Systems for bone conduction speaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10609496-B2
Application number	US-201515752452-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2015
Priority date	Aug 13, 2015
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are described herein related to improving the sound quality of a bone conduction speaker. The sound quality of the bone conduction speaker is adjusted in the sound generation, sound transferring, and sound receiving of the bone conduction speaker by designing vibration generation manners and vibration transfer structures.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for improving sound quality of a bone conduction speaker, wherein the method comprises
providing a bone conduction speaker, the bone conduction speaker comprising:
a housing,
a transducer, including at least one vibration board and a second vibration conductive plate embedded in the at least one vibration board, and
a first vibration conductive plate, spanning between and functionally connected to walls of the housing and being which the transducer suspends therefrom, wherein the first vibration conductive plate is connected to a panel and the at least one vibration board through a connecting portion, and
transmitting sound through the bone conduction speaker such that the first vibration conductive plate generates a first resonance peak, while the vibration board and the second vibration conductive plate generate at least two other resonance peaks.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first resonance peak and at least one of the two other resonance peaks are within a frequency range perceivable by human ears.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transducer includes at least one voice coil and at least one magnetic circuit,
the voice coil is connected to the vibration board, and
the magnetic circuit is connected to the second vibration conductive plate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a stiffness coefficient of the vibration board is larger than a stiffness coefficient of the second vibration conductive plate.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second vibration conductive plate is an elastic plate.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bone conduction speaker includes at least one contact surface, and the contact surface is in contact with a user and transfers vibrations to the user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first vibration conductive plate is an elastic plate.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least two first rods of the first vibration conductive plate converge to a center of the first vibration conductive plate.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first vibration conductive plate is 0.005 mm-3 mm.

10. A bone conduction speaker, comprising:
a housing,
a transducer, including at least one vibration board and a second vibration conductive plate embedded the vibration board, and
a first vibration conductive plate, spanning between and functionally connected to walls of the housing and being which the transducer suspends therefrom, wherein the first vibration conductive plate is connected to a panel and the vibration board through a connecting portion,
wherein the bone conduction speaker is configured to transmit a sound such that the first vibration conductive plate generates a first resonance peak, while the vibration board and the second vibration conductive plate generate at least two other resonance peaks.

11. The bone conduction speaker of claim 10 , wherein the first resonance peak and at least one of the two other resonance peaks are within a frequency range perceivable by human ears.

12. The bone conduction speaker of claim 10 , wherein the transducer includes at least one voice coil and at least one magnetic circuit, the voice coil is connected to the vibration board, and the magnetic circuit is connected to the second vibration conductive plate.

13. The bone conduction speaker of claim 10 , wherein a stiffness coefficient of the vibration board is larger than a stiffness coefficient of the second vibration conductive plate.

14. The bone conduction speaker of claim 10 , wherein the second vibration conductive plate is an elastic plate.

15. The bone conduction speaker of claim 10 , wherein the bone conduction speaker includes at least one contact surface, and the contact surface is in contact with and transfers vibrations to a user.

16. The bone conduction speaker of claim 10 , wherein the first vibration conductive plate is an elastic plate.

17. The bone conduction speaker of claim 16 , wherein at least two first rods of the first vibration conductive plate converge to a center of the first vibration conductive plate.

18. The bone conduction speaker of claim 16 , wherein a thickness of the first vibration conductive plate is 0.005 mm-3 mm.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Voxtech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liao Fengyun
• Zheng Jinbo
• Chen Qian
• Chen Hao
• Qi Xin

Classifications

• H04R25/606 Primary

  acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window · CPC title

• H04R11/02 Primary

  Loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R2460/13

  Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers · CPC title

• H04R9/06

  Loudspeakers · CPC title

• H04R9/066

  using the principle of inertia · CPC title