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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2012
Applicants:

Robert C. Proebstel, Beaverton, OR (US);

Patrick A. Quinn, Aloha, OR (US);

Manpreet S. Kharia, Portland, OR (US);

Thomas Irrgang, Portland, OR (US);

Nigel D. Waites, Lakeville, MN (US);

Ian J. Myles, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert C. Proebstel, Beaverton, OR (US);

Patrick A. Quinn, Aloha, OR (US);

Manpreet S. Kharia, Portland, OR (US);

Thomas Irrgang, Portland, OR (US);

Nigel D. Waites, Lakeville, MN (US);

Ian J. Myles, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Avnera Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/2803 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 1/026 (2013.01); H04R 29/00 (2013.01); H04R 2225/33 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

A soundskin for a pad-type device comprises a housing, at least one microphone, a signal processing device, at least one audio transducer, and an acoustic waveguide. The housing receives a pad-type device. The signal processing device receives a signal from a pad-type device when the pad-type device is received by the housing. The signal processing device provides a directive sound enhancement of the audio input signals based on room acoustics, such as reverberation, echo, noise, delay, frequency response, and/or speaker-positional information that is determined by the signal processing device. The audio transducer device generates an audible audio output in response to an audio signal output from the signal processing device. The acoustic waveguide receives the audible audio output and generates an enhanced bass audio output from the acoustic waveguide.


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