Harman International Industries, Inc.

Jason Walker

Effrosini A Karayiannis

Ulrich Horbach

Eric Sia

Emil Badal

Charles Hill

Alexander Demin

Ondrej Vaclavik

Ryan Ott

James M Kirsch

Branden Sheffield

Anna Grace Meyer

Michael Bolster

Ely LaBerge

Jason Emde

A speaker assembly is provided having a plurality of transducers disposed on a speaker body and configured to produce an audio beam being steerable based on at least one audio beam parameter. A light assembly is arranged on the speaker body and configured to produce a light output that varies based at least one audio beam parameter. The light output varies to provide a visual reference as the audio beam is steered.

Loudspeaker assembly and control

Loudspeaker light assembly and control

Loudspeaker

One or more embodiments set forth include a personal aural device that includes an expandable eartip. The expandable eartip has a contracted state and an expanded state. The expandable eartip includes an insertion sensor configured to receive an indication that the eartip has been placed in an ear of a user. The expandable eartip further includes a controller configured to, in response, actuate a first device to inflate a first chamber to conform to a first portion of the ear. At least one advantage of the described techniques is that eartips in a set of earphones automatically inflate to provide an optimal fit for any listener's ears.

Eartip that conforms to a user's ear canal

Ear bud adapter

Headphone

Headphones

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Jason Walker