Custom in-ear headset
US8705787B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 8, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2460/13
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A custom in-ear headset. The headset includes a housing having a proximate housing portion and a distant housing portion. The distant housing portion is shaped and sized to fit inside an ear canal of a user. The headset includes a miniature speaker that is acoustically coupled to a sound outlet in the distant portion of the housing for conveying sound pressure to an ear canal of the user. The headset further includes any one or more of: (a) a microphone with a sound inlet in the proximate housing portion, (b) a bone conduction microphone arranged in the distant housing portion, or (c) a microphone with a sound inlet in the distant housing portion. The headset further includes at least one ridge projecting from and circumscribing the distant housing portion.
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