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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Hannes Gamper, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Richard Paul Thomas, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ivan Jelev Tashev, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Emerson Johnston, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/307 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/0335 (2013.01); H04R 29/00 (2013.01); H04S 1/00 (2013.01); H04S 7/304 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods of providing an audio signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of delivering an audio signal from a device toward a user's ear includes, for example, transmitting a filtered audio signal from a transducer positioned at a location on the device that is longitudinally spaced apart from an entrance of an auditory canal of the user's ear when the device is worn on the user's head.