IP Library Granted Patent US 8,331,604
Granted Patent B2
US 8,331,604 · App. 12/693,804 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Electro-acoustic conversion apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,331,604
App. No.
12/693,804
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, A microphone-earphone includes a speaker connected to an acoustic device configured to measure acoustic characteristics of a listener's external auditory canal, and configured to output an acoustic signal toward the listener's external auditory canal, a microphone device disposed outside the listener's external auditory canal, an acoustic tube including one end connected to the microphone device and the other end opening to the listener's external auditory canal, and a housing including an opening portion which accommodates the speaker and is so disposed as to guide sound, which is output from the speaker, to the listener's external auditory canal. An inside diameter of the acoustic tube is less than a diameter of the opening portion.

Claims (15)

1. A microphone-earphone comprising:

a housing including an opening portion;

a speaker configured to be accommodated in the housing, and to produce an output toward the opening portion;

an ear chip configured to be attached to a vicinity of the opening portion, and to cover a part of an outside of the housing;

a microphone device attached to an outer surface of the housing without being covered by the ear chip; and

an acoustic tube including one end connected to the microphone device and the other end which projects through the opening portion and reaches an end face of the ear chip.

2. The microphone-earphone of claim 1 , wherein the ear chip comprises an opening which communicates with the opening portion and the end face corresponds to an opening plane of the opening.

3. The microphone-earphone of claim 1 , further comprising:

a switch module configured to switch an acoustic signal input to the microphone device, between an external auditory sound and an outside sound.

4. The microphone-earphone of claim 2 , further comprising:

a switch module configured to switch an acoustic signal input to the microphone device, between an external auditory sound and an outside sound.

5. The microphone-earphone of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic tube is integral with the housing.

6. The microphone-earphone of claim 2 , wherein the acoustic tube is integral with the housing.

7. The microphone-earphone of claim 3 , wherein the acoustic tube is integral with the housing.

8. The microphone-earphone of claim 4 , wherein the acoustic tube is integral with the housing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048991/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2010
From: SAITO, KAZUYUKI; YAMAMOTO, TOSHIFUMI; CHIBA, NORIKATSU; KANISHIMA, YASUHIRO; FUKUDA, TAKASHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 023849/0351 →