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7627128 Methods of calibrating tone-based communications systems  
Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons...
7623669 Simplified amplifier providing sharing of music with enhanced spatial presence through multiple headphone jacks  
A personal listening device used in connection with the amplification of signals for enhancing the perceived quality and ambiance of sound heard by listener using stereo headphones or small speaker...
7623667 Electronic device accessory with ultrasonic tone generator  
Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons...
7616769 Variable and shiftable acoustic output signal limiter  
Systems and methods for variably and/or shiftably limiting signal output are disclosed. The system may include an attenuation circuit having an attenuation network activated by a source signal...
7616767 Method and device for determining acoustical transfer impedance  
The method comprises generating an acoustical volume velocity Q in the listening position, measuring a response quantity p, such as sound or vibration, at a suspected source position resulting from...
7564966 Recognition of audio device in portable terminal  
A portable terminal includes a jack interface for connecting an audio device thereto, a converter for converting an impedance of each of the poles, that correspond to a LEFT, RIGHT channel, and...
7519185 Earphone detection circuit  
An earphone detection circuit that comprises a transistor, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor and a detector. The transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal, a third...
7502478 Stereo audio headset interface and method that is compatible with mono headsets  
A stereo headset interface that is compatible with mono for an audio playback device. A load in series between an audio output from a stereo headset driver and a ground of a mono headset plug...
7496387 Wireless headset for use in speech recognition environment  
A headset for communication with a device is configured for processing audio signals captured by the headset to detect user speech and transmitting, to the device, sampled representations of the...
7493079 Mobile terminal, method for recording/reproducing broadcast in mobile terminal, and broadcast recording/reproduction program  
To provide a mobile terminal having a broadcast receiving function, wherein even when reception of an incoming call or start of a call interrupts playback of a broadcast being received, all...
7474754 Method for canceling unwanted loudspeaker signals  
In a method for canceling unwanted signals from at least one external sound source, such as a loudspeaker, by means of headphones provided with microphones, at least known sound signals from the at...
7466838 Electroacoustic devices with noise-reducing capability  
New and improved electroacoustic devices each including at least one transducer assembly having one or more microphones typically mounted on a baffle plate and disposed in substantially the same...
7460676 Headphone driving circuit  
This invention may provide a headphone driving circuit needless of coupling condenser even if the power supply supplies a single output voltage. The headphone driving circuit comprises (1) a first...
7450726 Headset detector in a device generating audio signals  
A detector circuit detects whether a headset is present (inserted) in a jack by measuring the impedance between the connection points of the jack. The detector circuit further determines the...
7430300 Sound production systems and methods for providing sound inside a headgear unit  
Methods for generating a directional sound environment include providing a headgear unit having a plurality of microphones thereon. A sound signal is detected from the plurality of microphones. A...
7418103 System and method for controlling states of a device  
A system and method for automatically changing a state of a device coupled to a headphone device is provided. The system comprises a means for detecting if at least one earpiece of the headphone...
7412070 Headphoning  
A noise reducing headset has one or more of the following features: (a) pair of earcups each seated in a yoke assembly mechanically coupled by a headband enclosing a flat spring formed with a slot...
7409064 Music reproduction apparatus, audio player, and headphone  
A music reproduction apparatus comprises an audio player and a headphone. The audio player comprises a circular main body, a display panel provided at a front face of the main body, an operating...
7388960 Multimedia speaker headphone  
A multimedia speaker headphone has a headband, two ear-covers and a control and transmission device. The ear-covers are mounted pivotally on the headband and each ear-cover has an earphone speaker...
7373182 Wireless mobile phone including a headset  
A wireless mobile phone is provided with an input-output interface and an output interface. The input-output interface may be employed singularly to facilitate removable attachment of a telephony...
7367422 System and method for providing passive noise reduction  
A passive noise reduction apparatus has a headset with at least one ear cup attached to the headset, the ear cup having an ear side and a shell side. An inner shell, having a cup side and an outer...
7356362 Headset structure with built-in audio source  
A headset having a built-in audio source and cable management mechanism is disclosed herein. The headset is composed of two loop-style earpieces and a cable connecting the two earpieces. One...
7352871 Apparatus for communication and reconnaissance coupled with protection of the auditory system  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for listening to ambient sounds, engage in face-to-face communication, listen to and transmit voice communications, while also protecting the auditory system...
7349546 System and method for identifying a headset type in an electrical device  
A system and method are presented for identifying, in an electrical device having an audio interface port, a headset type. The system includes a microcontroller logic unit with an output, connected...
7346175 System and apparatus for speech communication and speech recognition  
A headset system is proposed including a headset unit to be worn by a user and having two or more microphones, and a base unit in wireless communication with the headset. Signals received from the...
7337027 Audio signal reproducing apparatus  
A small-sized audio signal reproducing apparatus for hearing reproduced audio signals with the aid of a headphone is disclosed. Digitized and compression encoded audio signals, stored in a...
7333622 Dynamic binaural sound capture and reproduction  
A new approach to capturing and reproducing either live or recorded three-dimensional sound is described. Called MTB for “Motion-Tracked Binaural,” the method employs several microphones, a...
7327850 Supplying electrical power  
A power supply includes a battery source supplying power and a voltage converter circuit. The voltage converter circuit converts the power to the input voltage supplied to other circuitry. The...
7319762 Headset with flashing light emitting diodes  
A headphone system is provided with two earbud headphones and a control module, each fitted with a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs may be of many different colors and flash to...
7317802 Active-noise-reduction headsets with front-cavity venting  
Active-noise-reduction (ANR) headsets protect the hearing of their users from loud persistent noises, such as airplane engines and construction equipment. These headsets generally include ear...
7299142 System and method for prevention of accidental activation of portable audio device  
A system and method are provided for preventing battery rundown. The system includes an output device for presenting a media data stream, a communication port for linking to the output device, and...
7283635 Headset with memory  
A headset having a built-in memory to store parameter settings relating to headset performance characteristics such as headphone(s) and/or microphone performance characteristics. The performance...
7272073 Method and device for generating information relating to the relative position of a set of at least three acoustic transducers  
The invention relates to a method and device for generating data about the mutual position of at least three acoustic transducers. The aim of the invention is to make it possible to continuously...
7269446 Hands-free signal processing device in a mobile communication terminal  
Disclosed is a hands-free signal processing device in a mobile communication terminal. More particularly, disclosed is a hands-free signal processing device in a mobile communication terminal,...
7260231 Multi-channel audio panel  
A method and apparatus for providing improved intelligibility of contemporaneously perceived audio signals. Differentiation cues are added to monaural audio signals to allow a listener to more...
7254415 Portable wireless terminal, method of outputting sound, and method of picking up sound  
A portable wireless terminal provides a signal output circuit for outputting an audio signal to a speaker or to earphones from an earphone jack via a plug, and a controller for controlling the...
7251335 Self contained MP3 player and earphones  
A headset containing 2 earphones is described. The headset includes an anti-noise circuit, a radio system circuit, and a sound collection circuit for providing an anti-noise capability. One of the...
7248707 Detection circuit  
A plug detection circuit. The detected circuit is disposed in an electronics device with an earphone jack, accepting plugs with a plurality of conductive rings. The detection circuit has a...
7248705 Noise reducing headphones with sound conditioning  
A headphone set has a pair of headphone assemblies for engagement over the ears, each with a cushion and an active noise reduction circuit for reducing noise. A sound conditioning circuit stores...
7231037 Active audio compressing in telecommunication  
An output reducing system for a telephone system, e.g., implemented in a headset, includes an input line and an output line, wherein the input line transmits an incoming signal to an output...
7227958 Connector device for detecting insertion or removal of plug from common jack  
A connector device includes a common jack connected to a first information-handling apparatus and a plug connected to a second information-handling apparatus. The plug is adapted for insertion into...
7203327 Apparatus for and method of processing audio signal  
A number (M) of sound source signals T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 , each having at least one information element of position information, movement information and localization information, are synthesized...
7190797 Headset with foldable noise canceling and omnidirectional dual-mode boom  
A telephone headset utilizing a foldable microphone boom that is operable in both noise canceling and omnidirectional modes is disclosed. The headset generally comprises a main body, a boom...
7181024 Portable audio listening apparatus  
A portable audio listening apparatus includes, for example, a portable audio playback apparatus serving as a portable transmission apparatus and a headphone serving as a portable receiving...
7177433 Method of improving the audibility of sound from a loudspeaker located close to an ear  
A method and apparatus for improving the audibility of sound from a loudspeaker located close to an ear, comprises the steps of detecting ambient acoustic noise arriving from other sound sources...
7174196 Implement for mobile phone  
A mobile phone implement is capable of hearing a voice from the mobile phone or communicating with the ear and capable of easily loading and unloading the earphone and the cord. The mobile phone...
7162047 Audio reproducing apparatus  
In an audio reproducing apparatus, first and second filters convolute impulse responses corresponding to transfer functions from a position where a right-hand sound source is located to the right...
7151910 Wireless microphone information displaying apparatus and method thereof  
The wireless microphone information displaying apparatus comprise a plurality of wireless microphones having information respectively assigned thereto, a wireless microphone supporting device...
7149551 Wireless headset capable of automatic link connection and method for controlling the same  
A wireless headset includes a microphone supporting member having a microphone installed therein and being able to be folded to or unfolded from the main body of the wireless headset, and a sensing...
7120260 Jack circuit and portable type electronic apparatus and telephone set using the same  
In a jack circuit, in which either positive pole side terminals or negative pole side terminals of connection terminals for a microphone and of connection terminals of an output stage amplifier for...
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