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US 11,690,428 B2Granted
Portable listening device with accelerometer
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsArun D. Chawan, Kurt Stiehl, Benjamin A. Cousins, Jonathan S. Aase, Yacine Azmi, Paul Choiniere, Scott W. Slabaugh
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Abstract
An earbud includes a housing that includes a driver assembly positioned within the housing forming a front volume in front of the driver and a back volume behind the driver. An acoustic insert is positioned behind the driver assembly and attached to an interior surface of the housing such that it forms a bass channel that is routed from the back volume to a vent in the housing.
Claims14
A portable listening system comprising:
- a first housing having a first ear portion sized and shaped to support the portable listening device on a user's first ear;
- a second housing separate from the first housing and having a second ear portion sized and shaped to support the portable listening device on a user's second ear;
- a first accelerometer positioned within the first housing and configured to generate a first signal in response to detecting contact between a user's finger and the first housing;
- a second accelerometer positioned within the second housing and configured to generate a second signal in response to detecting contact between the user's finger and the second housing;
- a first processor positioned within the first housing and arranged to output a third signal to a separate electronic device in response to receiving the first signal;
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- a second processor positioned within the second housing and arranged to output a fourth signal to the separate electronic device in response to receiving the second signal.
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An earbud system comprising:
- a first housing having a first ear portion sized and shaped to be at least partially inserted within a user's first ear;
- a first accelerometer positioned within the first housing and configured to generate a first signal when the first accelerometer detects a contact between a user's finger and the first housing;
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- a first processor positioned within the first housing and arranged to output a second signal to a separate electronic device in response to receiving the first signal;
- a second housing having a second ear portion sized and shaped to be at least partially inserted within a user's second ear;
- a second accelerometer positioned within the second housing and configured to generate a third signal when the second accelerometer detects a contact between the user's finger and the second housing;
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- a second processor positioned within the second housing and arranged to output a fourth signal to the separate electronic device in response to receiving the third signal.
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A portable listening system comprising:
- a first housing having a first ear portion sized and shaped to support the first housing on a user's first ear;
- a first rechargeable battery positioned within the first housing;
- a first processor positioned within the first housing and coupled to the first rechargeable battery;
- a first wireless radio positioned within the first housing and coupled to the first rechargeable battery;
- a first antenna positioned within the first housing;
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- a first accelerometer positioned within the first housing and configured to transmit a first signal to the first processor in response to detecting contact between a user's finger and the first housing, wherein in response to receiving the first signal the first processor transmits a second signal to a separate electronic device;
- a second housing having a second ear portion sized and shaped to support the second housing on a user's second ear;
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- a second rechargeable battery positioned within the second housing;
- a second processor positioned within the second housing and coupled to the second rechargeable battery;
- a second wireless radio positioned within the second housing and coupled to the second rechargeable battery;
- a second antenna positioned within the second housing;
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- a second accelerometer positioned within the second housing and configured to transmit a third signal to the second processor in response to detecting contact between a user's finger and the second housing, wherein in response to receiving the third signal the second processor transmits a fourth signal to the separate electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.