Vibration speaker for audio headsets

1. An audio headset comprising:

at least one vibration speaker including a haptic driver and a haptic actuator for generating physical vibrations based on an audio input to the at least one vibration speaker;

a rigid output surface of the at least one vibration speaker configured for physical contact with a user of the audio headset;

wherein the haptic actuator is further configured to transfer the physical vibrations generated by the at least one vibration speaker to the rigid output surface;

wherein the at least one vibration speaker is configured as a bone conduction speaker designed to transmit the audio input to an inner ear of a user of the audio headset in the foil of physical vibrations via a cheek or a jaw of the user, and wherein the haptic actuator comprises a spring for transferring the physical vibrations generated by the at least one vibration speaker to the rigid output surface.

2. The audio headset of claim 1 , wherein the haptic actuator comprises a motor.

3. The audio headset of claim 1 , wherein the haptic actuator comprises an eccentric rotating mass (ERM).

4. The audio headset of claim 1 , wherein the haptic actuator comprises a linear resonant actuator (LRA) for transferring the physical vibrations generated by the at least one vibration speaker to the rigid output surface.

5. The audio headset of claim 1 , wherein the haptic actuator comprises a piezoelectric element for transferring the physical vibrations generated by the at least one vibration speaker to the rigid output surface.

6. The audio headset of claim 1 , wherein the audio headset includes two vibration speakers.

7. The audio headset of claim 1 , wherein the audio headset is a wired audio headset.

8. The audio headset of claim 1 , wherein the audio headset is a wireless audio headset.

9. The audio headset of claim 1 , wherein the haptic driver is configured to transform the audio input into drive signals for producing the physical vibrations at the rigid output surface.

10. A vibration speaker for use in an audio headset, the vibration speaker comprising:

a haptic driver and a haptic actuator for generating physical vibrations based on an audio input to the vibration speaker;

a rigid output surface configured for physical contact with a user of the vibration speaker;

wherein the haptic actuator is further configured to transfer the physical vibrations generated by the vibration speaker to the rigid output surface;

wherein the at least one vibration speaker is configured as a bone conduction speaker designed to transmit the audio input to an inner ear of a user of the audio headset in the form of physical vibrations via a cheek or a jaw of the user, and wherein the haptic actuator comprises a spring for transferring the physical vibrations generated by the at least one vibration speaker to the rigid output surface.

11. The vibration speaker of claim 10 , wherein the haptic actuator comprises a motor.

12. The vibration speaker of claim 10 , wherein the haptic actuator comprises an eccentric rotating mass (ERM).

13. The vibration speaker of claim 10 , wherein the haptic actuator comprises a linear resonant actuator (LRA) for transferring the physical vibrations generated by the vibration speaker to the rigid output surface.

14. The vibration speaker of claim 10 , wherein the haptic actuator comprises a piezoelectric element for transferring the physical vibrations generated by the vibration speaker to the rigid output surface.

15. The vibration speaker of claim 10 , wherein the vibration speaker is one of two vibration speakers included as components of the audio headset.

16. The vibration speaker of claim 10 , wherein the haptic driver is configured to transform the audio input into drive signals for producing the physical vibrations at the rigid output surface.