公开(公告)号：US09900676B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US15066253

申请日：2016-03-10

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Jianchun Dong ,  Liang-Yu Tom Chi ,  Mitchell Heinrich ,  Leng Ooi

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H04R5/02 ,  G02B27/01 ,  H04R1/10

CPC classification number: H04R1/028 ,  G02B27/0176 ,  H04R1/1066 ,  H04R5/023 ,  H04R2460/13

Abstract: Exemplary wearable computing systems may include a head-mounted display that is configured to provide indirect bone-conduction audio. For example, an exemplary head-mounted display may include at least one vibration transducer that is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the head-mounted display based on the audio signal. The vibration transducer is configured such that when the head-mounted display is worn, the vibration transducer vibrates the head-mounted display without directly vibrating a wearer. However, the head-mounted display structure vibrationally couples to a bone structure of the wearer, such that vibrations from the vibration transducer may be indirectly transferred to the wearer's bone structure.