Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions 10/09

20090245523 - Adaptive high fidelity reproduction system: Audio is adaptively associated with speakers, depending on the speaker configuration that is present. Each speaker it receives an audio assignment based on its individual spectral characteristics. As more speakers are added, content is adaptively associated with that you speaker, and taken away from the previous.... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090245524 - Apparatus and method for encoding/decoding signal: An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes extracting a down-mix signal and down-mix identification information from an input bitstream, determining, based on the down-mix identification information, whether the down-mix signal is a 3D down-mix signal obtained by performing a three-dimensional... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20090245525 - Method and apparatus for real-ear measurements for receiver-in-canal devices: The present subject matter provides method and apparatus for real ear measurement using a hearing assistance device fitted with a cover to provide real ear sounds to a microphone of the device. The present subject matter includes a hearing assistance device cover for use in measuring coupler response and real... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20090245526 - Device for and method of adding reverberation to an input signal: A device (1) for adding reverberation to an input signal (s(n)) uses a corresponding transformed input signal (S(n)), for example the Fourier transform of the signal, to generate reverberation. The device comprises circuits (3, 5, 6) for combining the transformed input signal (S(n)) with a modified and delayed transformed output... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090245527 - Linear full duplex system and method for acoustic echo cancellation: A linear full duplex system and method for acoustic echo cancellation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes calculating a residual echo after subtraction of an echo estimate from a near end signal associated with a communication, refining a far end and a residual signal associated with the communication,... Agent: Global Ip Services, Pllc

20090245528 - Method for reducing echo and related echo reducing device and voice apparatus thereof: A method for reducing echo includes detecting whether an output sound volume is greater than a threshold value, and setting an input sensitivity from a first designated sensitivity value to a second designated sensitivity value when the output sound volume is detected to be greater than the threshold value. The... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090245529 - Headphone device, signal processing device, and signal processing method: A headphone device includes: a sound reproduction unit having a diaphragm which is configured to perform sound reproduction based on a sound signal; a sound pickup unit configured to perform a sound pickup operation; a filtering unit configured to apply filtering to a picked-up sound signal obtained by the sound... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20090245530 - Method and device for acoustic sealing: An expandable device (1100) can be configured to occlude an ear canal to isolate an ear canal volume from an ambient environment. The expandable device includes a support structure (1102). A membrane having a proximal end and a distal end is attached at each end around the support structure (1102)... Agent: Personics Holdings Inc.

20090245531 - Ear cover: An ear cover includes a cover body and a chassis connected to the cover body so as to form a closed accommodating space. The closed accommodating space is provided therein with a filler, thereby isolating, buffering and absorbing the sound.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090245532 - Headset: The invention relates to a headset comprising a housing with an earphone, said headset being arranged for being positioned close to a person's left ear or right ear during use and being arranged for cooperating with a further device. According to the invention, said headset comprises an accelerometer arranged for... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090245533 - Adaptive initial volume settings for a vehicle audio system: A vehicle audio system such as a vehicle radio is integrated with a vehicle speech system so that outputted speech by the vehicle speech system is played through the audio system. When a speech session begins, the audio system mutes any entertainment audio being played and outputs audio speech received... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20090245534 - Pop noise eliminating circuit: An pop noise eliminating circuit includes a power source, a grounding terminal, a speaker, an audio amplifier that has two opposite ends respectively connected with the power source and the first end of the speaker, a delay unit that has one end electrically connected with the power source, a first... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090245535 - Loudspeaker apparatus for radiating acoustic waves in a hemisphere: Loudspeaker apparatus comprise commonly some sort of casings or assemblies, in which one or more single speakers are integrated and which are used to convert electrical signals into sound. A loudspeaker apparatus 1 for radiating sound in a hemisphere is disclosed having a centre axis 9, the loudspeaker apparatus 1... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090245536 - System and method for setting volume settings in an audio system: A system and method for switching between a plurality of audio settings is disclosed. The system includes: an audio processing system for receiving audio data from an audio data source, including: a central processing unit (CPU) for storing a plurality of volume settings; and a toggle switch for toggling between... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090245537 - Automatic ipod volume adjustment: A program that would take the average db level of a music device after a certain amount of time and record at the same time the amount of time the user has been listening to the music device. The program would then automatically adjusts the volume level so that the... Agent: J. Gordon Thomson

20090245538 - Video/audio output device and video/audio method: According to one embodiment, a video/audio output method according to one embodiment includes detecting a playback volume value set in an external speaker controller for controlling an external speaker, calculating a decibel value corresponding to the detected playback volume value, generating an audio signal corresponding to the calculated decibel value,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090245539 - User adjustable volume control that accommodates hearing: A method for processing audio signals optimizes the listening experience for hearing impaired individuals to feel stigmatized by requiring them to employ special hearing-impaired equipment. A user actuated controller controls a mixture of a preferred audio signal and a remaining audio signal across a range sufficiently wide enough to encompass... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090245540 - Amplification circuit and method therefor: In one embodiment, an amplification circuit receives an analog signal and adds another signal to the analog signal to modify the minimum amplitude of the analog input signal.... Agent: Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc Intellectual Property Dept. - A700

20090245541 - Audio power amplifier with feedback-shifting technology: A solid stage audio power amplifier comprises of two output stages with one generating the real output signal that drives the real loud speaker load and the other mimicking the real output stage and generating a dummy output signal that drives a dummy resistor load. A frequency dependent feedback selection... Agent: Zhenwu Wang

20090245542 - Automated recording facility: An automated recording facility and method of recording may include a potable booth enclosing an interior space with an exterior shell. A processor may be enclosed within the booth and the processor may communicate with an audio recording system. A hard drive, an audio device and a system interface may... Agent: Maier & Maier, Pllc

20090245543 - Amplifying element and manufacturing method thereof: An amplifier integrated circuit element or J-FET is used for impedance conversion and amplification of ECM. The amplifier integrated circuit element has advantages of allowing an appropriate gain to be set by adjusting a circuit constant, and of producing a higher gain than the J-FET; but also has a problem... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090245544 - Acoustoeletric transformation chip for ribbon microphone: An acoustoelectric transformation chip for a ribbon microphone includes a diaphragm that has a vibrating region and two fixing regions disposed on two opposite sides of the vibrating region, and a voice coil film formed on the diaphragm. The voice coil film includes two rectangular voice coils, each of which... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090245545 - Loudspeaker panel with a microphone and method for using both: In public audio presentation it is desirable that the playback loudness is continuously adapted to the background noise loudness. Such adaptation of the playback volume requires a continuous measurement of the loudness somewhere within the sound exposure area. A dipole loudspeaker panel has a strong attenuation of the emitted sound... Agent: Thomson Licensing Llc

20090245546 - Medium/low band sound reinforcement film-type audio-speaker using piezoelectric film as vibration element: A film-type audio-speaker is provided that uses a piezoelectric film as a vibration element to provide a reinforcement of the low to medium frequency band sound waves generated. The film-type audio-speaker uses a piezoelectric film as a vibration element and comprises a piezoelectric film with an electrically conductive polymer or... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20090245547 - Electret materials, electret speakers, and methods of manufacturing the same: A method of making a nonfluoropolymer electret film is provided. The method may include: providing a polymer-containing solution, the polymer-containing solution comprising at least one polymer material, at least one solvent, and at least one surfactant, spreading the polymer-containing solution to provide a wetting polymer film, removing at least a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090245548 - Audio apparatus for wirelessly transmitting audio signal, audio system, and audio signal transmission method thereof: An audio apparatus includes a main unit to extract audio signals for at least two channels from a multichannel audio signal; and a transmitter to wirelessly transmit at least one audio signal of the extracted audio signals to a first receiver, and to wirelessly transmit at least one other audio... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090245549 - Identification of earbuds used with personal media players: An arrangement for identifying the left and right earphones in an earphone set is provided in which the acoustically transparent grills positioned over the transducers in the earphones are configured to provide a visual effect that identifies the correct orientation of the earphone set during use by indicating which earphone... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090245550 - Media player system, media player, and earphone: An exemplary media player system includes a media player and an earphone. The earphone includes a first earpiece, a second earpiece, a primary volume control unit, and a secondary volume control unit. The first earpiece and the second earpiece are configured for receiving first channel audio signals and second channel... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090245551 - Hearing aid with adaptive data reception timing: A hearing aid with a communication circuit for wireless communication, the circuit includes a receiver for reception of data, and a communication controller that is configured for determining a delay between a receiver activation and an actual start of reception of data, and adjusting a next receiver activation in accordance... Agent: Vista Ip Law Group, LLP (gn Resound)

20090245552 - Apparatus and method for dynamic detection and attenuation of periodic acoustic feedback: A method for processing signals including an input, an output and a signal processor, comprising detecting a first periodic signal received at an input, adjusting frequency or phase of the first periodic signal in response to detecting the first periodic signal, comparing an amplitude of the first periodic signal before... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20090245553 - Alternative mass arrangements for bone conduction devices: A bone conduction device, comprising: a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal; one or more functional components, wherein at least one of said one or more functional components is an electronics module configured to generate an electrical signal representing said acoustic sound signal; and a transducer... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090245556 - Hearing device having one or more in-the-canal vibrating extensions: A bone conduction device for enhancing the hearing of a recipient, comprising: a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal; an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing the acoustic sound signal; a transducer configured to generate mechanical forces representing the electrical signal for delivery to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090245557 - Piercing conducted bone conduction device: A bone conduction device for enhancing the hearing of a recipient comprising a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal; an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing the acoustic sound signal; a transducer configured to generate mechanical forces representing the electrical signal for delivery to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090245555 - Piezoelectric bone conduction device having enhanced transducer stroke: A bone conduction device for enhancing the hearing of a recipient, comprising a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal and an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing the acoustic sound signal. The device further comprises a piezoelectric transducer comprising at least one piezoelectric element... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090245554 - Snap-lock coupling system for a prosthetic device: A fixation system for a bone conduction device is disclosed. An abutment is coupled to a bone anchor such that vibrations applied to the abutment pass into the bone anchor. The abutment comprises a first conduction surface, a bearing surface, and a magnetic material at or near the first conduction... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090245559 - Method for adaptive construction of a small cic hearing instrument: A small hearing aid is provided which fits completely in an ear canal of a user wherein a shell as an outer housing of the hearing aid is shaped to closely surround components of the hearing aid to provide a gap between the hearing canal inner walls and the shell... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090245558 - Reinforced earbud device, system and method: Various earbud embodiments comprise a sleeve portion, a base portion, a bell portion, and reinforcement members. The sleeve portion defines a central void extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the earbud. The base portion encircles the sleeve portion. The bell portion connects the sleeve portion to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20090245560 - Real ear measurement adaptor with internal sound conduit: Methods and apparatus for a hearing assistance device housing for use in real ear measurements. The methods and apparatus for configuration of a hearing assistance device using an apparatus including an opening to receive a sound tube for real ear measurements and providing an opening for connection of a sound... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20090245561 - Acoustic passive radiating: Acoustic devices that include passive radiators. The passive radiator may include an acoustic driver. The acoustic device may be hand-held or pocket sized.... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20090245563 - Porting: A ported electroacoustical device uses the action of the port to provide cooling airflow across a heat producing device. The device includes a loudspeaker enclosure including a first acoustic port, and an acoustic driver, mounted in the loudspeaker enclosure. The device also includes a heat producing device. The acoustic driver... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20090245562 - Speaker system: The speaker system according to the present invention is a speaker system in which a sound is emitted into a closed space from the back surface of a speaker unit, and has characteristic that gas in the closed space is physically adsorbed by a gas adsorber obtained by adding a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20090245564 - Microphone packaging in a mobile communications device: In one aspect, a boot located inside a mobile device holds a microphone. The boot has a straight, front chamber section whose mouth is aligned (vertically and horizontally) with a microphone-associated, acoustic case opening in a sidewall of the outer housing of the device. In another aspect, the front chamber... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090245565 - Acoustic systems for electronic devices: A portable electronic device may have acoustic ports such as microphone and speaker ports. Acoustic devices such as microphones and speakers may be associated with the acoustic ports. An acoustic port may have an opening between an interior and exterior of the portable electronic device. The opening may be covered... Agent: Treyz Law Group

20090245566 - Audio vibration apparatus using usb port as power inlet: An audio vibration apparatus using a USB port as a power inlet primarily comprises a housing, a circuit board, an electromagnetic converting device and a soft pad. Therein the electromagnetic converting device is constructed from an electromagnetic converting coil assembly, an upper metal element and a lower metal element. Thereby,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090245567 - Twistable ring speaker control: A twisting ring control for a compact speaker is rotatably mounted on a speaker encircling the speaker baffle. When the ring is rotated in one direction, the ring causes the speaker to be switched off, and when the ring is rotated in the opposite direction, the ring causes the speaker... Agent: Plantronics, Inc. Ip Department/legal