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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Andrew Todd Sabin, Chicago, IL (US);
Ryan C. Struzik, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Aric J. Wax, Watertown, MA (US);
Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Berlin, MA (US);
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
A head-worn acoustic device includes at least one acoustic transducer disposed such that, in a head-worn state, the transducer is in an open-ear configuration in which an ear canal of a user of the head-worn acoustic device is unobstructed. The acoustic device also includes at least one microphone configured to capture audio that is processed and played back through the transducer, and an amplifier circuit configured to process signals representing the audio captured using the microphone and generate driver signals for the transducer. The transducer and the microphone are disposed on the head-worn acoustic device such that, in the head-worn state, a lobe of a radiation pattern of the at least one acoustic transducer is directed towards the ear canal of the user, and the at least one microphone is positioned in an acoustic null in a radiation pattern of the at least one acoustic transducer.