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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhangli Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Brandon J. Rice, Pacifica, CA (US);
Jarrett B. Lagler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jakub Mazur, Daly City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method performed by an audio system that includes a headset for playing back audio, the method includes receiving an audio signal having audio content, determining a characteristic of the audio content, determining a parameter of the headset, producing a filtered audio signal by applying an equalization (EQ) filter to the audio signal based on the characteristic of the audio content and the parameter of the headset, and driving one or more speakers of the headset with the filtered audio signal.