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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Roman N. Litovsky, Newton, MA (US);
Chester S. Williams, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01); H04R 1/32 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/026 (2013.01); G06F 17/289 (2013.01); H04R 1/323 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio device with a structure such as an acoustic waveguide, and first and second spaced acoustic transducers that are carried by the structure. A controller is adapted to change the location of the dominant sound source produced by the transducers together in the far field. The device can also be used in a method of facilitating speech communication between two people who speak different languages.