Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wearable device with directional audio
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Application No.: US17383260Application Date: 2021-07-22
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Publication No.: US11716567B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Daniel A. Podhajny , Joshua A. Hoover , Nicholas R. Trincia , Yue Chen , Seul Bi Kim , Chad J. Miller , Kristen L. Cretella , Yi Zou , William Leith
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Main IPC: H04R3/12
- IPC: H04R3/12 ; H04R1/40 ; G10L25/78 ; H04R3/00 ; H04R1/02

Abstract:
A wearable device can provide an audio module that is operable to provide audio output from a distance away from the ears of the user. For example, the wearable device can be worn on clothing of the user and direct audio waves to the ears of the user. Such audio waves can be focused by a parametric array of speakers that limit audibility by others. Thus, the privacy of the audio directed to the user can be maintained without requiring the user to wear audio headsets on, over, or in the ears of the user. The wearable device can further include microphones and/or connections to other devices that facilitate calibration of the audio module of the wearable device. The wearable device can further include user sensors that are configured to detect, measure, and/or track one or more properties of the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220095049A1 WEARABLE DEVICE WITH DIRECTIONAL AUDIO Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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