Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 08/08

20080205657 - Method and an apparatus for decoding an audio signal: A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, a first multi-channel information, and an object information; processing the downmix signal using the object information and a mix information; and, transmitting one of the first multi-channel information and a second multi-channel information according to the mix information,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080205658 - Audio coding: A spatial decoder unit (23) is arranged for transforming one or more audio channels (s; l, r) into a pair of bin-aural output channels (Ib, rb). The device comprises a parameter conversion unit (234) for converting the spatial parameters (sp) into binaural parameters (bp) containing binaural information. The device additionally... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080205659 - Method for improving spatial perception and corresponding hearing apparatus: In order to improve spatial perception of acoustic signals an input signal is received via aid of a binaural hearing apparatus and optionally analyzed. At least one variable that influences spatial perception of the binaural output signal, based on the input signal, of the hearing apparatus will be changed. Thus,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080205660 - Methods and devices for hearing damage notification and intervention: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of monitoring hearing health comprising: measuring a first acoustic sound pressure level due to an ambient audio signal; measuring a second acoustic sound pressure level due to an emitted audio signal from a speaker; calculating a total sound pressure level... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080205661 - System and method for cancelling echo: A system and a method for canceling an echo is disclosed. In accordance with the system and the method, a plurality of independently and variably delayed adaptive algorithm blocks are selectively applied to a delayed feedback signal to generate a plurality of echo components in parallel, thereby canceling the echo... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080205662 - Vehicle sound (s) enhancing accessory and method: An audio system and method for enhancing sounds coming from the exhaust from an internal combustion engine of an operating vehicle, and optionally from other components of the vehicle including the engine compartment, into the passenger compartment of the vehicle, by using one or more microphones located close to one... Agent: John H. Miller

20080205663 - Supplying electrical power: A power supply includes a battery source supplying power and a voltage converter circuit. The voltage converter circuit converts the power to the input voltage supplied to other circuitry. The voltage converter circuit varies the input voltage in response to a load current drawn by the other circuitry from the... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080205664 - Multi-type audio processing system and method: A multi-type audio processing system and method that are capable of selectively processing mono and stereo audio signals for enhancing the ability of a user to listen sounds from a variety of sources associated with a mobile terminal, PDA, etc. A multi-type audio processing method for an audio system including... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20080205665 - Voice conference apparatus: A voice conference apparatus includes a sound collecting unit and a loudspeaker, while the sound collecting unit has a directional polar sensitivity characteristic which has a higher sensitivity with respect to sounds which are radiated from at least one direction, as compared with sounds radiated from other directions. The sound... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080205666 - Device for processing audio data, a method of processing audio data, a program element and a computer-readable medium: A device (100) for processing audio data (101), wherein the device (100) comprises an uplifting means (102) adapted for uplifting a low-frequency component of the audio data (101), and an adjustment means (109) adapted for selectively adjusting an attenuation of the low-frequency component of the audio data (101).... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080205667 - Room acoustic response modeling and equalization with linear predictive coding and parametric filters: A method for determining coefficients of a family of cascaded second order Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) parametric filters used for equalizing a room response. The method includes determining parameters of each IIR parametric filter from poles or roots of a reasonably high-order Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) model. The LPC model... Agent: Averill & Varn

20080205668 - Sensitive silicon microphone with wide dynamic range: A silicon microphone includes a silicon microphone device, on which four acoustic transducers are integrated, an integrated circuit device and a package for housing the devices in an inner space defined therein, and the four acoustic transducers have different values of sensitivity and, accordingly, different values of dynamic range; the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080205669 - Sound pickup device for acoustic string instrument: The invention concerns a sound pickup device for acoustic instrument (10), preferably a string instrument, in particular a plucked string instrument, such as an acoustic guitar, stroke or struck string instrument. Said device is characterized in that it comprises: at least two overhead microphones (1, 2) designed to be positioned... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080205670 - Method and an apparatus for decoding an audio signal: A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal and a downmix processing information; and, processing the downmix signal using a downmix processing information, comprising: de-correlating the downmix signal; and, mixing the downmix signal and the de-correlated signal in order to output the processed downmix signal, wherein... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080205671 - Method and an apparatus for decoding an audio signal: A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, an object information, and a mix information; generating a multi-channel information including at least one gain modification factor using the object information and the mix information, wherein the gain modification factor corresponds to a time-subband-variant factor for controlling... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080205672 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and amplifier for suppressing pop sound while minimizing voltage transition settling time: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a capacitor element which defines a prescribed decay time constant with one or more resistors, an MOS transistor connected to the capacitor element via its gate, and a constant current generating element which generates a constant current. The capacitor element is charged with the constant... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080205673 - Electro acoustic transducer: Condenser microphone capsule (10) with an electrically conducting transducer membrane (15) arranged in parallel with and at a distance from an electrically conducting electrode sur-face (26) wherein the active area (20) of the transducer membrane has an essentially triangu-lar shape.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080205674 - Super magnetostriction speaker: A supermagnetostriction speaker featuring good acoustic characteristics when used being placed on a horizontal surface. The supermagnetostriction speaker comprises a yoke of a cylindrical shape having a bottom and a lid and constituting a magnetic path; a supermagnetostriction element which is fixed at its one end to the lid of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080205675 - Stereophonic sound output apparatus and early reflection generation method thereof: A stereophonic sound output apparatus and an early reflection generation method thereof. The stereophonic sound output apparatus includes an early reflection generator to implement an early reflection when a 5.1 channel audio signal is down-mixed to a 2-channel audio signal to play back a 5.1 channel audio signal through a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080205676 - Phase-amplitude matrixed surround decoder: A frequency domain method for phase-amplitude matrixed surround decoding of 2-channel stereo recordings and soundtracks, based on spatial analysis of 2-D or 3-D directional cues in the recording and re-synthesis of these cues for reproduction on any headphone or loudspeaker playback system.... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20080205678 - Hearing apparatus with a special energy acceptance system and corresponding method: Supplying energy into a hearing apparatus in order to charge its rechargeable battery is to be carried out by way of components, which take up as little space as possible. Components, which are mostly already present, are thus used for the energy supply. Energy is inductively injected into the coil... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080205677 - Hearing apparatus with interference signal separation and corresponding method: The perceptibility of a useful signal during the binaural supply of a user is to be improved. To this end, a hearing apparatus with at least one microphone is proposed to pick up an input signal, which has a useful sound and an interference sound. An interference signal estimation device... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080205679 - In-ear auditory device and methods of using same: An in-ear auditory device and methods of using same. The in-ear auditory device has a receiver sized to fit within an ear canal of a user, a transducer and an isolator disposed to substantially acoustically isolate the transducer from the receiver. The in-ear auditory device may include a bone vibration... Agent: Patent Department Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.

20080205680 - Behind-the-ear hearing device with a magnetically-attached ear hook: An ear hook is to be able to be tightly attached to a hearing device housing in a simple fashion. To this end, provision is made for it to be possible to clip the ear hook onto the hearing device housing. One of the two parts; hearing device housing and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080205681 - Hand-held computing device with built-in disc-jockey functionality: A small compact easy to handle device with disc-jockey functionality is proposed, comprising a housing, loudspeaker system output means (23) for providing a loud-speaker sound output to at least one loudspeaker system, a display (13), means for 5 providing at least a first channel or at least a second channel... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20080205682 - High output loudspeaker: A loudspeaker system includes a speaker enclosure having an opening in a front wall, and a speaker manifold mounted within the speaker enclosure and communicating with the opening. The speaker manifold includes a pair of substantially parallel side walls, a back wall, and top and bottom walls, defining a manifold... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20080205683 - Eyeglass-mountable audio system: The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for attaching earphones to eyeglass and similar frames. In one or more embodiments, the apparatus of the present invention comprises an earphone that comprises an elongated support arm that supports the earphone electronics and speaker unit. In one or more embodiments, the... Agent: Techcoastlaw

20080205684 - Microphone video screen/monitor display: A video screen/monitor display microphone attachment. The video display is fixed to a microphone and has an internal surface substantially conforming to an outer surface of the microphone.... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20080205686 - Speaker unit and speaker apparatus: To propose a speaker unit and a speaker apparatus enabling to improve the strength of a voice coil bobbin and sound output in high quality with a simple structure, there are provided that a magnetic circuit forming a magnetic gap in slit form, a frame for storing and holding the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080205685 - Spider: A spider for high-power, compact electro-acoustic transducers comprises a non-woven fiber blend encased in a thermoplastic elastomer. The spider is capable of supporting the longer stroke distances of the high-power, compact electro-acoustic transducers and exhibits improved fatigue and ageing resistance.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080205687 - Magnetic circuit for electrodynamic moving voice coil actuators: The invention is a novel circuit wherein maximum shove is achieved yet the transducer's height profile is minimized. The profile is minimized by using mated beveled surfaces on an annular magnet and the top plate which prevents the top plate from reaching saturation and reduces the reluctance f the magnetic... Agent: G. Brian Pingel, Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville And Schoenebaum, P.L.C

20080205688 - Speaker: A speaker includes: a magnetic circuit; a voice coil bobbin; a voice coil; a diaphragm; a frame to which the outer circumference of the diaphragm is connected via a suspension; and a spider to support the center area of the diaphragm. A magnet unit, a pole piece, a pole piece,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080205689 - Vibrating element for an electroacoustic transducer: A vibrating element (1) for an electroacoustic transducer, particularly for a loudspeaker, is provided, comprising a diaphragm (2) with at least two electrically conductive areas (3a, 3b) separated from each other, and with a recess (4). In the recess (4) a coil (5) is arranged with two connecting leads (6a,... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080205690 - Loudspeaker magnetic flux collection system: A loudspeaker design delivers improved efficiency by reducing the power required from an audio source to produce sound. The loudspeaker includes a magnet housing, at least two magnets and a magnetic flux collector. The magnetic flux collector is coupled with and extends away from the magnet housing. Magnetic flux generated... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080205691 - Moving armature receiver with reduced parasitic coupling: A moving magnet receiver having a housing portion reducing parasitic flux between the housing and the coil. The housing has a housing portion adjacent to the coil and which has a lower magnetic permeability than a housing part position adjacent to the magnet assembly.... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080199014 - Low power downmix energy equalization in parametric stereo encoders: A method and audio device are presented that preserve mono energy during downmixing of a hybrid coding process of an audio signal. The method includes calculating a stereo scaling factor in a group level that is definable within a stereo band. The method may also include updating the stereo scaling... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080199015 - Infant speech recording device: A portable recording device to capture a child's first words without the need for constant surveillance, as well as provide additional monitoring functions.... Agent: West & Associates, A PC

20080199016 - Method for ascertaining the noise emission of an internal combustion engine: Methods for ascertaining the combustion noises of an internal combustion engine need only a structure-borne noise sensor and may be carried out using little computing power.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080199017 - Speaker array apparatus and signal processing method therefor: A speaker array apparatus capable of performing directivity control with ease even when sound emission is performed based on audio signals of different frequency ranges. The speaker array apparatus includes a speaker unit for emitting high-frequency range sound, and another speaker unit for emitting low- and high-frequency range sound. A... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080199018 - Active earphone with multiple speakers: An active type earphone with multiple speakers provides filters, amplifiers, a cell and speakers therein to allow the earphone receiving sound track signals individually and dividing the sound track signals into a plurality of band signals. Hence, different band signals are played with the speakers for better stereo sound effect... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080199019 - Method and system for reproducing an audio signal: A system and method of reproducing an audio signal produced by an audio system which includes an earphone is described. The method including the steps of: receiving an audio signal; estimating short-term characteristics of the acoustic exposure of a listener; recording the short-term characteristics; controlling the audio signal and; outputting... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080199020 - Speaker apparatus, speaker driving apparatus and control method thereof: The present invention provides a sound producing apparatus which suppresses an increase in electric power consumption and cost, and an increase in a number of wiring when a plurality of speaker apparatuses is configured. A speaker driving apparatus supplies electric power to a speaker apparatus, acquires information about an electroacoustic... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080199021 - Method and apparatus for providing ip datacasting service in digital audio broadcasting system: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing an IP datacasting service in a digital broadcasting system. The method for providing the IP datacasting service in the digital broadcasting system includes: generating service configuration information indicating that the IP datacasting service is provided; packetizing data to be transmitted and generating... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080199022 - Changing time intervals of the occurence of audio information from local and remote sites: A method of processing audio information for broadcast to an audience can include changing first audio information from occurring in a first time interval to occurring in a second time interval to provide time-changed audio information. The time-changed audio information can be combined with second audio information that is responsive... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080199023 - Assembly, system and method for acoustic transducers: The invention relates to an assembly of acoustic transducers, a system and a method for receiving and reproducing sound. The assembly comprises a first acoustic transducer having a directional pattern of the shape of a figure of eight in the direction of an X axis of a XYZ coordinate system,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080199025 - Sound receiving apparatus and method: A plurality of sound receiving units is installed onto an equipment body. An initial information memory stores an initial direction of the equipment body in a terminal coordinate system based on the equipment body. An orientation detection unit detects an orientation of the equipment body in a world coordinate system... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080199024 - Sound source characteristic determining device: There is provided a sound source characteristic determining device (10) capable of being applied in an environmental where the type of a sound source is unknown. The device includes a plurality of beamformers (21-1 to 21-M) used when a sound source signal generated from a sound source at an arbitrary... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080199026 - Method and an apparatus for decoding an audio signal: A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal in time domain; if the downmix signal corresponds to a mono signal, bypassing the downmix signal; if the number of channel of the downmix signal corresponds to at least two, decomposing the downmix signal into a subband signal,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080199027 - Method of mixing audion signals and apparatus for mixing audio signals: A method of mixing audio signals and apparatus for mixing audio signals, where the method comprises steps of converting of individual digital input audio signals into the time-frequency domain planes (6), processing of the said audio signals in the time-frequency domain, and then summing of the said processed audio signals... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20080199028 - Speaker diaphragm and speaker including the same: A speaker diaphragm includes a thermoplastic resin having a three-layer structure. The three-layer structure includes a polyester film as a base material of the three-layer structure, a polyimide-based resin layer as a top layer of the three-layer structure, and another polyimide-based resin layer as a bottom layer of the three-layer... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080199029 - System and method for engaging in conversation while using an earphone: A listening device for presenting at least one audio signal to a user comprises a first ear piece and a second ear piece, each of the first ear piece and the second ear piece including at least one speaker and each being adapted to block substantially all external sounds from... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080199030 - Switching structures for hearing aid: A hearing aid is provided with a switch that automatically, non-manually switches at least one of inputs, filters, or programmable parameters in the presence of a magnetic field.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080199031 - Hearing apparatus with a magnetically attached battery holding device: A hearing apparatus is to be provided, with which the battery can be exchanged in an almost wear-free fashion. Provision is thus made to magnetically attach a battery compartment or a battery holding device in the housing of the hearing apparatus or hearing device. The battery holding device is inserted... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080199032 - Loudspeaker enclosure with cylindrical compression chamber and tapered triangular folded horn terminating in an extended triangular bell.: A loudspeaker enclosure with a cylindrical compression chamber to which an electro-dynamic loudspeaker is mounted at the front. The rear of the cylindrical compression chamber is faired to the front of a tapered triangular pipe with a slot to connect the air column in the cylinder to the air column... Agent: Joseph Woelfel

20080199033 - High output sub-woofer: A speaker system with an enclosure having at least six sides. At least two active transducers are mounted inside the enclosure. Each active transducer is oriented to project from one of the sides. At least four passive radiators are mounted inside the enclosure. Each passive radiator is oriented to project... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20080199034 - Device with acoustic guard: A device includes a main body, a microphone module, and an acoustic guard. The microphone module is connected to the main body and comprises a first acoustic opening and a second acoustic opening, wherein the microphone module receives sound waves via both the first and second acoustic openings. The acoustic... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080199035 - In-ear phone: An in-ear phone (1) comprising a speaker driver (2) which is insertable into an auditory canal (3), wherein the direction of the axis (a1) of the speaker driver (2) is substantially perpendicular to the direction of the longitudinal axis (a2) of the auditory canal (3) in a mounted position of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080199036 - Speaker capable of emitting light: A speaker capable of emitting light includes a housing, a plurality of light generators, and a speaker core. The housing formed by material capable of conducting light, used as a speaker chamber of the speaker, has a first opening and a second opening. The plurality of light generators is formed... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080199037 - Automatic tilt speaker: An automatic tilt speaker has a first subassembly of a speaker unit enclosing an ordinary speaker element. The speaker unit includes a cone-shaped housing having an inner cavity for holding the speaker with its frame or basket fitted snugly in an annular frame. The housing of the speaker unit is... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20080199038 - Display cover and case for a communication device: A cover for a display device and a case for a communication device are provided. The cover comprises: external dimensions shaped to fit said cover in a case for said communication device; a top surface; a bottom surface; a non-opaque region adapted to cover said display device allowing a user... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20080199039 - Induction motor for loudspeaker: An audio loudspeaker having an induction motor whose yoke components are formed of powdered iron or other material which is highly magnetically permeable and highly electrically resistive. The oscillating magnetic flux caused by the alternating current applied to the primary coil induces eddy currents in the shorted turn secondary coil... Agent: Richard C. Calderwood

20080192941 - Method and an apparatus for decoding an audio signal: A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, an object information, and a mix information; generating a downmix processing information using the object information and the mix information; processing the downmix signal using the downmix processing information; and, generating a multi-channel information using the object information... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080192942 - Method and apparatus for conserving battery power: A method of conserving battery power includes providing an electrical conductor that is connectable between an audio source and an accessory of the audio source. The conductor is capable of conducting a first electrical signal, containing audio information from the audio source, to the accessory. A second electrical signal is... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080192943 - Method and apparatus for protecting media content against unauthorized duplication: Methods and apparatuses for media playback system are disclosed, including a signal source for providing electrical signal representing media content; a processing unit for processing signal from the signal source; a distorting unit for introducing distortion to signal from the processing unit; a transducer for converting the electrical signal from... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080192945 - Audio system and method: A method of providing an audio signal to an audio output device may include receiving a first audio signal generated by a microphone located in a physical environment; processing the first audio signal at least to provide echo cancellation to obtain an echo-canceled first audio signal; generating a livening signal... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080192946 - Method and device for removing echo in an audio signal: Acoustic echo control and noise suppression is an important part of any “handsfree” telecommunication system, such as telephony or audio or video conferencing systems. Bandwidth and computational complexity constraints have prevented that stereo or multi-channel telecommunication systems have been widely applied. The advantages are very low complexity, high robustness, scalability... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080192944 - Oscillation-echo preventing circuit and microphone/speaker unit: An oscillation-echo preventing circuit according to the present invention has a microphone/speaker unit (12) and a voltage-canceling circuit (13) for canceling voltages of audio receive signals. The microphone/speaker unit (12) has a main body, at least two microphones MIC1 and MIC2, and a speaker SP1 or an earphone. The microphone... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.c.

20080192947 - Audio signal encoding: For an audio coding, noise suppression is applied to an original audio signal to obtain an audio signal with reduced noise. A coding mode is selected based on the audio signal with reduced noise. The original audio signal is then encoded using this selected coding mode.... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080192948 - Active noise control system: An active noise control system cancels vibration and noise based on an output from an adaptive notch filter. When the difference between a current engine pulse value input to the adaptive notch filter and a past engine pulse value within a predetermined time period exceeds a predetermined level, an engine... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080192949 - Active noise elimination electronic system: An active noise elimination electronic system is disclosed. The electronic system includes a housing, a first electronic device, a noise receiver, an error sensor, a sound actuator, and a microprocessor. The first electronic device is arranged in the housing. The noise receiver is arranged in the housing and is close... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080192950 - Communication of audio control signals for wireless audio headphones: A wireless audio headphone communication system has an audio input for receiving an audio signal from an audio source. A wireless transceiver receives and transmits radio frequency communications with a wireless audio headphone, the communications including an audio control signal that conforms to a wireless audio control protocol of a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080192952 - Multichannel wireless system: An audio system responsive to a source of audio programming. The audio system comprising a master amplifier connected to the source of audio programming, the master amplifier providing channelized amplified audio signals at each one of a plurality of channel output connectors and a signal splitter connected to at least... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20080192951 - Spectator broadcast system with an ear mounted receiver: A spectator broadcast system includes a transmitter for broadcasting over one or more broadcast channels and a light weight ear mounted receiver for selectively receiving one or more broadcast channels. The receiver comprises a radio circuit, a speaker, control means comprising an on/off function and volume control, a power source,... Agent: J. Gordon Thomson

20080192954 - Engine sound processing system: Microphones are provided at an air inlet of the engine and a vehicle-cabin-side wall surface of an engine room, and engine sounds are picked up. The engine sound is processed by a signal processing section, and the processed engine sound is output from a speaker provided in a vehicle cabin.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080192953 - Loudspeaker arrangement in a motor vehicle: A loudspeaker arrangement in a motor vehicle includes at least one loudspeaker, which is able to be driven by an audio processor, the loudspeaker being arranged as at least one electrostatic planar loudspeaker.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080192955 - Apparatus and method for acoustic beamforming: An apparatus for acoustic beamforming comprises a beamform processor (105) for generating a beamformed signal from two audio inputs. An update processor (107) updates the beamforming filter of the beamform processor (105) if an update criterion is met. An adaptive filter (111) filters the signal from one of the signals... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080192956 - Noise suppressing method and noise suppressing apparatus: In a method for suppressing a noise by the spectrum subtraction method, it is possible to improve the noise suppression capability by simultaneously obtaining a frequency resolution required for the noise estimation spectrum and a temporal resolution required for the noise suppression spectrum. The signal length of an observation signal... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080192957 - Filter coefficient calculation device, filter coefficient calculation method, control program, computer-readable storage medium, and audio signal processing apparatus: In a filter coefficient calculation device according to the present invention, a gain correction characteristic calculation section calculates impulse responses corresponding to a linear-phase filter having an inverse characteristic of a gain characteristic of a reproduction system, and calculates, as a gain correction characteristic, a frequency characteristic of continuous-time impulse... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080192958 - Audio system: An audio system 10 has a plurality of audio sources 12a-12c for outputting audio signals different from each other. A coefficient device 15d adjusts the gain of the audio signal output from one of the audio sources. A nonvolatile memory 15i stores, as internal gains, gains to be set to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080192959 - Method and apparatus for controlling audio signal output level of portable audio device: An audio signal output level control method used in an audio device includes detecting input levels of an audio signal, determining control modes to be applied to the audio signal based on the input levels of the audio signal, controlling the input levels of the audio signal according to the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080192960 - Hybrid filter for audio switching amplifier: An output filter for a switching audio amplifier includes a magnetic core having a gapped central leg and a first and a second outer leg. The central leg and the first outer leg form a first independent magnetic path and the central leg and the second outer leg form a... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080192961 - Ear-mounted transducer and ear-device: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for providing flexible audio communication solutions using ear-devices utilizing, e.g., electrode transducers with one or more sensors comprising a surface resonator cavity sensitive to a predetermined acoustic frequency range for using, for example, in headsets and hearing aids.... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080192962 - Microphone with dual transducers: Microphone is disclosed having unmatched electroacoustic transducers. The microphone may be a traditional ECM microphone, or it may be a MEMS microphone. Each of the unmatched electroacoustic transducers may have its own peak frequency selected so that the electroacoustic transducers together produce a desirable resultant peak frequency. The unmatched electroacoustic... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080192963 - Condenser microphone: A condenser microphone 14 and an accelerometer 16 are placed on a device substrate 12 with arranging same sides in a same direction. Both condenser microphone 14 and accelerometer 16 are formed of condenser microphones. Sizes of the condenser microphone 14 and accelerometer 16 are same other than diameters of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080192964 - Speaker system and speaker cluster system: In some cases, constant directivity of a speaker system is desirably obtained in a wider frequency range. However, a speaker system using a constant directivity horn is frequently used in combination with a box speaker containing a woofer unit. Such a system becomes large in size. Furthermore, constant directivity is... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080192965 - Apparatus and method for controlling a plurality of speakers by means of a graphical user interface: In a reproduction area where there are at least three directional groups, each of which has speakers, triggering of the speakers is achieved in that a source path from a first directional group position to a second directional group position is initially obtained along with movement information for the source... Agent: Schoppe, Zimmerman , Stockeller & Zinkler

20080192967 - Circuit arrangement with bonded smd component: The invention is to increase the degree of miniaturization, in particular of amplifier circuit boards of hearing aids. An SMD component and an electronic component of a circuit arrangement are to be electrically connected to each other by a wire bond connection. The circuit arrangement comprises a printed circuit board... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080192966 - Method for generating acoustic signals of a hearing aid: Acoustic signal tones of a hearing aid need to be adjusted to the particular situation so as to be easy to hear, i.e. on the one hand they should not be too loud in quiet situations, and on the other hand they should not be too quiet in noisy situations.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080192968 - Hearing apparatus with automatic alignment of the directional microphone and corresponding method: The hearing comfort when wearing hearing apparatuses is to be improved. To this end, a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device is proposed, which has a directional microphone with a preferred direction of recording sound. Furthermore, the hearing apparatus has an inclination determination facility, for determining an inclination... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080192969 - Hearing aid having selectable programmes, and method for changing the programme in a hearing aid: A hearing aid (1) has a number of selectable programmes for different listening situations. The hearing aid (1) is adapted for the use with different input sources (3). The hearing aid comprises means for automatically selecting an appropriate programme among the number of the selectable programmes in dependence of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080192970 - Adapter shoe and a combination of adapter shoe and hearing aid: A combination of a hearing aid (1) and an adapter shoe (13), wherein the hearing aid has a pivotable battery compartment (6), and wherein the adapter shoe has engagement means (14, 15) for engaging the exterior of the hearing aid housing, blocking means (21) for blocking pivoting of the pivotable... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080192971 - Hearing aid: A hearing aid which achieves a comfortable feeling to use while preventing generation of howling includes a microphone for converting an environmental sound to an electric signal, a hearing aid processor for hearing aid processing of an output signal of the microphone, an earphone for converting an output signal of... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080192972 - Phasing plug for acoustic compression drivers: A phasing plug for use in a compression driver is configured with a central sound absorbing region that absorbs phase-distorted sound waves produced by an adjacent region of a vibrating diaphragm. The phasing plug is constructed from a plurality of generally hollow frusto-conical rings and a central conical element. The... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080192973 - Ear cup: “An ear cup which comprises an inner cup portion for the formation of a noise damping space and an outer cup portion for the formation of a space for accommodating electronics, electrical connections and/or a current source. The outer cup portion is fixable on the inner with the aid of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080192974 - Cap with bluetooth headset: The invention discloses a cap with a bluetooth headset in the technology field of daily supplies, including a cap body. The said cap body has a bluetooth headset which comprises a transceiver and two acoustic generators on the right and left respectively, wherein the transceiver is set at either position... Agent: Global Ip Services

20080192975 - Headphone, electronic device, cord winding device, and cord winding method: e

20080192976 - Micro speaker and assembling method for micro speaker: A micro speaker including a housing, a ring, a vibration film, a coil, a magnet, a magnetism conductor and a circuit board is provided. The housing forms the shape of the micro speaker. The ring is disposed inside the housing. The vibration film is supported by the ring. The coil... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080192977 - Radio with dual sided audio: A dual-sided radio (100) for enhancing a user's experience is provided. The radio includes a primary transducer (110) on an audio-side of the radio that projects a primary sound, a secondary transducer (120) on a data-side of the radio that projects a mid-high frequency sound, a processor (160) that equalizes... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080187141 - Method of transmitting vocal and musical signals via 2.4 ghz or higher wireless communication: A method of transmitting vocal/musical signal via 2.4 GHz or higher wireless communication includes the steps of collecting a vocal/musical signal from a microphone/musical instrument; modulating the vocal/musical signal via 2.4 GHz or higher band as radio frequency to form an uncompressed modulated signal; wirelessly transmitting the modulated signal through... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20080187142 - Fm transmitter: A stereo modulator converts an audio signal to a stereo composite signal. A frequency modulator receives the stereo composite signal and modulates the frequency of a carrier wave using the stereo composite signal as a modulation signal. An amplitude modulator modulates the amplitude of a sub-carrier by using, as a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080187143 - System and method for providing simulated spatial sound in group voice communication sessions on a wireless communication device: A system and method for providing simulated spatial sound in group voice communication sessions on a wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device is one of two or more in the system which are operatively connected to a wireless communications network. The wireless communication device comprises: a processor... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080187144 - Multichannel audio compression and decompression method using virtual source location information: A method for compressing and decompressing a multi-channel signal using virtual source location information (VSLI) on a semicircular plane is provided. VSLI, rather than inter channel level difference (ICLD), is used as spatial cue information, thereby minimizing loss caused by quantization of spatial cue information, improving sound quality of a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080187146 - Programmable interface for fitting hearing devices: A graphical interface is provided to select parameters for fitting a hearing device. The graphical interface provides a mechanism to visually represent and control values of these parameters.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080187145 - System for and method of increasing convenience to users to drive the purchase process for hearing health that results in purchase of a hearing aid: Method and system (400) for becoming aware of some hearing loss and the need for a professional hearing test. Simple and professional hearing testing provide an understanding of the improvement in the quality of life that can be achieved through use of a hearing aid. Ordering and fitting of the... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080187147 - Noise reduction systems and methods: A noise reduction system for use with noise generating equipment. The system includes at least one sensor to generate one or more input signals, with each input signal being representative of an operating condition of the equipment. The system also includes a signal processing unit in communication each sensor to... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080187148 - Headphone device, sound reproduction system, and sound reproduction method: Disclosed herein is a headphone device, including: a sound pickup section configured to pick up an external sound; a directivity setting section configured to generate a directional pickup audio signal, which is an audio signal obtained by picking up the external sound with a desired directional characteristic, based on an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187149 - Audio reproduction method and apparatus with auto volume control function: An audio reproduction method and apparatus, in which an audio volume is automatically controlled based on audio energy and human auditory characteristics. The audio reproduction method includes splitting a reproduction audio signal into audio signals corresponding to a plurality of frequency bands, extracting audio energy for each of the frequency... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187150 - Ear cup with micrphone device: An ear cup with a microphone apparatus including an inner cup portion, for forming a noise damping space, and an outer cup portion for forming a space for accommodating electronics and/or a current source. The inner cup portion and the outer cup portion are separated by a partition. The inner... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080187151 - Earphone cushion: An earphone cushion for a communications headset. The cushion includes a resilient pad affixed within a bag. The pad includes a foam disk for engagement with a headset earphone. The periphery of the cover is gathered by means of an elastic band for grasping the earphone.... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20080187152 - Apparatus and method for beamforming in consideration of actual noise environment character: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for beamforming in consideration of characteristics of an actual noise environment. The apparatus includes a microphone array having at least microphone, the microphone array outputting a signal input through the microphone; a coherence function generation unit for calculating coherences for input signals according... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080187153 - Restoring corrupted audio signals: A method of restoring a corrupted audio signal comprises the steps of; inputting the corrupted audio signal in a first channel (30-32), inputting one or more further correlated audio signals in one or more further channels (33-35), and restoring the corrupted audio signal (36) using a Multi-Channel Autoregressive (AR) Model... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080187154 - Mems device with surface having a low roughness exponent: A MEMS microphone has a backplate and a movable diaphragm that together form a variable capacitance. The backplate has a backplate surface and, in a corresponding manner, the diaphragm has a diaphragm surface that faces the backplate surface. At least one of the backplate surface and the diaphragm surface has... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080187155 - Surround sound system in a tower enclosure: A surround sound system includes a vertically elongated housing, a plurality of speakers arranged substantially vertically inside the housing, and one or more audio signal sources for outputting audio signals in multiple channels to the plurality of speakers. The multiple channels and speakers can be configured as a 5.1 system.... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP

20080187156 - Sound reproducing system and sound reproducing method: A sound reproducing system includes a first speaker that is supplied with audio signals of a first channel and that is placed so that a reproduced sound image generated by the audio signals of the first channel is localized in a position in a front direction of a listener; a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080187157 - Electrical contacts using conductive silicone in hearing assistance devices: A hearing assistance device, comprising a microphone to receive sound, signal processing electronics electrically connected to the microphone, a receiver electrically connected to the signal processing electronics and a switch electrically connected to the signal processing electronics, wherein the switch includes conductive silicone adapted to change the switch from a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080187158 - Battery alarm for a hearing aid, a hearing aid and a method for the use in a battery alarm: A method for monitoring the supply voltage of a hearing aid comprising an electric cell (1) comprises the steps of counting the number of times the supply voltage falls below a predetermined value, and setting an alarm flag if said number of times reaches a predetermined value. The method may... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080187159 - Ear tip: An improved ear tip for earphones and hearing protection is provided where comfort and occlusion of the ear are of most importance. The ear tip comprises an elastomer polymer resin material molded to form the material to the shape of the ear canal. A chamber is defined having a proximal... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080187160 - Remote controller having echo function: A remote controller having an echo function is disclosed, which comprises an echo circuit which includes an echo IC and an echo volume switch, with the echo IC being designed to amplify and circulate voice signals for generating echo, and with the echo circuit being connected with the microphone driving... Agent: Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20080187161 - Earbud and method of manufacture: An earbud (10) for carrying sound from a source (16) to a person's ear canal, includes a soft foam body (20) and a sleeve (26) of stiffer material lying within the body. The body is molded around the sleeve and is chemically bonded to the sleeve without an adhesive between... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20080187162 - Headset having wired/wireless sub-earphohe: A headset communicable with a portable terminal is provided, which includes a main body having a plurality of key buttons provided on an outside thereof and a recess formed on one side thereof, a main earpiece fixedly installed on one side of the main body, and a sub-earpiece detachably installed... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080187163 - Method and device for audio recording: At least one exemplary embodiment so directed to an earpiece (100). The earpiece can include an Ambient Sound Microphone (111) configured to capture ambient sound, an Ear Canal Microphone (123) configured to capture internal sound in the ear canal, a memory (208) configured to record at least a portion of... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080187164 - Anti-falling casing device for wired single-ear headset: The casing device provides at least a fastening element arranged on the outer surface of the main member of a wired single-ear headset. At least one of the fastening elements should be located above the cable opening on the main member. As such, by fixing the signal cable in one... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080187165 - Earphone set: An earphone set includes an earphone and a hanger. The earphone includes a shell and a shaft extending from the shaft. The hanger includes a bushing, a connector and a hook. The bushing is mounted on the shaft. The connector includes an annular portion mounted on the bushing. The bushing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080187166 - Loudspeaker system: The loudspeaker system of the invention comprises at least one enclosure, at least one fastener, a sound amplifier unit, at least one speaker unit, at least one power supply unit, and an audio signal connector. The enclosure comprises a bottom face which is contoured to fit the shoulder strap of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080187167 - Driver for a speaker: A driver for a speaker including: an upper housing, a lower housing and a vibration device, wherein said upper housing combines with said lower housing to form a chamber therein. The vibration device is received in the chamber. The vibration device is basically constituted with an acoustic phase equalizer, a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080187168 - Driver for a speaker: A driver for a speaker including: an upper housing, a lower housing and a vibration device, wherein said upper housing combines with said lower housing to form a chamber therein. The vibration device is received in the chamber. The vibration device is basically constituted with an acoustic phase equalizer, a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC