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7599506 Apparatus and method for boosting sound in a denta-mandibular sound-transmitting entertainment toothbrush  
A device and method for transmitting sound waves between a signal source and a user's ears, wherein the sound waves bypass the air. The sound waves are conducted by the user's teeth and bones to...
7580540 Apparatus and method for receiving inputs from a user  
An apparatus ( 300 ) and method ( 500 ) for receiving inputs from a user ( 102 ) is provided. The inputs from the user may be head gestures and/or speech of the user. The head gestures refer to...
7555136 Nasal bone conduction wireless communication transmitting device  
The nasal bone conduction wireless communication transmitting device of the present invention comprises a bone conduction inputting device; a wireless communication transmitting device electrically...
7536020 Wearable communication device  
A wearable communication device includes a bone conduction actuator which is applicable for being in contact with a user's wrist, hand, back of the hand, finger or nail in order to transmit voice...
7466833 Bone vibrating speaker using the diaphragm and mobile phone thereby  
In a bone conduction speaker, a body has a shape of a cylinder, and a vibrating plate is inserted to a mastoid to close an upper opening portion of the body. An auxiliary vibrating plate is...
7376237 Vibrator for bone-conduction hearing  
The vibrator system is for generating bone conduction vibrations. A magnet ( 8 a ) provides a static magnetic flux (Φ 1 ) that follows a first path. A bobbin ( 4 a ) is disposed at a center a...
7336795 Card sound device and electronic apparatus having same  
A card-type sound apparatus has, on a card-shaped substrate, a combination of a sound signal input portion to which a sound signal is input from outside and a sound generation portion that...
7324655 Electroacoustic transducer  
A small earphone or headphone which can produce a wide band acoustic output from a low-pitched tone to a high-pitched tone and can generate a body-sensitive vibration independent output or a...
7310427 Recreational bone conduction audio device, system  
A waterproof recreational audio device and method that transmits sound via transcutaneous bone conduction provides high fidelity musical signals to a user. The device can be worn on the head of a...
7302071 Bone conduction hearing assistance device  
A bone conduction hearing aid includes an in-the-ear (ITE) component and a behind-the-ear (BTE) component. A bone vibrator is carried by the ITE component and positioned in the concha of the ear...
7292695 Bone conductive speaker  
A bone conductive speaker is downsized without causing any loss in efficiency, simple in construction low in cost, and comprises yoke ( 2 ), magnet ( 3 ) disposed in a central area of the yoke, and...
7269266 Method and apparatus for tooth bone conduction microphone  
A tooth microphone apparatus worn in a human mouth that includes a sound transducer element in contact with at least one tooth in mouth, the transducer producing an electrical signal in response to...
7242786 Vibrator damping  
A variable-reluctance type vibrator for generating vibrations in a bone anchored hearing aid. The vibrator includes a vibrator plate and a bobbin base with a vibrator gap therebetween. The vibrator...
7177435 Living organism conductive actuator  
The invention provides an optimal structure able to reduce sound leakage and improve transmission characteristics and control a vibration transmitting path of internal and external portions in a...
7127075 Acoustic vibration system with speaker for air mattresses  
The object of the present invention is to provide an acoustic vibration system with a speaker for air mattresses. This vibration system includes an air mattress ( 20 ) consisting of a sealed body...
7120509 Sound and image producing system  
An invented sound and image producing system is disclosed. The system may include a cartridge that stores, processes and controls data representative of sound and/or images, and a player that...
7116794 Hearing-aid anchoring element  
A hearing aid anchoring fixture ( 104 ) for anchoring a direct bone conduction hearing aid ( 108 ) to the skull bone ( 106 ), comprising a threaded portion ( 110 ) that has at least one cutting...
7110564 Multi-function actuator  
Disclosed is a multi-function actuator comprising: a case having an internal space; a vibrating coil installed in the case for generating vibration; a diaphragm for generating sound with an outer...
7076077 Bone conduction headset  
An object of the invention resides in the provision of a bone conduction headset, which is inconspicuous in appearance during wearing thereof, adapted for use in avoiding absorbing nearby people's...
7065223 Hearing-aid interconnection system  
The hearing-aid interconnection system has a skin-penetrating hearing-aid abutment ( 2 ) and a fixture ( 4 ) anchored in a skull bone ( 6 ). A first press fit is formed between a first contact...
7043279 Handsfree structure with antibackground noise function  
A handsfree structure with antibackground noise function, comprising: a male plug, coupled to an output of a mobilephone; a voice receiving device, coupled to said male plug by a wire for picking...
6999732 Transceiver adapted for mounting upon a strap of facepiece or headgear  
A transceiver adapted for mounting upon straps of a gas mask or a helmet is smaller in size and weight, and therefore excellent in fittingness, which makes handling of the transceiver less...
6968066 Wireless hands-free apparatus with sound-absorbing function  
The present invention provides a wireless hands-free apparatus with a sound-absorbing function. The hands-free apparatus has improved talking quality when used with a bluetooth earphone. The...
6964642 Apparatus for bone conduction threshold hearing test  
An apparatus for bone conduction hearing testing is provided. The apparatus comprises a planar spring having opposed first and second elements to which are coupled, respectively, a bone conduction...
6950682 Transceiver  
A low-cost transceiver capable of being connected with a telephone or a radio set is thin and small in size, excellent in easiness in use, stable in mounting condition, and is therefore suited for...
6949074 Method and apparatus for fetal audio stimulation  
The present invention is a method and apparatus for applying a focused, directed audio beam at a fetus to stimulate the fetus in utero. An ultrasound signal is amplitude modulated with an audio...
6907130 Speech processing system and method using pseudospontaneous stimulation  
A apparatus and method for inner ear implants is provided that generates signal processing stochastic independence activity across the excited neural population. A high rate pulse train can produce...
6898448 Miniature vocal transmitter device  
A vocal transmitter device includes a cable-receiving structure, an earphone, a fastener and a microphone. The cable-receiving structure has a case, a cable-winding plate, a connection cable, and a...
6895099 Compact speaker for portable phone  
A speaker for a portable phone capable of being assembled without bonding by adhesives is disclosed. The speaker has a protector having a plurality of sound holes, and having an annular tension...
6885753 Communication device using bone conduction  
A communication device comprising a microphone, a conduction interface and an electromechanical force transducer mounted to the conduction interface to drive the interface to conduct sound to a...
6839443 Bone conduction speaker  
A bone conduction speaker, in which a sound is sufficiently improved in tone quality by suppressing an unnecessary vibration of a vibration system and preventing generation of an abnormal sound due...
6792324 Device for determining and characterizing noises generated by mastication of food  
A device for determining and characterizing noises generated by masticating food has an enclosure and a mastication device arranged in the enclosure. One or more first reception microphones for...
6792122 Acoustic device  
An audio device has an electroacoustic transducer mounted on a clamp for converting an electric signal into an acoustic signal, an electromechanical vibration transducer for converting the electric...
6754358 Method and apparatus for bone sensing  
The invention discloses an improved bone conduction sensor capable of use within a voice sound transmitting apparatus. The bone conduction sensor is adapted for placement in the external auditory...
6694035 System for conveying musical beat information to the hearing impaired  
A beat detection system provides tactile stimulation in response to musical characteristics and in particular to repetitive musical beat information. The device processes multiple acoustic bands...
6668065 Bone-conduction transducer and bone-conduction speaker headset therewith  
Disclosed is a bone-conduction transducer comprising a plate-shaped yoke bent to form a pair of cut portions at both ends thereof; voice coils fitted to a center extension of the cut portions; a...
6587729 Apparatus for audibly communicating speech using the radio frequency hearing effect  
A modulation process with a fully suppressed carrier and input preprocessor filtering to produce an encoded output; for amplitude modulation (AM) and audio speech preprocessor filtering,...
6574345 Structure of a wearable and hands free earphone  
A wearable and hands free earphone includes a hollow sleeve of the size able to be fitted into an ear of a user and having a driver element and a microphone element inside. When the user makes a...
6549631 Pressure transducing assembly  
A pressure tranducing assembly for converting received pressure into a digital pressure signal. A pressure transmitter adapted to receive a first mechanical pressure from an environment and to...
6519345 Double-functioned hand-free device for cellular telephone  
A double-functioned hand-free device for cellular telephone comprises a microphone casing having one end connected with a neck hanger, wherein a direct sound-receiver circuit and a circuit for...
6463157 Bone conduction speaker and microphone  
A bone conduction microphone and speaker mountable in contact with a user's head or head area, each utilize a strategically mounted audio transducer that is preferably a piezoelectric ceramic...
6456721 Headset with bone conduction speaker and microphone  
A headset with both a bone conduction speaker ( 1 ) and a microphone ( 2 ) is: excellent in fittingness to a wearer's head; free from any feeling of physical disorder; comfortable in use for a long...
6415034 Earphone unit and a terminal device  
The scope of the present invention is an earphone unit ( 11 ) to be mounted either on external ear ( 18 ) or in auditory tube ( 10 ), in which unit both a speech registering microphone ( 13 ) and a...
6389140 Ceramic piezoelectric type microphone  
A ceramic piezoelectric type microphone includes a lower cover and an upper cover, and a receiving space confined by the lower and upper covers when they are connected. A signal wire is led in the...
6369312 Method for expressing vibratory music and apparatus therefor  
A method for expressing a vibratory music that may be felt as a piece of music for a human being in according with an acoustic vibration in an auditory region and/or a body sensible vibration or a...
6208237 Electro-mechanical and acoustic transducer for portable terminal unit  
The present invention purposes to realize an electro-mechanical and acoustic transducer capable of generating both strong vibration and sound. In an electro-mechanical and acoustic transducer of...
6173058 Sound processing unit  
A sound processing unit contains a speaker disposed at a position on a body of the sound processing unit, which outputs an input sound signal; a microphone disposed at another position on the body...
6118882 Communication method  
Audio apparatus comprises a base unit including circuitry for generating electrical signals representing sounds and at least one earphone adapted to receive the electrical signals and to reproduce...
6115477 Denta-mandibular sound-transmitting system  
A device for transmitting sound waves between a signal source and a user's ears, wherein the sound waves bypass the air. The invention generally comprises a signal source configured to produce...
6104820 Musical massager  
A massaging musical device is provided including a music source adapted to generate a musical electric signal corresponding to music at an output thereof. A listening mechanism is adapted to be...
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