Wearable acoustic device with microphone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10123137-B2
Application number	US-201715439519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2017
Priority date	Apr 29, 2016
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

A wearable acoustic device with a microphone is provided. The wearable acoustic device includes a first housing forming a first acoustic emission path, a second housing combined with the first housing in a first direction that is substantially parallel to the first acoustic emission path, an acoustic component part arranged within the second housing and emitting sound through the first acoustic emission path, and at least one microphone arranged adjacent to the first acoustic emission path within the first housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable acoustic device comprising:
a first housing forming a first acoustic emission path;
a second housing coupled to the first housing in a first direction that is substantially parallel with the first acoustic emission path;
an acoustic component part arranged within the second housing, and configured to emit sound through the first acoustic emission path;
at least one microphone arranged adjacent to the first acoustic emission path within the first housing; and
a microphone mounting part arranged within the first housing and adjacent to the first acoustic emission path,
wherein the microphone mounting part comprises a fixing part to fix the at least one microphone, and
wherein the fixing part comprises a first opening part and a second opening part, arranged opposite to each other along the first direction.

2. The wearable acoustic device of claim 1 , wherein a circuit substrate electrically connected with the at least one microphone is further mounted in the microphone mounting part, and
the fixing part comprises the first opening part that is arranged between the circuit substrate and the acoustic component part and is opened in the first direction.

3. The wearable acoustic device of claim 2 , wherein the fixing part further comprises a third opening part that is arranged between the at least one microphone and the first acoustic emission path and is opened in a second direction crossing with the first direction.

4. The wearable acoustic device of claim 1 , wherein the first opening part and the second opening part form a second acoustic emission path along the first direction.

5. The wearable acoustic device of claim 4 , wherein the at least one microphone is arranged to face the second acoustic emission path.

6. The wearable acoustic device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one microphone, the circuit substrate, and the third opening part are arranged along the second direction.

7. The wearable acoustic device of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic component part comprises a speaker.

8. The wearable acoustic device of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part is formed integrally with the first housing.

9. The wearable acoustic device of claim 2 , wherein the fixing part comprises a recess, and
at least a part of the circuit substrate is arranged within the recess.

10. A wearable acoustic device comprising:
a nozzle forming a first acoustic emission path;
a housing coupled to the nozzle in a first direction that is substantially parallel to the first acoustic emission path;
a speaker arranged within the housing and configured to emit sound through the first acoustic emission path;
a microphone arranged adjacent to the first acoustic emission path within the housing; and
a microphone mounting part arranged within the nozzle and adjacent to the first acoustic emission path,
wherein the microphone mounting part comprises a fixing part to fix the microphone, and
wherein the fixing part comprises a first opening part and a second opening part, arranged opposite to each other along the first direction.

11. The wearable acoustic device of claim 10 , wherein a hole of the microphone is arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction.

12. The wearable acoustic device of claim 10 , wherein a circuit substrate forwards an electrical signal of the microphone.

13. The wearable acoustic device of claim 10 , wherein the microphone comprises at least one of an electronic condenser microphone (ECM) and a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS).

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electonics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chang Juhee
• LEE Je-Ok
• Kim Taiyong
• Lee Sukhyun
• Lee Byoung-Hee
• Kim Seonmi
• Lee Sangju
• Hwang Ho-Chul

Classifications

• H04R25/652

  Ear tips; Ear moulds (hybrid ear moulds or post-processing thereof for their customisation H04R25/659) · CPC title

• H04R1/1075 Primary

  Mountings of transducers in earphones or headphones · CPC title

• H04R2460/01

  Hearing devices using active noise cancellation · CPC title

• H04R2201/105

  Manufacture of mono- or stereophonic headphone components · CPC title

• H04R25/604 Primary

  of acoustic or vibrational transducers · CPC title