EARSET ASSEMBLY HAVING ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE
First Claim
1. An earpiece, comprising:
- a microphone assembly; and
an acoustic pathway defined at least in part by a hollow elongated member, the acoustic pathway fluidly coupling the microphone assembly with an ear canal of the user when the earpiece is positioned with respect to the ear of the user;
wherein sounds produced by the user travel from the ear canal through the acoustic pathway for detection by the microphone assembly; and
wherein the hollow elongated member behaves as an acoustic waveguide to modify sounds produced by the user by at least one of;
amplifying a frequency selected for amplification;
orattenuating a frequency selected for attenuation.
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Abstract
An earpiece may be used to detect sounds from an ear canal of a user. The earpiece may include a microphone assembly and an acoustic pathway that is at least partially defined by a hollow elongated member. The acoustic pathway fluidly couples the microphone assembly with an ear canal of the user when the earpiece is positioned with respect to the ear of the user. Sounds produced by the user travel from the ear canal through the acoustic pathway for detection by the microphone assembly. Also, the hollow elongated member behaves as an acoustic waveguide to amplify a desired frequency and/or attenuate other, less desirable, frequencies of the sounds produced by the user.
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34 Claims
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1. An earpiece, comprising:
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a microphone assembly; and an acoustic pathway defined at least in part by a hollow elongated member, the acoustic pathway fluidly coupling the microphone assembly with an ear canal of the user when the earpiece is positioned with respect to the ear of the user; wherein sounds produced by the user travel from the ear canal through the acoustic pathway for detection by the microphone assembly; and wherein the hollow elongated member behaves as an acoustic waveguide to modify sounds produced by the user by at least one of; amplifying a frequency selected for amplification;
orattenuating a frequency selected for attenuation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An earpiece, comprising:
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a speaker assembly; and an acoustic pathway defined at least in part by a hollow elongated member, the acoustic pathway fluidly coupling the speaker assembly with an ear canal of the user when the earpiece is positioned with respect to the ear of the user; wherein sounds produced by the speaker assembly travel through the acoustic pathway to the ear canal of the user; and wherein at least a part of the acoustic pathway behaves as an acoustic waveguide to modify sounds produced by the speaker assembly by at least one of; amplifying a frequency selected for amplification;
orattenuating a frequency selected for attenuation. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An earpiece, comprising:
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a support member; a tip that has a passageway, and wherein the support member is located in the passageway of the tip so that the tip surrounds exterior side walls of the support member, and the earpiece tip is made from material that conforms to an anatomy of the user'"'"'s ear to fluidly seal the ear canal of the user from a surrounding environment; and a microphone assembly positioned in the passageway of the tip and between an opening of the passageway and the support member so that the microphone assembly is in fluid communication with an ear canal of a user so that sounds produced by the user travel from the ear canal to the microphone assembly for detection by the microphone assembly. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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