Method and system for operating wearable sound system
OwnerStan Shih Tai Liuinventor
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Abstract
A wearable sound system includes a microphone on a movable outer part of an earpiece to convert sound from acoustic input signals to audio input signals; a processing unit to process the audio input signals to generate audio output signals; a speaker on the earpiece to convert the audio output signals to acoustic output signals, wherein the outer part of the earpiece with the microphone is rotatable, wherein the outer part of the earpiece with the microphone is pivotable or laterally extensible and retractable to obtain an optimal audio input signal, and to minimize ambient noise and interference.
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A wearable sound system, comprising:
- at least one microphone array, comprising at least one microphone, located on or near at edge of a movable outer part of an earpiece to convert sound from acoustic input signals to audio input signals;
- a processing unit to process the audio input signals to generate audio output signals;
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- at least one speaker array, comprising at least one speaker, located on or near at edge of a movable inner part of the earpiece to convert the audio output signals to acoustic output signals, wherein the movable inner part and the movable outer part are located on opposite sides of the earpiece;
- wherein, ambient sounds collected by the microphone array is directly output by the speaker array after being adjusted by the processing unit.
A method for operating a wearable sound system, comprising:
- moving at least one microphone array, comprising at least one microphone, located on or near at edge of movable outer part of an earpiece;
- converting acoustic input signals to audio input signals by the microphone array on the earpiece;
- processing the audio input signals to generate audio output signals by a processing unit;
- converting the audio output signals to acoustic output signals by at least one speaker array, comprising at least one speaker, located on a movable inner part of the earpiece, wherein the movable inner part and the movable outer part are located on opposite sides of the earpiece;
- wherein, ambient sounds collected by the microphone array is directly output by the speaker array after being adjusted by the processing unit.
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