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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Jianchun Dong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mitchell Heinrich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Leng Ooi, San Jose, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses that provide a bone-conduction speaker arranged to be located behind the ear are described herein. An exemplary apparatus may include: (a) a glasses-style support structure comprising a front section and at least one side section; (b) at least one bone-conduction speaker; and (c) a member having a proximate end and a distal end, wherein the proximate end is attached to the at least one side section, and wherein the at least one bone-conduction speaker is attached to the member at or near the distal end; wherein the member is arranged on the at least one side section such that when the glasses-style support structure is worn the member: (a) extends to the anterior of the at least one side section and (b) locates the bone-conduction speaker posterior to an ear.