Spatial audio controller
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12177643B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US18503816

    申请日:2023-11-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A method performed a local device that is communicatively coupled with several remote devices, the method includes: receiving, from each remote device with which the local device is engaged in a communication session, an input audio stream; receiving, for each remote device, a set parameters; determining, for each input audio stream, whether the input audio stream is to be 1) rendered individually or 2) rendered as a mix of input audio streams based on the set of parameters; for each input audio stream that is determined to be rendered individually, spatially rendering the input audio stream as an individual virtual sound source that contains only that input audio stream; and for input audio streams that are determined to be rendered as the mix of input audio streams, spatially rendering the mix of input audio streams as a single virtual sound source that contains the mix of input audio streams.

    Acoustic identification of audio products

    公开(公告)号:US12061278B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US18346162

    申请日:2023-06-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G01S3/8083 G06F16/686 H04R3/005 H04S7/301

    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for a multimedia device with audio and video capturing capability to identify an audio device based on acoustic playback signal if the audio device cannot be identified from captured video. The multimedia device may assemble a list of candidate audio devices that are a possible match for the observed audio device from a database of previously recognized audio devices and may transmit commands to the candidate audio devices to play acoustic identification signals. The acoustic identification signals may be audible sound or ultrasonic tone sequences with embedded identification information unique to each audio device. The multimedia device may record and analyze the acoustic identification signals received from any of the candidate audio devices to construct metrics to select the most likely candidate for the observed audio device. The metrics may include time of flight, direction of arrival, received amplitude, direct-to-reverberant ratio (DRR) of the acoustic identification signals.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING MECHANICALLY OUT-OF-PHASE SPEAKERS

    公开(公告)号:US20180014115A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-11

    申请号:US15203756

    申请日:2016-07-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04R1/2896 H04R1/2819 H04R1/323 H04R1/403

    Abstract: An electronic device having several speaker modules that are acoustically in-phase and mechanically out-of-phase is disclosed. Embodiments include a pair of speaker modules mounted at respective ends of a lateral link, and the lateral link may be supported relative to a housing of the electronic device. The speaker modules may receive a same audio signal, and the audio signal may drive a first voicecoil in a first direction and a second voicecoil in a second direction. Accordingly, the speaker modules may be driven in mechanically different directions by the same audio signal, such that reactive forces cancel and/or mechanical energy is dissipate in the lateral link between the speaker modules. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

    HIGH ASPECT RATIO MICROSPEAKER HAVING A TWO-PLANE SUSPENSION
    6.
    发明申请
    HIGH ASPECT RATIO MICROSPEAKER HAVING A TWO-PLANE SUSPENSION 有权
    具有两面平板悬挂的高倍率微型扬声器

    公开(公告)号:US20160057543A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-25

    申请号:US14468178

    申请日:2014-08-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A microspeaker includes a frame and a diaphragm having length sides that are longer than its width sides. A magnet is positioned below the diaphragm. A yoke includes a base portion positioned below the magnet and sidewalls which extend from the base portion, the yoke sidewalls positioned only along a length dimension of the magnet. A voice coil includes an upper end attached to a bottom face of the diaphragm and a lower end positioned within a gap formed between the length dimension of the magnet and the yoke sidewalls. A first suspension member is attached to the length sides and the width sides of the diaphragm and the frame. The first suspension member is within a first plane. A second suspension member is attached to the lower end of the voice coil and the frame. The second suspension member is in a second plane different from the first plane.

    Abstract translation: 微型扬声器包括具有比其宽度侧长的长边的框架和隔膜。 磁铁位于隔膜下方。 磁轭包括位于磁体下面的基部和从基部延伸的侧壁,轭侧壁仅沿着磁体的长度尺寸定位。 音圈包括附接到隔膜的底面的上端和位于形成在磁体的长度尺寸与磁轭侧壁之间的间隙内的下端。 第一悬挂构件附接到隔膜和框架的长度侧和宽度侧。 第一悬挂构件在第一平面内。 第二悬挂构件附接到音圈和框架的下端。 第二悬挂构件处于与第一平面不同的第二平面中。

    Electronic device with isolated cavity antennas
    7.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with isolated cavity antennas 有权
    带隔离腔天线的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09203137B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-01

    申请号:US14733855

    申请日:2015-06-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a metal housing. The metal housing may have an upper housing in which a component such as a display is mounted and a lower housing in which a component such as a keyboard is mounted. Hinges may be used to mount the upper housing to the lower housing for rotation about a rotational axis. A slot-shaped opening may separate the upper and lower housing. A flexible printed circuit with ground traces may bisect the slot-shaped opening to form first and second slots. Cavity antennas may be aligned with the slots. Each cavity antenna may include a hollow carrier with a pair of speakers. The speakers may have ports that emit sound through aligned openings in the lower housing. Conductive gaskets surrounding the ports may acoustically seal the speaker ports while shorting the cavity antenna to the lower housing.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有金属外壳。 金属壳体可以具有其上安装有诸如显示器的部件的上壳体和安装诸如键盘的部件的下壳体。 可以使用铰链将上壳体安装到下壳体以围绕旋转轴线旋转。 槽形开口可以分离上壳体和下壳体。 具有接地迹线的柔性印刷电路可将槽形开口平分成第一和第二槽。 空腔天线可以与槽对齐。 每个空腔天线可以包括具有一对扬声器的空心载体。 扬声器可以具有通过下壳体中对齐的开口发出声音的端口。 围绕端口的导电衬垫可以声音地密封扬声器端口,同时将空腔天线短路到下壳体。

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