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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940923 | Speakerphone with a novel loudspeaker placement A new speakerphone wherein a loudspeaker is oriented to face the listeners of an audio conference is disclosed. New speakerphones which have a bass loudspeaker and at least one tweeter loudspeaker wherein the tweeter loudspeaker is oriented towards listeners of an a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7760869 | Method and apparatus for controlling the transmit volume level of a speakerphone A method and apparatus for controlling the transmit volume level of a speakerphone includes receiving a transmit audio signal. If the speakerphone is in a speakerphone mode, the method further includes measuring a send output level of the transmit audio signal, comp... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7646862 | Speakerphone with a novel loudspeaker placement A new speakerphone wherein a loudspeaker is oriented to face the listeners of an audio conference. New speakerphones which have a bass loudspeaker and at least one tweeter loudspeaker wherein the tweeter loudspeaker is oriented towards listeners of an audio conferen... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7519175 | Integral microphone and speaker configuration type two-way communication apparatus A two-way communication apparatus used for two-way speech. In the two-way communication apparatus, a plurality of microphones radially arranged in a horizontal direction are located at equal distances from a receiving and reproduction speaker. The plurality of micro... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7433715 | Mobile station for telecommunications system A mobile telecommunications system has a handset and a headset for connection to the handset. The handset includes an RF transceiver for transmitting an outgoing call and receiving an incoming call, and a processor coupled to the RF transceiver that provides audio s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7403611 | Small size hands-free speakerphone apparatus A small-footprint hands-free speakerphone apparatus includes a loudspeaker, at least one main microphone, at least one reference microphone, and openings for receiving sound. The loudspeaker is disposed within a speaker chamber. Each microphone is mounted in a micro... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7352859 | Audio earpiece for wideband telephone handsets A method of manufacturing a telephony earpiece is provided. The method includes providing a speaker diaphragm and constraining the speaker diaphragm using a cap to provide a thin cavity between the cap and the diaphragm. The first resonance peak of the diaphragm/cav... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7333837 | Universal hands-free unit for mobile telephones The invention pertains to mobile telephones and can be used during telephone conversations while, for example, operating a mode of transportation. The universal hands-free unit for mobile telephones contains the main module containing a speaker and control electroni... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328048 | Wireless telephone headset built into eyeglasses The present invention relates to a wireless telephone headset for communicating with a wireless device, wherein the headset is built into an eyeglass frame, which includes a first temple and a second temple connected by a middle portion and the eyeglass frame has an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302280 | Mobile phone operation based upon context sensing A mobile device is provided that includes at least one sensor that provides contextual information to the device. When the mobile device receives an incoming message, or notification, the device responds thereto based at least in part upon the contextual information... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292901 | Hybrid multi-channel/cue coding/decoding of audio signals Part of the spectrum of two or more input signals is encoded using conventional coding techniques, while encoding the rest of the spectrum using binaural cue coding (BCC). In BCC coding, spectral components of the input signals are downmixed and BCC parameters (e.g.... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289102 | Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display In a device having a display, at least one sensor signal is generated from a sensor in the device. One or more context values are then generated from the sensor signal. The context values indicate how the device is situated relative to one or more objects. At least ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289767 | Wireless communication glasses A wireless communication glasses has a pair of glasses, a wireless communication transceiver, a wireless transceiver module, an earphone and a microphone. The pair of glasses has a lens frame and a temple connecting with the lens frame. The wireless communication tr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269452 | Directional wireless communication systems A wireless communication system based on a directional speaker is disclosed. The system can include an interface unit and a base unit. The audio signals from the speaker can be generated by transforming ultrasonic signals in air. This allows the production of direct... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254423 | Latching mechanism and method of operation thereof The invention concerns a latching mechanism (105) for assembly of a housing (110) of an electronic device (100). The latching mechanism includes a latch element (120) and a receiving element (131) contained within the housing. The ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248902 | Multi-mode power supply device of wireless earphone A multi-mode power supply device of a wireless earphone is disclosed. The earphone is communicable bi-directionally with portable communication devices wirelessly through an antenna. The earphone has a battery set. In at least one side of the earphone; an internal o... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242970 | Bluetooth™ hands-free kit structure The present invention is a Bluetooth™ hands-free kit structure. After the hands-free module according to the present invention executes Bluetooth™ functional pairing with a Bluetooth™-equipped mobile phone, it can be used as a acoustic type hands-free muting s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231038 | Eyeglasses with wireless communication features A microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, all mounted to an eyeglasses frame, for sending and receiving signals wirelessly to and from a remote cell phone or other electronic device. The microphone and the transmitter can be mounted to extensio... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224992 | Four pole stereo headset with push to talk capability in a duplex radio A stereo headset (104) with push-to-talk function can be interfaced with a wireless communication device (102) via a connector interface. The connector interface preferably includes a jack at the wireless communication device (102) and a compati... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213917 | Electronically enabled eyewear A wearable audio interface includes a support for positioning the plurality of speakers juxtaposed to and spaced from the ears of a wearer. The audio device can include wireless networking electronics so as to allow the device to interact with other wireless network... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194084 | System and method for stereo conferencing over low-bandwidth links Systems and methods are disclosed for packet voice conferencing. An encoding system accepts two sound field signals, representing the same sound field sampled at two spatially-separated points. The relative delay between the two sound field signals is detected over ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190771 | Internet telephony devices with circuity to announce incoming calls A system detects an incoming telephone call and routes the ring signal to a loudspeaker so that it can be heard at a distance from the telephony device. Once the incoming call has been acknowledged the incoming signal is routed to the headset. New incoming calls are... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181019 | Audio coding Parametric stereo coders use perceptually relevant parameters of the input signal to describe spatial properties. One of these parameters is the phase difference between the input signals (ITD or IPD). This time difference only determines the relative time differenc... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7116787 | Perceptual synthesis of auditory scenes An auditory scene is synthesized by applying two or more different sets of one or more spatial parameters (e.g., an inter-ear level difference (ILD), inter-ear time difference (ITD), and/or head-related transfer function (HRTF)) to two or more different frequency ba... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096120 | Method and arrangement for guiding a user along a target path An audio-based guide arrangement is provided for guiding a user along a target path by the use of virtual audio beacons. The user's current location is sensed and compared to the target path. Sounds are fed to the user, for example through stereo headphones, to simu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092745 | Portable electronics device with variable sound output A portable device including a housing and an electro-acoustic transducer. The housing has a first surface with an outlet for the egress of an acoustic signal when in a loudspeaker mode and a second surface with an outlet for the egress of an acoustic signal when in ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7013009 | Eyeglasses with wireless communication features A microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, all mounted to an eyeglasses frame, for sending and receiving signals wirelessly to and from a remote cell phone or other electronic device. The microphone and the transmitter can be mounted to extensio... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6980092 | Vehicle rearview mirror assembly incorporating a communication system A vehicle communication and control system is provided that may be more readily installed in a vehicle and that utilizes minimal additional wiring. According to some of the disclosed embodiments, the electrical components of the “brick” of a communication and co... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973184 | System and method for stereo conferencing over low-bandwidth links Systems and methods are disclosed for packet voice conferencing. An encoding system accepts two sound field signals, representing the same sound field sampled at two spatially-separated points. The relative delay between the two sound field signals is detected over ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957089 | Compact hands-free adapter for use with a cellular telephone The present invention provides a portable, pocket sized speakerphone device adaptable for use with a cellular telephone, and a method for making such a device. The device reduces howling, including echoing and feedback, sufficiently to enable use of the device as a ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6940968 | Telephone terminal apparatus and method A telephone apparatus comprises a first audio input device, a second audio input device, a first audio output device, and a second audio output device. The telephone apparatus is operative to couple the first audio input device and the first audio output device to a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937724 | Apparatus and method for delivery of ringing and voice calls through a workstation A data processing system comprises an audio processing means receiving data within said data processing system for converting the data into an analog signal with a first and a second analog channel components; an audio output means receiving the analog signal and pr... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931124 | Soft mute circuit A soft mute circuit includes a programmable amplifier controlled by a register. Data is stored in the register from an adder that combines the current data in the register with a second number for increasing or decreasing the gain of the amplifier. A summation circu... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6892051 | System and method for providing an adapter module Embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a car radio and associated speaker system to effect a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6836676 | Speakerphone accessory This invention includes a speakerphone accessory suitable for connection to either a battery charger having a phone in its pocket or to a cellular telephone. The speakerphone module includes a hemispherical upper housing. The upper housing includes a circular dimple... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6795544 | Method for public conversation indication in a telephony exchange A telephony exchanges allows terminating equipment to indicate whether a telephone call is public, where the telephone conversation may be heard by more than one person at a remote end of a call, or private, where a person at the remote end of a call employs, for ex... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6744884 | Speaker-phone system change and double-talk detection A speaker-phone that is operable to perform system change detection, double-talk detection and if desired, optimal step-size control. The invention differentiates between system change and double-talk and is operable to these two situations differently. The inventio... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6625448 | Acoustic testing system and method for communications devices The present invention includes a system for testing the acoustical performance of a cellular communication system and includes a field unit such as a cellular phone that can both send and receive signals to and from a base station. The base station is con... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6611596 | Speakerphone indicator Apparatus and method to transmit a speakerphone active indication signal to another party over a telephone line upon use of a speakerphone feature, and to transmit a speakerphone inactive indication signal upon cessation of the speakerphone feature. A spe... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6512826 | Multi-directional hand-free kit A multi-directional hand-free kit. The kit has a main body receiving a printed circuit board therein for controlling audio signal sending and receiving incorporated with a mobile communication device and formed with a first oblique portion, a connector me... | 01/28/2003 |
