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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 02, 2018
Applicant:

Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh, Karlsbad, DE;

Inventor:

Genaro Woelfl, Salching, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); G10K 1/38 (2006.01); H04R 3/02 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/17815 (2018.01); G10K 1/38 (2013.01); G10K 11/17827 (2018.01); G10K 11/17881 (2018.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 3/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 5/02 (2013.01); H04S 7/304 (2013.01); H04S 7/306 (2013.01); G10K 11/178 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/128 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3026 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3044 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3046 (2013.01); H04R 2205/022 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A headphone arrangement is configured to induce natural directional pinna cues. The arrangement comprises an ear cup comprising a frame configured to at least partly encircle the ear of a user, wherein the frame is at least partially hollow. The arrangement further comprises a loudspeaker arranged within a wall of a frontal part, a rear part, an upper part, and/or a lower part of the frame, the loudspeaker comprising a membrane, a first side of the membrane facing a cavity inside the frame, and a second side of the membrane facing the outside. At least one loudspeaker is arranged at a first angle with respect to a median plane crossing a user's head midway between the user's ears such that a main direction of sound propagation is directed away from the median plane, and the second side of the membrane is directed away from the median plane.


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