Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bone conduction transducers for privacy
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Application No.: US17525801Application Date: 2021-11-12
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Publication No.: US11501760B2Publication Date: 2022-11-15
- Inventor: Robert D. Silfvast , Neal D. Evans , Nikolas T. Vitt , Jonathan D. Sheaffer
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: G10L15/08
- IPC: G10L15/08 ; H04L9/40 ; H04R1/10

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220076662A1 BONE CONDUCTION TRANSDUCERS FOR PRIVACY Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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