公开(公告)号：US10959026B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16522394

申请日：2019-07-25

Applicant: X Development LLC

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

IPC: H04R25/02 ,  H04R25/00 ,  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：US10805705B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US16235417

申请日：2018-12-28

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Jason Rugolo ,  Carsten Schwesig

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H03K19/173 ,  G10L15/26

Abstract: An in-ear device includes a housing shaped to be held in an ear of a user, and be positioned around a canal of the ear so the canal is unobstructed by the in-ear device, and an audio package positioned within the housing to project sound into the canal when the in-ear device is disposed in the ear. A controller is disposed in the housing and coupled to the audio package, and the controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the in-ear device to perform operations, including emitting the sound from the audio package towards the canal of the ear.

公开(公告)号：US20190379318A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-12

申请号：US16006553

申请日：2018-06-12

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： William Regan ,  Jason Rugolo

IPC: H02S10/20 ,  H02S10/10 ,  H02S40/32 ,  H02S40/38 ,  B60L8/00

Abstract: A photovoltaic power source includes a receptacle to receive a photofuel including a liquid, and one or more photovoltaic cells positioned within the receptacle to receive light emitted from the photofuel when the photofuel is in the receptacle. The photovoltaic power source also includes power circuitry coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells to receive a photocurrent generated by the one or more photovoltaic cells when the one or more photovoltaic cells receive the light emitted from the photofuel. In response to the photocurrent, the power circuitry is coupled to output electricity.

公开(公告)号：US10944019B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16042226

申请日：2018-07-23

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： William Regan ,  Jason Rugolo

IPC: H01L31/042 ,  H01L31/053 ,  H01L31/054 ,  H01L31/12 ,  C25B3/00 ,  H02S10/40 ,  H02J7/35 ,  H02S40/32

Abstract: A photovoltaic power system includes a photofuel having a molecular structure to emit light, and a receptacle including the photofuel disposed within. One or more photovoltaic cells are positioned within the receptacle to receive light emitted from the photofuel, and a negative electrode is coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells. A positive electrode is coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells to produce an electrical potential between the negative electrode and the positive electrode when a photocurrent is generated by the one or more photovoltaic cells in response to the one or more photovoltaic cells receiving the light emitted from the photofuel.

公开(公告)号：US20210029472A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16522394

申请日：2019-07-25

Applicant: X Development LLC

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

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

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：US10861228B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US16235092

申请日：2018-12-28

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Jason Rugolo ,  Bin Ni ,  Daniel George

IPC: G06T15/00 ,  G06T17/05 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: A system to optically measure an ear includes a controller with logic that when executed by the controller causes the system to perform operations. Operations may include capturing the one or more images of the ear using the one or more image sensors, and generating image data from the one or more images. 3D keypoints of the ear are calculated from the image data, and a 3D model of the ear is generated using the 3D keypoints.

公开(公告)号：US20200213711A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16235360

申请日：2018-12-28

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Jason Rugolo ,  Bin Ni ,  Cyrus Behroozi

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G10K11/178

Abstract: An in-ear device includes a housing shaped to hold the in-ear device in an ear of a user, and an audio package, disposed in the housing, to emit augmented sound. A first set of one or more microphones is positioned to receive external sound, and a controller is coupled to the audio package and the first set of one or more microphones. The controller includes a low-latency audio processing path, digital control parameters, and logic that when executed by the controller causes the in-ear device to perform operations. The operations may include receiving the external sound with the first set of one or more microphones to generate a low-latency sound signal; augmenting the low-latency sound signal by passing the low-latency sound signal through the low-latency audio processing path to produce an augmented sound signal; and outputting, with the audio package, the augmented sound based on the augmented sound signal.

公开(公告)号：US10659862B1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-19

申请号：US16176660

申请日：2018-10-31

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Jason Rugolo

IPC: H04R1/10

Abstract: An in-ear device includes a molding shaped to hold the in-ear device in an ear, and an audio package configured to emit sound. The audio package is structured to removably attach to the molding. An electronics package is structured to removably couple to the audio package and removably attach to the molding. The electronics package includes a controller to control the sound output from the audio package.

公开(公告)号：US20200028012A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16042226

申请日：2018-07-23

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： William Regan ,  Jason Rugolo

IPC: H01L31/053 ,  H01L31/054 ,  H01L31/12 ,  H02S40/32 ,  H02S10/40 ,  H02J7/35 ,  C25B3/00

Abstract: A photovoltaic power system includes a photofuel having a molecular structure to emit light, and a receptacle including the photofuel disposed within. One or more photovoltaic cells are positioned within the receptacle to receive light emitted from the photofuel, and a negative electrode is coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells. A positive electrode is coupled to the one or more photovoltaic cells to produce an electrical potential between the negative electrode and the positive electrode when a photocurrent is generated by the one or more photovoltaic cells in response to the one or more photovoltaic cells receiving the light emitted from the photofuel.

公开(公告)号：US20210211810A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17203589

申请日：2021-03-16

Applicant: X Development LLC

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

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

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.