Speaker systems for head-worn computer systems
AssigneeMentor Acquisition One, LLC
InventorsRalph F. Osterhout, Robert Michael Lohse
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Abstract
Head-worn computers include a front frame mechanically adapted to secure a see-through computer display and an arm, secured to the front frame, mechanically adapted to secure the front frame to a head of a user. The arm includes an internal speaker system, enclosed by the arm, wherein the internal speaker system comprises a speaker having a first side and an opposing second side and a first cavity positioned along the first side of the speaker, the arm further comprising a vent positioned to vent the first cavity and a second cavity positioned along the second side of the speaker.
Claims18
A wearable head device, comprising:
- a front frame;
- a display coupled to the front frame;
- and
- an arm coupled to the front frame, the arm extending for a length from the front frame toward an ear of a user,
- wherein:
- the arm houses an internal speaker system and a battery compartment, and
- the internal speaker system comprises:
- a speaker configured to project sound in a first direction,
- a first cavity positioned adjacent to the speaker and further positioned in the first direction from the speaker,
- a vent configured to vent the first cavity to an outside environment,
- a second cavity positioned adjacent to the speaker and further positioned in a second direction from the speaker, the second direction different from the first direction, the second cavity further positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the battery compartment,
- a third cavity configured for fluid communication with the second cavity, and
- a second vent configured to vent the second cavity via the third cavity to the outside environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.