Adjustable in ear module
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsKarthikeyan Krishnakumar, Wong Hin Loong Justin
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Abstract
An information handling system presents audible sounds from audio information at an in-ear monitor having a speaker in a speaker housing that directs sound through a speaker tube. An angular alignment mechanism adjusts the angular orientation of the speaker tube relative to the speaker housing and a vertical alignment mechanism adjust the distance that the speaker tube extends out from the speaker housing. Position sensors detect the position of the ear tube so that an audio processor can apply the position to adjust the sound output from the speaker and the noise cancellation provided in response to external noise detected by a microphone within the speaker housing.
Claims20
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information;
- a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
- an audio processor interfaced with the processor and operable to further process the information for presentation as audible sounds played by a speaker;
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- an in-ear monitor having a speaker housing, a speaker disposed in the housing and interfaced with the audio processor to generate the audible sounds, a speaker tube interfaced with the speaker to direct the audible sounds from the speaker to an exterior of the speaker housing, an ear tip coupled to the speaker tube exterior the speaker housing and an alignment mechanism coupled to the speaker tube and configured to adjust the speaker tube angular alignment relative to the speaker housing between plural angular orientations.
A method for adjusting an in-ear monitor, the method comprising:
- coupling a speaker tube to a first sliding member;
- coupling a second sliding member to a speaker housing of the in-ear monitor;
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- engaging the first and second sliding members to slide relative to each other and thereby adjust an orientation of the speaker tube relative to the speaker housing.
An in-ear monitor comprising:
- a speaker housing;
- a speaker disposed in the housing and operable to generate audible sound from audio information;
- an audio processor interfaced with the speaker and operable to generate the audible information;
- a speaker tube interfaced with the speaker to direct the audible sounds from the speaker to exterior the speaker housing;
- an ear tip coupled to the speaker tube exterior the speaker housing;
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- an alignment mechanism coupled to the speaker tube and configured to adjust the speaker tube angular alignment relative to the speaker housing between plural angular orientations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.