Wearable microphone housing with built-in redundancy
AssigneePoint Source Audio, Inc.
InventorsJames Lamb, Yvonne Ho
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Abstract
A wearable audio apparatus used to support multiple audio components, namely, microphones. The audio apparatus can have a housing that contains the multiple microphones. The housing can be easily worn by a user, such as by coupling to a headset, ear mount/hook, user's clothing, or user's body. The microphones can be acoustically matched for rapid swapping without requiring a separate audio setup. The audio components can be mounted astride or near one another in the audio apparatus. The audio components can also be separately wired so that each audio component can be independently activated.
Claims30
A wearable audio apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having an internal cavity;
- a first microphone positioned and secured within the internal cavity, the first microphone having a first audio responsiveness;
- a second microphone positioned and secured within the internal cavity, the second microphone having a second audio responsiveness;
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- a cover provided on a top portion of the housing, the cover having first and second apertures therein, the first aperture being aligned over the first microphone and the second aperture being aligned over the second microphone,
- wherein the second microphone serves as a back-up microphone to the first microphone, and
- wherein only one of the first microphone and the second microphone is actively used at a given time.
An audio apparatus, comprising:
- a cable having a plurality of wires;
- a housing having a top region, a middle region and a bottom region, the top region having an opening, the middle region having an internal cavity, the bottom region having an opening for receiving the cable;
- a first microphone positioned and secured within the internal cavity, the first microphone having a first audio responsiveness;
- a second microphone positioned and secured within the internal cavity, the second microphone having a second audio responsiveness;
- an internal support structure provided internal to the housing at the bottom region, the internal support structure being configured to at least secure the cable to the bottom region and/or middle region of the housing;
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- a cover provided on a top portion of the housing, the cover having first and second apertures therein, the first aperture being over the first microphone and the second aperture being over the second microphone,
- wherein the second microphone serves as a back-up microphone to the first microphone, and
- wherein only one of the first microphone and the second microphone is actively used at a given time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.