit for recording an image on sound paper based on image data, and a post-processing device which serves as a sound data recording unit for recording sound data related to the image data on the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070041595 - Bone-conduction hearing-aid transducer having improved frequency response: A hearing-aid device and a method for transmitting sound through bone conduction are disclosed. The hearing-aid device comprises a piezoelectric-type actuator, housing and connector. The piezoelectric actuator is preferably a circular flextensional-type actuator mounted along its peripheral edge in a specifically designed circular structure of the housing. During operation, the... Agent: David J. Bolduc Face International Corporation

20070041596 - Condenser microphone: A condenser microphone includes: a casing including a peripheral wall that has a top end and a bottom end defining a bottom opening, and a flange that is bent inwardly from the top end of the peripheral wall; a substrate having an inner surface that is attached to the bottom... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070041597 - Silicon based condenser microphone and packaging method for the same: Disclosed are a silicon based condenser microphone and a packaging method for the silicon based condenser microphone. The silicon based condenser microphone comprises a metal case, and a board which is mounted with a MEMS microphone chip and an ASIC chip having an electric voltage pump and a buffer IC... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070041598 - System for location-sensitive reproduction of audio signals: The invention concerns a system for and a method of location-sensitive reproduction of audio signals. The object of the invention is therefore to provide a system for the reproduction of audio signals, which is capable of providing for optimum reproduction of audio signals at a plurality of points in space.... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070041599 - Quickly installed multiple speaker surround sound system and method: A surround sound speaker system is provided whereby multiple speakers that broadcast acoustic signals representative of sound from different directions may be mounted in one speaker housing rather than in separate speaker housings that are positioned at separate positions within the room. Thus, the present invention eliminates the need to... Agent: Kenneth L. Nash

20070041600 - Electro-mechanical systems for enabling the hearing impaired and the visually impaired: A system for enabling the hearing impaired comprises a plurality of servo actuators each associated with a particular segment of a predetermined frequency domain. The servo actuators drive tactile stimulators which engage the skin of the hearing impaired person in patterns that are unique to individual inputs thereby enabling the... Agent: Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20070041601 - System for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly: This invention relates to a system (100) for communicating wirelessly. The system (100) comprises an inductive antenna circuit (110) for transmitting and receiving inductively coupled signals, a driving means (102, 104) connected to inductive antenna circuit (110) and driving the inductive antenna circuit (102, 104) during a transmit mode, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070041602 - Hearing aid having switchable first and second order directional responses: A hearing aid apparatus is disclosed that employs both an omnidirectional microphone and at least one directional microphone of at least the first order. The electrical signals output from the directional microphone are supplied to an equalization amplifier which at least partially equalizes the amplitude of the low frequency electrical... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070041603 - Correction-fluid container stylized novelty device: A novelty device that includes a bottle that is configured to convey an overall visual impression of a conventional correction fluid bottle that is exaggerated in shaped and/or size, a cap that is configured to esthetically and functionally corporate with the bottle, and indicia disposed upon the bottle, the indicia... Agent: Dan R. Stingley

20070041604 - Earphone: An earphone comprising a body, a wire-holder and an electric wire is provided. The body has a first pivoting part and the wire-holder has a second pivoting part. The electric wire passes smoothly through the wire-holder and is electrically connected to the body of the earphone. The second pivoting part... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070041605 - Earphone and speaker module for earphone: An earphone comprising an earphone housing and a speaker module is provided. The speaker module is disposed inside the earphone housing. The speaker module further comprises a speaker housing and a speaker unit. The speaker housing has a sound emission opening. In addition, the speaker housing constitutes a resonant chamber.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070041606 - Apparatus and method for noise cancellation in communication headset using dual-coil speaker: A communication headset is disclosed that includes a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly includes at least a first speaker coil and a second speaker coil. One speaker coil is for receiving a communication signal, and another speaker coil is for receiving an active noise cancellation signal. Each of the speaker... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070041607 - Speaker vibrating parts: A speaker vibrating part has a diaphragm body 10A and an approximately cylinder-shaped coupling portion 10B for coupling the diaphragm body 10A to a voice coil bobbin. Protruded strips 10Ba extend out from the inner periphery of the coupling portion 10B toward the center.... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070036360 - Encoding audio signals: The encoder transforms the audio signals (x(n),y(n)) from the time domain to audio signal (X(k),Y(k)) in the frequency domain, and determines the cross-correlation function (Ri, Pi) in the frequency domain. A complex coherence value (Qi) is calculated by summing the (complex) cross-correlation function values (Ri, Pi) in the frequency domain.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070036361 - Microphone: A microphone in which a core of an output transformer can be grounded without soldering and degradation of magnetic properties of the core can be prevented by preventing mechanical damage to the output transformer even if an impact force of the microphone is applied is obtained. A grounding pattern is... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070036362 - Method for preventing an output device from being damaged: The present invention relates to a method for preventing an output device from being damaged, which comprises the steps of: dividing the output value of an output device into a plurality of areas, defining a ratio value to every area, receiving a desired output value, determining the current area where... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070036363 - Electric device, system and method: An electric device (100) is suitable for use in first orientations (101) and in second orientations (102). The electric device (100) has a first function (103), a second function (104) and a user interface (105) with a first part (106) and a second part (107). In response to activating either... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070036364 - Sound field compensating apparatus and sound field compensating method: The sound field compensating apparatus includes a section that generates sound-volume regulating test signal; a driving section that drives a speaker; a microphone that receives the output from the speaker; and a control section that processes an output signal of the microphone and that controls operations of respective sections. The... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070036365 - Hearing device and method for determination of a room acoustic: A hearing device, in particular of a hearing aid, in addition to a first sound output device for acoustic supply to the ear of the user, has a second sound output device for output of a test sound in a room in which the hearing device is located. The hearing... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070036366 - Audio characteristic correction system: An audio characteristic correction system adapted to an audio surround system in which a sound emitted from a directional speaker (an array speaker) is reflected on a wall surface or a sound reflection board so as to create a virtual speaker, at least one of frequency-gain characteristics, frequency-phase characteristics, and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070036367 - Apparatus and method of reducing noise of earphones, noise reducing earphones, and a portable audio reproducing apparatus having the same: An apparatus and method of reducing noise in a portable audio reproducing apparatus using earphones. The apparatus includes an earphone unit having a speaker unit and a microphone to output an audio signal and to generate anti-noise with respect to external noise, and a circuit unit to compensate a frequency... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070036368 - Differentiated audio: The present invention provides novel methods and devices for providing audio to players of a gaming machine and to nearby players. According to preferred implementations, sounds intended for a person currently using a gaming machine are distinguished from second sounds intended for persons who are not currently using the gaming... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070036369 - Speaker cover: A cover for a speaker device having a sound producing portion and a structure for supporting the sound producing portion, the cover includes an opening and an internal cavity therein for receiving and enclosing the speaker device, a first portion capable of passing produced sound therethrough, wherein the first portion... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070036370 - Method and apparatus for multi-sensory speech enhancement on a mobile device: A mobile device includes an air conduction microphone and an alternative sensor that provides an alternative sensor signal indicative of speech. A communication interface permits the mobile device to communicate directly with other mobile devices.... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070036376 - Earphones: An earphone is provided wherein the earphone may be secured to the user while engaging in vigorous water related or non-water related sports such that the user may both listen to audio programming and engage in the physical activity. In particular, the earphone may have a deformable structure which is... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070036374 - Hearing aid system: An exemplary hearing aid system includes a receiver unit configured and positioned within the user's ear canal so as to minimize insertion loss and/or occlusion effect.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070036372 - Hearing device with battery door: The hearing device comprises a housing with electronic components and a battery compartment with an opening in the housing. The battery compartment comprises means for removeably engaging a battery door. The hearing device further comprises a set of battery doors, each comprising mechanical means for detachably receiving a battery, the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070036371 - Method and apparatus for indexing and searching graphic elements: In an indexation method, an average color or a statistical distribution of colors in an image is determined by providing a set of coordinates in a multidimensional color space (80). The set of coordinates of each color is reduced to a level of Hue if the color verifies a first... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070036373 - Methods, devices, and computer program products for operating a mobile device in multiple signal processing modes for hearing aid compatibility: An audio signal received at a mobile device is processed using a first set of equalization parameters in an acoustic coupling mode of operation, and is processed using a second set of equalization parameters in an inductive coupling mode of operation. The processed audio signal is transmitted to a speaker... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070036375 - Output stage for a hearing aid and method of driving output stage: In an output stage for a hearing aid (62), a reduction in the power consumption for low level input signals is obtained through the use of a time-averaging output driver (42), whereby the output transducer is subject to three different conditions of operations, this being obtained through the generation of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070036377 - Method of obtaining a characteristic, and hearing instrument: According to the invention, a hearing instrument comprising at least one inner microphone operable to determine a sensing signal representative of an acoustic signal at a position in front of the user's eardrum—which may be an acoustic signal at a position between an ITE (or ITC or CIC) hearing instrument... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070036379 - Flexible joint for extended wear hearing device: Various embodiments provide a flexible joint for extended wear hearing devices. One embodiment provides a flexible joint for a hearing device comprising a compliant tube having a lateral and a medial end, a pivotal portion and a lumen. The hearing device can include a CIC hearing aid positioned in the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070036380 - Hearing device with program switch and programming socket: The layout of a programmable hearing device and especially of a programmable hearing aid is to be simplified. To this end there is provision for a one-piece cover unit to cover both a program switch and also a programming socket. The cover unit has a locking element with which, in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070036378 - Shock resistant and vibration isolated electroacoustical transducer assembly: A shock resisting vibration damping mounting for an acoustic transducer includes a compliant first portion or boot coupled to a compliant second portion or tube. The first portion has an exterior surface and an interior surface with the interior surface defining a chamber for receiving the acoustic transducer. The second... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070036381 - Hearing device with a damping element: A hearing device has an ear fitting piece, a housing part wearable behind the ear, and an earpiece tube connecting the ear fitting piece and the housing part. The transmission of mechanical vibrations between the ear fitting piece and the housing part via the earpiece tube is prevented by damping... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070036382 - Electrodynamic acoustic transducer: An acoustic transducer includes a frame, voice coil movable along a pole, magnetic structure generating magnetic flux in a gap where the voice coil moves, diaphragm attached to the coil, waveguide extension in front of the pole, inner flexible roll seal connecting the waveguide extension to neck area of the... Agent: Directed Electronics, Inc.

20070036383 - Earbud protection systems: A system related to improved protective coverings for ear-bud-type speaker devices. The system includes a shaped elastic cover that is structured and arranged to envelope substantially the entire earbud speaker housing. A consumer kit and methods of use and fabrication are also disclosed.... Agent: Stoneman Law Offices, Ltd

20070036384 - I-port controller: A multi-zone audio system is provided that is portable to a handheld audio device at a plurality of locations. The system includes a multi-zone audio system controller having an audio input/output selection circuit for selectively regulating the source and distribution of audio signals. A plurality of handheld connector docks are... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070036385 - High-fidelity earpiece with adjustable frequency response: An earpiece is provided that includes an earpiece enclosure, a sound delivery member that contains a sound delivery tube, and one or more drivers. The earpiece enclosure includes one or more enclosure ports that couple the internal enclosure volume to the volume outside of the earpiece. Corresponding to each enclosure... Agent: Patent Law Office Of David G. Beck

20070036386 - Reversible behind-the-head mounted personal audio set with pivoting earphone: A behind-the-head mounted personal audio set that allows a mono-aural personal audio device to be worn in either a wearer's left or right ear without the need to remove or detach individual components of the personal audio sent and mount is disclosed. In a disclosed embodiment, the personal audio device... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20070036387 - Speaker with reduced height: A speaker includes a body, a yoke, and two connectors. The body includes an outer periphery with a recessed section. The yoke is securely mounted around the body and engaged with the recessed section. Each connector includes a first end fixed to the yoke and a second end. Each connector... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070036388 - Flat panel audio output apparatus and video/audio output apparatus: A flat panel audio output apparatus including a plurality of flat panels; and one or more vibrators respectively provided to each of the flat panels to vibrate the flat panels to make a sound; wherein the one or more vibrators of each one of the respective flat panels receives audio... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070030976 - Array speaker system: An array speaker system, in which a plurality of speaker units are arranged in an array and are supplied with signals having prescribed time differences so as to perform directivity control on audio signal beams emitted therefrom, includes a delay memory (e.g., a shift register) having plural delay taps for... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070030977 - Array speaker system: Input audio signals are divided into low-frequency components and high-frequency components, both of which are subjected to delay processing in correspondence with desired positions of focal points with respect to speaker units respectively. Delayed low-frequency components are further subjected to weighting using a first window function. Delayed high-frequency components are... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070030978 - Apparatus and method for measuring sound field: A sound field measurement apparatus includes a signal generating unit for outputting a burst signal, a driving unit for driving a speaker using the burst signal, a microphone for picking up an audio output from the speaker, an analog-digital converter for performing analog-digital conversion processing on an output signal from... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070030979 - Loudspeaker: Methods are provided for operating a loudspeaker.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070030980 - In-vehicle entertainment sound system: A method of recording a recommended plurality of audio signals (40) in an entertainment sound system (42) associated with an automotive vehicle (12)includes a central server (14) for processing a plurality of data (16) associated with a plurality of audio signals (18). A data input (22) within the vehicle (12)... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

20070030981 - Motor vehicle sound system: A vehicle sound system provides an audio signal to a speaker system. The vehicle sound system comprises a first input unit that receives a first priority value indicative of a first scope of authority that the first input unit has been assigned over the vehicle sound system. A second input... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20070030982 - Interference suppression techniques: System (10) is disclosed including an acoustic sensor array (20) coupled to processor (42). System (10) processes inputs from array (20) to extract a desired acoustic signal through the suppression of interfering signals. The extraction/suppression is performed by modifying the array (20) inputs in the frequency domain with weights selected... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070030983 - High efficiency audio reproduction: A device is arranged for producing a driving signal (VM) for a transducer (7), such as a loudspeaker. The driving signal has a frequency substantially equal to a resonance frequency of the transducer and an amplitude controlled by an external signal (VE). The device is arranged for automatically adjusting the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070030984 - Conference system: A system for conducting a meeting which includes at least one control system, and a plurality of microphones configured to transmit an activation request to the control system. The control system generates an activation sequence for the microphones based on at least one activation request transmitted by a user for... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070030985 - Flat panel loudspeaker system: A flat panel speaker system is provided. The system includes, a modified panel having a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the modified panel acts as a diaphragm for the flat panel speaker system; a supporting member coupled to the rear surface of the modified panel; and a detachable... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070030986 - System and methods for aligning capture and playback clocks in a wireless digital audio distribution system: A wireless digital audio distribution system includes a transmitter that performs parallel acquisition of audio data from plural audio data channels. The acquired data is stored to a first buffer during intervals defined by a first clock unit. A radio transmitter provides for the packetization of the parallel collected data... Agent: Gerald B Rosenberg New Tech Law

20070030987 - Method for manufacturing acoustical devices and for reducing especially wind disturbances: A method for manufacturing an acoustical device, especially a hearing device. A device casing is provided with an acoustical/electrical input converter arrangement with an electric output. An audio signal processing unit establishes audio signal processing of the device according to individaul needs and/or purpose of the device. At least one... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070030988 - Method for the synchronization of signal tones and corresponding hearing aids: The output of signal tones from hearing aids for binaural coverage is to be synchronized. To this end, it is provided that the counters of the two hearing aids are equalized by a synchronization signal. By transmitting a control signal with a count value or before a predetermined count value,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070030989 - Hearing aid with suppression of wind noise: The present application relates to a hearing aid with suppression of wind noise wherein wind noise detection is provided involving only a single comparison of the input signal power level at first low frequencies with the input signal power level at frequencies that may include the first low frequencies whereby... Agent: Bingham, Mccutchen LLP

20070030990 - Hearing device and method for reducing feedback therein: In a hearing device with low feedback tendency with simultaneous open feed and utilization of the natural directional effect of the pinna, the hearing device has a tube-shaped ear fitting piece for insertion into an auditory canal and speaker is arranged in the ear fitting piece, and at least two... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070030991 - Communication device with microphone: The invention concerns a communication device with a casing enclosing a microphone and signal processing means, whereby the casing comprises at least a first and a second part and a packing means provided between the first and the second part, and whereby further the microphone orifice is provided between the... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070030992 - Low frequency loudspeaker enclosure: A low frequency loudspeaker enclosure with unique applications for recoil-canceling configurations. Vibration of the enclosure is reduced sufficiently to use the loudspeaker enclosure in dual use as common furniture, such as an end table, a coffee table, a bookshelf, or as an entertainment center. Enclosure shapes also allow placement behind... Agent: Kenneth M. Rauen

20070030993 - Monitor apparatus: A monitor apparatus, including a base; a display to display images; a stand to connect the display and the base; a first speaker unit provided in the base to face forward and output audio signals of a first channel; a second speaker unit provided in the base to face forward... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070030994 - Speaker apparatus, method of manufacturing the same, and frame for the same: According to an embodiment of the invention, a speaker apparatus comprises: a frame having a flange portion on a front surface thereof and a recessed portion on a back face thereof; a terminal lug attached to the flange portion of the frame; a capacitor accommodated in the recessed portion of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070030995 - Loudspeaker with natural hair leather diaphragm: A natural hair leather diaphragm for a loudspeaker. The acoustic impedance of the natural hair leather diaphragm is lower than several existing loudspeaker diaphragms and closer to the acoustic impedance of air. As a result, there is improved energy transfer from the loudspeaker to yield higher sound pressure level (SPL).... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070025555 - Method and apparatus for processing information, and computer product: A sound-signal generating unit generates, when a positional relationship between a local information processing apparatus and a user is acquired, a sound signal that makes the user perceive a virtual sound source at a predetermined position in a three-dimensional space based on the acquired positional relationship.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070025556 - Sound source separation apparatus and sound source separation method: A sound source separation apparatus includes a first sound source separation unit that performs blind source separation based on independent component analysis to separate a sound source signal from a plurality of mixed sound signals, thereby generating a first separated signal; a second sound source separation unit that performs real-time... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070025558 - Audio device maintenance support apparatus: An audio device maintenance support apparatus which is capable of notifying a user in advance of timing for loudspeaker unit replacement. An audio signal is input via a signal input section. An amplifier amplifies the input audio signal. A loudspeaker unit outputs the audio signal amplified by the amplifier, as... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070025559 - Audio tuning system: An audio system installed in a listening space may include a signal processor and a plurality of loudspeakers. The audio system may be tuned with an automated audio tuning system to optimize the sound output of the loudspeakers within the listening space. The automated audio tuning system may provide automated... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070025557 - Loudspeaker with automatic calibration and room equalization: A loudspeaker, such as a subwoofer, is provided which automatically calibrates itself when placed in a room to optimize an output signal of the loudspeaker for the room in which the loudspeaker is placed.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070025560 - Audio processing method and sound field reproducing system: An audio signal processing method comprises the steps of emitting a sound at a virtual sound image location in space on the outer side of a closed surface, generating measurement-based directional transfer functions corresponding to a plurality of positions on the closed surface based on a result of measuring the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070025561 - Electronic interfacing with a head-mounted device: Power is delivered from a power source in a head-mounted device to a separate accessory that is coupled to the head-mounted device. Power and signals are delivered on a common conductor that couples the head-mounted device to an accessory. One or both of the head-mounted device and the accessory are... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070025562 - Methods and apparatus for targeted sound detection: Targeted sound detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. A microphone array has two or more microphones M0 . . . MM. Each microphone is coupled to a plurality of filters. The filters are configured to filter input signals corresponding to sounds detected by the microphones thereby generating a filtered output.... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070025563 - Snapshot of noise and acoustic propagation: A system extracts the sound spectrum and sound pressure level (SPL) values of a target source in a non-ideal environment. This system can be critical for in-line or end-of-line quality control (QC) testing of sound-producing products in a manufacturing environment in which background noise level is high. The underlying principle... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070025564 - Sound source separation apparatus and sound source separation method: A sound source separation apparatus performs a discrete Fourier transform on each of a plurality of mixed sound signals for a predetermined time length in a time domain and sequentially transforms the mixed sound signals to mixed sound signals in a frequency domain. The apparatus allocates learning calculations of a... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070025565 - Stereo speaker system having acoustic filter for improving low frequency characteristic: A stereo speaker system including: a speaker unit having a plurality of speakers which output audio; and a filter unit selectively receiving low frequency components of the outputted audio. The filter unit eliminates the received low frequency components to decrease back pressure on the speakers. Thus, the phenomenon of air-loading... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070025566 - System and method for processing audio data: A system for processing audio data is provided. The system includes a spectral shaping system that receives sample audio data and generates spectral characteristic data for a plurality of spectral bands. The spectral characteristic data includes spectral characteristic data for predetermined frequency bands for a combination of one or more... Agent: Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP

20070025567 - Microphone comprising an hf transmitter: The invention concerns a wireless microphone system. The object of the present invention is to further develop such wireless microphone systems. A further aim of the invention is to provide an improvement in the intermodulation spacing of HF transmitters so that more transmitters can be used in the same frequency... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070025568 - Mixing apparatus and computer program therefor: Digital mixer includes a plurality of input ports each capable of performing gain adjustment, and a plurality of signal processing channels. Signal of each of the input ports is allocated to one or more desired ones of the channels. Each of the input channels includes an attenuator and can control... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070025570 - Condenser microphone: A condenser microphone includes a condenser part in which a diaphragm is arranged opposed to a back plate, an impedance transformation element which transforms change in electrostatic capacitance of the condenser part into electric impedance, and a circuit which connects the condenser part and the impedance transformation element electrically. Further,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070025569 - Condenser microphone unit and condenser microphone: A condenser microphone unit and a condenser microphone with enhanced sensitivity and reduced noise that can further be miniaturized by devising a structure of a vibrator and peripheral members thereof is obtained. A condenser microphone unit that causes conversion into an electric signal by capacity change of a capacitor formed... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070025571 - Electret condenser microphone: An electret condenser microphone includes a housing, a diaphragm disposed within the housing, first and second sound inlet ports and an acoustic resistive material disposed within the housing and in the acoustic path between the second inlet port and the diaphragm. The acoustic resistive may further electrically couple a backplate... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070025572 - Loudspeaker: The pole piece of a loudspeaker woofer is formed with a recess in which a tweeter is mounted so that the woofer and the tweeter face in the same direction and produce a merged step response.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070025573 - Hearing device without reference clock component: A hearing device, in particular a hearing aid, occupies a small volume and has high data transmission speeds for wireless transmission. In order to avoid using large volume frequency-stable components, for this purpose, an oscillator unit with a free-running oscillator is used instead. A receiver receives a synchronization signal cyclically.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070025574 - Audio apparatus: Audio apparatus (30) comprising a piezoelectric transducer (44) and coupling means (54) for coupling the transducer to a user's pinna (32) whereby the transducer excites vibration in the pinna (32) to cause it to transmit an acoustic signal from the transducer (44) to a user's inner ear, characterised in that... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070025575 - System and method for integrating transducers into body support structures: Transducers and resonators are embedded in body support structures in contact with a user to for the purpose of conveying musical sound energy to a user's body at selected frequencies and in selected patterns. Body support structures comprise beds, pillows, chairs, and other structures typically used to support people. The... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20070025576 - Telescope style microphone with dual effects for enhancing physical acoutsic volume and acquiring uni-directional acoustic source: The present invention relates to a microphone with dual effects for enhancing the physical acoustic volume and for acquiring uni-directional acoustic source. The microphone applies the viewfinder theory of the telescope. The sound source at a designated direction is past from the front end of a hollow tube through the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070025577 - Vehicular packaging system for headphone devices: A vehicular interior packaging system includes a holder for the stowage and ready access of an audio headset. The holder is provided on a headrest of the vehicle, and has an arcuate recess which provides a stowage cradle seat for the headset.... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070025578 - Headphone apparatus: In order to construct a headphone composed of a housing which holds a driver unit and an arm attached to the housing easily and favorably, a driver unit driven by an inputted audio signal, a housing 110 that therein accommodates the driver unit and has on its periphery a first... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070025579 - Interchangeable personal audio device cables and cable covers: Interchangeable cables and cable covers for a personal audio device includes a speaker and cable. An earphone, headphone, or communication headset cable may be disconnected permitting interchange with another cable or cable cover that has a different design, protective features, or function. In a method of customizing the audio device,... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20070025580 - Audio speaker with partially spherical speaker housing and escutcheon: A speaker housing assembly including an adapter and a speaker enclosure is disclosed. The adapter has an escutcheon and a partially spherical recessed concave portion. The speaker enclosure has a partially spherical sidewall that is received in the recessed concave portion of the adapter. A lock assembly secures the speaker... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070025582 - Handheld electronic device having offset sound openings: An improved handheld electronic device has a case with an elongated cavity formed therein. An audio transducer is in fluid communication with the cavity, and a number of sound openings are formed in the case and are in fluid communication with the cavity and with the atmosphere surrounding the handheld... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070025581 - Headset with a retractable speaker portion: An earbud headset, a handset including the same, and methods of operating the headset and handset are provided. In one embodiment, an earbud headset includes a speaker portion that is retractable into and extendable from a base portion, thereby allowing for a thin profile form factor. Advantageously, the earbud headset... Agent: Plantronics, Inc.

20070025583 - Sound dispersion speaker grill: The invention described herein is an externally mounted speaker grill with special features for dispersing full range sound at broad angles. The basic form of the invention consists of a speaker grill for protecting a speaker from the elements, a rounded cone shaped feature for dispersing high-frequency sound waves at... Agent: Robert P. Weil

20070025584 - Speaker device: It is an object of the invention to provide an improved speaker device equipped with an attachment member having formed thereon a reinforcing portion capable of inhibiting a deterioration of a sound characteristic. Another object of the invention is to provide an improved speaker device capable of efficiently disposing in... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070025585 - Loudspeaker damper and method of mounting loudspeaker damper: A loudspeaker damper including: an outer damper; and an inner damper; wherein the outer damper and the inner damper configured to damp a vibrating portion relative to a fixed portion of a loudspeaker, wherein the outer damper supports the outer periphery of a voice coil of the vibrating portion, and... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070025586 - Armored voice coil assembly for use in high power loudspeaker applications: An armored voice coil assembly comprises a former that is impregnated with a curable resin, preferably polyimide resin. Voice coil wire is wound around the outside surface of the former and is then preferably encased with an outer layer of resin impregnated glass fabric wrapped around the voice coil windings,... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20070025587 - Subwoofer design and isolator therefor: A speaker has a magnet assembly, a basket and a voice coil mounted in the flux gap of the magnet assembly. A spider mounts the voice coil to align it. A sound radiator, for producing sound, is connected by a connector to the voice coil. An isolator extends across the... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070025588 - Flat panel loudspeaker arrangement: A flat panel loudspeaker arrangement with several panel loudspeakers of similar construction is disclosed. The panel loudspeakers are arranged seamlessly side-by-side and are rigidly connected with one another along their respective edges with a high shear strength. The panel loudspeakers can be supported by an existing stable wall.... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West