IP Library Granted Patent US 11,716,575
Granted Patent B2
US 11,716,575 · App. 17/218,599 · Granted Aug 1, 2023

Bone conduction speaker and compound vibration device thereof

Inventors: Xin Qi (Shenzhen, CN); Fengyun Liao (Shenzhen, CN); Jinbo Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Qian Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Hao Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Junjiang Fu (Shenzhen, CN); Bingyan Yan (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
H04R9/063H04R1/00H04R1/10H04R9/02H04R9/025H04R9/066H04R31/00H04R25/606H04R2460/13
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Patent No.
US 11,716,575
App. No.
17/218,599
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present disclosure and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.

Claims (37)

1. A bone conduction speaker, comprising:

a vibration device comprising a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, wherein

the vibration conductive plate is physically connected with the vibration board, vibrations generated by the vibration conductive plate and the vibration board have at least two resonance peaks, frequencies of the at least two resonance peaks being catchable with human ears, and sounds are generated by the vibrations transferred through a human bone; and

a voice control device configured to control the bone conduction speaker based on a voice control instruction received from a user.

2. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the voice control device 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 bone conduction speaker based on the instruction signal and a matching result.

3. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein the receiving unit includes one or more microphones or a microphone array.

4. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more microphones or the microphone array are disposed in the bone conduction speaker or in a device connected to the bone conduction speaker.

5. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

receive the voice control instruction from the receiving unit;

generate the instruction signal based on the voice control instruction; and

send the instruction signal to the recognition unit.

6. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to perform a denoise process on the voice control instruction before generating the instruction signal based on the voice control instruction.

7. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein to identify whether the instruction signal matches a preset signal, the recognition unit is further configured to:

perform a speech recognition process or a semantic recognition process on the instruction signal.

8. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein the preset signal is previously input by the user and saved in the bone conduction speaker.

9. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein the preset signal is generated according to a preset voice instruction.

10. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein in response to identifying that the instruction signal matches the preset signal, the recognition unit is further configured to send the matching result to the control unit.

11. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein in response to identifying that the instruction signal matches the preset signal, the control unit is configured to execute the voice control instruction automatically.

12. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 2 , wherein the voice control device further includes a storage module configured to store the preset signal.

13. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the user is a first person wearing the bone conduction speaker or a second person proximate to or interacting with the first person.

14. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration conductive plate includes a first torus and at least two first rods, the at least two first rods converging to a center of the first torus.

15. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 14 , wherein the vibration board includes a second torus and at least two second rods, the at least two second rods converging to a center of the second torus.

16. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 15 , wherein the first torus is fixed on a magnetic component.

17. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 16 , further comprising a voice coil, wherein the voice coil is driven by the magnetic component and fixed on the second torus.

18. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 17 , wherein the magnetic component comprises:

a bottom plate;

an annular magnet attaching to the bottom plate;

an inner magnet concentrically disposed inside the annular magnet;

an inner magnetic conductive plate attaching to the inner magnet;

an annular magnetic conductive plate attaching to the annular magnet; and

a grommet attaching to the annular magnetic conductive plate.

19. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 1 , wherein a lower resonance peak of the at least two resonance peaks is equal to or lower than 900 Hz.

20. The bone conduction speaker according to claim 19 , wherein a higher resonance peak of the at least two resonance peaks is equal to or lower than 9500 Hz.

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 May 18, 2021
From: QI, XIN; LIAO, FENGYUN; ZHENG, JINBO; CHEN, QIAN; CHEN, HAO; ZHANG, LEI; FU, JUNJIANG; YAN, BINGYAN
To: SHENZHEN VOXTECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056266/0214 →
Priority Claims (4)
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CN 201910364346.2 · Apr 30, 2019 · national
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Continuity (11)
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Continuation In Part 17170817 · Feb 8, 2021
Continuation 17161717 · Jan 29, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2020087002 · Apr 26, 2020
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Continuation In Part 16159070 · Oct 12, 2018
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