Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 12/08

20080317252 - Public address system: The invention relates to a public address system, a control unit of the public address system and a monitoring device of a public address system. A bi-directional communication with modulated data between a control device and a monitoring device and/or an end of line monitoring device is monitoring the presence... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080317253 - Audio processing systems: An audio processing system comprising processing devices and a processing module. The processing devices generate output signals, and the processing module calculates the output signals from the processing devices and generates an output result signal. Each processing device comprises a control module, a timing generation module, a memory module, and... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080317256 - Method for reproducing a secondary path in an active noise reduction system: A method for reproducing a secondary path in an active noise reduction system comprising a transmission path (S, 9′, 10, 11), an adaptively adjustable filter (13), and an addition unit (14), the adaptively adjustable filter (13) being adjusted according to an output signal of the addition unit (14). A delay... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080317254 - Noise control device: A noise control device according to the present invention comprises: four or more noise detectors each for detecting a plurality of noises arriving thereat, and outputting the noises as a noise signal; a control speaker for radiating, to a control point, a control sound based on each noise signal; and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080317255 - Audio transducer component: An audio transducer component comprises at least two independent voice coils, each voice coil associated with a diaphragm and an acoustic cavity. The audio transducer component further comprises magnetic means for driving the at least two independent voice coils with independent signals.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080317257 - Sound processing system for configuration of audio signals in a vehicle: A sound processing system for a vehicle includes a sound processor that is configured to mix at least one real audio input signal to form at least one virtual output signal. At least one audio signal that is available to drive at least one loudspeaker may be formed using the... Agent: Harman - Brinks Hofer Indy Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080317258 - Integrated cradle and adapter for a portable media player to an auxiliary input of a car stereo: An adapter for connecting a portable media player to a car stereo that includes an integrated cradle for holding the media player securely and conveniently, and a means for direct connection to a front-mounted auxiliary input receptacle of an automobile stereo system without the need for external cabling.... Agent: Signalogix Inc.

20080317259 - Method and apparatus for noise suppression in a small array microphone system: A small array microphone system includes an array microphone having a plurality of microphones and operative to provide a plurality of received signals, each microphone providing one received signal. A first voice activity detector (VAD) provides a first voice detection signal generated using the plurality of received signals to indicate... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080317260 - Sound discrimination method and apparatus: A method of distinguishing sound sources includes the step of transforming data, collected by at least two transducers which each react to a characteristic of an acoustic wave, into signals for each transducer location. The transducers are separated by a distance of less than about 70 mm or greater than... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20080317261 - Wind noise reduction device: In a wind noise reduction device that reduces wind noise contained in an input sound signal to generate a corrected sound signal, when a predetermined band including the band of the wind noise is a first band and a predetermined band higher in frequency than the first band is a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080317262 - Microphone having an output signal amplifier: A microphone is described including a microphone housing having a microphone capsule disposed therein. The microphone is connected via a microphone cable to an audio system, and has an integrated amplifier that raises the signal output level. The integration of a preamplifier into the microphone advantageously reduces the microphone's susceptibility... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080317263 - Voice amplification system for signal calling during the play of a sports competition: A system that allows the teammates of an individual (such as a quarterback on a football team) to hear signals being called by that individual during the course of a sports competition, despite noise generated by an audience. The system includes a microphone positioned within the helmet of the signal... Agent: Kammer Browning PLLC

20080317264 - Device and method for capturing vocal sound and mouth region images: A device suitable for use in various applications, including, for example, sound production applications and video game applications. In one non-limiting embodiment, the device comprises a sound capturing unit for generating a first signal indicative of vocal sound produced by a user and an image capturing unit for generating a... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080317265 - Anti-eavesdropping device: An anti-eavesdropping device is described. The device comprises a receiving compartment for receiving an electronic device, a noise generator, and an EMI filter. The receiving compartment is sealable to minimize signal emissions from the interior to the exterior and from the exterior to the interior, and the noise generator is... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080317266 - Contact structure of a film-type audio-speaker: The invention is a contact structure of a film-type audio-speaker of a structure appropriate for transmitting audio signal current to the entire audio-speaker surface without attenuating the strength of the signals while achieving enhanced durability. There is provided a contact structure for use in a film-type audio-speaker including a piezoelectric... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080317267 - Image/audio playback device of mobile communication terminal: Disclosed is an image/audio playback technology in a mobile communication terminal. According to the present invention, a single image is divided into two halves, i.e., left-half and right-half images, which are displayed on two mobile communication terminals, respectively. In addition, two mobile communication terminals can play left-side and right-side audio... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080317268 - Method and system of noise reduction in a hearing aid: A hearing aid (200) comprises at least one microphone (210), a signal processing means (220) and an output transducer (230). The signal processing means is adapted to receive an input signal from the microphone. The signal processing means is adapted to apply a hearing aid gain to the input signal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080317270 - Closure element for housing openings during a tumbling process: The manufacture of housing parts of a hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device is to be simplified. To this end, provision is made to also efficiently use a so-called tumbling process for the surface treatment of housing. On account of this, a closure element is proposed for closing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080317269 - Communication device with structural part: The invention concerns a communication device with casing parts enclosing a microphone and a receiver and suspension points therefore in the casing. A sound canal from the receiver to the ear of a user is provided, and the casing parts are shaped from an injection moulded fibre-reinforced polymer.... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080317271 - Sealing unit with component mout for a hearing apparatus: The production of sealing units, and especially of face plates for hearing devices and other hearing apparatuses, is to be further automated. A sealing unit for sealing a shell of a hearing apparatus that can be worn in the auditory canal is accordingly proposed, with a face plate having a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080317272 - Hearing device sound emission tube with a 2-component design: A hearing device, in particular a hearing system, is designed more acoustically stable with regard to feedback as well as more mechanically stable with regard to external influences by a sound emission tube for direct connection to an output nozzle of an earpiece of a hearing device. The sound emission... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080317273 - Folded coaxial transmission line loudspeaker: A loudspeaker has a loudspeaker driver and a first tube having a base end coupled to the driver and extending towards the rear end of the loudspeaker. A second tube of larger cross sectional dimensions extends over the first tube and loudspeaker driver and has a rear end wall spaced... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080317274 - Apparatus for necklace type radio headset: Disclosed is a necklace type radio headset capable of overcoming problems of conventional headsets, in which cables connected between earphones of a headset easily get tangled with each other or with other objects in a storing place of the headset while the headset is not used. The headset according to... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080317275 - Speaker damper and speaker using the same: Speaker damper (12) used in a speaker including frame (5), magnetic circuit (1) coupled to frame (5), voice coil unit (2) inserted into magnetic gap (8) provided in magnetic circuit (1), and diaphragm (3) coupled to frame (5) and voice coil unit (2) at its outer and inner peripheral ends,... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080317276 - High efficient miniature electro-acoustic transducer with reduced dimensions: The present invention relates to a miniature electro-acoustic transducer including a magnetic circuit, a diaphragm and a voice coil operatively connected to the diaphragm. The magnetic circuit includes first and second air gap portions adapted to receive first and second voice coil segments, respectively. The magnetic flux acting on the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080310640 - Method and apparatus for processing a media signal: An apparatus for processing a media signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which the media signal can be converted to a surround signal by using spatial information of the media signal. The present invention provides a method of processing a signal, the method comprising of generating rendering information by... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080310641 - Method for checking audio interface in av system and apparatus using the same: A method for checking availability of audio interface between a display apparatus and an AV apparatus in an AV system, and an AV apparatus using the same are provided. The checking includes transmitting a command to check an audio interface to a second AV apparatus where an audio from a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080310642 - Active sound control apparatus: An active sound control apparatus includes a delay circuit for delaying the output of a frequency component of a sound effect by delaying an engine rotation frequency signal representative of an engine rotation frequency [Hz], a delay circuit for delaying the output of an amplitude component of the sound effect... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080310643 - Method and system for clear signal capture: A method and system for clear signal capture comprehend several individual aspects that address specific problems in improved ways. In addition, the method and system also comprehend a hands-free implementation that is a practical solution to a very complex problem. Individual aspects comprehended related to echo and noise reduction, and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080310644 - Method and system for clear signal capture: A method and system for clear signal capture comprehend several individual aspects that address specific problems in improved ways. In addition, the method and system also comprehend a hands-free implementation that is a practical solution to a very complex problem. Individual aspects comprehended related to echo and noise reduction, and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080310645 - Noise canceling system and noise canceling method: Disclosed herein is a noise canceling system, including: a first sound collection section configured to collect noise and output a first noise signal; a first signal processing section configured to produce a first noise reduction signal for reducing the noise at a predetermined cancel point; a sound emission section configured... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310646 - Audio signal processing method and apparatus for the same: An audio signal processing method for processing input audio signals of plural channels includes calculating at least one feature quantity representing a difference between channels of input audio signals, selecting at least one weighting factor according to the feature quantity from at least one weighting factor dictionary prepared by learning... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt , Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080310647 - Audio stream processing method, playback apparatus, and output apparatus: According to one embodiment, the invention is made to generate time information, when no time information is appended to a header of a data unit obtained by packing a plurality of audio streams upon transferring that data unit. To this end, data obtained by packing a plurality of audio streams... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080310648 - Current sensing system and method: There is provided a current sense circuit (134). An exemplary current sense circuit (134) comprises a voltage-to-current converter circuit (218) that is adapted to receive a voltage that is proportional to a load current drawn from a battery (110) by a load (202) and to produce a current proportional to... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20080310649 - Sound collector and sound recorder: A sound collector includes a first microphone unit and a second microphone unit having a single directivity and being pivotally supported in a manner that directions of directional axes of the units are changeable in an identical flat plane and a switch to be controlled in conjunction with the rotations... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080310650 - Active noise reducing device: An active noise reducing device includes processing circuit includes a sine wave generator for generating a sine wave having a specific frequency, a cosine wave generator for generating a cosine wave having the same frequency as that of the sine wave, and two one-tap digital filters for processing the outputs... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080310651 - Circuit and method for eliminating speaker crackle during turning on or off power amplifier: The present invention discloses a circuit for eliminating speaker crackle during turning on or off a power amplifier and a method for the same, particularly to a circuit and method, wherein an input capacitor is used to pre-charge an output capacitor to reduce speaker crackle to an inaudible level during... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080310652 - Device and method for audio signal gain control: Audio compressor device (20) for processing an audio signal and controlling a signal amplifier (24), comprising a signal analyser function (27,29) devised to analyse an input signal during a time frame (28) to determine if the signal represents noise or audio data, wherein the audio compressor device is adapted to... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080310654 - Circuit for processing sound signals: A circuit for processing sound signals includes an input amplifier for amplifying an input signal, wherein the amplified input signal is supplied to an output amplifier unchanged via a primary path configured as a bypass line and processed via one or several secondary paths configured as a circuit for processing... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20080310653 - Digital audio signal amplifier: A digital audio signal amplifier includes: a digital signal amplifying module having a digital audio signal plug connected with a digital audio signal outlet of a main board to receive digital audio signals, the digital signal amplifying module processing the digital audio signals to generate high power analog audio signals;... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080310655 - Programmable integrated microphone interface circuit: An integrated circuit for providing programmable microphone interface includes an input terminal for receiving an input signal and an output terminal for providing an output audio signal. In an embodiment, the integrated circuit includes a bias circuit, an amplifier circuit and two feedback circuits. The amplifier circuit includes a first... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080310656 - Bluetooth earphone having semi-automatic receiving function: A Bluetooth earphone having a semi-automatic receiving function includes a housing, an earphone, a first flexible portion, a button, and a fastening mechanism. The housing has a receiving slot. The earphone is pivoted with the housing and received in the receiving slot that can be rotated to the outside of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080310657 - Electret condenser microphone: An electret condenser microphone is provided that allows a reduction in the thickness of an electronic device to which it is installed. The electret condenser microphone has a circuit board (2), a spacer (8; 8 and 9) and a diaphragm (7), which are successively layered, and a cup-shaped shield casing... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080310658 - Headphone for sound-source compensation and sound-image positioning and recovery: A headphone for sound-source compensation and sound-image positioning and recovery is provided, including a left speaker device for playing to a left ear of a user left channel sound and right channel sound originating from at least a sound signal, and a right speaker device for playing to a right... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080310659 - Hearing aid having feedback signal reduction function: The present invention relates to a hearing aid having feedback signal reduction function. A preferred embodiment of the hearing aid of the present invention having feedback signal reduction function comprises: a microphone; an A/D transformer transforming an external sound that is input through the microphone to a digital sound signal;... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080310660 - Method and apparatus for hearing assistance device using superhydrophobic coatings: The present subject matter includes methods and apparatus for coating of hearing assistance devices with superhydrophobic coatings designed to reduce the foregoing unwanted effects of wax, moisture and other unwanted materials. In some embodiments a superhydrophobic nanocoating is used to resist accumulation of wax, moisture and other unwanted materials near... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080310661 - Loud speaker group assembled from a plurality of loud speakers with snap-on connections: A loud speaker group includes loud speakers which are equipped with joints on their front sides, and on their back sides, each is equipped with a mount for connectors with which the individual loud speakers can be connected to one another. For facilitating their assembly, the mount comprises two legs... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080310662 - Earpiece snoring sound transmitter: The present invention is a battery-powered, Bluetooth-enabled wireless earpiece with a microphone mounted for use inside the wearer's ear canal. Its intended purpose is to transmit sounds such as snoring, generated in the user's upper airway, to a separate device for recording and/or sound analysis. In particular, the present invention... Agent: Terence Davidson

20080310663 - Microphone package adapted to semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor: A microphone package includes a sound detection unit, which further includes a microphone chip for detecting sound and a control circuit for controlling the microphone chip, a substrate having a mount surface for mounting the microphone chip and the control circuit and a ring-shaped side wall, which projects upwardly from... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080310664 - Piano microphone apparatus: A piano microphone apparatus configured to position at least one microphone within a sound cavity of a piano may comprise at least one piano interface configured to contact a case of a piano to suspend the microphone within the sound cavity of the piano. The piano microphone apparatus may also... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080310665 - Headphone and headset: The invention is directed to a headphone or a headset with a microphone, at least one electroacoustic transducer, a signal processing unit), and a flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board serves for electrically connecting the signal processing unit to the microphone and to the at least one... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080310666 - Headphone adaptation and positioning device: An adaptation device that removably attaches to earbud style headphone/s and provides improved security and retention of the earbud to a wearer's ear yet positions the speaker in substantially the same distance relative to the concha and/or ear canal of a wearer as a wearer would ordinarily wear an earbud.... Agent: Nathan T. Lee

20080310667 - Earphone for playing background sounds: The present invention is to provide an earphone for playing external background sounds which comprises a background audio module and a speaker, wherein said earphone may be connected to portable electronic devices and outputs audio signals such as voice, music, or radio received from the electronic devices through the speaker.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080310668 - Speaker retention bracket and method: An audio speaker bracket for use in passenger vehicles and a method for installing the speaker to a mounting panel using at feast one suspension member. The method permits the speaker to be temporarily supported by a mounting panel while secure attachment of the bracket to the mounting panel is... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080310669 - Wire suspension for speakers: The present invention relates generally to a compact speaker with secondary wire suspension. The secondary suspension assembly is the speaker has a suspension assembly with preferably 3 wires which provide stability to reduce wobbling while maintaining linear excursion.... Agent: Venable

20080310670 - Electroacoustic transducer and magnetic circuit unit: An electroacoustic transducer includes a magnetic circuit unit having a yoke, a magnet secured to the top of the bottom wall portion of the yoke, and a top plate secured to the top of the magnet. An annular magnetic gap is defined between the peripheral wall portion of the yoke... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080310671 - Microspeaker with damper in magnetic circuit: The present invention relates to a microspeaker with a damper in a magnetic circuit. The microspeaker includes a support, a magnetic circuit in the support, a diaphragm suspended on the support, and a voice coil and a damper connected with the diaphragm. The magnetic circuit is provided at the center... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080304671 - Audio signal processing: An audio system for processing two channels of audio input to provide more than two output channels. The input may be conventional stereo material or compressed audio signal data. The audio processing includes separating the input signals into frequency bands and processing the frequency bands according to processes which may... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20080304670 - Method of and a device for generating 3d sound: A device (100) for processing audio data (101), wherein the device (100) comprises a summation unit (102) adapted to receive a number of audio input signals for generating a summation signal, a filter unit (103) adapted to filter said summation signal dependent on filter coefficient, (SF1, SF2) resulting in at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080304672 - Target sound analysis apparatus, target sound analysis method and target sound analysis program: A target sound analysis apparatus capable of distinguishing between a sound having the same fundamental period as a target sound but which differs therefrom and the target sound and analyzing whether or not the target sound is contained in an evaluation sound is an target sound analysis apparatus that analyzes... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080304673 - Multipoint communication apparatus: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a multipoint communication apparatus comprises: a receiving unit for receiving a plurality of signals containing voice signal elements and noise signal elements from the plurality of other communication apparatuses, respectively; a noise estimating unit for estimating the plurality of noise signal elements in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080304674 - Hearing device test adapter: A hearing device test adapter is provided in order to connect a hearing device output to a test microphone in a soundproof manner. The hearing device test adapter has an expandable first section for enclosing one section of a hearing device shell or an earmold piece in a soundproof manner... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080304675 - Acoustic echo canceller: An acoustic echo cancellation device (1) for canceling an echo (e) in a microphone signal (z) in response to a first input signal (s) and a second input signal (m) comprises: —a first combination unit (13) arranged for combining the first input signal (s) with the second input signal (m)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080304676 - Method and system for clear signal capture: A method and system for clear signal capture comprehend several individual aspects that address specific problems in improved ways. In addition, the method and system also comprehend a hands-free implementation that is a practical solution to a very complex problem. Individual aspects comprehended related to echo and noise reduction, and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080304677 - System and method for noise cancellation with motion tracking capability: A system and method for noise cancellation is disclosed herein generally having at least one microphone, a processor, and a speaker array. The processor may contain an adaptive filtering feature, to separate desirable sound from undesirable sound. The undesirable sound may be suppressed by the processor by creating a canceling... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080304678 - Audio time scale modification algorithm for dynamic playback speed control: A modified synchronized overlap add (SOLA) algorithm for performing high-quality, low-complexity audio time scale modification (TSM) is described. The algorithm produces good output audio quality with a very low complexity and without producing additional audible distortion during dynamic change of the audio playback speed. The algorithm may achieve complexity reduction... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20080304679 - System for processing an acoustic input signal to provide an output signal with reduced noise: An apparatus processes an acoustic input signal to provide an output signal with reduced noise. The apparatus weights the input signal based on a frequency-dependent weighting function. A frequency-dependent threshold function bounds the weighting function from below.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080304680 - Sound generating device: A sound generating device for transforming an object into a loudspeaker is includes an exciter module adapted for receiving audio signals from an audio source and a mounting device connected to the exciter module for removably connecting the exciter module to an object such that the object is transformed into... Agent: Mathew J. Temmerman

20080304681 - Microphone with aligned apertures: A MEMS microphone has a backplate with a given backplate aperture, and a diaphragm having a diaphragm aperture. The given backplate aperture is substantially aligned with the diaphragm aperture.... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080304682 - Baseball-style cap with amplified stereo speakers: An embodiment of a baseball style cap and stereo combination having a crown, a brim/bill, a sweatband, and two amplified stereo speakers concealed within the brim/bill is disclosed. The baseball-style cap combination further includes a battery holder/forehead cushion housing a battery holder concealed within an inner surface of the baseball-style... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20080304683 - Stereo sound image forward headphone: A stereo sound image forward headphone is provided. The stereo sound image forward headphone utilizes a speaker provided on the ear hanger, which is spaced apart from a user's ear by a distance, such that sound from the speaker is on the front side of the user's ear. The stereo... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080304684 - Method and apparatus for a hearing assistance system with adaptive bulk delay: A hearing assistance system having adjustable bulk delay for cancellation of a time varying acoustic feedback path. The hearing assistance system including an FIR filter, coefficient update module, and delay rules module for programmable adaptive filtering. The hearing assistance system adjustable for continuous bulk delay adjustments. The hearing assistance system... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080304685 - Method and apparatus for modular hearing aid: A method and apparatus for a modular hearing aid for a user having a hearing canal, including a housing adapted to fit within at least a portion of the hearing canal, and having at least one access port, a cover adapted for at least partially covering the at least one... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080304686 - Behind-the-ear (bte) prosthetic device with antenna: A BTE prosthetic device for use in a medical system or prosthesis comprises a connector configured to mechanically attach an auxiliary device of the system to the BTE prosthetic device. The connector is electrically connected to an transceiver of the BTE prosthetic device. The connector operates as an electromagnetic antenna... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080304687 - Ergonomic support and control harness for boom pole operation: This invention relates generally to film and television production. It is designed to easily control and support a boom pole for long periods of time while allowing the operator to maintain comfortable ergonomic positioning and movement of the head, arm and hands during operation. It achieves this by means of... Agent: Edward Howell

20080304688 - Docking display station with docking port for retaining a hands-free headset therein: A display unit having at least one docking port for receiving and retaining a complementary hands-free headset therein. The docking port comprises a recessed slot formed in the display unit housing. The headset preferably is frictionally retained within the docking port. The docking port is provided with a power jack... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080304689 - Mount for an acoustic device: A headset (10, 20, 30, 40) able to function with earplugs (15) or ear phones (25) is disclosed. The headset includes a pair of protrusions (16) able to be grasped by a single hand to expand the free ends (14) of the arms (11) which carry the earplugs or ear... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080304690 - Mouth shield for microphones: A mouth shield (1) for a microphone headset (4) having a rigid arcuate frame which is attachable to the mouth piece holder (3) of a microphone headset (4) by clasping means (13, 15) so it may be removably attached as desired. The shield (1) has at least one air vent... Agent: Edward M. Livingston, Pa

20080304691 - Sleep aid system and method: A sleep aid system, including a band adapted for surrounding a person's head, the band including an inside fabric layer and an outside fabric layer, two speakers between the fabric layers, the speakers positioned substantially opposite to one another, and an audio input for receiving audio from an audio player.... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080304692 - Portable speaker device and portable audio device player: A portable speaker device that includes a frame configured to receive a portable audio device and at least two speakers that are slidably-connected to the frame. The speakers have a first position for providing a substantially extended configuration and a second position for providing a substantially retracted configuration. The portable... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20080304693 - Flat panel speaker mounting system: An apparatus for mounting two speakers to a flat panel display device is disclosed wherein the device, utilizing standardized mounting plates provided in such flat panel display devices, enables the mounting of two speakers while providing the ability to change speaker position in regards to six different position parameters. The... Agent: Richard L. Strauss, Esq.

20080304694 - Speaker: A speaker includes: a heat sink disposed at the front of a bobbin; and a coupler disposed between the front of the heat sink and the rear of a diaphragm, wherein the heat sink includes: a base portion having an outer circumferential wall and disposed inside the bobbin; and a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080298597 - Spatial sound zooming: Aspects of the invention provide methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for digital processing of acoustic signals to create a reproduction of a natural or an artificial spatial sound environment. An aspect of the invention supports spatial audio processing such as extracting a center channel in up-mixing stereo sound for multi-channel... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080298598 - Music detecting apparatus and music detecting method: According to one embodiment, there is provided a music detecting apparatus including; a first detecting unit configured to detect, based on a sound volume ratio of two channels included in the information, a music section included in an information; a second detecting unit configured to detect a commercial message section... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080298599 - System and method for evaluating performance of microphone for long-distance speech recognition in robot: A system and method for evaluating performance of a microphone for long-distance speech recognition, which enables a robot to receive and respond to voices. A robot, which includes a network robot, must correctly recognize speech in order to recognize the user and to perceive its surroundings, objective evaluation criteria are... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080298600 - Automated real speech hearing instrument adjustment system: A method for fitting a hearing instrument comprises placing the hearing instrument in situ includes receiving an audiogram of the user, determining a target gain for the hearing instrument as a function of the audiogram, exposing a reference sensor located adjacent the hearing instrument to an external speech signal, measuring... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080298601 - Double talk detection method based on spectral acoustic properties: A method of detecting double talk condition in hands free communication devices is disclosed. In general, the method in accordance with the teachings of this invention detects double talk conditions based on inherent frequency response differences between the transducers used and acoustical effect on the spectrum of the returned echo... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20080298602 - System for processing microphone signals to provide an output signal with reduced interference: A system reduces noise or other external signals that may affect communication. A device converts sound from two or more microphones into an operational signal. Based on one or both signals, a beamformer generates an intermediate signal. Reflected or other undesired signals may be estimated or measured by an echo... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080298603 - Medical device with communication, measurement and data functions: A medical diagnostic and communications apparatus with audio output comprises an electronic processor for processing stethoscope signals and secondary audio signals. An electronic stethoscope sensor is contained within a housing for transducing body sounds to electronic signals, and is operatively connected to the electronic processor. One or more secondary audio... Agent: Colin P. Abrahams

20080298604 - In-room acoustic magnitude response smoothing via summation of correction signals: A system and method are provided for smoothing the in-room acoustic magnitude response of an audio reproduction system. An in-room acoustic magnitude response analysis is performed to determine a room resonance induced peak associated with an audio signal. A replica of the audio signal is filtered at the room resonance... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080298605 - Half-voltage headphone driver circuit: The present invention discloses a half-voltage headphone driver circuit, comprising: at least one operational amplifier providing an output to a headphone speaker, and a charge pump receiving a supply voltage (VDD), generating a positive half-voltage and a negative half-voltage (VDD/2 and −VDD/2) based on the supply voltage, and supplying the... Agent: Tung & Associates

20080298606 - Wireless digital audio player: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for audio playback, comprising at least two earpieces wherein each of the earpieces include memory configured to store audio content and/or data thereon and a timing device. The two earpieces are configured to asynchronously provide audio playback of the audio content... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080298607 - Audio interface device and method: The invention provides an audio interface device and method utilizing a single audio jack connector for plugging into a three-wire analog microphone or a three-wire digital microphone, thereby reducing dimensions and production costs thereof and an electronic system using the same. The audio interface comprises an audio jack connector, having... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080298608 - Sound generating device with removable memory: A sound generating device for transforming an object into a loudspeaker is includes an exciter module adapted for receiving audio signals stored on a portable micro-memory card or the like and a mounting device connected to the exciter module for removably connecting the exciter module to an object such that... Agent: Clinton Wilcox

20080298609 - Electromagnetic microphone: A microphone includes first and second magnet units disposed in a head housing and spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the head housing. The first and second magnet units generate respectively first and second magnetic fields. A response unit is mounted in the head housing, is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20080298612 - Audio signal processing: An audio system for processing two channels of audio input to provide more than two output channels. The input may be conventional stereo material or compressed audio signal data. The audio processing includes separating the input signals into frequency bands and processing the frequency bands according to processes which may... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20080298610 - Parameter space re-panning for spatial audio: Aspects of the invention provide methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for re-panning multiple audio signals by applying spatial cue coding. Sound sources in each of the signals may be re-panned before the signals are mixed to a combined signal. Processing may be applied in a conference bridge that receives two... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080298611 - Sound processor: A sound processor includes N (N is an integer of five or more) speakers, a sound source configured to output N sound signals an additional sound source configured to output an additional sound signal and a coefficient data input section configured to input N pieces of position information indicating respectively... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080298613 - Wireless headset with mic-side driver cut-off: A wireless headset has a pair of earpieces, each with a speaker or driver, and a microphone that is supported by one of the earpieces. The headset operates in wireless communication with an audio source, such as a personal audio player, and a mobile telephone. The wireless headset provides automatic... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080298614 - System for and method of offering an optimized sound service to individuals within a place of business: The present invention relates to optimizing sound for a person based on his or her location and hearing profile. More particularly, the present invention relates to personalizing the sound of an event or performance by examining the technical specifications of an individual's hearing aid (which is provided by a third... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080298615 - Hearing aid and method of utilizing gain limitation in a hearing aid: A hearing aid (200) with multiple microphones comprises a first microphone (1) for converting sound into a first audio signal, a second microphone (20) for converting sound into a second audio signal, directional processing means for combining the first and said second audio signal according to a mixing ratio to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080298617 - Hearing aid component holder with battery cavity: A hearing aid component holder is provided with a cavity comprising a base. A battery may be inserted into the cavity so that the battery is fixed laterally in the main extension plane of the hearing aid component holder through the walls of the cavity and in the insertion direction... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080298616 - In-the-ear hearing aid: In an in-the-ear hearing aid forming an inner casing space with a shell 1 and a face plate 2, a protector 10 is provided to separate a battery housing space 8 and an inner shell space 9 which constitute the inner casing space. The face plate 2 forms an opening... Agent: Lee Fredric Sharra

20080298618 - Earpiece for a hearing apparatus with a securing ring: A cerumen protection system is to be held more securely in an earpiece of a hearing apparatus which can be worn in the ear. In particular, this is to be able to be ensured for the earpiece piece of an external receiver of a behind-the-ear hearing device. An earpiece with... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080298619 - Hearing device with a connecting piece fastened to the housing frame: A hearing device which is simple to assemble and to which a wearing hook can be fastened in a stable fashion is provided. The hearing device includes a receiver, which has a sound outlet, a wearing hook, which has a sound channel, a connecting piece for connecting the sound outlet... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080298620 - Wearing hook with metal section for a hearing device: A wearing hook is provided for the behind-the-ear hearing device to improve acoustic stability. The wearing hook being composed of a metal part and a plastic part. The wearing hook is split substantially at a right angle to the sound channel, which runs along the inside of a wearing hook,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080298621 - Module including a micro-electro-mechanical microphone: A module including a micro-electro-mechanical microphone is disclosed. One embodiment provides a substrate having a trough-shaped depression and a micro-electro-mechanical microphone. The micro-electro-mechanical microphone is mounted into the trough-shaped depression of the substrate.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080298622 - Headphones with detachable headband: A pair of earphones designed to be worn in or on the ear of a user, comprising at least one element for connecting a headband; a pair of ear clips or ear buds comprising a removably-attached headband; and a kit comprising (i) a pair of earphones designed to be worn... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20080298623 - Adapter for a loudspeaker: An adapter (3, 3′, 3″) for a loudspeaker (2) is disclosed, wherein the loudspeaker (2) is provided to be used in free space. The adapter (3) comprises means to provide an acoustic impedance on the backside (b) of the loudspeaker (2) in such a way, that an adaptation of the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080298624 - Module and apparatus for transmitting and receiving sound: The module and apparatus for transmitting and receiving sound are disclosed in which a first channel is connected to an insertion of a microphone, a second channel is connected to a speaker insertion, such that sounds from the first and second channel are independently transmitted to prevent a first sound... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080298626 - Audio earbud carrier: A flexible and compressible carrier includes a lobe having a receiver for releasably engaging an earbud-type audio earphone, and a retaining loop for securely positioning the lobe with the earphone adjacent the user's ear without insertion into the ear. User comfort, safety, and audio performance are enhanced, and the risk... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20080298625 - Earphone earhook stabilizer: An over-the-ear earhook comprising a horizontal behind the ear horizontal stabilizer extension or a behind the ear horizontal stabilizer extension attachment for an over-the-ear earhook for earhooks attached to an earphone worn in or over the concha cavity of a wearer's ear, the extension and earhook being adjustable generally for... Agent: Allen L. Prince

20080298628 - Speaker module for a portable terminal: A speaker module for a portable terminal is provided. The speaker module includes an upper case constituting a part of a module housing, a speaker unit, including a magnetic body, a voice coil and a vibration plate, formed in the upper case and a vibration motor, which is installed in... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080298627 - Water resistant audio module: A water resistant/proof speaker module with improved performance and bass reflection is provided. The speaker module comprises a housing into which an audio unit fits. The speaker module is provide with a speaker face having at least 50% of the speaker face open to improve audio characteristics. Seals are provided... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080298629 - Loudspeaker: A loudspeaker includes a basket defining a center hole therethrough, a conduction wire board fixed to the bottom surface of the basket, a magnet placed on the basket, a diaphragm arranged on the basket and above the magnet, and a voice coil. The conduction wire board defines a core hole... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080298630 - Dynamic type unit with multiple magnetic field system: The present invention relates to a dynamic type unit with a multiple magnetic field system, and more particularly, to a dynamic type unit including a magnet, a diaphragm and a moving coil such as a microphone or a speaker, wherein an auxiliary magnet is mounted around a main magnetic field... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC