IP Library Granted Patent US 8,971,562
Granted Patent B2
US 8,971,562 · App. 13/782,943 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Wireless headphone with parietal feature

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Patent No.
US 8,971,562
App. No.
13/782,943
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A headphone can have at least one wireless audio reproducing element attached to a headband. The headband may have parietal and temporal features with the temporal feature contacting a user's temporal bone and the parietal feature having a curvilinear extension from the temporal feature that contacts a predetermined portion of a user's parietal bone.

Claims (22)

1. An apparatus comprising at least one wireless audio reproducing element housed in an ear cup shaped to surround a user's ear and have a longitudinal axis, the ear cup attached to a headband having parietal and temporal features extending from a position on the ear cup offset from the longitudinal axis, the temporal feature contacting the user's temporal bone and the parietal feature comprising a curvilinear extension from the temporal feature that contacts a predetermined portion of the user's parietal bone aligned with the longitudinal axis of the ear cup, the temporal feature positioned a smaller distance from the user's eye socket than the parietal feature.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the headband is constructed of a continuous metal wire.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parietal and temporal features respectively contact the temporal and parietal bones via a plurality of separated cushions.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the temporal feature has a single cushion and the parietal feature has two cushions.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parietal feature is disposed between first and second temporal features positioned on opposite sides of the user's head.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless audio reproducing element is connected to control circuitry comprising a cellular transmitter and receiver.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the wireless audio reproducing element is connected to control circuitry comprising local non-volatile memory.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parietal feature forms an obtuse angle with the temporal feature.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parietal feature forms a right angle with the temporal feature.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parietal and temporal features are each continuously curvilinear, respectively.

11. A mobile device comprising first and second wireless audio reproducing elements each housed in an ear cup shaped as an ellipse to surround a user's ear and have a first longitudinal axis, the respective ear cups attached to opposite ends of a headband, the headband having parietal and temporal features extending from a position on the ear cup offset from the first longitudinal axis, the temporal feature contacting the user's temporal bone and the parietal feature comprising a curvilinear extension from the temporal feature that contacts a predetermined portion of the user's parietal bone aligned with the first longitudinal axis, the temporal feature positioned a smaller distance from the user's eye socket than the parietal feature.

12. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein each wireless audio reproducing element is separated from the user's ear by an ear cushion.

13. The mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the headband has first and second coupling features selectively engaging a mount in the respective ear cups.

14. The mobile device of claim 13 , wherein coupling features each form a right angle to the temporal feature.

15. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the headband extends from each ear cup with a curvilinear shape towards the first longitudinal axis.

16. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the first longitudinal axis of each ear cup is aligned with a second longitudinal axis of the user's ear.

17. A method comprising:

providing at least one wireless audio reproducing element housed in an ear cup shaped to surround a user's ear and have a longitudinal axis, the ear cup attached to a headband having parietal and temporal features extending from a position on the ear cup offset from the longitudinal axis; and

contacting the user's temporal bone with the temporal feature and the user's parietal bone with the parietal feature, the parietal feature comprising a curvilinear extension from the temporal feature that maintains a position on a predetermined portion of the user's parietal bone during movement, the predetermined portion aligned with the longitudinal axis of the ear cup, the temporal feature positioned a smaller distance from the user's eye socket than the parietal feature.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the parietal feature is maintained in the predetermined portion of the user's parietal bone during user inversion.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein contact of the parietal feature with the predetermined portion of the user's parietal bone remains constant during the movement.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising monitoring a first user condition with a first sensor and monitoring a geo-positional location with a second sensor.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2023
From: WR NINE VENTURES LLC
To: LIVV AUDIO INC.
Reel/Frame 065616/0495 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 036326 FRAME: 0569. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 1, 2015
From: WR NINE VENTURES LLC
To: LIVV AURISONICS LLC
Reel/Frame 036515/0548 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2015
From: WR NINE VENTURES LLC
To: LLIVV AURISONICS LLC
Reel/Frame 036326/0569 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2013
From: CLAYTON, MARK; ESTES, JOHN GRAYSON; LOTT, PHILLIP DALE
To: WR NINE VENTURES LLC
Reel/Frame 030521/0308 →