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公开(公告)号：US11523244B1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-06
申请号：US16897188
申请日：2020-06-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul Meade , Christopher T. Eubank , Neal D. Evans , Nikolas T. Vitt
Abstract: A system including an audio source device having a first microphone and a first speaker for directing sound into an environment in which the audio source device is located and a wireless audio receiver device having a second microphone and a second speaker for directing sound into a user's ear. The audio source device is configured to 1) capture, using the first microphone, speech of the user as a first audio signal, 2) reduce noise in the first audio signal to produce a speech signal, and 3) drive the first speaker with the speech signal. The wireless audio receiver device is configured to 1) capture, using the second microphone, a reproduction of the speech produced by the first speaker as a second audio signal and 2) drive the second speaker with the second audio signal to output the reproduction of the speech.
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公开(公告)号：US11190864B1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-30
申请号：US17174222
申请日：2021-02-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： James W. Vandyke , Darshan R. Kasar , Neal D. Evans
Abstract: A head-mountable device can include a speaker unit that provides structural support to its own components and electrical connections between other components. The arrangement of conductive strips within a back plate of a speaker unit can provide the structural support needed by the components of a speaker while allowing components on opposing sides of the speaker unit to be operably connected to each other. By providing both functions with the conductive strips of a back plate, the total space required is minimized so that the head-securement element (e.g., band) of the head-mountable device maintains a thin profile.
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公开(公告)号：US11092809B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-17
申请号：US16144297
申请日：2018-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Neal D. Evans , Anthony S. Montevirgen , James W. VanDyke , Christopher Wilk
Abstract: An optical module for a display system includes a lens, a display screen, a movement mechanism, and one or more pressure-relieving features. The display screen cooperatively defines a chamber with the lens. The lens and the display screen are moved relative to each other by the movement mechanism. The one or more pressure-relieving features are in fluid communication with the chamber to hinder pressure in the chamber as the lens and the display are moved relative to each other.
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公开(公告)号：US20190387299A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-19
申请号：US16144528
申请日：2018-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Neal D. Evans , James W. VanDyke , Andrew M. Hulva , Robert D. Silfvast , Christopher T. Eubank
Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
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公开(公告)号：US20180317022A1
公开(公告)日：2018-11-01
申请号：US15921588
申请日：2018-03-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Neal D. Evans , Janhavi S. Agashe , Gregory B. Arndt
Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) ambient pressure and acoustic sensor including an enclosure having an enclosure wall that defines an interior chamber and an acoustic input opening to the interior chamber, a moving structure positioned within the interior chamber and being acoustically coupled to the acoustic input opening. The moving structure having an acoustic sensing portion that is movable in response to an acoustic pressure input and an ambient pressure sensing portion that is movable in response to an ambient pressure input. The sensor further including a circuit electrically coupled to the moving structure and that is operable to determine an acoustic output and an ambient pressure output based on a movement of the moving structure.
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公开(公告)号：US20250037709A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-30
申请号：US18795015
申请日：2024-08-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Robert D. Silfvast , Neal D. Evans , Nikolas T. Vitt , Jonathan D. Sheaffer
Abstract: A method for routing audio content through an electronic device that is to be worn by a user. The method obtains a communication and determines whether the communication is private. In response to determining that the communication is private, the method drives a bone conduction transducer of the electronic device with an audio signal associated with the communication. In response to determining that the communication is not private, however, the method drives a speaker of the electronic device with the audio signal.
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公开(公告)号：US20240369847A1
公开(公告)日：2024-11-07
申请号：US18292851
申请日：2022-07-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Kendall L. Helbert , Heidi Williamson , James W. Vandyke , Neal D. Evans , Nikolas T. Vitt , Samuel G. Smith , Nicolas Lylyk , Richard P. Howarth , Trevor J. Ness , Darshan R. Kasar , Muhammad F. Hossain , Christopher S. Graham , Daniel C. Wagman
Abstract: A component for a wearable electronic device can include a housing defining an internal volume, a first connector that is removably attachable to a head-mounted display. the first connector configured to electrically connect to the head-mounted display. and a second connector that is removably attachable to a supplemental unit. the second connector configured to electrically connect to the supplemental unit. The component can include a stiffener disposed in the internal volume, and the stiffener can be flexible along a first axis and rigid along two axes that are perpendicular to the first axis and to each other. An operational component can be disposed in the internal volume, and the operational component can be electrically connected to at least one of the first connector or the second connector.
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公开(公告)号：US20240031716A1
公开(公告)日：2024-01-25
申请号：US18375574
申请日：2023-10-02
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Neal D. Evans , James W. VanDyke , Andrew M. Hulva , Robert D. Silfvast , Christopher T. Eubank
CPC classification number: H04R1/1008 , G02B27/017 , H03G5/025 , H04R5/02 , H04R5/0335
Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
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公开(公告)号：US11832082B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-28
申请号：US17514881
申请日：2021-10-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jonathan D. Sheaffer , Daniel K. Boothe , Martin E. Johnson , Neal D. Evans , Nikolas T. Vitt , Christopher T. Eubank , Peter V. Jupin , Symeon Delikaris Manias , Shai Messingher Lang
CPC classification number: H04S7/301 , H04R1/1008 , H04R1/403 , H04R1/406 , H04R29/005 , H04S2400/01 , H04S2420/01
Abstract: A method for self-calibrating a sound pickup process that uses a microphone array in a wearable device that also includes a loudspeaker, where the microphone array being in a physical arrangement with respect to the loudspeaker. The method obtains, for each of several microphones of the microphone array, one or more transfer functions that each represent a response of the microphone to sound from a position in an acoustic space. The method determines whether a physical arrangement of the microphone array with respect to the loudspeaker has changed and adjusts the transfer function, for at least one of the microphones of the several microphones, in response to determining that the current physical arrangement of the microphone array with respect to the loudspeaker has changed.
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公开(公告)号：US20210076120A1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-11
申请号：US16951103
申请日：2020-11-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Neal D. Evans , James W. VanDyke , Andrew M. Hulva , Robert D. Silfvast , Christopher T. Eubank
Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.
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