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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel A. Podhajny, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Joshua A. Hoover, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Trincia, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yue Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Seul Bi Kim, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chad J. Miller, Oakland, CA (US);
Kristen L. Cretella, Mountain View, CA (US);
Yi Zou, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William Leith, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A wearable device can provide an audio module that is operable to provide audio output from a distance away from the ears of the user. For example, the wearable device can be worn on clothing of the user and direct audio waves to the ears of the user. Such audio waves can be focused by a parametric array of speakers that limit audibility by others. Thus, the privacy of the audio directed to the user can be maintained without requiring the user to wear audio headsets on, over, or in the ears of the user. The wearable device can further include microphones and/or connections to other devices that facilitate calibration of the audio module of the wearable device. The wearable device can further include user sensors that are configured to detect, measure, and/or track one or more properties of the user.