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公开(公告)号:US20190082253A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US16159338
申请日:2018-10-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Justin D. Crosby , Daniel K. Boothe , Houtan R. Farahani , Edward T. Sweet
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.
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公开(公告)号:US09787257B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-10
申请号:US14839782
申请日:2015-08-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Daniel K. Boothe , David C. Breece, III , Adrien N. Haage
CPC classification number: H03F3/183 , H03F3/2173 , H03F3/68 , H03F2200/03 , H04R5/04 , H04R2420/01 , H04R2499/11
Abstract: An audio amplifier circuit that is to receive three audio channel signals as inputs. A first amplifier has a first pair of outputs one of which produces a first combination sum of the three audio channel signals, and the other produces a second, different combination sum of the three audio channel signals. A second amplifier has a second pair of outputs one of which produces a third, different combination sum of the three audio channel signals and the other produces a fourth, different combination sum of the three audio channel signals. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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公开(公告)号:US09743189B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-22
申请号:US14988401
申请日:2016-01-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Alexander V. Salvatti , Daniel K. Boothe
CPC classification number: H04R7/122 , H04R7/06 , H04R7/10 , H04R7/125 , H04R7/127 , H04R9/06 , H04R9/18 , H04R2307/025 , H04R2307/027 , H04R2307/207 , H04R2499/11 , H04R2499/15
Abstract: A decoupled speaker membrane assembly for a microspeaker, the membrane including a first membrane portion, a compliant portion, a second membrane portion and a suspension member. The compliant portion is attached to, and extends radially outward from, an entire perimeter of the first membrane portion. The second membrane portion is attached to, and extends radially outward from the compliant portion such that the second membrane portion is decoupled from the first membrane portion by the compliant portion. The suspension member extends radially outward from the second membrane portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20170164084A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-08
申请号:US15151445
申请日:2016-05-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Nikolas T. Vitt , Neal D. Evans , Jesse A. Lippert , Ruchir M. Dave , Christopher Wilk , Brad G. Boozer , Dennis R. Pyper , Daniel K. Boothe
CPC classification number: H04R1/086 , H04R1/08 , H04R1/222 , H04R2499/11
Abstract: An electronic device having a microphone behind a water resistant, air-impermeable membrane is disclosed. Embodiments include a trapped volume of air between the membrane and the microphone. A barometric equalization element may define an acoustic leak path, e.g., a tortuous leak path, between the trapped volume of air and an encased space within a casing of the electronic device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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公开(公告)号:US09525943B2
公开(公告)日:2016-12-20
申请号:US14551631
申请日:2014-11-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Matthew A. Donarski , Daniel K. Boothe , Justin D. Crosby , Mitchell R. Lerner
CPC classification number: H04R7/045 , H04R1/24 , H04R1/2811 , H04R3/14 , H04R7/04 , H04R2430/03 , H04R2440/00 , H04R2440/05
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure or housing panel that is used as part of an acoustic system. The panel is divided into several sub-panels. For each sub-panel, the device includes one or more actuators attached to vibrate the sub-panel. The actuator and its attached sub-panel convert an audio signal to acoustic output. Each actuator and sub-panel combination may receive a separate audio signal. The device includes a digital signal processor for controlling each of the sub-panel driving audio signals. The device may further include one or more backing frames that are attached to the panel to provide boundary conditions to the sub-panels. The boundary conditions define a resonance frequency for each sub-panel.
Abstract translation: 电子设备包括用作声学系统的一部分的外壳或外壳面板。 面板分为几个子面板。 对于每个子面板,该装置包括一个或多个致动器,其连接以振动子面板。 致动器及其附接的子面板将音频信号转换为声输出。 每个执行器和子面板组合可以接收单独的音频信号。 该装置包括用于控制每个子面板驱动音频信号的数字信号处理器。 该装置还可以包括一个或多个背衬框架,其附接到面板以向子面板提供边界条件。 边界条件定义每个子面板的共振频率。
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公开(公告)号:US20240073638A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18497933
申请日:2023-10-30
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:US20230410458A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-21
申请号:US18211518
申请日:2023-06-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Brett D. Miller , Daniel K. Boothe , Martin E. Johnson
IPC: G06V10/26 , G06V10/764 , G06V10/82 , G06F3/16
CPC classification number: G06V10/26 , G06V10/764 , G06V10/82 , G06F3/167
Abstract: In one implementation, a method of detecting an occlusion of an image sensor is performed at a device including one or more image sensors, one or more speakers, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes receiving, from the one or more image sensors, an image of a physical environment. The method includes detecting, based on the image of the physical environment, an occlusion at least partially occluding the one or more image sensors. The method includes classifying the occlusion as one of a plurality of occlusion types. The method includes playing, via the one or more speakers, an occlusion notification based on the classification.
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公开(公告)号:US20230410348A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-21
申请号:US18211513
申请日:2023-06-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Brett D. Miller , Daniel K. Boothe , Martin E. Johnson
CPC classification number: G06T7/70 , G06T7/20 , G06F3/013 , G06F3/167 , H04S7/304 , H04R5/033 , H04S2400/11
Abstract: In one implementation, a method of playing an audio notification is performed at a device including one or more image sensors, one or more speakers, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes receiving, from the one or more image sensors, an image of a physical environment having a device field-of-view different than a user field-of-view. The method includes detecting, in the image of the physical environment, an object at a location in the physical environment. The method includes determining that the location in the physical environment is outside an area of the user field-of-view. The method includes, in response to determining that the location in the physical environment is outside the area of the user field-of-view, playing, via the speaker, an audio notification of the detection.
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公开(公告)号:US20230020542A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-19
申请号:US17947042
申请日:2022-09-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Darius A. Satongar , Per Håkan Linus Persson , Sean B. Kelly , Martin E. Johnson , Tony S. Verma , Peter D. Callaway , Jae Woo Chang , Daniel K. Boothe , Sean A. Ramprashad , Patrick Miauton , Christopher M. Garrido , Mitchell R. Lerner , Charles C. Hoyt
IPC: H04S7/00 , G06F3/0486 , G06F3/16 , H04N7/15
Abstract: A computer system outputs audio content via one or more audio output devices. If the audio content includes information that enables spatialization of the audio content, the system outputs the audio content in a simulated three-dimensional environment, including, if the audio content corresponds to a first category of content, causing the one or more audio output devices to simulate production of the audio content in a first virtual space, and if the audio content corresponds to a second category of content, causing the one or more audio output devices to simulate production of the audio content in a second virtual space that has different simulated acoustic properties than simulated acoustic properties of the first virtual space.
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公开(公告)号:US10942548B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-09
申请号:US16275755
申请日:2019-02-14
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Nicholas A. Renda , David M. Rockford , Jonathan L. Berk , Chanjuan Feng , Daniel K. Boothe , Daniel D. Hershey
Abstract: A computing device includes one or more microphones that function seamlessly with other components within the computing device. In one embodiment, a microphone opening is disposed underneath a keyboard with a channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard. In another embodiment, two microphones can be spaced apart from a keyboard region of the device and a third microphone can be disposed underneath the keyboard region with an channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard.
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