US 11,451,901 B2 · Eyeglass headphones

Abstract

An eyeglass headphone with a frame that is constructed and arranged to be carried by the head of a wearer, the frame comprising a bridge that is adapted to be supported by the wearer's nose, and a left temple and a right temple that extend rearwardly from the bridge, toward the left and right ears of the wearer, respectively, and a dipole loudspeaker built into the frame, where the dipole loudspeaker comprises a driver that emits front-side acoustic radiation from its front side, and emits rear-side acoustic radiation from its rear side. The frame comprises at least first and second sound-emitting openings, wherein the first sound-emitting opening is constructed and arranged to emit front-side acoustic radiation and the second sound-emitting opening is constructed and arranged to emit rear-side acoustic radiation.

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Dependent claims

An audio system that is configured to be carried by an eyeglass frame that is configured to be worn on the head of a wearer, the frame comprising a bridge that is configured to be supported by the wearer's nose, and a left temple piece and a right temple piece that each extend rearwardly from the bridge toward the left and right ears of the wearer, respectively, the system comprising:

a cavity in a temple piece of the frame;
a loudspeaker located in the cavity and configured to generate sound in the cavity;
and
a first sound-emitting opening in the temple piece of the frame that includes the cavity, wherein the sound-emitting opening is in fluid. communication with the cavity to allow sound to be emitted from the cavity into an environment external to the frame,
wherein a location of the sound-emitting opening relative to an ear canal opening of a user is adjustable by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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