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Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2017
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Tao, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Clare Regimbal Long, Edmonds, WA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); H04R 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/345 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A head-mounted display (HMD) includes a housing defining an enclosure having an aperture. A is speaker positioned within the enclosure, the speaker having a back side facing an interior surface of the housing and a front side facing away from the interior surface of the housing, a back volume defined between at least a portion of the housing and the back side of the speaker for enhancing sound generated by the speaker. A sound conduit having an end open to the enclosure and extends outside the housing through the aperture. The sound conduit has another end open toward a rear direction to transmit the sound generated by the speaker.


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