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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2009
Sunil Puria, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Fay, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lee Felsenstein, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Stone, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mead C. Killion, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Vincent Pluvinage, Atherton, CA (US);
Sunil Puria, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Fay, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lee Felsenstein, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Stone, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mead C. Killion, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Vincent Pluvinage, Atherton, CA (US);
EarLens Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A device to transmit an audio signal comprises at least one light source configured to transmit the audio signal with at least one wavelength of light. At least one detector is configured to detect the audio signal and generate at least one electrical signal in response to the at least one wavelength of light. A transducer is supported with and configured to vibrate at least one of an eardrum, an ossicle or a cochlea. Active circuitry is coupled to the transducer to drive the transducer in response to the at least one electrical signal, so as to provide the user with high quality sound.