Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices inventions

20080107276 - Signal processing system, signal transmission apparatus, signal receiving apparatus, and program: A signal processing system is provided, which includes a first converter for converting first information in to second information, a superimposer for superimposing on the second information control information corresponding to any missing information lost from the first information due to its conversion by the first converter. Furthermore, the signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107277 - Classroom sound amplification system: This invention relates to a wireless classroom sound amplification system. The system comprises a microphone device converting a voice to a sound signal and connecting to a sound processing device processing the sound signal and generating a processed sound signal, and a speaker device connecting to the sound processing device... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080107278 - Method for assisting a user of a hearing system and corresponding hearing system: i

20080107279 - Sound-processing device with automatic howl cancellation and cancelling howl method thereof: The invention provides a sound-processing device with automatic howl cancellation. The sound-processing device includes an array microphone, a digital signal processor, a power amplifier, and a loudspeaker. The array microphone includes a plurality of microphones, receiving a sound wave at different locations and converting the sound wave to a plurality... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080107282 - Digital filter circuit, digital filter program and noise canceling system: Disclosed herein is a digital filter circuit for producing a noise reduction signal for reducing noise based on a noise signal outputted from a microphone which collects the noise, including: an analog/digital conversion section; a first digital filter section; an arithmetic operation processing section; a second digital filter section; and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107284 - Movable audio-visual component system and method: An audio-visual (“A/V”) system includes one or more A/V components, each one of which can be attached to a wall using a bracket or support bar. Each support bar enables the transfer of power signals and control signals (including media data) to each of the A/V components. Instead of wires,... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080107285 - Inrush current restraining circuit and audio device using the same: An inrush current restraining circuit (100) includes a power source (Vcc), a charging/discharging circuit (11), a switching circuit (13), a first impedance component (Z1), a second impedance component (Z2), and a controller (10). The charging/discharging circuit is connected to the power source. An input of the switching circuit is connected... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080107281 - Acoustic echo canceller system: An acoustic echo canceller system having a filter with high suppression performance of acoustic echo, generated by using microphone array having a plurality of microphone elements, judging a band where only a speaker sound is present, based on phase difference among microphones, and carrying out adaptation of an adaptive filter... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080107280 - Noisy environment communication enhancement system: A communication system enhances communications in a noisy environment. Multiple input arrays convert a voiced or unvoiced signal into an analog signal. A converter receives the analog signal and generates digital signals. A digital signal processor determines temporal and spatial information from the digital signals. The processed signals are then... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080107283 - Audio/video portable electronic devices providing wireless audio communication and speech and/or voice recognition command operation: An improved audio/video system is provided that facilitates increased ease of use. An audio/video device can be provided with a first antenna, with wireless signals emitted by the first antenna comprising signals created from audio content provided by the device. A headset can be provided with an antenna for receiving... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080107286 - Voice input support program, voice input support device, and voice input support method: There is provided a voice input support program, voice input support device, and voice input support method for assisting users to input voice properly. A voice input support program executable from a computer, for assisting voice input under a noisy environment by executing: a noise measurement step that obtains a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080107287 - Personal hearing control system and method: A personal hearing control system includes a microphone located within a user's sealed ear canal, a speaker having a diaphragm which directs sound into the ear canal, and a controller which drives the speaker such that the system emulates the acoustics of the user's open ear canal. Also provided are... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080107288 - Microphone: The present invention discloses a microphone comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, a printed circuit board and a shielding layer. The microphone is configured into a mobile communication device. The shielding layer located on the printed circuit board is disposed on the microphone. When the mobile communication device charges... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080107290 - Acoustic vibration generating element: In an acoustic vibration generating element, a piezoelectric bimorph element or unimorph element is covered with a covering member of a flexible material at least on two surfaces perpendicular to a thickness direction. The covering member may be provided with a plurality of V-shaped grooves so as to improve a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080107289 - Recreational bone conduction audio device, system: A waterproof recreational audio device and method that transmits sound via transcutaneous bone conduction provides high fidelity musical signals to a user. The device can be worn on the head of a user and integrated into various types of headgear. The device is tunable for sound quality and comfort by... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.c.

20080107291 - Omni directional adjustable acoustic lens: An omni directional adjustable acoustic lens is a means to adjust the Hertz range of sound So it can be acoustically set. Then the lens projects the sound in a 360 degree fashion.... Agent: David W Livingston Jr.

20080107292 - Behind-the-ear hearing device having an external, optical microphone: An optically unnoticeable and acoustically improved behind-the-ear hearing device having a housing which can be worn behind the ear, a signal processing facility which is arranged in the housing, and which comprises an optoelectrical converter, and at least one optical microphone is provided. The optical microphone is arranged outside the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080107293 - Controlling fading and surround signal level: Systems and techniques for controlling a surround sound system having multiple input signals and multiple spatially diverse transducers may include defining a first control region and a second control region. When operating in the first control region, a first set of functions is performed. For example, for each of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080107294 - Programmable hearing health aid within a headphone apparatus, method of use, and system for programming same: A programmable hearing aid (100) combined with a headphone apparatus. The headphone apparatus may be directly interfaced with various types of electronic equipment so that the user is able to listen to music recordings, voice recordings, or other types of sound signals that are then corrected, via programming, for the... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080107295 - Hearing aid having an audio signal generator and method: The invention relates to a hearing aid having a sound receiver and a sound generator. The hearing aid also has an audio signal unit that is functionally linked to the sound generator and has a tone signal generator for generating a tone signal as a function of a trigger signal... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080107296 - Method to log data in a hearing device as well as a hearing device: The present invention relates to a method for recording information in a hearing device and/or in a recording unit at least temporally operationally connected to the hearing device. The method consists in that a point in time of the recording and/or a recording frequency as well as the information to... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080107297 - Method for operating a hearing aid, and hearing aid: A “speaker” operating mode is established by a signal processor of a hearing aid for tracking and selecting an acoustic speaker source in an ambient sound. Electric acoustic signals are generated by the hearing aid from the ambient sound that has been picked up, from which signals an electric speaker... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080107298 - Rechargeable hearing device: The hearing device operated with an accumulator and comprising an externally accessible electrically conductive structure element is provided. The structure element fulfilling an additional function as a contact element, in order to receive a charging current when electrically connected to an external charging device. The term “structure element” is understood... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080107299 - Earphone: An earphone includes a shell, a seat, a speaker and a ring. The shell defines a sound field. The seat includes an external rim fit in the shell and an internal rim extended form the external rim. The speaker includes a terminal inserted through the internal rim. The ring is... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080107300 - Headset acoustic device and sound channel reproducing method: A head acoustic device and a sound channel reproducing method discloses a multichannel acoustic device, especially a headset-multichannel acoustic device applying bone conduction speaker and a sound channel reproducing method. The headset-multichannel acoustic device of this invention includes a supporting frame and a vibration device on the frame, in which,... Agent: Chan, Raymond Y.

20080107301 - Headset: A headset worn is provided to be on an ear in such a manner that a speaker is adhered to the ear. The headset includes a headset body; a hook unit for adhering and fixing the headset body to a user's ear part; a key positioned at a part of... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080101617 - Two-channel to three-channel audio converter: A two-channel to three-channel audio converter that separates the lower frequency output signals from one of the left channel and the right channel is provided. Respective filters are used to separate the lower frequency outputs and the middle to high frequency outputs from the audio output signals of the computer... Agent: Venable LLP Raymond J. Ho

20080101618 - Two-channel to three-channel audio converter: A two-channel to three-channel audio converter that separates the lower frequency output signals from one of the left channel and the right channel is provided. Respective filters are used to separate the lower frequency outputs and the middle to high frequency outputs from the audio output signals of the computer... Agent: Venable LLP Raymond J. Ho

20080101619 - System and method for compensating memoryless non-linear distortion of an audio transducer: A low-cost, real-time solution is presented for compensating memoryless non-linear distortion in an audio transducer. The playback audio system estimates signal amplitude and velocity, looks up a scale factor from a look-up table (LUT) for the defined pair (amplitude, velocity) (or computes the scale factor for a polynomial approximation to... Agent: Dts, Inc.

20080101621 - Harmonic and overtone audio therapy for autism spectrum disorder (asd) and regulated emotional and psychological disorders: A therapeutic method and sound recording including sounding a first harmonic interval for a first duration of at least approximately one minute; and sounding a second harmonic interval for a second, consecutive duration for at least approximately one minute. The first and second harmonic intervals may be just intervals and/or... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080101622 - Signal processing method, signal processing device, and signal processing program: A signal processing device includes an adaptive filter (5), a noise estimation circuit (10), and a double talk detection circuit (81) and operates so that the double talk detection circuit (81) detects a double talk by using the estimated noise obtained by the noise estimation circuit (10). The signal processing... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080101623 - Device for receiving audio signals transmitted in a wireless manner: The invention is directed to a wireless transmission system with a transmitter and receiver which makes it possible to retrofit existing loudspeakers in such a way that a wireless audio transmission path is provided.... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080101625 - Piezoelectric microphones: Electronic devices and microphone devices are described.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080101624 - Speaker directionality for user interface enhancement: A method (10) and system (200) for user interface enhancement using speaker directionality can include a speaker phone having a microphone array (35, 36, and 37) on a communication device (32) at a first location and a processor (202) coupled to the microphone array. The processor can be programmed to... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080101626 - Audio noise reduction: A method for reducing audio noise in an audio signal acquisition is described herein. The method includes: receiving an input audio signal; separating the input audio signal into a high-frequency portion and a low-frequency portion based on a threshold frequency; synthesizing the low-frequency portion to at least reduce any audio... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080101627 - Noise indication apparatus and method for detecting noise: A noise indication apparatus and a method for detecting noise comprise a sound volume detection module and warning unit. The sound detection module can pick up a sound signal and then detect the sound volume thereof after the sound indication module is connected to an electronic device capable of outputting... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080101616 - Device and method for generating and processing sound effects in spatial sound-reproduction systems by means of a graphic user interface: The present invention is based on the finding that a sound-reproduction system, which can generate a spatial sound impression in a reproduction environment, can be efficiently and intuitively controlled by means of a graphic user interface when an impulse response associated with a spatial direction with respect to the reproduction... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080101620 - Loudspeaker system for virtual sound synthesis: A sound system obtains a desired sound field from an array of sound sources arranged on a panel. The desired sound field allows a listener to perceive the sound as if the sound were coming from a live source and from a specified location. Setup of the sound system includes... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080101628 - Switching amplifier circuits and methods: Embodiments of the present invention include switching amplifier circuits and methods. In one embodiment, the present invention includes an audio amplification method comprising modulating an audio input signal to produce a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal, amplifying the first modulated signal to generate an amplified first modulated... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC

20080101629 - System, method and apparatus for adjusting an output of a transducer: A system and method for modulating the sound pressure that is output from an audio transducer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio signal and placing the audio signal across a voice coil of the transducer. In addition, a voltage is applied across a field coil... Agent: Neugeboren Law Firm PC

20080101630 - Microphone: The acoustic resistance inside the microphone of the present invention can be adjusted mechanically by a simple electrical operation from the outside, and thereby directivity can be changed easily without adversely affecting the acoustic characteristic, even if the microphone is a single directivity dynamic type microphone. The microphone has a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080101631 - Front surround sound reproduction system using beam forming speaker array and surround sound reproduction method thereof: A front surround sound reproduction system using a speaker array, a front surround sound reproduction system to perform stereo localization using a beam forming speaker array, and a surround sound reproduction method thereof. A front surround sound reproduction apparatus using a plurality of speakers includes a first signal processing unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080101632 - Wireless multi-channel audio system: A wireless multi-channel audio system is provided. The audio system includes a multiplexer, a transmitting antenna, a transmitter, and M playback apparatuses. First, the multiplexer receives M channels of audio signals and adds an ith identification to the ith channel of audio signals among the M channels of audio signals.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080101633 - Personal speakers with connection source and target: To assist headphones and headphone cords from becoming tangles, a connection source is made part of a first speaker enclosure and a connection target is made part of a second speaker enclosure.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080101634 - Volume control in a hearing aid and hearing aid with volume control: The invention concerns a volume control in a hearing aid, which has a signal path from a microphone to a receiver, and where the signal path is adapted to provide an amplification of the signal delivered to the receiver, where a first and a second user input means is provided... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080101635 - Hearing assistance system including data logging capability and method of operating the same: There is provided a method of operating a system for providing hearing assistance to a user (101), comprising: capturing and processing audio signals by a transmission unit (102) and transmitting the audio signals from the transmission unit (102) via a wireless audio link to a receiver unit (103); processing the... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080101636 - Hearing apparatus with controlled input channels and corresponding method: The signal quality in a hearing apparatus and in particular in a hearing device featuring a plurality of input channels is to be improved. Provision is made for this purpose for a hearing apparatus with a plurality of input channel systems each for recording and preprocessing an input signal and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080101637 - Sound conductor and hearing apparatus: A sound conductor for a hearing apparatus is provided. A first end is fastenable to an acoustic unit of the hearing apparatus and a second end of which is fastenable to a housing of the hearing apparatus, with a middle longitudinal curve being defined for the sound conductor, with the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080101638 - Portable electronic device and personal hands-free accessory with audio disable: A portable electronic device and personal hands-free accessory are provided. The personal hands free accessory includes at least one electro-acoustic speaker, and at least one microphone that receives ambient sound and converts the ambient sound to an ambient sound signal. Included among the portable electronic device and the personal hands-free... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080101639 - Speaker module for electronic device: A speaker module for a consumer electronics device encloses a speaker. The speaker module is sized to fit within a housing of the consumer electronics device and below an input control of the consumer electronics device. The speaker module is oriented so that the speaker projects audible sound through one... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080101640 - Electroacoustic system and method of manufacturing thereof: An electroacoustic system includes a transducer having a front volume and a back volume. The transducer has a sound inlet port that is in communication with the front volume. An acoustic coupling is joined to the transducer. The acoustic coupling has a passageway comprising a first end and a second... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080101641 - Miniature non-directional microphone: A miniature microphone comprising a diaphragm compliantly suspended over an enclosed air volume having a vent port is provided, wherein an effective stiffness of the diaphragm with respect to displacement by acoustic vibrations is controlled principally by the enclosed air volume and the port. The microphone may be formed using... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20080101642 - Earphone adaptor: An earphone adaptor 6 includes an earphone adaptor body 7 having a jack 12, into which an earphone plug 4 of a pair of earphones 3 is plugged, and a plug 14, which can be plugged into an earphone jack 2 in a TV set 1, and a securing mechanism... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080101643 - Method and device for noise control in a headset: A headset is disclosed. The headset includes an earpiece, a voice conducting and connecting system and a microphone connected to the voice conducting and connecting system, the microphone being capable of operating in a directional configuration and in an omnidirectional configuration.... Agent: Plantronics, Inc.

20080101644 - Portable electronic device: A portable electronic device including a body and a wireless headset attached to the body is provided. The body includes a headset storage portion located therein and an opening exposing the headset storage portion. The wireless headset is configured to fit in the headset storage portion and cover the opening.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080101646 - In-plane speaker: An electro-acoustic transducer is oriented such that its transducer axis is parallel to, and in, the plane of a baffle coupled to the electro-acoustic transducer for reduced baffle vibration.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080101645 - Low frequency electroacoustical transducing in a vehicle: An apparatus for generating low frequency acoustic signals in a vehicle having an instrument panel is described. The apparatus includes a baffle that is located at least partially within the instrument panel. An electroacoustical transducer is mechanically coupled to the baffle. The electroacoustical transducer generates low frequency acoustic signals that... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080101647 - Full-range speaker device: A full-range speaker device is provided herein that can deliver high-fidelity trebles. The major feature of the present invention lies in that the voice coil is sandwiched between two or more concentric bobbins. As such, out of the same back-and-forth movement of the bobbins, different ranges of sounds are produced... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080101648 - Electroacoustic transducer: An electroacoustic transducer of the present invention includes a diaphragm 3 having a periphery as a fixed end, a coil 4 having an axis perpendicular to the diaphragm 3 and attached centrally to the diaphragm 3, and a direct current magnetic field generator fixed in position as spaced apart from... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080101649 - Electroacoustic transducer: An electroacoustic transducer of the present invention includes a diaphragm 3 having a periphery as a fixed end, a coil 4 having an axis perpendicular to the diaphragm 3 and 6 attached centrally to the diaphragm 3, and a direct current magnetic field generator fixed in position as spaced apart... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080095382 - Audio system housed by an enclosure with a substantially waterproof seal: Audio systems are housed by an enclosure with a substantially waterproof seal such that the audio systems may be mounted in outdoor locations such as decks, boat docks, and the like. The enclosure may include a panel that opens relative to a tub portion, such as by a hinged connection,... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20080095383 - Active noise reduction adaptive filter leakage adjusting: An active noise reduction system using adaptive filters. A method of operation the active noise reduction system includes smoothing a stream of leakage factors. The frequency of a noise reduction signal may be related to the engine speed of an engine associated with the system within which the active noise... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080095384 - Apparatus and method for detecting voice end point: An apparatus and method for detecting a voice signal end point are provided, in which at least two microphones receive signals including voice and noise signals, and a voice end point detector distinguishes voice frames from noise frames in the received signals based on phase differences in respective frequencies between... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080095376 - Btsc encoder: The disclosed BTSC encoder includes a left high pass filter means for receiving a digital left channel audio signal and for digitally high pass filtering the digital left channel audio signal and thereby generating a digital left filtered signal; a right high pass filter means for receiving a digital right... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080095377 - Btsc encoder: The disclosed BTSC encoder includes a left high pass filter means for receiving a digital left channel audio signal and for digitally high pass filtering the digital left channel audio signal and thereby generating a digital left filtered signal; a right high pass filter means for receiving a digital right... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080095378 - Btsc encoder: The disclosed BTSC encoder includes a left high pass filter means for receiving a digital left channel audio signal and for digitally high pass filtering the digital left channel audio signal and thereby generating a digital left filtered signal; a right high pass filter means for receiving a digital right... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080095379 - Btsc encoder: The disclosed BTSC encoder includes a left high pass filter means for receiving a digital left channel audio signal and for digitally high pass filtering the digital left channel audio signal and thereby generating a digital left filtered signal; a right high pass filter means for receiving a digital right... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080095380 - Btsc encoder: The disclosed BTSC encoder includes a left high pass filter means for receiving a digital left channel audio signal and for digitally high pass filtering the digital left channel audio signal and thereby generating a digital left filtered signal; a right high pass filter means for receiving a digital right... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080095381 - Btsc encoder: The disclosed BTSC encoder includes a left high pass filter means for receiving a digital left channel audio signal and for digitally high pass filtering the digital left channel audio signal and thereby generating a digital left filtered signal; a right high pass filter means for receiving a digital right... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080095385 - Method of and system for automatically adjusting the loudness of an audio signal: The invention describes a method of automatically adjusting the loudness of an audio signal, which method comprises calculating loudness measures for samples of the input audio signal (1), identifying a number of distinct loudness lines (L1, L2, L3, L4) over 5 time among the loudness measures and altering the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080095386 - Mute circuit for a microphone: An apparatus having a microphone and a mute circuit (not shown in detail here) operable to be actuated by a rotating door assembly. The apparatus provides a mute circuit suitable to mute the audio microphone when the rotating door assembly is in a closed position and unmute the audio microphone... Agent: Jablonski Law Group

20080095387 - Wirelessly programmable hearing aid device: A hearing aid device that, for example, can be wirelessly programmed by an external transmission and/or receiving unit, includes a circuit chip in which is integrated with a coil in the form of a coil structure for the exchange of electromagnetic signals. The integration of the coil structure permits a... Agent: Schiff Harden LLP Patent Department

20080095388 - Entrainment avoidance with a transform domain algorithm: A system of signal processing an input signal in a hearing aid to avoid entrainment, the hearing aid including a receiver and a microphone, the method comprising using a transform domain adaptive filter including two or more eigenvalues to measure an acoustic feedback path from the receiver to the microphone,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080095389 - Entrainment avoidance with pole stabilization: A system of signal processing an input signal in a hearing assistance device to avoid entrainment wherein the hearing assistance device including a receiver and a microphone, the method comprising using an adaptive filter to estimate an acoustic feedback path from the receiver to the microphone, generating one or more... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080095390 - Hearing aid device: With a hearing aid device having a device element which can be worn on or behind the ear and an earmold which protrudes at least partially into the auditory canal of a user, in which earmold a receiver is arranged, the protection of the receiver from contamination is to be... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080095391 - Magnetic sensor for a transducer: A system and method for assisting listening wherein an integrated circuit selects one or more audio sources from among a plurality audio sources to be presented to a signal processing circuit. Selection of the audio source can be automatically executed in response to detection of an external magnetic field, such... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Suite 6300

20080095392 - Hearing aid with sound tube serving for retention in concha: A hearing aid device has a custom-fit shell that fits into the helix lock area of the outer ear of a hearing-impaired person, and an RIC tube that is held in the concha of the outer ear and terminates in the ear canal. The combination of the custom-fit shell and... Agent: Schiff Hardin LLP Patent Derpartment

20080095393 - In-ear headphone: An in-ear headphone (1) comprising an elastic sealing part (2) and a solid sealing part (3) for sealing an ear cavity (b) against an outside region (c) is disclosed, wherein said solid sealing part (3) comprises at least one damping vent (4) interconnecting the ear cavity (b) and the outside... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080095394 - Integrated assembly of speaker and intenna, assembly method thereof, and mobile wireless communication terminal having the same: An integrated assembly of a speaker and an intenna, and an assembly method thereof is provided. After an upper carrier and a lower carrier are assembled by bonding, the lower carrier and the speaker are mechanically assembled through coupling parts formed to the lower carrier and the speaker. A first... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080095395 - Speaker: A speaker apparatus comprising a housing and a speaker member. The speaker member is configured to rotate relative to the housing and translate relative to the housing so as to move between a retracted position within the housing and an extended position relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080089525 - Mobile communication terminal and method therefor: A method for providing a user interface modified in accordance to audio data, a module including an audio feature extractor and a UI modifier, an apparatus and a computer readable medium. First, audio data is received. Thereafter, an audio feature is extracted from the received audio data. In accordance to... Agent: Perman & Green

20080089527 - Condenser microphone, microphone unit, and blood pressure gauge: The present invention provides a condenser microphone capable of detecting small sounds (e.g., Korotkoff sounds) with high sensitivity even in environments with variations in pressure, such as cuff pressure. A condenser microphone (10) is disposed as an acoustic sensor for detecting Korotkoff sounds in a communication space reachable by the... Agent: Venable LLP

20080089529 - Noise reduction apparatus: A passive noise reduction apparatus for altering predetermined sound levels of a sound producing device, the noise reduction apparatus includes at least one piezoelectric foil sensor disposed relative to the sound producing device with the at least one piezoelectric foil sensor being operable to convert such sound wave energy into... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080089528 - Sound altering apparatus: A sound altering apparatus for altering predetermined sound levels of a sound producing device, the sound altering apparatus includes at least one piezoelectric foil sensor disposed relative to the sound producing device with the at least one piezoelectric foil sensor being operable to convert such sound wave energy into an... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080089530 - Method and system for automatically muting headphones: The illustrative embodiments provide a method and system for automatically muting a headphone. The headphone detects a sound external to the headphone. A volume threshold and a frequency threshold are received, wherein the volume threshold and the frequency threshold define a sound of interest. A determination is made as to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080089522 - Sound reproducing apparatus and sound reproducing system: A surround-sound system (100) includes: an array speaker system (20) that is formed with speaker units SPU having the same characteristics; and a signal processing apparatus (120) that drives the speaker units SPU independently of one another and amplifies an audio signal. The signal processing apparatus (120) includes: a signal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089523 - Binaural hearing device and method for controlling a hearing device system: A binaural hearing device system comprises a reception device (1) for one ear with at least two input acoustical/electrical converters (3a, 3b). Via a communication link (5) a signal (A1) which depends on both input converter's output signals is transmitted to a second device (7) for the other ear which... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080089524 - Audio signal processing system: An audio signal processing system includes: a receiving section which receives a plurality of audio signals, a process period specifying section which specifies a silent period in other audio signals except a particular audio signal that are received by the receiving section, respectively, a sound volume level adjusting section which... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges. LLP Koda/androlia

20080089526 - Method for estimating an interference field for a coil: The invention relates to a method for estimating an interference field for a real coil of a hearing apparatus comprising: simulating a field distribution of the interference field; calculating an interference field size for a number of coil segments of a virtual coil representing the real coil at a predetermined... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080089531 - Acoustic signal processing apparatus, acoustic signal processing method and computer readable medium: Hough transform is performed on the point groups forming two dimensional data to generate a plurality of loci respectively corresponding to each of the point groups in a Hough voting space. When adding a voting value to a position in the Hough voting space through which the plurality of loci... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080089532 - Circuit and method of reducing pop-up noise in a digital amplifier: A circuit of reducing a pop-up noise in a digital amplifier includes a switch unit and a switch signal generator. The switch unit is coupled in parallel to an output load between an output node of the digital amplifier and a reference node. The switch unit controls a current flowing... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080089533 - Circuit arrangement for suppression of switching noises: An integrated audio amplifier includes an operation amplifier that includes a precharging device and a monitoring device. The operation amplifier further comprises an input stage and an output stage. The output stage includes a compensation capacitor. The precharging device is configured to precharge the compensation capacitor to a voltage that... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck

20080089534 - Video playing apparatus and method of controlling volume in video playing apparatus: A video playing apparatus and a method of adjusting a sound volume of the video playing apparatus are provided. The video playing apparatus can adjust the volume if a predetermined key is input continuously.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080089535 - Method and device for adjusting audio volume level: A method and device for adjusting an audio volume level, are discussed. In an embodiment of the method, the volume steps of at least one preferred volume range and the volume steps of remaining volume ranges are set to be different from each other. The preferred volume range may be... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080089536 - Microphone microchip device with differential mode noise suppression: A system for processing a sound input to a MEMS microphone in a voice communication device, such as a cellular telephone. The system includes the microphone and a processing microchip. The processing microchip includes a differential receiver that receives the signal output of the microphone on one input and a... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080089537 - Loudspeaker system for aircraft cabin: A loudspeaker system for an aircraft cabin for passengers, having a support structure, which includes multiple flexible flat elements, forming the internal walls of the cabin, fastening devices for fastening flat elements to the support structure, so that the flat elements may oscillate. At least one acoustic driver is connected... Agent: Perman & Green

20080089538 - Ultrasonic probe and method of fabrication thereof: The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a convex type of ultrasonic probe in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements are arrayed on a backing material in an arc shape in a long-axis direction thereof; an acoustic adjustment layer is provided on top of the piezoelectric element and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080089539 - Wireless headphones: The wireless headphone 10 that receives an audio signal P in the form of an optical signal including a right-channel sound signal and a left-channel sound signal and that outputs sound from an audio output portion 12 is provided with first and second light receiving portions 15 and 16 that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080089540 - Method for manufacturing a fitted hearing device: So as to exploit the experience widely spread for fitting hearing devices, workflows of fitting processes are stored (9, 9−1). A momentary or future fitting operation is performed in dependency from previously performed fitting processes. To do so the stored workflows of the fitting processes are evaluated (13) and the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080089541 - Hearing aid device including control switch: This application provides hearing aid devices including a housing, hearing aide electronics enclosed in the housing, and a capacitive switch coupled to the hearing aid electronics.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080089542 - Acoustic enhancement for behind the ear communication devices: A device and method for tailoring the audio frequency response of a hearing instrument, such as a hearing aid, by altering the physical characteristics of the device to more accurately compensate for a user's specific hearing loss attributes. The device has a bore formed within its housing which provides a... Agent: Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P.

20080089543 - Speaker box and speaker device: A speaker box and a speaker device that can be manufactured at low cost and that provide a sound-absorbing effect. A speaker box of a speaker device includes a baffle, four intermediate plates, and a rear plate. The baffle plate has a speaker mount hole at the center. Each intermediate... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080089544 - Headphone device: The present invention provides a more excellent headphone device that is provided with the portability and operability as compared with that in the past. The present invention provides a device that is connected to an electronic device through a connecting cord which includes a housing, a reeling section that reels... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080089545 - Wireless interactive headset: A wearable wireless audio device includes a support, an electronics circuit, and a speaker. The support includes a first ear stem and an orbital, and is configured to support at least one lens in a wearer's field of view. The electronics circuit is supported by the support and is configured... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080089546 - Microphone shield device: A microphone shield device includes a microphone shield plate, a shield plate arm connected at a first end thereof to the microphone shield plate, and means for attaching a second end of the shield plate arm to a microphone headset in a manner which at least partially obscures an ability... Agent: James M. Loeffler, Esq. PLLC

20080089547 - Digital audio speaker system for digital audio players with motorized drawer mechanism: A digital audio speaker system for a digital audio player that includes a housing and a control unit positioned in the housing. An amplifier is positioned in the housing and connected with the control unit and a speaker system. A frame assembly is positioned in the housing that includes a... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080089548 - All-in-one home theater system: An all-in-one home theater system is provided having an enclosure that houses a plurality of integrated speakers configured to provide a surround sound effect and an integrated docking station for receiving a mobile electronic device. A built-in processing circuit, also housed by the home theater device enclosure, may be configured... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20080089549 - Loudspeaker diaphragm and method for manufacturing a loudspeaker diaphragm: A loudspeaker diaphragm includes a tapering edge region. Thus, it is possible to prevent or considerably reduce wave reflection and uncontrolled wave propagation caused thereby in a cheap and effective manner.... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC