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US 10,219,063 B1Granted
In-ear wireless device with bone conduction mic communication
AssigneeAcouva, Inc.
InventorsVictor Manuel Valenzuela, Damon Vincent Mercadante
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Abstract
An embodiment of the technology provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal away from the user's eardrum. Embodiments of the in-ear utility device can be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to, a multi flexible personal, Streaming Music, and multi internal and external communication device via wireless communication.
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A wireless in-ear utility device, comprising:
- a housing comprising an oval shaped trunk configured to reside in a user's ear canal within the first bend of the ear canal, the housing comprising a proximal end configured to reside in the user's ear canal at a distance less than 16 millimeters from the entrance of the user's ear canal;
- a microphone port located on an external surface of the housing and configured to receive first ambient external sounds from the low/mid/high frequencies (50 Hz to 10,000 kHz);
- a microphone located within the housing configured to receive the first ambient external sounds via the microphone port, wherein the received first ambient external sounds comprise sounds from the low/mid/high frequencies (50 Hz to 10,000 kHz);
- a bone conduction microphone configured to detect resident frequencies to facilitate user voice recognition;
- a communications module located within the housing and configured for wireless communications, wherein the communication module receives second ambient external sounds from a second in-ear utility device located in the user's second ear, wherein the second ambient external sounds from the second in-ear utility device comprise sounds from the low/mid/high frequencies (50 Hz to 10,000 kHz);
- and a processing system located within the housing, wherein the processing system is configured to identify the user based on a frequency profile shape of the user's voice and at least one of the first ambient external sounds and the second ambient external sounds process the first and the second ambient external sounds based on a frequency profile shape of the user's voice.
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A method for an operating wireless in-ear utility device, comprising:
- receiving first external ambient sounds at a microphone port located at an outer end of a housing of the in-ear utility device, and at a bone conduction microphone configured to focus to the user's voice based on frequency shaping through bone conduction, wherein the housing comprises an oval shaped trunk portion configured to fit into a user's ear canal, wherein the housing further comprises a proximal end configured to reside in the user's ear canal at a distance less than 16 millimeters from the entrance of the user's ear canal;
- receiving second external ambient sounds via a wireless communications module fitted into the housing, from a second in-ear utility device located in the user's second ear, wherein the second external ambient sounds comprise sounds representing the user's voice;
- retrieving a voice profile of the user's voice frequency shape from a processing system;
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- recognizing the user's voice based on a post processing of a user frequency profile shape and at least one of the first external ambient sounds and the second external ambient sounds, wherein the user frequency profile shape is associated with the low/mid/high frequencies (50 Hz to 10,000 kHz).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.