H04R 5/033
Headphones for stereophonic communication
Official title: Headphones for stereophonic communication {(details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10)}
H04R5/033 (Headphones for stereophonic communication) appears on 3,688 US grants and 4,479 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 3,688
- Published applications
- 4,479
- Assignees
- 1,105
- Inventors
- 6,494
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 285 | 351 |
| 2023 | 308 | 337 |
| 2024 | 291 | 311 |
| 2025 | 285 | 286 |
| 2026 | 141 | 245 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for estimating spatial content of soundfield at desired location6 Oct 2026US 12,756,978 B2
- Techniques for outputting audio through a plurality of drivers within a same audio output device29 Sep 2026US 12,750,634 B2Harman International Industries, Incorporated
- TWS earphone assembly capable of selectively executing TES treatment function22 Sep 2026US 12,741,142 B2Mobifren Co., Ltd
- Smart device and control method therefor, computer readable storage medium22 Sep 2026US 12,745,042 B2Goertek Inc.
- Spatial audio and avatar control at headset using audio signals15 Sep 2026US 12,737,954 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Sound level method and manager, sound reproduction device and audio headset using same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313295 A1
- Information processing apparatus and information processing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299702 A1Sony Group Corporation
- High Bitrate Audio Wireless Communication1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304086 A1Google Inc.
- Measurement of Facial Muscle EMG Potentials for Predictive Analysis Using a Smart Wearable System and Method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288244 A1BRAGI GmbH
- Audio dock for seamless transition between audio streams24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292403 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
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By later US patents
- Inductively coupled wireless system and method395US 6,424,820 B1Interval Research Corporation · 2002
- Digital eyewear385US 9,010,929 B2Percept Technologies Inc · 2015
- Bone conduction audio listening device and method310US 4,791,673 A1988
- Speaker having a wireless link to communicate with another speaker310US 8,325,935 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2012
- Wireless speaker system302US 6,212,282 B12001