The present disclosure relates to the field of bone conduction devices, in particular, to a bone conduction acoustic device.
Bone conduction is a way of sound conduction, that is, sound is transformed into mechanical vibrations with different frequencies. The sound is transmitted through bones and tissues (such as the skull, the bony labyrinth, inner ear lymph, the spiral organ, the auditory nerve, and the auditory center). Bone conduction acoustic devices (such as bone conduction earphones) are close to the bones. Using bone conduction technology to receive words, sound waves can be transmitted directly to the auditory nerve through the bones. Thus, ears can be free without damaging the tympanic membrane. Therefore, the bone conduction acoustic devices are loved by the majority of consumers. The structure assemblies of the existing bone conduction acoustic devices are imperfect, and lack of waterproof function. And layout of the existing bone conduction acoustic devices is unreasonable, which occupies a large space. Therefore, it is desired to provide a bone conduction acoustic device with more perfect structure assemblies and structure layout to meet the needs of users.
One aspect of the present disclosure may provide an acoustic device. The acoustic device may include a hanger assembly, at least one of an audio input component or an audio output component, a control circuit assembly, and a protection assembly. The hanger assembly may include a shell forming a space. The control circuit assembly may include one or more circuit boards arranged in the space. The protection assembly may include a protection plate. The protection plate may be arranged in the space and physically connected with the shell of the hanger assembly to form a protection barrier between at least one of the one or more circuit boards and the shell.
In some embodiments, the control circuit assembly may include an interaction component configured to facilitate interaction between a user and the control circuit assembly. The interaction component may include a first component arranged on the shell and a second component arranged on at least one of the one or more circuit boards. The first component may be configured to receive an instruction of the user. The second component may be configured to trigger the control circuit assembly to implement a function corresponding to the instruction in response to the instruction received by the first component.
In some embodiments, the first component may include one or more keys. The second component may include one or more switches. The shell may be provided with a first hole, the protection plate may be provided with a second hole. The one or more keys are movably arranged in the first hole and the second hole to toggle the one or more switches and trigger the control circuit assembly to implement a corresponding function.
In some embodiments, at least one of the one or more keys may include a movable part and a connecting part. At least a portion of the movable part may be located in the first hole, and the connecting part may pass through the second hole to contact and toggle at least one of the one or more switches.
In some embodiments, a surface of the protection plate facing the movable part may be provided with protrusions around an edge of the second hole, and the protrusions may butt a surface of the movable part.
In some embodiments, the connecting part may include two connecting plates. An end of each of the two connecting plates may be connected with the movable part, and another end of each of the two connecting plates may be provided with a connector to connect the protection plate.
In some embodiments, the another end of one of the two connecting plates may be provided with an accommodation area configured to accommodate the one or more switches to make the one or more keys toggle the one or more switches.
In some embodiments, the audio output component may include a speaker component configured to convert an audio signal into a mechanical vibration. The hanger assembly may include a connecting component. One end of the connecting component may be connected with the shell, and another end of the connecting component may be connected with the speaker component.
In some embodiments, the shell may include a first shell and a second shell. The first shell may be physically connected with the connecting component, and the first shell and the second shell may be connected to form the space.
In some embodiments, the space may have a length direction and a thickness direction perpendicular to the length direction. The first shell may be spliced to the second shell along a splicing direction perpendicular to the length direction and the thickness direction.
In some embodiments, a first clamping groove and a second clamping groove may be arranged on the first shell with an interval along the length direction. A first clamping block and a second clamping block may be arranged on the second shell along the thickness direction. The first clamping block may be embedded in the first clamping groove, and the second clamping block may be embedded in the second clamping groove to clamp the first shell and the second shell.
In some embodiments, a portion of the second shell may be provided with a power socket. The power socket may be connected with the space, and the power socket is configured to accommodate a power interface. The second clamping block may be closer to the space relative to the power socket.
In some embodiments, a projection of the second clamping block and a projection of the power socket on a first reference plane perpendicular to the length direction may overlap. The projection of the second clamping block and the projection of the power socket on a second reference plane perpendicular to the splicing direction may overlap.
In some embodiments, a direction of an opening of the first clamping groove and a direction of an opening of the second clamping groove may be the same, and the openings of the first clamping groove and the second clamping groove may be respectively located at ends of the first shell along the length direction. The direction of the opening of the first clamping groove may face the space, and the direction of the opening of the second clamping groove may deviate from the space.
In some embodiments, a direction of an extension of the first clamping block and a direction of an extension of the second clamping block may be the same, and the extensions of the first clamping block and the second clamping block may be respectively located at ends of the second shell along the length direction. The extension direction of the first clamping block may deviate from the space, and the extension direction of the second clamping block may face the space.
In some embodiments, an edge part of the first shell may form a first limiting component. The second shell may be provided with a second limiting component. The first limiting component and the second limiting component may be configured to limit a relative movement of the first shell and the second shell in the length direction.
In some embodiments, the audio input component may include a sound pickup component configured to obtain external sounds. The sound pickup component may be arranged in the space. The shell may be provided with a third hole, and the sound pickup component may obtain the external sounds through the third hole.
In some embodiments, the protection assembly may further include a protection net. The protection net may be arranged on a sound path of the sound pickup component.
In some embodiments, the audio input component may further include an elastic connecting rod. An end of the elastic connecting rod may be connected with the speaker component, another end of the elastic connecting rod may be connected with the sound pickup component.
In some embodiments, the elastic connecting rod may be provided to make that an average amplitude attenuation rate is not less than 35% when a vibration of a voice frequency band generated by the speaker component is transmitted from the one end of the elastic connecting rod to the another end of the elastic connecting rod.
Another aspect of the present disclosure may provide a bone conduction earphone. The bone conduction earphone may include an audio output component and a hanger assembly. The audio output component may be configured to convert an audio signal into a mechanical vibration. The hanger assembly may include a first shell, a connecting component, and a second shell. An end of the connecting component may be connected with the first shell, another end of the connecting component may be connected with the audio output component. The first shell and the second shell may be connected to form a space. The space may have a length direction and a thickness direction perpendicular to the length direction. A first clamping groove and a second clamping groove may be arranged on the first shell with an interval along the length direction. A first clamping block and a second clamping block may be arranged on the second shell along the thickness direction. The first clamping block may be embedded in the first clamping groove, and the second clamping block may be embedded in the second clamping groove to clamp the first shell and the second shell.
Another aspect of the present disclosure may provide a waterproof key component. The waterproof key component may include a shell, one or more keys, and a protection plate. The shell may include a space and a first hole connecting with the space. The protection plate may be arranged in the space and physically connected with the shell. The protection plate may be provided with a second hole. The one or more keys may be movably arranged in the first hole and the second hole to toggle a switch.
Additional features of the present disclosure may be described in the following description. Through the study of the following description and corresponding drawings or the understanding of the production or operation of the embodiment, some additional features of the present disclosure are obvious to those skilled in the art. The features of the present disclosure can be realized and obtained by practice or using various aspects of the methods, tools and combinations described in the following embodiments.
The present disclosure is further illustrated in terms of exemplary embodiments, and these exemplary embodiments are described in detail with reference to the drawings. These embodiments are not restrictive. In these embodiments, the same number indicates the same structure, wherein:
In order to illustrate the technical solutions related to the embodiments of the present disclosure, brief introduction of the drawings referred to in the description of the embodiments is provided below. Obviously, drawings described below are only some examples or embodiments of the present disclosure. Those having ordinary skills in the art, without further creative efforts, may apply the present disclosure to other similar scenarios according to these drawings. Unless stated otherwise or obvious from the context, the same reference numeral in the drawings refers to the same structure and operation.
It will be understood that the terms “system,” “device,” “unit,” and/or “module” used herein are one method to distinguish different components, elements, parts, sections, or assemblies of different levels in ascending order. However, the terms may be displaced by other expressions if they may achieve the same purpose
As shown in the present disclosure and claims, unless the context clearly indicates exceptions, the words “a,” “an,” “one,” and/or “the” do not specifically refer to the singular, but may also include the plural. The terms “including” and “comprising” only suggest that the steps and elements that have been clearly identified are included, and these steps and elements do not constitute an exclusive list, and the method or device may also include other steps or elements.
The present disclosure provides an acoustic device. The acoustic device may include a hanger assembly, at least one of an audio input component or an audio output component, a control circuit assembly, and a protection assembly. The hanger assembly may include a shell forming a space. The control circuit assembly may include one or more circuit boards arranged in the space. The protection assembly may include a protection plate. The protection plate may be arranged in the space and physically connected with the shell of the hanger assembly to form a protection barrier between at least one of the one or more circuit boards and the shell.
In some embodiments, the core module 101 may be configured to implement functions of the acoustic device 100. The core module 101 may include at least one of an audio output component or an audio input component. In some embodiments, the audio output component may input sound to a user. Merely by way of example, the audio output component may include a speaker component. In some embodiments, the audio input component may be configured to acquire external sound. Merely by way of example, the audio input component may include a sound pickup component. The sound pickup component may be configured to acquire user's voice, the environment sound of the user's environment, or the like. For example, the sound pickup component may include a bone conduction microphone, an air conduction microphone, etc., or a combination thereof. For example, the audio input component may convert the acquired sound (i.e., a mechanical vibration) into an electrical signal including sound content, and transmit the electrical signal to the audio output component. The audio output component may convert the received electrical signal into a mechanical vibration, and transmit the mechanical vibration to the user's auditory nervous system based on bone conduction, so that the user may hear the sound, thus the function of hearing aid of the acoustic device 100 may be implemented. In some embodiments, the core module 101 may be arranged in the support assembly 102 and electrically connected with other assemblies of the acoustic device 100 (e.g., the control circuit assembly 104).
In some embodiments, there may be one or more core modules 101. In some embodiments, there may be one single core module 101, and the core module 101 may be arranged at either end of the support assembly 102. In some embodiments, there may be a plurality of the core modules 101, and the plurality of core modules 101 may be respectively arranged at both ends of the support assembly 102. More information about the core module 101 may refer to the description of other parts.
In some embodiments, the support assembly 102 may be configured to support other assemblies of the acoustic device 100, such as the core module 101, the protection assembly 103, the control circuit assembly 104, and the interaction component 105. In some embodiments, the support assembly 102 may include a hanger assembly. In some embodiments, the hanger assembly may be configured to hang the acoustic device 100 on the user's body. For example, the hanger assembly may be configured to hang the acoustic device 100 on a user's ear. In some embodiments, the hanger assembly may be configured to provide a space for other assemblies of the acoustic device 100 to support the other assemblies. For example, the core module 101 and the control circuit assembly 104 may be accommodated in the space inside the hanger assembly. In some embodiments, the support assembly 102 may include a rear hanger assembly. The rear hanger assembly may be connected with the hanger assembly and enable the acoustic device 100 to be stably worn. In some embodiments, the support assembly 102 may be physically connected with other assemblies of the acoustic device 100, such as the core module 101, the protection assembly 103, the control circuit assembly 104, and the interaction component 105. Merely by way of example, the physical connection may include injection molding connection, welding, riveting, bolt, bonding, clamping, etc., or any combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the support assembly 102 may include a shell, which may be provided with one or more holes (e.g., a sound pickup hole, a hole for a key, etc.). In some embodiments, at least one of the one or more holes may be opened on the rear hanger assembly. In some embodiments, at least one of the one or more holes may be opened on the hanger assembly. In some embodiments, the one or more holes may be configured to accommodate elements in the interaction component 105. In some embodiments, the one or more holes may be used for the core module 101 acquiring sound (also referred to as the sound pickup hole). For example, the audio input component may acquire external sound through the sound pickup hole. Further, the audio signal may be transmitted to the audio input component through the sound pickup hole. More information about the one or more holes may refer to the description of other parts, such as the detailed description of
In some embodiments, the protection assembly 103 may have a function of protecting the acoustic device 100, such as waterproof function and dustproof function. In some embodiments, the protection assembly 103 may include a protection plate. The protection plate may be arranged in the support assembly 102 and physically connected with the support assembly to form a protection barrier for protecting the acoustic device 100. For example, the core module 101 may be arranged in the space inside the support assembly, and the protection plate may be arranged between the core module 101 and a shell of the support assembly 102 to form a protection barrier to protect the core module 101, to achieve the waterproof function and dustproof function. In some embodiments, the protection assembly 103 may also include a protection net (also referred to as a windproof net). The protection net may be arranged on a sound path of the sound pickup component to improve the windproof capacity and noise prevention capacity of the sound pickup component, and improve the waterproof and dustproof performance of the acoustic device 100.
In some embodiments, the control circuit assembly 104 may be configured to control other assemblies of the acoustic device 100 (e.g., the core module 101) to implement the functions of the acoustic device 100. The control circuit assembly 104 may be arranged in the space provided by the hanger assembly and electrically connected with other assemblies of the acoustic device 100 (e.g., the core module 101). Merely by way of example, the control circuit assembly 104 may include one or more circuit boards arranged in the space provided by the hanger assembly. The one or more circuit boards may be electrically connected with other assemblies controlling the acoustic device 100 (e.g., the core module 101) to control operations of the acoustic device 100 and implement corresponding operations, such as volume control, switch on/switch off, earphone mode selection, wireless connection or data transmission.
In some embodiments, the one or more circuit boards may include a main circuit board (also known as a main control circuit board). The main circuit board may be configured to control the core module 101 to convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration. In some embodiments, the main circuit board may be arranged in the space provided by the hanger assembly of the support assembly 102. In some embodiments, the main circuit board and the core module 101 may be arranged at the same end of the support assembly 102 or at two ends of the support assembly 102, respectively. In some embodiments, the main circuit board may be connected with the core module 101 through wires. More information about the main circuit board may refer to the description of other parts, such as the detailed description of
In some embodiments, the interaction component 105 may be configured to facilitate interaction between a user and the acoustic device 100 (e.g., the core module 101). For example, the interaction component 105 may be configured to facilitate the interaction between the user and the control circuit assembly. Further, the interaction component 105 may trigger the control circuit assembly to control the acoustic device 100 to implement the function corresponding to an instruction of the user in response to receiving the instruction of the user. For example, the interaction component 105 may control the control circuit assembly to implement a switch on/off function of the acoustic device 100 in response to receiving a pressing instruction of the user.
In some embodiments, the interaction component 105 may include a first component arranged on the support assembly 102 (e.g., hanger assembly) and a second component arranged on the core module 101 (e.g., control circuit assembly). For example, the interaction component 105 may include a first component arranged on the shell of the hanger assembly, and the second component arranged on one of the one or more circuit boards (e.g., the main circuit board) on the control circuit assembly. The first component may be configured to receive an instruction of the user. The instruction of the user may be in a form of force, sound, or the like. For example, the user may generate an instruction of the user by pressing, touching, or the like. In some embodiments, the first component may include one or more keys, such as a volume key and a function key. The second component may trigger the core module 101 (e.g., the control circuit assembly) to implement the function corresponding to the instruction of the user, such as play/pause, switch on/off, etc., in response to the instruction of the user (e.g., pressing, touching) received by the first component. In some embodiments, the second component may include one or more switches, such as a mechanical switch, a voice switch, or the like. Merely by way of example, the first component (e.g., the one or more keys) may pull the second component (e.g., the mechanical switch) to trigger the control circuit assembly to implement the function corresponding to the second component. As another example, the second component may trigger the control circuit assembly to implement the function corresponding to the second component in response to a certain intensity of sound.
In some embodiments, the acoustic device 100 may further include a battery assembly (not shown). The battery assembly may be configured to power other assemblies controlling the acoustic device 100 (e.g., the core module 101). Merely by way of example, the battery assembly may be arranged in the space provided by the hanger assembly. In some embodiments, the battery assembly and the core module 101 may be arranged at the same end of the support assembly 102 or at two ends of the support assembly 102, respectively. In some embodiments, the battery assembly may be connected with the core module 101 through a wire.
It should be noted that above description about the acoustic device 100 is merely provided for convenience of description, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and changes may be made to the acoustic device 100 under the guidance of the present disclosure. However, these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, the speaker component 10 may be configured to convert an audio signal (e.g., an electrical signal) into a mechanical vibration. When the acoustic device 1 is worn by a user, the speaker component 10 may transmit the mechanical vibration to an auditory system (e.g., the auditory nerve) of the user through bone of the user, so that the user may hear sound. For example, the speaker component 10 may be close to the head of the user adjacent to the ear, and the mechanical vibration may be transmitted to the auditory system of the user through the bone of the user's head.
In some embodiments, two speaker components 10 may be connected with a hanger assembly 20, respectively. When wearing the acoustic device 1, the hanger assembly 20 may be hung on the user's ears. The hanger assembly 20 may be connected with the rear hanger assembly 30 and the speaker component 10 respectively, and arranged between the rear hanger assembly 30 and the speaker component 10. The hanger assemblies 20 may form space 21. In some embodiments, the space 21 of one of the two hanger assemblies 20 may be configured to accommodate the battery assembly 50, and the space 21 of another hanger assemblies 20 may be configured to accommodate the control circuit assembly 60.
In some embodiments, the rear hanger assembly 30 may be wrapped around the back of the user's head or neck when the acoustic device 1 is worn. The rear hanger assembly 30 may be connected with two hanger assemblies 20, and may have a stable structure so that the acoustic device 1 may be stably worn. In some embodiments, the battery assembly 50 and/or the control circuit assembly 60 may be arranged in the rear hanger assembly 30.
In some embodiments, the acoustic device 1 may also include one or more sound pickup components 140. The one or more sound pickup components 140 may be arranged in the hanger assembly 20, the rear hanger assembly 30, and/or the speaker component 10. For example, a plurality of sound pickup components 140 may be arranged on the rear hanger assembly 30 with intervals. As another example, one of the plurality of sound pickup components 140 may be arranged at a middle position of the rear hanger assembly 30, and other sound pickup components 140 may be arranged on one or both sides of the middle position of the rear hanger assembly 30 with intervals. As another example, some of the plurality of sound pickup components 140 may be arranged in the hanger assembly 20 with intervals, and other sound pickup components may be arranged in the rear hanger assembly 30 with intervals. The plurality of sound pickup components 140 may be independent, and one of the plurality of sound pickup components 140 may independently pick up sounds and amplify signals, thus the sound in different directions may be picked up and processed, so that the user may receive the sound in different directions and improve the auditory effect.
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In the present disclosure, an acoustic device (such as the acoustic device 100, the acoustic device 1, the acoustic device 2) may include an earphone, a hearing aid, an intercom device, a speaker, a smart glass, etc., or other devices with acoustic output capability. Taking the hearing aid as an example, the existing hearing aid is a small loudspeaker, which may enlarge inaudible sound, and then the sound may be transmitted to the auditory center of the brain with the residual hearing of a hearing-impaired. However, due to the hearing impairment or degradation of the hearing-impaired, the improvement of the hearing effect of the traditional auditory canal transmission method for the hearing-impaired may be relatively limited. The bone conduction technique of the present disclosure may break through the traditional sound transmission mode of the ear canal, effectively improve the hearing effect of the hearing-impaired, and enable the hearing-impaired to receive clearer and more stable sound.
In some embodiments, the hanger assembly 20 may also include a connecting component. An end of the connecting component 23 may be connected with a shell 24. Another end of the connecting component 23 may be connected with the speaker component 10. In some embodiments, as shown in
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In some embodiments, the first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232 may be molded by injection molding (e.g., two-color injection molding). In some embodiments, the first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232 may wrap the elastic support component 233 and the wire 234. In some embodiments, the elastic support component 233 may wrap the wire 234, and the first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232 may wrap the elastic support component 233. For example, the elastic support component 233 may be in a hollow structure. The wire 23 may be located in the elastic support component 233. In some embodiments, the elastic support component 233 may be curved and have a certain stiffness/strength to facilitate the user to wear the acoustic device. The first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232 may protect the elastic support component 233 and the wire 234 wrapped therein. In some embodiments, the first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232 may be made of rubber, plastic, fiber, or other materials with certain elasticity, to improve the comfort of the acoustic device in wearing. In some embodiments, an exposed surface of the first elastic coating 231 may be used as an inner side of the connecting component 23, and an exposed surface of the second elastic coating 232 may be used as an outer side of the connecting component 23. It should be noted that when the acoustic device is in the wearing state, the inner side of the connecting component 23 may be closer to the user's skin relative to the outer side of the connecting component 23. Most of the inner side of the connecting component 23 may be in contact with the user's ear and head.
In some embodiments, when making the connecting component 23, an auxiliary wire may be used. The auxiliary wire and the elastic support component 233 may be arranged side by side. In some embodiments, the auxiliary wire and the elastic support component 233 may have approximately the same structure parameters such as shape, length, radius of curvature, or the like. In some embodiments, the radius of the auxiliary wire may be greater than or equal to the diameter of the wire 234. Further, an elastic coating may be formed on the surface of the auxiliary wire and the elastic support component 233 by injection molding, then the auxiliary wire may pulled out, and the wire 234 may be threaded in the elastic coating at a location (that is, a position where the auxiliary wire is located before being pulled out), to form the connecting component 23. However, in a process of above-mentioned injection molding, the auxiliary wire and the elastic support component 233 have a certain length and radius of curvature, thus the auxiliary wire and the elastic support component 233 (especially a middle area between the auxiliary wire and the elastic support component 233) may deviate from original positions under the impact of injection molding, resulting in uneven wall thickness of the elastic coating. Thus, the molding quality of the connecting component 23 may be affected. In particular, when the wall thickness of the elastic coating is thin, during a long-term use of the acoustic device, the elastic coating on the surface of the connecting component 23 (e.g., the first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232) may break, thereby affecting the user experience.
In some embodiments, the elastic coating may be divided into a first elastic coating 231 and a second elastic coating 232. The first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232 may be injection molded in two times. Further, a groove 235 may be formed on one of the first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232. For example, the groove 235 may be formed on a side of the first elastic coating 231. The groove 235 may be arranged along an extension direction of the first elastic coating 231, and the groove may be configured to accommodate the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire. Further, the second elastic coating 232 may be molded by injection molding on the side where the groove 235 of the first elastic coating 231 is located, and the second elastic coating 232 may cover the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire. Thus, after the first elastic coating 231 and the second elastic coating 232 are combined, the auxiliary wire may be pulled out to form a wire channel (not shown) arranged in parallel with the elastic support component 233 and connected with the space 21. The wire channel may be used for threading the wire 234. Because the groove 235 may have a certain depth, the first elastic coating 231 may wrap a portion of the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire to limit the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire. Thus, the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire may withstand the impact of injection molding. In some embodiments, the depth of the groove 235 may be equal to a radius of one of the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire with the larger diameter. In some embodiments, the depth of the groove 235 may be greater than the radius of one of the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire which has the larger diameter. In some embodiments, the count of the groove 235 may be two. The two grooves 235 may be arranged in parallel and configured to place the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire, respectively. Thus, the channels of the wire 234 and the elastic support component 233 may be separated from each other, so that the elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire (or wire 234) do not interfere with each other. In some embodiments, the count of the groove 235 may be one. The elastic support component 233 and the auxiliary wire may be both arranged in the groove 235, which may simplify the structure of the connecting component 23.
In some embodiments, the shell 24 may be connected with an end of the connecting component 23 (e.g., the elastic support component 233) by injection molding. In some embodiments, the second elastic coating 232 may further cover at least a portion of the outer surface of the shell 24, and the first elastic coating 231 may be located between the shell 24 and the speaker component 10 without covering the outer surface of the shell 24. For example, the second elastic coating 232 may cover the outer surface of the first shell 241, and the first elastic coating 231 may be located between the second shell 242 and the speaker component 10 without covering the outer surface of the second shell 242.
In some embodiments, a molding process of the hanger assembly 20 may include the following operations. In operation 1, the speaker component 10 and the first shell 241 may be formed at ends of the elastic support component 233. In operation 2, the first elastic coating 231 with the groove 235 may be obtained by injection molding. In operation 3, the first elastic coating 231 obtained in operation 2 may be assembled with a semi-finished product and auxiliary wire obtained in operation 1. In operation 4, the second elastic coating 232 may be formed on one side of the groove 235 of the first elastic coating 231 by injection molding to wrap the elastic support component 233, the auxiliary wire, and the outer surface of the first shell 241. In operation 5, the auxiliary wire of the semi-finished product obtained in operation 4 may be pulled out to form a wire channel, and then the wire 234 may be threaded in the wire channel. In operation 6, the second shell 242 may be matched and fixed with the first shell 241 of the semi-finished product obtained in operation 5 through one or one operations, such as gluing, clamping, or threaded connection, or combination thereof.
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In some embodiments, the control circuit assembly 60 may include a main circuit board 61 and an auxiliary circuit board 63. The interaction component may include one or more keys (e.g., a volume key 62, a function key 64) and one or more switches (e.g., a switch 66). As shown in
In some embodiments, the main circuit board 61 may directly control components electrically connected with the main circuit board 61 and components electrically connected with the battery assembly 50 in the acoustic device. For example, two independent audio processing chips (not shown) may be integrated on the main circuit board 61 to independently control the audio gain of the two speaker components 10. Merely by way of example, the two audio processing chips may be digital signal processor (DSP) chips. In some embodiments, the auxiliary circuit board 63 and the battery assembly 50 may be arranged in the space 21 of the same shell. In some embodiments, the main circuit board 61 may control components electrically connected with the auxiliary circuit board through the auxiliary circuit board 63.
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In some embodiments, the connecting part 642 may include two connecting plates 643. The two connecting plates 643 may be arranged substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the surface of the movable part 641. An end of each of the two connecting plates 643 may be connected with the movable part 641, and another end of each of the two connecting plates 643 may be provided with a connector (also known as a snap) 644 to connect the protective plate 65. That is, the connector 644 may be arranged at another end of each of the two connecting plates 643 away from the movable part 641. A connector 644 may protrude in a direction away from another connector 644, thus the connecting part 642 may clamp the side of the protection plate 65 away from the movable part 641.
In some embodiments, the another end of each of the two connecting plates 643 away from the movable part 641 may be provided with an accommodation area (also known as a switch accommodation area) 645. The accommodation area 645 may be configured to accommodate the switch 66 to make the function key 64 toggle the switch 66. In this way, on the one hand, the function key 64 may contact the switch 66 through the accommodation area 645, thus the user may toggle the switch 66 by pressing the function key 64. On the other hand, the function key 64 may also be clamped with the protection plate 65 to prevent the function key 64 from falling off from the shell 24, and improve the waterproof and dustproof performance of the shell 24 at the function key 64.
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It should be noted that the above description of the structure of the function key 64 is merely for an example. In addition, the function key 64, the protection plate 65, and the shell 24 may cooperate to form a waterproof key assembly.
It should be noted that according to the above description, an end of the rear hanger assembly 30 of the acoustic device may be provided with a hanger assembly 20 and a speaker component 10 corresponding to the hanger assembly 20, a sound pickup component 140, a battery assembly 50, an auxiliary circuit board 63 and a volume key 62. Another end of the rear hanger assembly 30 of the acoustic device may be provided with a hanger assembly 20, a speaker component 10, a sound pickup component 140, a main circuit board 61 and a volume key 62, which are corresponding to the hanger assembly 20. The above components arranged at ends of the rear hanger assembly 30 may be electrically connected with each other through the wires built into the rear hanger assembly 30 to implement control instructions, transmission of electrical signals, or the like. According to the above description, each hanger assembly 20 may be connected with a speaker component 10. When the user wears the acoustic device, the two speaker components 10 may be located on sides of the user's head respectively, to form stereo, thus the acoustic expressiveness of the acoustic device may be improved.
In some embodiments, the two speaker components 10 may be electrically connected with the main circuit board 61, and the two speaker components 10 may be adjusted by the same volume key 62. In this case, the volume of the two speaker components 10 may be increased or decreased synchronously under adjustment of the volume key 62. Although this arrangement may simplify control of the adjustment of the speaker components 10 and the structure of the whole machine. However, for users with abnormal hearing, the arrangement may cause sound heard by the user with an effect of “loud sound in a side, and whisper in another side”, affecting the user's experience. Therefore, in the present disclosure, the volume keys 62 may be respectively arranged on the two hanger assemblies 20 to adjust the corresponding speaker component 10 respectively. Thus, the user may adjust the two speaker components 10 adaptively according to an actual use requirement.
It is found that if the sound pickup component 140 is directly connected with the outside through the third hole 22, the sound path between the sound pickup component 140 and the outside will be short. When the acoustic device is in a complex environment (e.g., the air flow is violent), the sound pickup component 140 may pick up more noises, which may cause a phenomenon of “wind noise”. The phenomenon of “wind noise” may refer to a phenomenon that the sound pickup component 140 picks up external noises and generates noises. Therefore, in the present disclosure, as shown in
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It should be noted that a count of hanger assemblies 20 may be two, a count of sound pickup components 140 may also be two, and a count of channels 26 may also be two. Specifically, a sound pickup component 140 and a channel 26 may be respectively arranged in the space 21 of each hanger assembly 20 to improve the pickup effect of each sound pickup component 140.
In some embodiments, the acoustic device may be developed of portability and miniaturization. The hanger assembly 20 may be configured to arrange the battery assembly 50 and/or the control circuit assembly 60 and related wiring, etc., resulting in a larger volume of the hanger assembly 20 of the acoustic device. The design of the relevant snap structures in the hanger assembly 20 may also affect the volume of the hanger assembly 20. Therefore, in order to reduce the volume of the hanger assembly 20, as shown in
As shown in
In some embodiments, the clamp of the first shell 241 and the second shell 242 may also limit the relative movement of the first shell 241 and the second shell 242 in the length direction of the space 21. In order to further limit the relative movement of the first shell 241 and the second shell 242 in the length direction, as shown in
In order to further limit the relative movement of the first shell 241 and the second shell 242 in the length direction, as shown in
The movement of the shell 24 in the splicing direction and the thickness direction of the space 21 may be limited by the clamp of the first clamping block 2421 and the first clamping groove 2411 and the clamp of the second clamping block 2422 and the second clamping groove 2412. The movement of the shell 24 in the length direction of the space 21 may further be limited by the clamp of the edge part 2419 and the edge part 2429 and the cooperation of the first limiting component 2413 and the second limiting component 2423. In this way, the splicing of the first shell 241 and the second shell 242 may be more stable, and the structure of the acoustic device may be more reliable.
In some embodiments, as shown in
In some embodiments, as shown in
In some embodiments, the direction of the opening of the first clamping groove 2411 may face the space 21. If the first clamping groove 2411 is directly formed in the first subspace 2410, a draft direction of forming the first subspace 2410 may interfere a draft direction of forming the first clamping groove 2411 in the process of forming the first subspace 2410 and the first clamping groove 2411 with the corresponding mold. In addition, the draft direction of the first clamping groove 2411 may be in the first subspace 2410, thus the draft direction of the first clamping groove 2411 may conflict with a draft direction of other components, resulting in difficulties in production. In order to solve the above problems and reduce the difficulty of production and manufacturing, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
Based on the above arrangement, the manufacturing method of the hanger assembly 20 of the present disclosure may include the following operations. In operation 100, the first shell 241 and the second shell 242 may be formed by injection molding, and the outer hole 2415 and the inner hole 2416 communicating with each other may be formed on the first shell 241. In operation 200, a filler 2417 may be arranged in the outer hole 2415, and the inner hole 2416 may be used as the first clamping groove 2411. Merely by way of example, the filler 2417 may be filled in the outer hole 2415 by injection molding. In order to protect the first shell 241, the first shell 241 may be coated with an elastic coating 236 after the operation 200. Merely by way of example, the first shell 241 may be covered with the elastic coating 236 by injection molding, and the outer hole 2415 may be covered. In 300, the first shell 241 and the second shell 242 may be spliced through the clamp of the first clamping groove 2411 and the first clamping block 2421. The forming method of other component of the hanger assembly 20 may be manufactured by using the existing forming method on the basis of the specific structure of the hanger assembly 20, which may not be repeated herein.
In order to further reduce the volume of the hanger assembly 20, as shown in
In some embodiments, as shown in
The acoustic device may include one or more volume keys, such as the volume key 62 of the control circuit assembly 60. In some embodiments, a hole 2425 for a key (i.e., key hole) and the power socket 2424 corresponding to the volume key 62 may be arranged at the bottom of the second shell 242. Due to the limited area of the bottom, the hole 2425 and the power socket 2424 need to be arranged compactly. A size of the hole 2425 may be small and closely arranged with the power socket 2424. The user's control experience may thus be reduced and an incorrect operation may be easily caused. In some embodiments, the power socket 2424 may not be arranged at the bottom of the second shell 242, but at the side of the second shell 242. In this way, the hole 2425 may have a large volume and may be loosely arranged with other holes for keys, to facilitate the user's operation, reduce the occurrence of the incorrect operation and improve the operation experience of the acoustic device.
The stable splicing structure between the first shell 241 and the second shell 242 may protect the battery assembly 50 and the control circuit assembly 60 in the space 21. In order to reduce the failure rate of acoustic device, it is necessary to ensure not only the stability of the structure, but also the stability of the electrical connection. The stability of the electrical connection may be related to the reliability of the connection between the components of the acoustic device. In order to ensure the stability of the electrical connection of the acoustic device, the hanger assembly 20 may be provided with a corresponding wire clamping structure.
In some embodiments, as shown in
In some embodiments, the first wire clamping part 2371 may have two first sub-wire clamping parts 23711 arranged with intervals in the radial direction of the wire. As shown in
In some embodiments, in order to facilitate the connection of the joint part 237 to the speaker component 10, and enhance the connection stability between the joint part 237 and the speaker component 10, as shown in
As shown in
As shown in
Having thus described the basic concepts, it may be rather apparent to those skilled in the art after reading this detailed disclosure that the foregoing detailed disclosure is intended to be presented by way of example only and is not limiting. Various alterations, improvements, and modifications may occur and are intended to those skilled in the art, though not expressly stated herein. These alterations, improvements, and modifications are intended to be suggested by this disclosure and are within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of this disclosure.
Meanwhile, certain terminology has been used to describe embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the terms “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” and/or “some embodiments” mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to “an embodiment” or “one embodiment” or “an alternative embodiment” in various portions of this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined as suitable in one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.
Further, it will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present disclosure may be illustrated and described herein in any of a number of patentable classes or context including any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof. Accordingly, aspects of the present disclosure may be implemented entirely hardware, entirely software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or combining software and hardware implementation that may all generally be referred to herein as an “data block,” “module,” “engine,” “unit,” “component,” or “system.” Furthermore, aspects of the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable media having computer readable program code embodied thereon.
A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including electro-magnetic, optical, or the like, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that may communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable signal medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, or the like, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Scala, Smalltalk, Eiffel, JADE, Emerald, C++, C#, VB. NET, Python or the like, conventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming language, Visual Basic, Fortran 2003, Perl, COBOL 2002, PHP, ABAP, dynamic programming languages such as Python, Ruby and Groovy, or other programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the operator's computer, partly on the operator's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the operator's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the operator's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider) or in a cloud computing environment or offered as a service such as a Software as a Service (SaaS).
Furthermore, the recited order of processing elements or sequences, or the use of numbers, letters, or other designations therefore, is not intended to limit the claimed processes and methods to any order except as may be specified in the claims. Although the above disclosure discusses through various examples what is currently considered to be a variety of useful embodiments of the disclosure, it is to be understood that such detail is solely for that purpose, and that the appended claims are not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, are intended to cover modifications and equivalent arrangements that are within the spirit and scope of the disclosed embodiments. For example, although the implementation of various components described above may be embodied in a hardware device, it may also be implemented as a software only solution—e.g., an installation on an existing server or mobile device.
Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of embodiments of the present disclosure, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various embodiments. However, this disclosure does not mean that the present disclosure object requires more features than the features mentioned in the claims. In fact, features of embodiments may lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment.
In some embodiments, the numbers expressing quantities of ingredients, properties, and so forth, used to describe and claim certain embodiments of the application are to be understood as being modified in some instances by the term “about,” “approximate,” or “substantially.” For example, “about,” “approximate,” or “substantially” may indicate ±20% variation of the value it describes, unless otherwise stated. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters set forth in the written description and attached claims are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by a particular embodiment. In some embodiments, the numerical parameters should be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of some embodiments of the application are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as practicable.
Contents of each of patents, patent applications, publications of patent applications, and other materials, such as articles, books, specifications, publications, documents, etc., referenced herein are hereby incorporated by reference, excepting any prosecution file history that is inconsistent with or in conflict with the present document, or any file (now or later associated with the present disclosure) that may have a limiting effect to the broadest scope of the claims. It should be noted that if the description, definition, and/or terms used in the appended materials of the present disclosure is inconsistent or conflicts with the content described in the present disclosure, the use of the description, definition and/or terms of the present disclosure shall prevail.
Finally, it should be understood that the embodiments described in the present disclosure merely illustrates the principles of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Other modifications may be within the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, by way of example, and not limitation, alternative configurations of embodiments of the present disclosure may be considered to be consistent with the teachings of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the embodiments explicitly introduced and described by the present disclosure.
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