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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Benjamin Douglass Burge, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Hal Greenberger, Natick, MA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Douglass Burge, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Hal Greenberger, Natick, MA (US);
Assignee:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H03K 17/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A apparatus and method for determining an operating state of an earpiece of a personal acoustic device and/or the entirety of the personal acoustic device by analyzing signals output by at least an inner microphone disposed within a cavity of a casing of the earpiece and an outer microphone disposed on the personal acoustic device in a manner acoustically coupling it to the environment outside the casing of the earpiece.