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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:
Sep. 01, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Scott Phillips Porter, Redwood City, CA (US);

Jacob Ryan Donley, Kirkland, WA (US);

Ashley Saulsbury, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Antonio John Miller, Woodinville, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 7/304 (2013.01); H04R 5/02 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 3/008 (2013.01); H04S 2400/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system may include at least one audio transducer and a controller. The controller may generate at least one actuation signal. The at least one actuation signal may drive the at least one audio transducer such that the at least one audio transducer generates evanescent wave audio signals in proximity to a wearer's ear. The evanescent wave audio signals may decay in strength with distance from the at least one audio transducer. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.


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