IP Library Granted Patent US 11,122,359
Granted Patent B2
US 11,122,359 · App. 17/170,920 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Acoustic output apparatus and method thereof

Inventors: Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Junjiang Fu (Shenzhen, CN); Bingyan Yan (Shenzhen, CN); Fengyun Liao (Shenzhen, CN); Xin Qi (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
H04R1/24G06F3/16H04R1/10H04R1/26H04R1/28H04R1/34H04R5/02
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Patent No.
US 11,122,359
App. No.
17/170,920
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an acoustic output apparatus. The acoustic output apparatus may include an earphone core including at least one acoustic driver for outputting sound though one or more sound guiding holes set on the acoustic output apparatus, a controller configured to cause the at least one acoustic driver to output sound, a power source assembly configured to provide electrical power to the earphone core, the one or more sensors, and the controller, and an interactive control component configured to allow an interaction between a user and the acoustic output apparatus.

Claims (43)

1. An acoustic output apparatus, comprising:

an earphone core including at least one acoustic driver for outputting sound through one or more sound guiding holes set on the acoustic output apparatus, the at least one acoustic driver comprising a low-frequency acoustic driver that outputs sound from at least two first sound guiding holes and a high-frequency acoustic driver that outputs sound from at least two second sound guiding holes;

one or more sensors configured to detect status information of a user;

a controller configured to cause the at least one acoustic driver to output sound based on the detected status information;

a power source assembly configured to provide electrical power to the earphone core, the one or more sensors, and the controller; and

an interactive control component configured to allow an interaction between the user and the acoustic output apparatus.

2. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the interactive control component comprises at least one of:

a button control module, configured to control the acoustic output apparatus based on an instruction input by a user through buttons;

a voice control module, configured to control the acoustic output apparatus based on a voice control instruction received from the user;

a posture control module, configured to control the acoustic output apparatus based on a posture of the user;

an auxiliary control module, configured to control the acoustic output apparatus based on a working state of the acoustic output apparatus; and

an indication control module, configured to indicate a working state of the acoustic output apparatus.

3. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the voice control module comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive the voice control instruction from the user;

a processing unit, configured to generate an instruction signal based on the voice control instruction;

a recognition unit, configured to identify whether the instruction signal matches a preset signal; and

a control unit, configured to control the acoustic output apparatus based on the instruction signal and a matching result.

4. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of a locating sensor, an orientation sensor, an inertial sensor, an audio sensor, and a wireless transceiver.

5. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the one or more sensors detect a point of interest (POI) that the user is proximate to or facing towards.

6. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the at least one acoustic driver to output sound based on the detected status information of the user.

7. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 6 , wherein to cause the at least one acoustic driver to output sound based on the detected status information of the user, the controller is further configured to

determine an audio message related to the POI; and

cause the earphone core to replay the audio message upon the detection of the POI by the one or more sensors.

8. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the POI is a virtual audio marker with which the audio message is associated.

9. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an active noise reduction module configured to generate, according to detected noise, an anti-noise acoustic signal to reduce the detected noise within the output sound.

10. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the low-frequency acoustic driver to output sound in a first frequency range and the high-frequency acoustic driver to output sound in a second frequency range, and the second frequency range including frequencies higher than the first frequency range.

11. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first frequency range and the second frequency range at least in part overlap.

12. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

an electronic frequency division module configured to decompose a source signal into a low-frequency signal corresponding to the first frequency range and a high-frequency signal corresponding to the second frequency range, wherein the low-frequency signal drives the low-frequency acoustic driver to generate sound, and the high-frequency signal drives the high-frequency acoustic driver to generate sound.

13. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the low-frequency acoustic driver and the at least two first sound guiding holes form a first acoustic route,

the high-frequency acoustic driver and the at least two second sound guiding holes form a second acoustic route, and

the first acoustic route and the second acoustic route have different frequency selection characteristics.

14. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein there is a first distance between the two first sound guiding holes and a second distance between the two second sound guiding holes, the first distance being larger than the second distance.

15. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a supporting structure configured to carry the low-frequency acoustic driver and the high-frequency acoustic driver and position the at least two first sound guiding holes and the at least two second sound guiding holes away from a position of the user's ears.

16. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least two first sound guiding holes and the at least two second sound guiding holes are disposed on the supporting structure.

17. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein sound output from the at least two first sound guiding holes has reversed phases.

18. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a flexible circuit board configured to connect at least the earphone core and the power source assembly, wherein the flexible circuit board comprises:

one or more bonding pads configured to connect one or more components of the acoustic output apparatus or other bonding pads; or

one or more leads configured to connect the one or more components of the acoustic output apparatus with at least one bonding pad.

19. The acoustic output apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the power source assembly includes a body region and a sealing region, a thickness of the body region being greater than a thickness of the sealing region, a side surface of the sealing region and a side surface of the body region having a shape of a stair.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 20, 2022
From: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058785/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: ZHANG, LEI; FU, JUNJIANG; YAN, BINGYAN; LIAO, FENGYUN; QI, XIN
To: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056090/0558 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 201910364346.2 · Apr 30, 2019 · national
CN 201910888067.6 · Sep 19, 2019 · national
CN 201910888762.2 · Sep 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020087002 · Apr 26, 2020
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