Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 05/07

20070121951 - Method and apparatus to reproduce expanded sound using mono speaker: A method and apparatus to reproduce sound using a mono speaker, and a stereo sound system employing the same. The sound reproducing method can include: adding a first channel signal and a second channel signal of an input stereo signal or an input mono signal; sound field filtering by adding... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070121952 - Advanced processing based on a complex-exponential-modulated filterbank and adaptive time signalling methods: A synthesizer for generating a decorrelation signal using an input signal is operative on a plurality of subband signals, wherein a subband signal includes a sequence of at least two subband samples, the sequence of the subband samples representing a bandwidth of the subband signal, which is smaller than a... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070121953 - Audio decoding system and method: A method and system for audio decoding. A set of channel remapping equations and channel remapping coefficients are first provided. Audio samples are received, which comprise a specific number of input channels In#. The audio samples are then processed according to the channel remapping equations and channel remapping coefficients, thereby... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070121954 - System, medium, and method of encoding/decoding multi-channel audio signals: An system, method, and method of encoding/decoding a multi-channel audio signal, including a decoding level generation unit producing decoding-level information that helps a bitstream including a number of audio channel signals and space information to be decoded into a number of audio channel signals, wherein the space information includes information... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070121955 - Room acoustics correction device: A method and system are provided for improving the preferred listening environment of a sound system. Initially, a calibration pulse is generated from one or more rendering devices. Next, the calibration pulse is captured at a microphone attached to the rendering devices. Thereafter, one or more time delay, gain, and... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070121956 - Device and method for integrating sound effect processing and active noise control: A device and a method for integrating 3D sound effect processing and active noise control are proposed. A digital signal processor incorporates an artificial reverberator and a 3D spatial audio processor into an audio module. The audio signal is presented via an earphone. Next, a microphone embedded in the vicinity... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070121957 - Amusement ride with rider-selected integrated audio: A personalized audio system for an amusement ride includes an audio selection system, a guest identification system and a ride vehicle enabled to reproduce audio selections made using the selection system in a specific seat of the ride vehicle corresponding to the seat occupied by the guest who selected the... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070121958 - Methods and apparatuses for recording and playing back audio signals: Methods and apparatuses for recreating audio signals to sound as though the signals had been recorded in a different acoustic environment are provided. The methods and apparatus may include one or more inputs that receive an audio signal and an input that receives a selected acoustic environment signal, as well... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070121959 - Headset power management: The invention relates to an energy saving headset 100. The headset 100 comprises a power management unit 150 that is operable to reduce the power consumption of the headset 100 when a user 110 is not present. The power management unit 150 uses capacitive sensing to detect the presence of... Agent: David Kiewit

20070121960 - Hearing apparatus with status signal facility and corresponding method: Status changes in a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device should be able to be transmitted to an external data processing facility in a more rapid manner. For this purpose, provision is made for the hearing apparatus to comprise a sensor facility to capture a status of a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070121962 - Audio signal output control device that suppresses pop sound: The potential of a smoothing capacitor for a speaker is smoothly changed by controlling the potential with use of a PWM signal and switching between outputting the PWM signal and an actual audio signal, thereby suppressing a pop sound. The scale of circuitry is reduced and cost is lowered by... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070121961 - Pop noise processing circuit structure applying to panel display apparatus: This invention discloses a POP noise processing circuit structure applying to an output apparatus. Therein, the output apparatus is a panel display apparatus. The POP noise processing circuit structure comprises at least one first processing unit, a second processing unit, an operational amplifier processing unit, and an audio POP noise... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070121963 - System and method for creating a monophonic spectrum sweeping wave file: An exemplary system for creating a monophonic spectrum sweeping wave file includes a parameter receiving module (12), a determining module (14) and a creating module (16). The parameter receiving module is configured for receiving parameters on a monophonic spectrum sweeping wave file to be created. The parameters basically includes a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070121964 - First-order loudspeaker crossover network: A first-order crossover network having low-pass and high-pass filters to respectively drive first and second loudspeakers in a loudspeaker system is designed such that the phase difference at a crossover frequency between output signals of the first and second loudspeakers is no greater than 60 degrees, so that the output... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070121965 - Automatic audio signal dynamic range adjustment: A sound source receives an input audio signal and a sense signal depending on an external condition. The sound source has dynamic range controller that automatically adjusts the dynamic range of the input audio signal to provide the output audio signal, the adjusting depending on the sense signal. Then the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070121966 - Volume normalization device: A method and system are provided for equalizing the loudness of an audio source. Initially, the perceptual loudness level of an audio signal is measured from one or more audio sources. Next, the loudness level of the audio signal is adjusted using the perceptual loudness level. Thereafter, the audio signal... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070121967 - Hearing aid with large diaphragm microphone element including a printed circuit board: A disposable-type hearing aid uses a relatively large single diaphragm or a large single diaphragm subdivided into a plurality of smaller active diaphragm areas obtained using a grate-like back support plate with ridges which contact and divide the diaphragm into the several smaller active diaphragm areas. The diaphragm and a... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070121968 - Ultra directional speaker system and signal processing method thereof: An ultra directional speaker system and a signal processing method thereof are disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, the pre-distortion compensation may be applied to the input signal in real time and a signal to be modulated is subjected to a VSB modulation to minimize the distortion according to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070121969 - Electrostatic transducer, driving circuit of capacitive load, method for setting circuit constant, ultrasonic speaker, display device and directional acoustic system: Provided is an electrostatic transducer which is driven by a boosted driving signal by boosting a modulated signal obtained by modulating a carrier wave with an acoustic signal in an audio frequency band, the transducer including: an output transformer T which connects the electrostatic transducer to a secondary side winding... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070121970 - Electrostatic transducer, ultrasonic speaker, driving circuit of capacitive load, method of setting circuit constant, display device, and directional sound system: An electrostatic transducer includes: a class-D power amplifier that amplifies an input signal; and a low pass filter that has a plurality of pairs of inductors and capacitors, is connected to an output side of the class-D power amplifier, and serves to eliminate switching carrier components included in an output... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070121971 - Audio mixing device and audio mixing method: According to one embodiment, an audio mixing device comprising an input part in which a plurality of audio data is input, a conversion part which converts the sampling frequency of all input audio data, a control part which controls such that the sampling frequency of the input audio data is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070121972 - Capacitor microphone and diaphragm therefor: In a capacitor microphone, a diaphragm is positioned opposite to a fixed electrode for covering inner holes of a ring-shaped support, wherein when the diaphragm is deflected to approach the fixed electrode due to electrostatic attraction upon application of a bias voltage, internal stress that occurs on the diaphragm is... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070121973 - Water-resistant case for handheld electronic device: Protective case for an electronic device. The device is inserted into an inner case, and the earphone-jack converter plugged into the earphone jack receptacle in the bottom of the device. Both the inner case, with electronic device, and the earphone-jack converter are inserted into an outer shell through a large... Agent: Bohan, Mathers & Associates, LLC

20070121974 - Earset assembly: Disclosed is an earset assembly that has a housing having a microphone port and a speaker port. A microphone is enclosed by the housing and has first and second input ports. The first input port is acoustically coupled to the microphone port to detect air pressure changes of the ear... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070121975 - Switching structures for hearing assistance device: A hearing aid is provided with a switch that automatically, non-manually controls at least one of inputs, filters, or programmable parameters in the presence of a magnetic field.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070121976 - Hearing aid with automatic switching between modes of operation: The present application relates to a hearing aid, especially a hearing aid with multiple modes of operation and efficient switching between these modes of operation. The hearing aid comprises means for performing a first mode of operation, means for performing a second mode of operation, first and second quality measuring... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070121977 - Low-power reconfigurable hearing instrument: A reconfigurable processing unit for a digital hearing instrument includes an IS processor module, a plurality of processing units and a crosspoint switch matrix. The IS processor module receives a hearing instrument configuration. Each of the processing modules are configured to process audio signals received by the digital hearing instrument.... Agent: Joseph M. Sauer, Esq. Jones Day

20070121978 - Digital hearing aid enhancing directional performance: A digital hearing aid enhancing a directional performance for a patient who suffers from sole-ear hearing impairments is provided, in which the digital hearing aid cell inserted into one healthy ear is electrically connected with another digital hearing aid cell called an ear cell including a microphone worn in the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070121979 - Hearing aid having improved rf immunity to rf electromagnetic interference produced from a wireless communications device: A hearing aid has improved immunity to RF electromagnetic interference produced from wireless communications devices. A microphone receives audio signals from the environment. Audio circuitry is connected to the microphone and amplifies the audio signals. A speaker is connected to the audio circuitry and directs the audio signals into an... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070121980 - Hearing device to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal: The hearing device comprises an insertable part, which is to be inserted into an ear canal of a user of the hearing device. The insertable part may be identical with the hearing device itself, and the insertable part comprises a casing, which casing comprises a deformable part. The hearing device... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070121981 - Portable speaker of portable multimedia device: A portable speaker of a portable multimedia device includes a digital amplifier to receive a digital audio signal from the portable multimedia device and to digitally process and output the received digital audio signal to a speaker unit, and a battery to supply electric power to at least one of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070121982 - Electret assembly for a microphone having a backplate with improved charge stability: The present invention relates to a microphone that includes a housing and a diaphragm and backplate located with the housing. The housing has a sound port for receiving the sound. The diaphragm undergoes movement relative to the backplate, which it opposes, in response to the incoming sound. The backplate has... Agent: Daniel J. Burnham Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20070121983 - Balanced armature bone conduction shaker: A bone conduction transducer suitable for use in a listening device, such as hearing aids, in-ear monitors, headphones, electronic hearing protection devices, and very small scale acoustic speakers, has an end mass assembly disposed within the housing. The end mass assembly is mounted to the acoustic assembly and operatively coupled... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070121984 - Multi-functional earphone cum microphone: A multi-functional earphone cum microphone is disclosed. The device comprises an earphone, a microphone, a call-transferring box and transmission cable or wire, characterized in that the earphone includes a main earphone and a secondary earphone being connected by a connection wire, and from the interior of the main earphone, a... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070121985 - Headset with retractable cord for portable devices with automatic switching capability: A headset with retractable cord for portable devices with automatic switching capability system, comprising an electronic device, a headset, a cord extending between the electronic device and the headset, and a retracting assembly for retracting the cord into a coil during periods of non-use. Optionally, the system includes a retraction... Agent: Gateway, Inc. Attn: Patent Attorney

20070121986 - Virtual multi-channel speaker unit: Disclosed is a virtual multi-channel speaker unit, comprising a casing having a transmission portion through which sounds pass; a solenoid coil arranged in the casing and applied with acoustic signals; a magnetic body around which the solenoid coil is wound to form magnetic field; a diaphragm that faces one side... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070121987 - Lanyard assembly for audio device: A lanyard assembly can include a primary lanyard adapted to be worn around the neck of a user and a secondary lanyard positioned proximate the primary lanyard. The secondary lanyard can include a wire for providing audio transmission, a plug carried by the secondary lanyard proximate a first end of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070121988 - Mountable speaker assembly: Embodiments of a speaker assembly and cooperating suspension ring designed to allow installation of the assembly in a horizontal ceiling tile from below are disclosed. The speaker assembly includes a body or housing with a flange at one end. The body has a diameter that allows it to fit through... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070121989 - Audio output device: An audio output device that has the configuration of a slat curtain includes a speaker unit provided in each slat. Therefore if the audio output device is used hanging from a window frame, ceiling, on a wall or any other such structure, the audio output device achieves a function of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070121990 - Speaker device: It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved speaker device capable of restricting a wiring position of a speaker cord using a simple structure, reducing the number of parts necessary for use in speaker cord fixation. The speaker device of the present invention has a speaker... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070121991 - Loudspeaker: A loudspeaker includes a movable diaphragm, a resilient centering device for centering and guiding the movement of the diaphragm, and a magnet system for controlling the movement of the diaphragm, where the diaphragm is positioned between the magnet system and the resilient centering device.... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20070121992 - Speaker and electronic device equipped with the speaker: According to one embodiment, a speaker comprises a frame, a drive source attached to the frame, which converts an electric signal into mechanical vibration, a diaphragm coupled to the drive source, which emits an acoustic wave corresponding to the mechanical vibration, and an attachment structure coupled to a predetermined portion... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070121993 - Speaker apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a speaker apparatus including: a speaker frame; and a connection terminal for electrically connecting to an outside of a speaker, an axis line of the connection terminal being arranged along a tangential line direction of a circumference of the speaker,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070121994 - Speaker apparatus: A speaker apparatus comprises an inner magnet type magnetic circuit for driving a voice coil connected to a vibrating plate. The magnetic circuit comprises; a yoke; a magnet at least partly mounted at an inside of the yoke; a pole piece being attached to the other magnetized face of the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070121995 - Speaker: The speaker has a frame, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil body and a diaphragm. The magnetic circuit is disposed inside of the frame to form a magnetic gap. The voice coil body is disposed movably in the magnetic gap. The diaphragm is coupled to the voice coil body by... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070116295 - System and method for real time emulation of communication systems: One inventive aspect relates to an emulation system for real-time simulation of the physical layer of an analog communication system based at least on partly digital computation. The emulation system comprises a digital portion configured to perform digital computations and represent at least part of the signal propagation in the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070116296 - Audio processing system and method for hearing protection in an ambient environment: The present invention relates to an audio processing method for hearing protection in an ambient environment, includes steps of: sampling digital audio signals decoded to obtain a plurality of amplitude values of the digital audio signals; obtaining a default gain value; calculating an actual audio energy of the digital audio... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070116297 - Multiple channel audio system supporting data channel replacement: An audio processing system which allows a surround sound system to utilize the transmission bandwidth efficiently by adaptively transmitting a supplementary data from a secondary source in addition to the audio signals of a primary source. The system consists of a transmitter component, capable of transmitting audio signals from a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070116299 - Audio-visual point-of-sale presentation system and method directed toward vehicle occupant: An audio-visual presentation system delivering a presentation to a vehicle passenger compartment is provided that includes a video display mounted external to a vehicle passenger compartment and viewable from within the compartment. A controller provides a video signal to the display and an audio signal. The audio signal is broadcast... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070116298 - Vehicle directional electroacoustical transducing: Vehicle audio systems including directional loudspeakers, particularly directional arrays. An exemplary audio system for a vehicle includes a plurality of audio channels. The vehicle includes a first passenger position and a second passenger position ahead of the first passenger position. The audio system includes a first directional loudspeaker positioned ahead... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070116300 - Channel decoding for wireless telephones with multiple microphones and multiple description transmission: An embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless telephone including a receiver module, a channel decoder, a speech decoder, and a speaker. The receiver module receives a plurality of versions of a voice signal, wherein each version of the voice signal comprises a plurality of speech frames. The channel... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070116301 - Audio playback apparatus: An audio playback apparatus realizes both of normal playback and loop playback with respect to compressive coded data forming an audio waveform of one phrase, which is constituted by a string of samples and which includes a loop section. In the normal playback, a decoder sequentially reproduces the samples. In... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070116302 - Method and apparatus for reproducing audio data, recording medium, and method and apparatus for recording audio data: A method and apparatus for reproducing audio data associated with a recording medium from a recording medium, a recording medium, and a method and apparatus for recording audio data on a recording medium are disclosed. The method of reproducing audio data includes checking a mixing indicator included in management information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070116303 - Audio output driver and methods for use therewith: An audio output driver includes an audio amplifier for generating an amplified signal. A virtual ground generator generates a virtual ground signal in response to a virtual ground reference. A combiner produces an output signal, based on the amplified signal and the virtual ground signal, that is coupled to an... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070116304 - In-wall loudspeaker: An improved in-wall speaker assembly providing better performance and less intrusion than prior art speakers. The speaker assembly is oriented such that the driver fires vertically, parallel to the wall studs, rather than horizontally and perpendicular to the wall studs. The cone and surround of the speaker assembly are generally... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070116305 - Electro-acoustic transducer: The present invention provides a stable and excellent electro-acoustic transducer having simple constitution with which a vibration pole does not contact with stator poles by a repulsive force acting between the vibration pole and the stator poles and the vibration pole can be stably positioned in place between the two... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070116306 - Dynamic sweet spot tracking: An audio system with a dynamic sound field adaptation to follow a listeners position. The audio system includes a relative location determination mechanism for determining the relative positions of at least all sound emitting components of the audio system with respect to each other, a personal device detector for detecting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070116307 - Method of providing alternative audio/visual experiences based on user selections: A method of creating a unified audio/visual experience from different source components where the selection of the sources is based on direction from an end user. A plurality of different program components that may be combined together in different ways are procured from two or more different sources of complementary... Agent: John Horn

20070116308 - Hearing aid compatibility mode switching for a mobile station: A mobile station (100) that includes a processor (212) that selectively disables at least one station component to reduce electromagnetic noise generated by the station in the frequency range below 20 kHz when the mobile station is operated in the hearing aid compatible mode. The component can be, for example,... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070116309 - Earpiece with extension: An earpiece having at least one flanged extension or a resilient member or substance is disclosed. The earpiece can be used to mitigate exposure to ambient sound. The earpiece can also be used to provide sound from a two-way radio or the like to a user's eardrum. Combinations of these... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070116310 - Hearing aid with sudden sound alert: A multichannel hearing aid (20) comprises at least one frequency channel having a compressor (38) with a compression threshold at an output level below the hearing threshold and an attack time above 0.5 seconds whereby hearing of a sudden sound in a stationary sound environment is facilitated. With this compressor,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070116312 - Hearing aid: A hearing aid includes at least two components joined together via an injection molding process. The injection molding process mitigates the need for a separate fastening means to join the components.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070116311 - High strength curable compositions for the solid freeform fabrication of hearing aids: A curable composition and method for producing high strength in-the-ear products using solid freeform fabrication techniques. More specifically, the present invention provides a curable composition and method for the production of hearing aid components using stereolithography. The curable composition may include at least one acrylate oligomer, at least one reactive... Agent: Loctite Corporation

20070116313 - Electro-acoustic sound diffuser: Electro-acoustic Sound Diffuser in the form of a loudspeaker fitted with at least one driver powered by means of acceptable input signal; in proximity to at least one rotatable baffle which bear perforations and artwork; driven by an electric motor; means to control motor, for the purpose of modifying, altering,... Agent: Robert D. Seagrove

20070116315 - Earset microphone: An earset microphone includes an earpiece having a wedge portion wherein the wedge portion is positioned between a back side of the ear and a scalp to secure the earpiece in a selected position. A mounting bracket is positioned within the wedge portion. A boom is secured to the mounting... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070116314 - Facemask-earpiece combination: As worn by a firefighter or by an emergency rescue worker, a facemask is combined with an earpiece, which is mounted to the facemask, via an arm, so as to extend into an ear canal of a wearer wearing the facemask. The earpiece comprises a temperature sensor, which is arranged... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070116316 - Music headphones for manual control of ambient sound: A headphone and method for allowing manually controlled reception of ambient sound by a user. More particularly, the invention relates to a headphone for listening to an audio signal while allowing varying amounts of ambient sound to the user. In one aspect, the headphone comprises a manually-controllable physical characteristic that... Agent: The Mcintosh Group

20070116317 - System, apparatus, method, recording medium and computer program for processing information: An information processing apparatus includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring data containing at least audio data, a recording unit for recording the data, an output unit for outputting the data, an operation input acquisition unit for acquiring an operation input when the output unit outputs the data, a setting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070116318 - Hearing protection and communication assembly: The speaker head is inserted into the protective ear insert and into one of the wearer's ears so that the audio signal is audible to the wearer in a loud environment where exterior noise is muffled by the protective ear insert and the speaker head is shielded from contact with... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.A.

20070116320 - Communication device: A communication device is disclosed. The device includes a body and a speaker. The body includes a protrusion, and the speaker includes a track. The protrusion is movably received in the track for the speaker to move relatively to the body in an axial direction.... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070116319 - Sound emitting device with an expandable earpiece: A sound emitting device (1;20;40) of the kind which is arrangeable at the ear of a user and which comprises an earpiece portion (4;23;42) which fits inside the ear canal of the user. The earpiece portion comprises an expandable portion (5;24;43) which upon expanding expands against the inside surface of... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070116321 - Speaker for mobile communication terminal: A speaker for a mobile communication terminal is provided. The speaker with an upper case, a frame, a vibration plate, a voice coil, a yoke, a magnet, a top plate and a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a housing for accommodating the vibration plate, the voice coil, the yoke, the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070116322 - Speaker apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a speaker apparatus including: a magnetic circuit; a vibrating plate vibrated by the magnetic circuit; a speaker frame holding the magnetic circuit and the vibrating plate, and a connecting portion connecting a portion of holding the vibrating plate and a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070116323 - Speaker apparatus and terminal member: A frame has a slide hole and a receiving hole made close to an end of the slide hole. A terminal member has a protrusion protruding from a face making contact with the speaker frame, and a claw projecting in a direction approximately perpendicular to a protruding direction of the... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070110249 - Method of acoustic signal reproduction: Up to now, there have existed filters having a transfer function for canceling crosstalk components arriving from loudspeakers, at the listener's right/left ear, however, such filters have been incapable of properly reducing the inter-loudspeaker crosstalk components inside the casing of a mobile terminal. Therefore, when input signals are expected to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070110250 - Transaural stereo device: A method of creating an impression of sound from an imaginary source to a listener. The method includes the step of determining an acoustic matrix for an actual set of speakers at an actual location relative to the listener and the step of determining an acoustic matrix for transmission of... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070110251 - Detection of device configuration: Devices connected with a computer system are interrogated to detect whether they are configured and functioning. In an audio device implementation, a known audio sample is output to a loudspeaker. If the loudspeaker is properly configured and functional, an attached microphone will capture the sound corresponding to the audio sample... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070110252 - Diagnostic circuit: A circuit is described which enables the determination of the proper functioning of a second circuit, in particular the operation of a headphone jack or audio speakers.... Agent: Owen J. Bates

20070110253 - Customizability digital sound relaxation system: In one embodiment, an improved-customizability digital sound relaxation system having a sound card receiving port and a collectable sound card are cooperative to play prerecorded natural or other sounds by depressing one of a plurality of sound selector switches and a sound card selector switch. The new sounds of each... Agent: Law Office Of A.p. Durigon

20070110254 - Dereverberation and feedback compensation system: A dereverberation and feedback compensation system reduces the echo received by a first audio device while reducing the speech feedback received from a second audio device. A decorrelation logic decorrelates audio signals from the first audio device. A first processor generates a noise compensation signal based on the decorrelated audio... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070110255 - Soundproof climate controlled rack: Soundproofing a rack by installing at least one duct on at least one panel of the rack, or as part of the side panels of the rack, or is mounted inside the rack as a drawer in such a way that air can flow outside from the rack causing air... Agent: Eitan Law Group C/o Landonip, Inc.

20070110256 - Audio equalizer headset: A headset, the headset including a communications module for receiving one or more electronic signals from an audio source, the one or more electronic signals representing an audio stream having a first element at a first audible frequency and a second element at a second audible frequency; a controller, communicated... Agent: Michael E. Woods Patent Law Offices Of Michael E. Woods

20070110257 - Microphone array with physical beamforming using omnidirectional microphones: An array of microphones is provided wherein the microphones are positioned at the ends of cavities within a diffracting structure. The cavity depth, width, and shape are optimised to provide high directivity without grating lobes, at frequencies for which the distance between microphones is greater than half the acoustic wavelength.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070110258 - Audio signal processing apparatus, and audio signal processing method: An audio signal processing apparatus includes: a dividing section dividing each of audio signals of a plurality of channels into a plurality of frequency bands; a phase difference calculating section calculating a phase difference between the audio signals of the plurality of channels, for each of the plurality of frequency... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070110259 - Method and system for comparing audio signals and identifying an audio source: An audio tagging method adapted to insert, in audio generated by an audio source and represented in the frequency domain, an identification code which comprises a predefined number of bits, associating with each bit of the code a corresponding frequency interval and applying a bandpass filter centered on each of... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070110262 - Apparatus and method to control volume of received sound signals: Apparatus and method to control the volume of a received sound, more particularly, an apparatus and method to control the volume of a received sound, which control the volume of sound data, converted into digital data, to a predetermined volume level using a software application. The apparatus includes a sound... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070110260 - Audio processing system with function of automatic gain control and method thereof: The present invention relates to an audio processing system with function of automatic gain control and method thereof. The method includes steps of: receiving a playing command to play an audio file; reading a genre type of the audio file from a tag of the audio file; reading a genre... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070110261 - Audio processing system with function of automatic gain control and method thereof: The present invention provides an audio processing system with function of automatic gain control and method thereof. The method includes steps of: adjusting the default gain value to an adjusted gain value in response to a gain adjusting command; signaling a gain amplifier to amplify analog audio signals received from... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070110263 - Voice activity detection with adaptive noise floor tracking: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting voice activity in a communication signal, wherein filter means are provided for estimating or suppressing an offset component of the level of the communication signal. A filter parameter is controlled based on the output of the filter means. Furthermore,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070110264 - Door with structural components configured to radiate acoustic energy: A door leaf includes a stiff, light structural part that maintains fed-in vibrational energy and, by flexural waves, propagates this energy in at least one active surface perpendicular to its thickness to distribute resonance mode vibration components over at least one surface, which has specified, preferred locations or sites within... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C. Suite 912

20070110265 - Hand-held electronic device: A hand-held electronic device for producing stereo effect sound in both a first and a second orientation of the device. The first and second directions are perpendicular to each other. The device comprises a pair of loudspeakers spaced from each other in two directions perpendicular to each other. One direction... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070110266 - Remote control single crystal speaker system: A light socket mounted radio receiver speaker device having a light bulb screw base for attaching to a light socket. A detector having a detector signal input, a first electrical output and a control output is electrically connected to the light bulb screw base. A radio receiver is controlled by... Agent: Arnold & Ferrera, L.L.P.

20070110267 - Mobile speaker: A mobile speaker, which includes a housing, which houses a loudspeaker unit that is formed of a diaphragm and cone assembly and an amplifier, and a flexible electric wire, which is bendable in all directions and kept in the bent shape and has a first end fastened to the housing... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070110268 - Array speaker apparatus: An array speaker apparatus SParray includes a first radiation means for driving speaker units so that a first sound S1 of a main channel is radiated to a wall surface W1 on the left or right side of a listening position, and a second radiation means for driving the speaker... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070110269 - Biplane line array speaker with arcuate tweeter array providing controlled directivity: A biplane line array speaker includes a line array of tweeters mounted substantially directly in front of a line array of woofers. The tweeter line array is arcuately shaped to provide controlled vertical dispersion above and below the boundaries of the speaker cabinet. The woofers are displaced from the tweeters... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070110270 - Communication device with receiver enclosure: The invention concerns a communication device with means for delivering an audio signal to the ear of a user. The communication device comprises a casing intended for wear at the ear, and the casing contains; a microphone, a signal processing device, a receiver for delivering an audio signal to the... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070104331 - Multi-channel audio system and method for generating virtual speaker sound: To realize sound output so that a listener does not feel unnaturalness, an audio signal for a center speaker is multiplied by a transfer function for a left speaker and a transfer function for a right speaker, respectively, and an audio component for a left center speaker and an audio... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070104332 - System and method for automatic plug detection: A method and system for performing automatic plug detection are disclosed. When a plug is inserted into an audio jack, the plug may be detected. Detection may occur at power up or upon insertion. When a plug is detected, a determination may be made as to whether the plug is... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070104333 - Headset with built-in power supply: A novel headset is provided herein which has a built-in power supply and combines the audio connection of the headset and the electrical connection of the power supply inside a single physical cable to an appliance. On the male plug of the cable for plugging the appliance's female jack, there... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070104334 - Acoustic landscape: A system (7) for providing sound includes a sound library (4) having at least one sound, a substantially unidirectional speaker (1), an amplifier (2), and a control system (3). The amplifier (2) transmits a selected sound from the sound library (4) to the speaker (1). The speaker (1) is selectively... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070104335 - Acoustic feedback suppression for audio amplification systems: In a method of acoustic feedback suppression, digitized time-domain samples of acoustic signals are obtained, and discrete time-frequency transformation is performed on the digitized time-domain samples to generate a plurality of frequency bins of a frequency resolution. A howling frequency bin is identified, where the howling frequency has the maximum... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070104336 - Audio crossover system and method: An audio crossover system and method is disclosed. An audio system includes two driver circuits, one for each of two audio frequency ranges, e.g., high and low frequency ranges. The driver circuits are designed to provide a combined frequency response curve that has a pronounced midrange attenuation dip, in contrast... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070104337 - Apparatus and method for automatic volume synchronization of a digital audio device with an analog audio source: In audio source device the provides a digitized audio signal without volume information, apparatus is coupled to the analog audio conductors to determine the amplitude of the analog signals and therefore the volume of the resulting from the application of the analog audio signals to output apparatus such as speakers.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070104338 - Amplifier arrangement and distributed audio system: The invention relates to a distributed audio system, and an amplifier arrangement therefor, which is configured so that the remotely powered switching amplifier and power supply arrangement reduces heat dissipation and increase the efficiency when powered over, particularly but not exclusively, small gauge structured wiring cables.... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070104339 - Electret condenser microphone: An object of the present invention is to provide a digital-output electret condenser microphone capable of being soldered on a wiring substrate of an apparatus by using a reflow furnace. An electret condenser microphone according to the present invention has an electret polymer film and a spacer that are formed... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20070104340 - System and method for manufacturing a transducer module: A receiver includes a housing having an interior, a diaphragm assembly disposed within the housing, a motor assembly disposed within the housing and a linkage assembly coupling the diaphragm assembly and the motor assembly. A support structure joined to the diaphragm or the motor assembly or to both the diaphragm... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070104341 - Image display device and method and program: An image display device for displaying images includes an image display unit for displaying images, an audio output unit for outputting audio from multiple positions corresponding to the images displayed by the image display unit, and an audio output position control unit for analyzing the images, controlling the audio output... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104342 - Power supply for a cochlear implant: A power supply control system for use with a tissue stimulating prosthesis, such as a cochlear implant. The power supply control system comprises a first battery, a second battery, at least a third battery, and a switching system. The first and second batteries are electrically connected in series to provide... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20070104343 - Rechargeable hearing aid: A hearing aid having a rechargeable battery and a charger for charging the battery include means for transferring data means for transferring data unidirectionally or bidirectionally between the hearing aid and the charger using either a magnetic field, light, or sound. The hearing aid includes means for detecting the charge... Agent: Paul F. Wille

20070104344 - Hearing aid mechanism: A hearing aid includes a sound input device, and a speaker, wherein the speaker includes a compartment with magnet suspended in a fluid containing magnetic particles and wherein a coil wrapped around the compartment or in close proximity thereto excites the magnet to vibrate causing pressure waves to vibrate a... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20070104345 - In-ear type earphone with an ear hanger: An in-ear type earphone with an ear hanger is provided. The in-ear type earphone includes a holder, an earphone body, and the ear hanger. The holder has a guiding portion with a sliding groove, the earphone body is slidingly assembled in the sliding groove, and the ear hanger is connected... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070104346 - Speaker: A speaker is provided with a magnetic circuit for driving a diaphragm which is disposed at a sound emission side of the diaphragm, a magnetic circuit supporting member, which is formed at a central portion inside the outer frame supporting the diaphragm, for supporting the magnetic circuit at a tip... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070104347 - Angled thermal chimney in audio speaker cabinet: One or two thermally conductive chimney tubes extend through a loudspeaker cabinet that encloses a volume of air heated by a speaker driver. The open ends of each chimney are outside the cabinet. A column of air within each chimney is in contact with the external ambient air, but sealed... Agent: Richard C. Calderwood

20070098181 - Signal processing apparatus and method: A signal processing apparatus includes a first band-dividing unit that divides a first-channel sound signal of two-channel sound signals into signals of a plurality of frequency bands; a second band-dividing unit that divides a second-channel sound signal of the two-channel sound signals into signals of a plurality of frequency bands;... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070098180 - Speaker-characteristic compensation method for mobile terminal device: To date, there has been no speaker-characteristic compensation method including a processing step of reducing crosstalk between speakers incorporated in a mobile terminal. Accordingly, it has been impossible to reduce crosstalk that, in a mobile terminal, occurs between speakers. A speaker-characteristic compensation method, for a mobile terminal device having at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070098182 - Audio frequency range adaptation: To improve the reproduction of audio signals, the signal components of a selected audio frequency range (1) of an audio signal are concentrated in a narrower audio frequency range (II). This is achieved by detecting first signal components in the first audio frequency range (I), generating second signal components in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070098183 - Acoustic signal reproduction apparatus: A reproduction apparatus includes an acoustic signal generator which generates an acoustic signal, first sound pressure detection points located at N points in an audible area to detect sound pressure signals, N+1 control sound wave generators each of which emits a sound wave based on the acoustic signal to generate... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070098184 - Audio input/output device and method for switching input/output functions: Using a 4-pin audio jack, 3-pin signal interfaces including the ground interface are assigned with conventionally used earphone/microphone functions (one microphone input and one speaker output), while the other interface corresponding to the fourth pin is assigned with a function of microphone input for voice recognition in high noise environment.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070098185 - High frequency signal construction method and apparatus: A method of adding high frequency content to an input signal to form an augmented signal, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an initial signal having a first predetermined lower spectral range; (b) utilizing the initial signal to form synthesized high frequency components of the initial signal; (c)... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20070098186 - Tone control circuit for hearing aid and the like: The tone control circuit includes a capacitor-resistor circuit; a resistor-capacitor circuit which is connected to the capacitor-resistor circuit; and a variable resistor which is connected between the resistor-capacitor circuit and capacitor-resistor circuit or a connecting point of both circuits. Therefore, it can control the tone easily at high and low... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070098187 - Method and apparatus for reproducing music file: Disclosed is a method for reproducing a music file in a terminal equipped to reproduce the music file, the method including determining equalizing reproduction characteristics of the music file when reproduction of the music file is requested, determining and setting an output equalizer setting value of an audio signal, according... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070098188 - Equalization setting determination for audio devices: A method for reducing distortion caused by clipping of lower frequency audio signals begins by monitoring a volume setting of an audio signal with respect to a range of volume settings to produce a monitored volume setting. The method continues by establishing an equalization setting based on the monitored volume... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070098189 - Speaker drive system for headsets and method: A speaker driver circuit for use in association with a source of audio signals and a single coil driven speaker, for communicating said signals to the speaker and for reducing unwanted noise in the speaker, and having a first coil connected between the output of the audio signal source and... Agent: George A. Rolston

20070098190 - Method and apparatus to control output power of a digital power amplifier optimized to a headphone and a portable audio player having the same: A method and apparatus to control output power of a digital amplifier capable of automatically determining an impedance of an earphone or headphone connected to a portable audio device and outputting a power that is optimized according to the impedance. The apparatus is usable with a digital amplification device and... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070098191 - Audio system of a tablet personal computer and the speaker orientating method thereof: An audio system of a tablet personal computer and the speaker orientating method thereof are provided, wherein the audio system comprises at least two speakers mounted on a frame of the tablet personal computer, an angle detector mounted on the frame, an audio driver used to drive the speakers, and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070098193 - Method for producing an order and ordering apparatus: A hearing device to be ordered in identified by a set (2) of data elements. Identifying data sets K[E] according to previous orders are stored (5) to such ordered data sets (K[E]) weighing values are assigned to (W[K]) which reflect the frequency of ordering hearing devices with respective data. The... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070098192 - Spectacle hearing aid: A hearing aid/spectacles combination includes a spectacle frame and a first reproduction unit. The spectacle frame has a microphone array in a first spectacle arm. The microphone array is able to pick up a sound signal and is able to transmit a processed signal, produced on the basis of the... Agent: Webb Ziesenheim Logsdon Orkin & Hanson 700 Koppers Building

20070098194 - Hearing system, hearing device and method of operating and method of maintaining a hearing device: The hearing device is adapted to automatically requesting an establishment of a communication connection to at least one hearing device support provider. The hearing device support provider may comprise a person knowledgeable in hearing devices, at the hearing device seller and/or at the hearing device manufacturer, and it may comprise... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070098195 - Wireless hearing aid system and method: A wireless hearing aid system and method is disclosed that incorporates a traditional wireless transceiver headset and additional directional microphones to permit extension of the headset as a hearing aid. The disclosed invention also incorporates a mode selector and programmable audio filter to permit the headset to be wirelessly programmed... Agent: Kevin Mark Klughart

20070098196 - Fixing device for operating elements of hearing devices or hearing aids: The present invention provides a fixing device for receiving and attaching operating elements to the faceplate of hearing devices or hearing aids, whereas the operating elements comprising connectors for the electrical connection to further electric or electronic components of the hearing device or hearing aid, further comprising a bush having... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070098197 - Magnetic speaker sound module and balloon with weighted side: A balloon with an attached magnetic speaker sound module. The sound module has a housing containing a magnetic speaker, a power source, and wiring connecting the magnetic speaker the power source. The magnetic speaker is mounted in the housing adjacent an aperture in the housing. The balloon may be constructed... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20070098198 - Headphones for 3d sound: Headsets (20, 50, 60, 71) provide surround sound and full 3 dimensional effects to a user to simulate the effects of direction and sound source. Advantages include: surround sound effect without the limitations of Head-Related Transfer Functions, and pinna effect customized to each user's ears; horn shape tube outlets (32)... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070098199 - Speaker system for head protective gear: A headgear system enhanced for generating sound has at least one speaker apparatus connected to or integrated into the structure of the headgear system, the speaker apparatus including a magnet suspended in a magnetic fluid, and at least one resonator connected to the at least one speaker apparatus. The system... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20070098200 - Acoustic apparatus using bone-conduction speaker: An acoustic apparatus using a bone-conduction speaker can eliminate a sound pressure type speaker heretofore required and permit a bone-conduction speaker to serve both in communication and in outputting an incoming tone, thus reducing the apparatus in size and weight. The apparatus comprises: an outer casing (3), in which a... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070098201 - Earplug type earphone: This invention relates to an earplug type earphone that includes a front cover, a back cover, an earplug, a signal line, and a signal line support member, and the earplug is sheathed into a fixed pillar with a bias design and protruded from the back cover, so that earplug with... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070098202 - Variable output earphone system: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an earphone that allows for individual adjustment of different audio levels produced out of a first and second speaker to compensate for hearing impairment in one or both ears. The earphone may include a jack plug that is configured for insertion into an... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070098203 - Integrated audio eyewear: Eyewear includes a lens supporting frame along with temple pieces extending therefrom with at least one of the temple pieces including an open sided chamber sized for receiving an audio unit having communication socket disposed at one end of the audio unit. The open side enables access to the controls... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20070098204 - Speaker unit and bracket for attaching speaker: An object of the present invention is to provide a speaker unit with a reduced number of parts. The speaker unit includes a speaker main body and a bracket. The speaker main body has a holding portion to be attached to one structure. The bracket has a speaker holder for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070098205 - Headrest surround channel electroacoustical transducing: An audio system including a first audio source, including a surround channel signal, coupled to an electroacoustical transducer mounted in the back of a seat of, for example, an automobile, so that the surround channel is radiated from the electroacoustical transducer. In one embodiment, the electroacoustical transducer is oriented to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070098206 - Speaker grille and speaker device: It is an object of the invention to provide an improved speaker grille and an improved speaker device capable of preventing a deterioration of the quality of a sound propagated in an inclined direction, using only a simple structure. The speaker device has a diaphragm and a grille provided in... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070098207 - Structure of ribbon type planar speaker: A structure of ribbon type planar speaker is provided, which includes a composite diaphragm with a flexible edge fixed on a fixed end; a first magnet and a second magnet, respectively disposed above and below the composite diaphragm, and respectively fixed on an upper frame and a lower frame, wherein... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070098208 - Low-inductance electromagnetic drive without driving the magnetic flux circuit: The present invention relates to a low-inductance electromagnetic drive without driving magnetic flux circuit, which comprises a magnetic pole, a drive coil, an upper magnetic inductive board, a permanent magnet and a lower magnetic-inductive board. The magnetic pole is integrated with the lower magnetic-inductive board, and the permanent magnet is... Agent: Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd.

20070098209 - Integrated multi yoke for multi polar loudspeakers: An integrated multi yoke and loudspeaker system incorporating the yoke for providing a path for the magnetic field of each driver, resulting in higher magnetic field strength and thus a higher sound pressure level. The loudspeaker incorporating the yoke takes a smaller loudspeaker enclosure volume and has a wider sound... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.