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Vibroacoustic earbud

US12003914B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Anna Barnacka · Cambridge, US
Martin Ring · Königstein, DE
John V Cunsolo · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 17, 2022
Grant date	Jun 4, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2460/11
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vibroacoustic earbud (“earbud”) is proposed that includes a housing and an infrasonic/vibration sensor. The housing includes a nozzle with a nozzle tip that is configured for positioning within an ear canal of an individual. The sensor is included within the nozzle and detects biosignals including infrasonic signals from a body of the individual in the ear canal. The nozzle tip engages with a wall of the ear canal to provide an earbud seal, the result of which forms an ear canal acoustic volume that amplifies the biosignals. The earbud is tuned/designed to minimize loss of amplitude of the biosignals detected by the sensor in the ear canal acoustic volume when an unintentional leak occurs in the earbud seal that possibly reduces acoustic pressure in the ear canal acoustic volume.

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