公开(公告)号：US20240314484A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18184460

申请日：2023-03-15

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Melissa Mira Zucker ,  Yi Zhang ,  Yao Xue ,  Mi Zhou

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G01V8/12 ,  G10K11/178

CPC classification number: H04R1/1041 ,  G01V8/12 ,  G10K11/17825 ,  G10K11/17875 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R1/1075 ,  H04R1/1083 ,  G10K2210/1081 ,  G10K2210/3011 ,  G10K2210/3026 ,  H04R2420/07 ,  H04R2460/01

Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a hearable with on-head detection using a single optical sensor. The hearable determines on-head detection based on a distance measured by the single optical sensor being less than a distance limit associated with on-head detection. A shape of the hearable's housing causes the hearable to have at least one orientation while at static equilibrium on a flat surface. This orientation causes the flat surface to be within the field-of-view of the optical sensor and causes a distance between the flat surface and the optical sensor to be greater than the distance limit associated with on-head detection. In this way, false positives associated with on-head detection can be mitigated without adding additional sensors (e.g., another infrared sensor, another proximity sensor, or a motion sensor) and without utilizing more complex optical sensors that determine additional information about the object, such as material composition.

公开(公告)号：US20230319452A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18041263

申请日：2020-08-10

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Yao Xue ,  David J. Drennan

IPC: H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R1/1016 ,  H04R1/1058 ,  H04R2201/105

Abstract: An acoustically-sealed electronic device assembly comprising a first housing component, a second component, and a sealing element. The first housing component may have a locking element. The second component may have a threaded channel extending at least partially along a perimeter of the second component. The threaded channel may be sized to receive the locking element. The sealing element may be positioned at an interface between the first housing component and the second component. The locking element of the first housing component may be moved from a first non-engaged position to a second engaged position within the threaded channel of the second component. The sealing element may be compressed by the first housing component and the second component to form an acoustic seal at the interface.

公开(公告)号：US20240319829A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18733145

申请日：2024-06-04

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Merrick Kam McCracken ,  Tauseef Muzaffar ,  Yao Xue ,  Max Koopman ,  Chun Yat Frank Li

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  H04R1/10

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R1/1041

Abstract: An electronic device that includes a touch-sensing device having a plurality of touch sensors arranged in a pattern configured to detect user input at a plurality of angular orientations is disclosed. The user input may be a horizontal swipe across the touch-sensing device or a vertical swipe down a vertical centerline of the touch-sensing device. The plurality of touch sensors includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor, a fourth sensor, and a fifth sensor. The touch sensors are configured to detect, via at least three sensors, the user input for one or more angular orientations of a wireless earbud between 85 degrees Forward of an initial vertical position of the vertical centerline and 85 degrees rearward of the initial vertical position of the vertical centerline.