Adjustment mechanism for tissue transducer
AssigneeFacebook Technologies, LLC
InventorsMorteza Khaleghimeybodi, Michael Edward Franks
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Abstract
A headset includes a tissue transducer on a carriage that translates along a temple portion of the headset. The carriage is configured to contact the helix root of a user's ear. The helix root provides a reference point, and when the carriage is contact with the helix root, the tissue transducer is configured to be located in a target area. By maintaining a fixed location of the tissue transducer relative to the helix root of the user's ear, the tissue transducer may be accurately positioned, even for users with different head shapes and sizes.
Claims21
An adjustable transducer assembly comprising:
- a tissue transducer configured to provide audio content to a user of a headset;
- and
- a carriage configured to translate along a temple of the headset, the carriage coupled to the tissue transducer and including an indexing feature, wherein the indexing feature is configured to translate with the carriage along the temple in a direction toward a front portion of the headset in response to contact with a helix root of an ear of the user such that the indexing feature is positioned against the helix root and the tissue transducer is positioned to provide the audio content via tissue conduction to a target area.
A headset comprising:
- a frame including a temple;
- an adjustable transducer assembly coupled to the template, the adjustable transducer assembly comprising:
- a tissue transducer configured to provide audio content to a user of a headset, and
- a carriage configured to translate along a temple of the headset, the carriage coupled to the tissue transducer and including an indexing feature, wherein the indexing feature is configured to translate with the carriage along the temple in a direction toward a front portion of the headset in response to contact with a helix root of an ear of the user such that the indexing feature is positioned against the helix root and the tissue transducer is positioned to provide the audio content via tissue conduction to a target area.
A headset comprising:
- a frame including a temple;
- a carriage configured to translate along the temple in a direction toward a front portion of the headset in response to contact with a helix root of an ear of a user;
- and
- a cartilage conduction transducer coupled to the carriage, wherein the cartilage conduction transducer is configured to contact a tragus of a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.