公开(公告)号：US11510013B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US17203589

申请日：2021-03-16

Applicant: Iyo Inc.

Inventor： Malcolm Slaney ,  Ricardo Garcia ,  William Woods ,  Jason Rugolo

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R25/02 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: In some embodiments, an ear-mounted sound reproduction system is provided. The system includes an ear-mountable housing that sits within the pinna of the ear and occludes the ear canal. In some embodiments, the ear-mountable housing includes a plurality of external-facing microphones. Because the external-facing microphones may be situated within the pinna of the ear but outside of the ear canal, the microphones will experience some, but not all, of the three-dimensional acoustic effects of the pinna. In some embodiments, sound is reproduced by an internal-facing driver element of the housing using a plurality of filters applied to the signals received by the plurality of external-facing microphones to preserve three-dimensional localization cues that would be present at the eardrum in the absence of the housing, such that the housing is essentially transparent to the user. In some embodiments, techniques are provided for deriving the plurality of filters.

公开(公告)号：US20220240046A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17669244

申请日：2022-02-10

Applicant: Iyo Inc.

Inventor： Simon Carlile ,  Jason Rugolo ,  William Woods ,  Takahiro Unno

IPC: H04S7/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: An ear-mountable listening device includes an adaptive phased array of microphones, a speaker, and electronics. The microphones are physically arranged into a ring pattern to capture sounds emanating from an environment. Each of the microphones is configured to output one of a plurality of first audio signals that is representative of the sounds captured by a respective one of the microphones. The speaker is arranged to emit audio into an ear. The electronics are coupled to the adaptive phased array and the speaker and include logic that when executed causes the ear-mountable listening device receive a user input identifying a first sound for cancelling or amplifying, steer a null or a lobe of the adaptive phased array based upon the user input, and generate a second audio signal that drives the speaker based upon a combination of one or more of the first audio signals.

公开(公告)号：US11632648B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US17669244

申请日：2022-02-10

Applicant: Iyo Inc.

Inventor： Simon Carlile ,  Jason Rugolo ,  William Woods ,  Takahiro Unno

IPC: H04R5/02 ,  H04S7/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: An ear-mountable listening device includes an adaptive phased array of microphones, a speaker, and electronics. The microphones are physically arranged into a ring pattern to capture sounds emanating from an environment. Each of the microphones is configured to output one of a plurality of first audio signals that is representative of the sounds captured by a respective one of the microphones. The speaker is arranged to emit audio into an ear. The electronics are coupled to the adaptive phased array and the speaker and include logic that when executed causes the ear-mountable listening device receive a user input identifying a first sound for cancelling or amplifying, steer a null or a lobe of the adaptive phased array based upon the user input, and generate a second audio signal that drives the speaker based upon a combination of one or more of the first audio signals.

公开(公告)号：US11259139B1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US17157434

申请日：2021-01-25

Applicant: Iyo Inc.

Inventor： Simon Carlile ,  Jason Rugolo ,  William Woods ,  Takahiro Unno

IPC: H04R5/02 ,  H04S7/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: An ear-mountable listening device includes an adaptive phased array of microphones, a speaker, and electronics. The microphones are physically arranged into a ring pattern to capture sounds emanating from an environment. Each of the microphones is configured to output one of a plurality of first audio signals that is representative of the sounds captured by a respective one of the microphones. The speaker is arranged to emit audio into an ear. The electronics are coupled to the adaptive phased array and the speaker and include logic that when executed causes the ear-mountable listening device receive a user input identifying a first sound for cancelling or amplifying, steer a null or a lobe of the adaptive phased array based upon the user input, and generate a second audio signal that drives the speaker based upon a combination of one or more of the first audio signals.