IP Library Granted Patent US 11,880,041
Granted Patent B2
US 11,880,041 · App. 17/896,673 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Speaker assembly for headworn computer

Inventors: John D. Haddick (Corte Madera, CA); Robert Michael Lohse (Palo Alto, CA); Nima L. Shams (San Jose, CA); Ralph F. Osterhout (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
G02B27/0176H04R1/1016G02B2027/0169G02B2027/0178G06F3/016H04R2460/13H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 11,880,041
App. No.
17/896,673
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to speaker assemblies for head worn computers, including speaker assemblies in a temple portion of a head-worn computer.

Claims (42)

1. A wearable head device comprising:

a display;

a speaker assembly;

a side arm; and

a microphone,

wherein:

the display is in communication with one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to provide visual content for presentation via the display,

the speaker assembly is positioned on a top portion or a side portion of the side arm and further positioned to rest separated from a user's ear by a gap,

the speaker assembly is in communication with the one or more processors, the one or more processors further configured to provide audio content for presentation via the speaker assembly, and

the one or more processors are further configured to, in response to receiving a speech signal via the microphone, cause the speaker assembly to present an audio signal that comprises a language translation of the speech signal,

wherein presenting the audio signal comprises presenting the audio signal concurrently with a presentation to the user of environmental audio via the gap.

2. The wearable head device of claim 1 , wherein providing visual content for presentation via the display comprises providing the visual content for presentation to the user via the display when the wearable head device is worn by the user.

3. The wearable head device of claim 1 , wherein providing audio content for presentation via the speaker assembly comprises providing the audio content for presentation to the user via the speaker assembly when the wearable head device is worn by the user.

4. The wearable head device of claim 1 , wherein the side arm comprises a temple portion, and wherein the speaker assembly is coupled to the temple portion.

5. The wearable head device of claim 1 , wherein the wearable head device comprises glasses.

6. The wearable head device of claim 1 , wherein the wearable head device comprises sunglasses.

7. The wearable head device of claim 1 , wherein the side arm comprises the one or more processors.

8. A method comprising:

presenting, by a display of a wearable head device, visual content, wherein the display is in communication with one or more processors;

presenting, by a speaker assembly of the wearable head device, audio content, wherein the speaker assembly is in communication with the one or more processors, and wherein the speaker assembly is positioned on a top portion or a side portion of a side arm of the wearable head device and separated from a user's ear by a gap;

receiving, by a microphone of the wearable head device, a speech signal; and

in response to receiving the speech signal via the microphone, causing, by the one or more processors, the speaker assembly to present an audio signal comprising a language translation of the speech signal,

wherein presenting the audio signal comprises presenting the audio signal concurrently with a presentation to the user of environmental audio via the gap.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein presenting visual content by the display comprises presenting the visual content to the user by the display when the wearable head device is worn by the user.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein presenting audio content by the speaker assembly comprises presenting the audio content to the user by the speaker assembly when the wearable head device is worn by the user.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the side arm comprises a temple portion, and wherein the speaker assembly is coupled to the temple portion.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wearable head device comprises glasses.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the wearable head device comprises sunglasses.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the side arm comprises the one or more processors.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

presenting, via a display of a wearable head device, visual content, wherein the display is in communication with the one or more processors;

presenting, via a speaker assembly of the wearable head device, audio content, wherein the speaker assembly is in communication with the one or more processors, and wherein the speaker assembly is positioned on a top portion or a side portion of a side arm of the wearable head device and separated from a user's ear by a gap;

receiving, via a microphone of the wearable head device, a speech signal; and

in response to receiving the speech signal via the microphone, causing, by the one or more processors, the speaker assembly to present an audio signal comprising a language translation of the speech signal,

wherein presenting the audio signal comprises presenting the audio signal concurrently with a presentation to the user of environmental audio via the gap.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein presenting visual content via the display comprises presenting the visual content to the user via the display when the wearable head device is worn by the user.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein presenting audio content via the speaker assembly comprises presenting the audio content to the user via the speaker assembly when the wearable head device is worn by the user.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the wearable head device comprises glasses.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the wearable head device comprises sunglasses.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the side arm comprises the one or more processors.

21. The wearable head device of claim 1 , wherein the speaker assembly is configured to be positioned on the top portion and further positioned above the user's ear.

22. The wearable head device of claim 1 , wherein the speaker assembly is configured to be positioned on the side portion of the side arm and further positioned on an outer surface opposite the user's ear.

Assignments (4)
SECURED PARTY BILL OF SALE Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
To: JGB COLLATERAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 073641/0930 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2025
From: MAGIC LEAP, INC.; MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC; MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073388/0027 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2025
From: HADDICK, JOHN D.; LOHSE, ROBERT MICHAEL; SHAMS, NIMA L.; OSTERHOUT, RALPH F.
To: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 072395/0692 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: MAGIC LEAP, INC.; MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC; MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062681/0065 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 16842614 · Apr 7, 2020
Continuation 16130268 · Sep 13, 2018
Continuation 15488210 · Apr 14, 2017
Continuation 14307465 · Jun 17, 2014
Continuation In Part 14262615 · Apr 25, 2014
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