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        <title>Free Patents Online: Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices</title>
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        <description>USPTO Class 381 Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices</description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Speaker and device using the same]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634102.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A loudspeaker includes a magnetic circuit having a magnetic gap, a frame coupled to the magnetic circuit, a voice coil having a first end positioned in the magnetic gap and a second end opposite to the first end, and a diaphragm coupled to the second end of the voice coil and the frame. The voice coil has a center axis provided through the first end and the second end. The diaphragm has a first portion in which the center axis of the voice coil is provided. The first portion of the diaphragm is provided inside the voice coil. The diaphragm further has a second portion outside the voice coil. One of the first portion and the second portion of the diaphragm has a cross section in a plane including the center axis, and the cross section of the one of the first portion and the second portion of the diaphragm has an elliptic-arc shape. This loudspeaker has a small thickness, has a high sound pressure level in a high frequency range, and secures a wide reproduction range in high frequencies.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thermal management system for loudspeaker having internal heat sink and vented top plate]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634101.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A thermal management system promotes cooling effects of a loudspeaker. The thermal management system includes an internal heat sink having a tubular shape and mounted between a pole piece and a magnet of the loudspeaker, the internal heat sink having pleat portions to form a plurality of air passages on an inner surface from top to bottom thereof; and a back plate connected to the pole piece and having ventilation holes that vertically penetrate through the back plate, the internal heat sink and the magnet being mounted on the back plate. A lower end of the air passage on the internal heat sink is positionally matched with an upper opening of the ventilation hole on the back plate, thereby allowing an air flow through the air passage and the ventilation hole.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rigging system for loudspeakers]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634100.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A side frame for a loudspeaker rigging system has a frame structure mountable to the side of a loudspeaker, and links associated with the frame structure for linking together the corners of the frame structures of vertically adjacent side frames. The links associated with each side frame structure include a pivot link and splay adjustment link, each of which has a top extended end and a base end with a seating edge. Guide channels, which are located in the top corner regions of the frame structure to receive the base ends of a pivot link and splay adjustment link associated with a vertically adjacent side frame, have seating surfaces that conform to the seating edges at the base ends of the pivot and splay adjustment link. When base ends of these links seat in the guide channels, pin holes in the base end of the links self-align with pin holes in the corners of the frame structure for easy insertion locking pins. The extended end of the splay adjustment link further includes at least two, and preferably an array of pin holes which can selectively be matched with one pin hole within a row of pin holes in a bottom corner region of the side frame to permit adjustments of the splay angle over a range of angles. Suitably, two rows of pin holes are provided in the top extended end of the splay adjustment link to permit multiple and incrementally small splay angle adjustments. In the preferred embodiment, the frame structure is comprised of an assembly of parts comprised of a center core structure sandwiched between two side plates.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[High-fidelity earpiece with adjustable frequency response]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634099.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An earpiece is provided that includes an earpiece enclosure, a sound delivery member that contains a sound delivery tube, and one or more drivers. The earpiece enclosure includes one or more enclosure ports that couple the internal enclosure volume to the volume outside of the earpiece. Corresponding to each enclosure port is a port cover that has at least a fully open port position and a fully closed port position. Preferably the port cover is capable of multiple positions between the fully open port position and the fully closed port position. The port cover can be a plug, a rotating earpiece collar, a sliding cover, etc. In at least one embodiment, separate drivers and/or separate volumes within the earpiece enclosure are coupled to separate enclosure ports.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Methods, devices, and computer program products for operating a mobile device in multiple signal processing modes for hearing aid compatibility]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634098.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An audio signal received at a mobile device is processed using a first set of equalization parameters in an acoustic coupling mode of operation, and is processed using a second set of equalization parameters in an inductive coupling mode of operation. The processed audio signal is transmitted to a speaker associated with the mobile device for acoustic coupling to a human ear and/or a hearing aid microphone, or for inductive coupling to a hearing aid telecoil.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hearing aid]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634097.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The manner of informing a user about the current setting of manually adjustable parameters in a hearing aid is to be improved. In addition it is proposed that an information signal be transmitted to the user, on the basis of which said user is informed that an upper or lower end of the value range for a parameter to be set has been reached, so that further activation of the relevant actuator remains ineffective in respect of parameter setting. The invention is used in particular in conjunction with actuators which do not have a mechanical end stop, whereby the user could identify that the upper or lower end of the value range of the parameter to be set has been reached.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amplifier circuit for capacitive transducers]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634096.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An amplifier circuit for capacitive transducers, such as miniature electret or condenser microphones, wherein the amplifier circuit comprises bias control means adapted to improve settling of the amplifier circuit. Another aspect of the invention relates to a miniature condenser microphone and a monolithic integrated circuit comprising an amplifier circuit according to the present invention. The present invention provides amplifier circuits of improved performance by resolving traditionally conflicting requirements of maintaining a large input resistance of the amplifier circuit to optimize its noise performance and provide fast settling of the amplifier circuit.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dynamic tuning of hands-free algorithm for noise and driving conditions]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634095.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A method of tuning a hands-free system in a mobile vehicle, the method including receiving a plurality of vehicle condition inputs, creating a noise parameter based on the vehicle condition inputs and adjusting a noise suppression algorithm of the hands-free system based on the created noise parameter.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Method for obtaining real ear measurements using a hearing aid]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634094.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The invention regards a method for measuring audio response of a real ear using the microphone of a hearing aid of an end user. The following sequence of steps is performed: provide a sound tight connection between the hearing aid microphone and a first end of a soundguiding flexible tube, disable any further microphones in the hearing aid, place a second end of the tube at the location wherefrom sound is to be captured, provide an audio sound signal at the area of the second end of the tube and record the sound guided through the tube to the microphone of the hearing aid, process the recorded sounds to retrieve sound level values. Hereby real ear measurements may be gained with a hearing aid with only one microphone without any additional measuring equipment.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Head related transfer functions for panned stereo audio content]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634093.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A method to process audio signals, an apparatus accepting audio signals, a carrier medium that carried instructions for a processor to implement the method to process audio signals, and a carrier medium carrying filter data to implement a filter of audio signals. The method includes filtering a pair of audio input signals by a process that produces a pair of output signals corresponding to the results of: filtering each of the input signals with a HRTF filter pair, and adding the HRTF filtered signals. The HRTF filter pair is such that a listener listening to the pair of output signals through headphones experiences sounds from a pair of desired virtual speaker locations. Furthermore, the filtering is such that, in the case that the pair of audio input signals includes a panned signal component, the listener listening to the pair of output signals through headphones is provided with the sensation that the panned signal component emanates from a virtual sound source at a center location between the virtual speaker locations.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Head related transfer functions for panned stereo audio content]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7634092.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A method to process audio signals, an apparatus accepting audio signals, a carrier medium that carried instructions for a processor to implement the method to process audio signals, and a carrier medium carrying filter data to implement a filter of audio signals. The method includes filtering a pair of audio input signals by a process that produces a pair of output signals corresponding to the results of: filtering each of the input signals with a HRTF filter pair, and adding the HRTF filtered signals. The HRTF filter pair is such that a listener listening to the pair of output signals through headphones experiences sounds from a pair of desired virtual speaker locations. Furthermore, the filtering is such that, in the case that the pair of audio input signals includes a panned signal component, the listener listening to the pair of output signals through headphones is provided with the sensation that the panned signal component emanates from a virtual sound source at a center location between the virtual speaker locations.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Automated response to and sensing of user activity in portable devices]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7633076.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The various methods and devices described herein relate to devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include one or more sensors for providing data relating to user activity and at least one processor for causing the device to respond based on the user activity which was determined, at least in part, through the sensors. The response by the device may include a change of state of the device, and the response may be automatically performed after the user activity is determined.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sound-wave path-length correcting structure for speaker system]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7631724.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A sound-wave path-length correcting structure for a speaker system includes a sound source and a horn. The horn has a sound-wave path-length correcting throat portion. The sound-wave path-length correcting throat portion corrects a sound-wave path-length of a sound wave input from an inlet opening thereof in the sound path, and emits the sound wave from an outlet opening thereof. The sound path is defined by a first side surface with a concave curved surface and a second side surface with a convex curved surface that face each other with a space, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface that face each other with a space. The third side surface and the fourth side surface are formed so that their surfaces gradually widen as the surfaces advance from the inlet opening to the outlet opening of the sound-wave path-length correcting throat portion.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Loudspeaker diaphragm and method for manufacturing the same]]></title>
            <link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com./7631723.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A loudspeaker diaphragm having light weight and an excellent balance between a rigidity and an internal loss, and a simple and inexpensive method for manufacturing such a diaphragm are provided. The loudspeaker diaphragm includes a base layer having a woven fabric of a polyethylene naphthalate fiber impregnated with a thermosetting resin, and optionally a thermoplastic resin layer and/or a thermoplastic elastomer layer. The polyethylene naphthalate fiber is preferably an untwisted fiber. A fiber/resin weight ratio in the base layer is preferably in the range of 60/40 to 80/20. Preferably, the thermoplastic resin layer has a finely foamed structure and an average diameter of a cell in the finely foamed structure is 10 to 60 μm.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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