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US 12,190,705 B2Granted
Electronic device with audio system testing
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMruthun Rajkumar Thirumalaisamy, Justin D. Crosby, Mingzhou Li
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Abstract
An electronic device may include an enclosure, an antenna within the enclosure and configured to transmit a wireless signal to a remote electronic device to allow a location of the electronic device to be determined, an audio output system configured to produce an audible output, and a processing system within the enclosure and configured to determine, based on an electrical response induced in the antenna, whether the audio output system fails an audio output performance criteria when provided with an audio signal.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- an enclosure comprising a housing member;
- an antenna within the enclosure and configured to transmit a wireless signal to a remote electronic device to allow a location of the electronic device to be determined;
- an audio output system configured to produce an audible output and comprising a conductive coil coupled to an interior surface of the housing member, the conductive coil configured to interact with a magnetic field to impart a force on a first the housing member, thereby moving a portion of the housing member to produce the audible output;
- and
- a processing system within the enclosure and configured to:
- determine, based on an electrical response induced in the antenna, whether the induced electrical response is indicative of the conductive coil moving in response to an audio signal being applied to the conductive coil;
- in accordance with a determination that the induced electrical response is indicative of the conductive coil moving in response to the audio signal, determine that the audio output system satisfies an audio output performance criteria;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the induced electrical response is indicative of the conductive coil receiving the audio signal but not moving in response to the audio signal, determine that the audio output system fails the audio output performance criteria.
6 more elements
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing member defining an exterior surface of the electronic device;
- a voice coil coupled to the housing member and configured to receive an audio signal configured to cause the voice coil to move a portion of the housing member to produce an audible output;
- a conductive coil proximate the voice coil;
- and
- a processing system configured to:
- cause the audio signal to be supplied to the voice coil;
- detect an electrical response induced in the conductive coil while the audio signal is supplied to the voice coil;
- determine whether the detected electrical response is indicative of the voice coil moving or remaining stationary in response to the audio signal;
- in accordance with a determination that the detected electrical response is indicative of the voice coil moving in response to the audio signal, determine that the electronic device satisfies an audio output performance criteria;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the detected electrical response is indicative of the voice coil receiving the audio signal but remaining stationary in response to the audio signal, determine that the electronic device fails the audio output performance criteria.
8 more elements
An electronic device comprising:
- an enclosure;
- an audio output system configured to produce an audible output;
- an antenna within the enclosure;
- and
- a processing system configured to:
- operate the antenna in a first mode of operation to transmit a wireless signal to a remote electronic device;
- operate the antenna in a second mode of operation to detect an electrical signal in the antenna while an audio signal is supplied to the audio output system;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the detected electrical signal in the antenna is indicative of the audio output system moving in response to the supplied audio signal, determine that the audio output system satisfies an audio output performance criteria;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the detected electrical signal is indicative of the audio output system not moving despite receiving the supplied audio signal, determine that the audio output system fails the audio output performance criteria.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.