APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20220391170A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17741928

    申请日:2022-05-11

    Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes a frequency detector configured to receive a user input including at least one of a vibration input and a user voice, vibrate in response to the received user input, and detect a frequency of the received user input, based on the vibration, and a processor configured to determine a type of the user input received by the frequency detector, based on the frequency detected by the frequency detector, and perform a function corresponding to the user input of the determined type.

    ACOUSTIC SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF SENSING SOUND USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220214211A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17348184

    申请日:2021-06-15

    Abstract: An acoustic sensor assembly includes a non-directional acoustic sensor having a first directional pattern, a plurality of directional acoustic sensors surrounding the non-directional acoustic sensor and including a plurality of resonators having different resonance frequencies from each other, each of the plurality of directional acoustic sensors having a second directional pattern, and a processor configured to obtain output signals from the non-directional acoustic sensor and the plurality of directional acoustic sensors. The processor is further configured to calculate an acoustic signal having directivity by selecting any one or any combination of the obtained output signals or selectively combining the obtained output signals, and obtain sound around the acoustic sensor assembly, using the calculated acoustic signal.

    Multi-function acoustic sensor
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12250504B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-11

    申请号:US18303228

    申请日:2023-04-19

    Abstract: A multi-function acoustic sensor may include a plate structure having a plurality of open spaces that are spaced apart from each other; a plurality of sensors provided on the plate structure, the plurality of sensors including a plurality of sensor elements respectively provided to overlap the plurality of open spaces; and a case having an inner space in which the plurality of sensors are provided, the case including: a first case surface on which the plurality of sensors are provided, the first case surface having at least one first hole, and a second case surface opposite to the first case surface, the second case surface having at least one second hole, wherein the at least one first hole and the at least one second hole form at least one path along which sound is transmitted and sensed through at least one of the plurality of open spaces of the plate structure.

    Directional acoustic sensor
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11317197B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US17003357

    申请日:2020-08-26

    Abstract: A compact directional acoustic sensor having an improved signal-to-noise ratio is disclosed. The disclosed directional acoustic sensor includes a first sensing device configured to generate different output gains based on different input directions of external energy, and configured to generate at least one first output signal having a first polarity based on external energy received from an input direction; a second sensing device configured to generate different output gains based on different input directions of external energy, and configured to generate at least one second output signal having a second polarity, that is different than the first polarity, based on the external energy received from the input direction; and at least one signal processor configured to generate at least one final output signal based on the at least one first output signal and the at least one second output signal.

    Directional acoustic sensor
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11632623B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17717968

    申请日:2022-04-11

    Abstract: A compact directional acoustic sensor having an improved signal-to-noise ratio is disclosed. The disclosed directional acoustic sensor includes a first sensing device configured to generate different output gains based on different input directions of external energy, and configured to generate at least one first output signal having a first polarity based on external energy received from an input direction; a second sensing device configured to generate different output gains based on different input directions of external energy, and configured to generate at least one second output signal having a second polarity, that is different than the first polarity, based on the external energy received from the input direction; and at least one signal processor configured to generate at least one final output signal based on the at least one first output signal and the at least one second output signal.

    MULTI-FUNCTION ACOUSTIC SENSOR
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220103917A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17193720

    申请日:2021-03-05

    Abstract: A multi-function acoustic sensor may include a plate structure having a plurality of open spaces that are spaced apart from each other; a plurality of sensors provided on the plate structure, the plurality of sensors including a plurality of sensor elements respectively provided to overlap the plurality of open spaces; and a case having an inner space in which the plurality of sensors are provided, the case including: a first case surface on which the plurality of sensors are provided, the first case surface having at least one first hole, and a second case surface opposite to the first case surface, the second case surface having at least one second hole, wherein the at least one first hole and the at least one second hole form at least one path along which sound is transmitted and sensed through at least one of the plurality of open spaces of the plate structure.

    Bandgap reference voltage generating circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11199865B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-14

    申请号:US16887002

    申请日:2020-05-29

    Abstract: A bandgap reference voltage generating circuit includes a first current generator generating a first complementary-to-absolute temperature (CTAT) current and a first proportional-to-absolute temperature (PTAT) current, a second current generator generating a second CTAT current and a second PTAT current, and an output circuit outputting a reference voltage based on a difference between a first voltage based on the first CTAT current and the first PTAT current and a second voltage based on the second CTAT current and the second PTAT current, wherein the first CTAT current is cancelled by the second CTAT current.

    Amplifier
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11038480B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16791728

    申请日:2020-02-14

    Abstract: An amplifier includes: a first input transistor connected to a first input, a first output, and a power source or a ground, a second input transistor connected to a second input, a second output, and the power source or the ground; a first replica transistor connected to the first input, a detection node, and the power source or the ground; a second replica transistor connected to the second input, the detection node, and the power source or the ground; and a bias transistor connected to a bias voltage, the detection node, and the power source or the ground.

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