Patent Grant
12047730
The present disclosure relates to the field of a loudspeaker apparatus, and in particular, to a key module in a loudspeaker apparatus.
At present, a loudspeaker component of a loudspeaker apparatus may include a key module and/or an auxiliary key module, which may let a user to perform some specific functions. Corresponding functions (e.g., pausing/playing music, answering calls, etc.) may be achieved through the key module and/or the auxiliary key module. However, when the key module and/or the auxiliary key module is disposed on the loudspeaker component may affect the working state of the loudspeaker component has not considered. For example, the key module may reduce the volume generated by the loudspeaker component.
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker apparatus may include: a support connector configured to contact a head of a human; at least one loudspeaker component including an earphone core and a housing for accommodating the earphone core, wherein the housing is fixedly connected to the support connector and has at least one key module; and a control circuit or a battery that is contained in the support connector, wherein the earphone core is driven by the control circuit or the battery to vibrate to generate sound, and the sound includes at least two resonance peaks.
The present disclosure is further described in terms of exemplary embodiments. These exemplary embodiments are described in detail with reference to the drawings. These examples are non-limiting exemplary embodiments, in which like reference numerals represent similar structures throughout the several views of the drawings, and where:
In order to illustrate the technical solutions related to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a 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. It should be understood that the purposes of these illustrated embodiments are only provided to those skilled in the art to practice the application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Unless apparent from the locale or otherwise stated, like reference numerals represent similar structures or operations throughout the several views of the drawings.
As used in the disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and/or “the” may include plural forms unless the content clearly indicates otherwise. In general, the terms “comprise” and “include” are indicated to include steps and elements that have been clearly identified, and these steps and elements do not constitute an exclusive list. The methods or devices may also include other steps or elements. The term “based on” refers to “at least in part based on.” The term “one embodiment” refers to “at least one embodiment,” and the term “another embodiment” refers to “at least one another embodiment.” Definitions of other terms will be given in the description below. In the following, without loss of generality, in the description of the present disclosure regarding conduction-related technologies, a description of “loudspeaker apparatus” or “loudspeaker” will be used. The description of “loudspeaker apparatus” or “loudspeaker” is only a form of application of conduction. For those skilled in the art, “loudspeaker apparatus” or “loudspeaker” can also be replaced by other similar words, such as “sound apparatus,” “hearing aid” or “speak apparatus.” In fact, various implementations in the present disclosure may be easily applied to other non-loudspeaker-type hearing devices. For example, for those skilled in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the loudspeaker apparatus, various modifications and changes can be made in the form and details of the specific ways and steps of implementing the loudspeaker apparatus without departing from the principle. In particular, a function for picking up and processing environmental sound is added to the loudspeaker apparatus, so that the loudspeaker apparatus achieves the function of a hearing aid. For example, microphones may pick up environmental sound surrounding a user/wearer, process the sound (e.g., generating electrical signals) with a certain algorithm, and send the processed sound (e.g., the generated electrical signal) to a loudspeaker module. That is, the loudspeaker apparatus may be modified to include the function of picking up environmental sound, and after a certain signal processing, the sound is transmitted to the user/wearer through the loudspeaker module. In some embodiments, the algorithm mentioned above may include noise elimination, automatic gain control, acoustic feedback suppression, wide dynamic range compression, active environment recognition, active anti-noise, directional processing, tinnitus processing, multi-channel wide dynamic range compression, active howling suppression, volume control, or the like, or any combination thereof.
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In some embodiments, the support connector 10 may include an ear hook 20. Specifically, the support connector 10 may include two ear hooks 20 and a rear hook 30 connecting the two ear hooks 20. When the user wears the loudspeaker apparatus, the two ear hooks 20 may correspond to (or contact) the left and right ears of the user, respectively, and the rear hook 30 may correspond to (or contact) the back of the user's head. The ear hook may be configured to contact to a head of the human (e.g., the user), and one or more contact points between the ear hook 20 and the head of the human (i.e., one or more points near a top of the ear hook 25) may be regarded as vibration fulcrums of the loudspeaker component 40 when the loudspeaker component 40 vibrates.
In some embodiments, the vibration of the loudspeaker component 40 can be regarded as a reciprocating swing with the top of the ear hook 25 as a fixed point, and a part of the ear hook 20 between the top of the ear hook 25 and the loudspeaker component 40 as an arm. The fixed point may be considered as a vibration fulcrum. The amplitude (i.e., vibration acceleration) of the loudspeaker component 40 may be positively related to the volume that the loudspeaker component 40 generates. A mass distribution of the loudspeaker component 40 may have a significant effect on the amplitude of the reciprocating swing, thereby affecting the volume generated by the loudspeaker component 40.
In some embodiments, the loudspeaker component 40 may include a loudspeaker module (not shown in
In some embodiments, the key module 4d may be used for human-computer interaction. For example, the key module 4d may be used for implementing a pause/start function, a recording function, a call answering function, etc.
Specifically, the user may use the key module 4d to implement different interaction functions by operating the key module 4d with operation instructions. For example, the user may click the key module 4d once to implement the pause/start (such as music, recording, etc.) function. As another example, the user may click the key module 4d twice quickly to implement the call answering function. As a further example, the user may regularly click (e.g., for a total of twice clicks, clicking every other second) the key module 4d to implement the recording function. In some embodiments, the operation instructions performed by the user may include clicking, sliding, scrolling, or the like, or any combination thereof. For example, the user may slide up and down on a surface of the key module 4d to implement the function of switching songs.
In an application scenario, at least two key modules 4d may be set respectively on the left and right ear hooks 20. The user may use the left and/or right hands to operate either of the two key modules 4d, which may improve user experience.
In some embodiments, in order to further improving the human-computer interaction experience, the functions of the human-computer interaction may be assigned separately to the two key modules 4d on the left and right. The user may operate the corresponding key modules 4d according to different functions that the user wants to implement. For example, for the key module 4d on the left, the user may turn on recording function by clicking once; turn off the recording function by clicking twice; implementing the pause/play function by quickly clicking twice. As another example, for the key module 4d on the right, the user may implement the call answering function by quickly clicking twice (if music is playing at this time and there is no phone call, the function of switching to the next/previous song may be achieved by quickly clicking twice).
In some embodiments, the functions corresponding to the left and right key modules 4d may be user-defined. For example, the user may assign, in an application software, the pause/play function performed by the left key module 4d to the right key module 4d. As another example, the call answering function performed by the right key module 4d may be assigned to the left key module 4d. Further, for operating instructions (such as clicking times, sliding gestures) to be used to implement corresponding functions may be set in the application software by the user. For example, by setting data in the application software, the operation instruction corresponding to the call answering function may be changed from clicking once to clicking twice, and the operation instruction corresponding to the function of switching to the next/previous song may be changed from clicking twice to clicking three times. The user defines the function of the key module 4d may be more compliance with the operation habits of the user, which may be helpful to avoid operation errors and improve the user experience.
In some embodiments, the functions of the human-computer interaction may not be fixed, and may be determined according to functions commonly used by the user. For example, the key module 4d may also implement functions such as rejecting calls and reading voice messages, and the user may customize the functions and operation instructions corresponding to the functions to satisfy different requirements.
In some embodiments, a distance between a center of the key module 4d and a vibration fulcrum may not be greater than a distance between a center of the loudspeaker module and the vibration fulcrum. Thus, this structure may increase the vibration acceleration of the loudspeaker component 40, which may further increase the volume of the loudspeaker component 40 when vibrating.
In some embodiments, the center of the key module 4d may be a center of mass m1 or a center of form g1. There may be a first distance I1 between the center of mass m1 or the center of form g1 of the key module 4d and the top of the ear hook 25 (i.e., the vibration fulcrum). There may be a second distance I2 between a center of mass m2 or a center of form g2 of the loudspeaker module (the rest portion of the loudspeaker component 40 except the key module 4d) and the top of the ear hook 25. It should be noted that the center of mass or the center of form of the loudspeaker module may also be replaced by the center of mass or the center of form of the housing.
In some embodiments, the mass distribution of the key module 4d and/or the loudspeaker module may be relatively uniform. Thus, it can be considered that the center of mass m1 of the key module 4d coincides with the center of form g1 of the key module 4d, and the center of mass m2 of the loudspeaker module coincides with the center of form g2 of the loudspeaker module.
In some embodiments, the mass distribution of the key module 4d in the loudspeaker component 40 may be represented by a ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2, and/or a mass ratio k between the mass of the key module 4d and the mass of the loudspeaker module.
Specifically, according to the principle of dynamics, compare to the proximal end 4g of the top of the ear hook 25, when the key module 4d is set at the distal end 4h of the top of the ear hook 25, the vibration acceleration of the loudspeaker component 40 may be less, which may cause the volume down. In a case where the mass of the key module 4d is constant, as the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 increases, the vibration acceleration of the loudspeaker component 40 decreases, which may cause the volume down. In a case where the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 is constant, as the mass of the key module 4d increases, the vibration acceleration of the loudspeaker component 40 decreases, which may cause the volume down. Therefore, by adjusting the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 and/or the mass ratio k between the mass of the key module 4d and the mass of the loudspeaker module, the volume down of the loudspeaker component 40 caused by the setting of the key module 4d may be controlled within the range perceivable by human ears.
In some embodiments, the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 may not be greater than 1.
Specifically, when the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 is equal to 1, the center of mass m1 or the center of form g1 of the key module 4d may coincide with the center of mass m2 or the center of form g2 of the loudspeaker module, so that the key module 4d may be set centrally at the loudspeaker component 40. When the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 is less than 1, the center of mass m1 or the center of form g1 of the key module 4d may be closer to the top of the ear hook 25 than the center of mass m2 or the center of form g2 of the loudspeaker module, and thus, the key module 4d is disposed at the proximal end of the loudspeaker component 40 near the top of the ear hook 25. As the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 becomes smaller, the center of mass m1 or the center of form g1 of the key module 4d may be closer to the top of the ear hook 25 than the center of mass m2 or the center of form g2 of the loudspeaker module.
In some embodiments, the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 may not be greater than 0.95, so that the key module 4d is closer to the top of the ear hook 25. In some embodiments, the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 may be 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, etc., which may be determined according to different requirements, and is not limited here.
Further, in a case where the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 satisfies the above conditions, the mass ratio between the mass of the key module 4d and the mass of the loudspeaker module may not be greater than 0.3, 0.29, 0.23, 0.17, 0.1, 0.06, 0.04, etc., which is not limited here.
It should be noted that, in the one or more embodiments described above, the center of mass m1 of the key module 4d may coincide with the center of form g1 of the key module (not shown in
In some embodiments, the center of mass m1 and the center of form g1 of the key module 4d may not coincide. Specifically, since the structure of the key module 4d is relatively simple and regular, it is easier to determine the center of form g1 than the center of mass m1, and thus the center of form g1 may be selected as a reference point. The center of mass m2 and center of form g2 of the loudspeaker module may not coincided. Due to different materials used in the loudspeaker module (such as microphones, flexible circuit boards, pads, etc. are made of different materials), the mass distribution may not be uniform, and the shape of each component may be irregular (such as microphones, flexible circuit boards, pads, etc.). Therefore, the center of mass m2 of the loudspeaker module may be used as a reference point.
In an application scenario, corresponding to the embodiments mentioned above, there may be a first distance I1 between the center of form g1 of the key module 4d and the top of the ear hook 25, and a second distance I2 between the center of mass m2 of the loudspeaker module and the top of the ear hook 25. The mass distribution of the key module 4d in the loudspeaker component 40 can be represented by the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2, and/or the mass ratio k between the mass of the key module 4d and the mass of the loudspeaker module. Specifically, in a case where the mass of the key module 4d is constant, as the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 increases, the vibration acceleration of the loudspeaker component 40 decreases, thereby causing the volume down. In a case where the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 is constant, as the mass of the key module 4d increases, the vibration acceleration of the speaker component 40 decreases, thereby causing the volume down. Therefore, by adjusting the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 and/or the mass ratio k between the mass of the key module 4d and the mass of the loudspeaker module, the volume down caused by the setting of the key module 4d may be controlled within the range perceivable by human ears.
In an application scenario, the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 may not be greater than 1.
Specifically, when the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 is equal to 1, the center of form g1 of the key module 4d and the center of mass m2 of the loudspeaker module may coincide, so that the key module 4d is centered relative to the loudspeaker component 40. When the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 is less than 1, the center of form g1 of the key module 4d may be closer to the top of the ear hook 25 relative to the center of mass m2 of the loudspeaker module, and thus, the key module 4d is disposed at the proximal end 4g of the loudspeaker component 40 near the top of the ear hook 25. As the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 becomes smaller, the center of form g1 of the key module 4d may be closer to the top of the ear hook 25 relative to the center of mass m2 of the loudspeaker component 40.
Further, the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 may not be greater than 0.95, so that the key module 4d may be closer to the top of the ear hook 25. The ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 may be 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, etc., which may be determined according to different requirements, and is not limited here.
Still further, in a case where the ratio between the first distance I1 and the second distance I2 satisfies the range mentioned above, the mass ratio between the mass of the key module 4d and the mass of the loudspeaker module may not be greater than 0.3, 0.29, 0.23, 0.17, 0.1, 0.06, 0.04, etc., which is not limited here.
It should be noted that, in another embodiment, the center of form g2 of the loudspeaker module may be used as a reference point. The descriptions herein may be similar to the previous embodiments and will not be repeated.
In some embodiments, the housing 41 may include an outer sidewall 412 and a peripheral sidewall 411. The peripheral sidewall 411 may be connected to the outer sidewall 412 and the outer sidewall 412 may be surrounded by the peripheral sidewall 411. When the user wears the loudspeaker apparatus, one side of the peripheral sidewall 411 may be in contact with a head of a human (e.g., a user), and the outer sidewall 412 may be located on the other side of the peripheral sidewall 411 away from the head of the human. In some embodiments, the housing 41 may be disposed with a cavity to accommodate the earphone core.
In some embodiments, the peripheral sidewall 411 may include a first peripheral sidewall 411a disposed along a length direction of the outer sidewall 412 and a second peripheral sidewall 411b disposed along a width direction of the outer sidewall 412. The outer sidewall 412 and the peripheral sidewall 411 may be connected together to form a cavity that is open at one end and accommodates the earphone core.
In some embodiments, the first peripheral sidewall 411a and the second peripheral sidewall 411b may each be two, and the two first peripheral sidewalls 411a and the two second peripheral sidewalls 411b may be successively enclosed. When the user wears the loudspeaker apparatus, the two first peripheral sidewalls 411a may respectively face the front and back sides of the head of the user (or human), and the two second peripheral sidewalls 411b may respectively face the upper and lower sides of the head of the user.
In some embodiments, the outer sidewall 412 may be configured to cover an end enclosed by the first peripheral sidewall(s) 411a and the second peripheral sidewall(s) 411b, so as to form the housing 41 that has a cavity with an open end and a closed end. The earphone core may be accommodated in the cavity of the housing 41.
In some embodiments, the shape enclosed by the first peripheral sidewall(s) 411a and the second peripheral sidewall(s) 411b may not be limited. The first peripheral sidewall(s) 411a and the second peripheral sidewall(s) 411b may form any shape suitable for the head of the user, such as a rectangular, a square, a circle, an oval, etc.
In some embodiments, the shape formed by the first peripheral sidewall(s) 411a and the second peripheral sidewall(s) 411b may conform to ergonomic principles and improve the wearing experience of the user. In some embodiments, the heights of the first peripheral sidewall(s) 411a and the second peripheral sidewall(s) 411b may be the same or different. When the heights of the two peripheral sidewalls 411 that are successively connected are different, it should be ensured that the protruding part of the peripheral sidewall(s) 411 may not affect the user's wearing and operation.
In some embodiments, the key module 4d may be located in the middle position of the outer sidewall 412. Alternatively, the key module 4d may be located between the middle position and the top position of the outer sidewall 412.
In some embodiments, the shape of the key 4d2 may be a rounded rectangle, and the rounded rectangular key 4d2 may extend along the length direction of the outer sidewall 412. The key 4d2 may include two axes of symmetry (long axis and short axis), which are arranged axisymmetrically in two directions of symmetry that are perpendicular to each other.
Specifically, when the ratio between the first distance D1 and the second distance D2 is equal to 1, the key 4d2 may be located at the middle position of the outer sidewall 412. When the ratio between the first distance D1 and the second distance D2 is less than 1, the key 4d2 may be located between the middle position and the top position of the outer sidewall 412.
Further, the ratio between the first distance D1 and the second distance D2 may not be greater than 0.95, so that the key 4d2 may be relatively close to the top position of the outer sidewall 412, that is, relatively close to the vibration fulcrum, thereby increasing the volume of the loudspeaker component 40. The ratio between the first distance D1 and the second distance D2 may also be 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, etc., which may be determined according to different requirements.
In some embodiments, a connection part between the ear hook 20 and the loudspeaker module may have a central axis. In some embodiments, an outer side surface may be included. In some embodiments, the outer side surface of the key 4d2 may be a side surface away from the head of the user when the user wears the loudspeaker apparatus. In some embodiments, an extension line r of the central axis may have a projection on a plane on which the outer side surface of the key is located. An included angle θ between the projection and the long axis direction of the key 4d2 may be less than 10°. For example, the included angle θ may be 9°, 7°, 5°, 3°, 1°, etc.
When the included angle θ between the projection of the extension line r on the plane where the outer side surface of the key 4d2 is located and the long axis direction is less than 10°, the long axis direction of the key 4d2 may not deviate too much from the extension direction of the extension line r, so that the direction of the key 4d2 in the long axis direction is consistent with or close to the extension line r of the central axis.
In some embodiments, the extension line r of the central axis may have a projection on the plane on which the outer side surface of the key 4d2 is located. The long axis direction and the short axis direction of the outer side surface of the key 4d2 may have an intersection, and the projection and the intersection may have the shortest distance d. The shortest distance d may be less than a size s2 of the outer side surface of the key 4d2 in the short axis direction, so that the key 4d2 is close to the extension line r of the central axis of the ear hook. In some embodiments, the projection of the extension line r of the central axis of the ear hook 20 on the plane where the outer side surface of the key 4d2 is located may coincide with the long axis direction to further improve the sound quality of the loudspeaker component 40.
In some embodiments, the long axis direction of the key 4d2 may be a direction from the top of the key 4d2 to the bottom of the key 4d2, or may be a direction along which the ear hook 20 and the housing 41 are connected. The short axis direction of the key 4d2 may be a direction that is perpendicular to the long axis of the key 4d2 and passes through the midpoint of the line connecting the top and the bottom of the key 4d2. The size of the key 4d2 in the long axis direction may be s1, and the size of the key 4d2 in the short axis direction may be s2.
In some embodiments, the first peripheral sidewall 411a may have a bottom position, a middle position, and a top position in a direction close to the vibration fulcrum.
The bottom position may be a connection point between the first peripheral sidewall 411a and the second peripheral sidewall 411b away from the ear hook 20. The top position may be a connection point between the first peripheral sidewall 411a and the second peripheral sidewall 411b near the ear hook 20. The middle position may be the midpoint of a line connecting the bottom position and the top position of the first peripheral sidewall 411a.
In some embodiments, the key module 4d may be located in the middle position of the first peripheral sidewall 411a (not shown in
Further, the ratio between the third distance I3 and the fourth distance I4 may not be greater than 0.95, so that the key module 4d may be relatively close to the top position of the first peripheral sidewall 411a, that is, relatively close to the vibration fulcrum, thereby increasing the volume of the loudspeaker component 40. The ratio between the third distance I3 and the fourth distance I4 may be 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, etc., which may be determined according to actual requirements.
As described above, a third distance D3 may refer to the distance between the top of the key 4d2 and the top position of the first peripheral sidewall 411a, and a fourth distance D4 may refer to the distance between the bottom of the key 4d2 and the bottom position of the first peripheral sidewall 411a. The ratio of the third distance D3 to the fourth distance D4 may not be greater than 1.
Further, the ratio between the third distance D3 and the fourth distance D4 may not be greater than 0.95, so that the key 4d2 is relatively close to the top position of the first peripheral sidewall 411a, that is, relatively close to the vibration fulcrum, thereby increasing the volume of the loudspeaker component 40. The ratio between the third distance D3 and the fourth distance D4 may also include 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, etc., which may be determined according to actual requirements.
It should be noted that the above description of the loudspeaker apparatus is only a specific example, and should not be regarded as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the loudspeaker apparatus, various modifications and changes may be made in the form and details of the specific ways and steps of implementing the loudspeaker apparatus without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the key module 4d may only be disposed in one of the loudspeaker components 40 on the left and right. As another example, the two loudspeaker components 40 may both be disposed with the key module 4d. All such variations are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, the loudspeaker apparatus may further include an auxiliary key module 5d. The auxiliary key module 5d may be configured to provide more functions for human-computer interaction.
In some embodiments, the auxiliary key module 5d may include a power key, a function shortcut key, and a menu shortcut key. In some embodiments, the function shortcut key may include a volume plus key and a volume minus key for adjusting a sound level, a fast forward key, and a fast backward key for adjusting the progress of a sound file, etc. In some embodiments, the auxiliary key module 5d may include a physical key form, a virtual key form, etc. In some embodiments, a surface of each key in the auxiliary key module 5d may be disposed with a logo corresponding to its function. In some embodiments, the logo may include text (e.g., in Chinese, English), symbols (e.g., the volume plus key is marked with “+”, the volume minus key is marked with “−”), etc. In some embodiments, the logo may be disposed on the key(s) through laser printing, screen printing, pad printing, laser filler, thermal sublimation, hollow-out text, or the like. In some embodiments, the logo on the key(s) may also be disposed on the surface of the housing 41 that is located on the periphery of the keys for labeling. In some embodiments, the loudspeaker apparatus may include a touch screen. A control program installed in the loudspeaker apparatus may generate a virtual key on the touch screen having an interactive function. The user may select a function, a volume, and a file via the virtual key. In some embodiments, the loudspeaker apparatus may include a combination of a physical display screen and physical keys.
It should be noted that the above description of the loudspeaker component is only a specific example, and should not be considered as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the loudspeaker component, various modifications and changes may be made in the form and details of the specific ways and steps of implementing the loudspeaker component without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the auxiliary key module 5d in the loudspeaker apparatus may have a regular shape such as a rectangle, a circle, an ellipse and a triangle, or may have an irregular shape. All such variations are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, the receiving module 601 may be configured to receive a voice control instruction and send the voice control instruction to the processing module 603. In some embodiments, the receiving module 601 may include one or more microphones. In some embodiments, when the receiving module 601 receives the voice control instruction inputted by a user, (e.g., the receiving module 601 receives a voice control instruction of “start playing”), the receiving module 601 may then send the voice control instruction to the processing module 603.
In some embodiments, the processing module 603 may be in communication with the receiving module 601. The processing module 603 may generate an instruction signal according to the voice control instruction, and send the instruction signal to the identification module 605.
In some embodiments, when the processing module 603 receives the voice control instruction inputted by the user from the receiving module 601 through the communication connection, the processing module 603 may generate an instruction signal according to the voice control instruction.
In some embodiments, the identification module 605 may be in communication with the processing module 603 and the control module 607. The identification module 605 may identify whether the instruction signal matches a predetermined signal, and send a matching result to the control module 607.
In some embodiments, when the identification module 605 determines that the instruction signal matches the predetermined signal, the identification module 605 may send the matching result to the control module 607. The control module 607 may control the operations of the loudspeaker apparatus according to the instruction signal. For example, when the receiving module 601 receives a voice control instruction of “start playing”, and when the identification module 605 determines that the instruction signal corresponding to the voice control instruction matches the predetermined signal, the control module 607 may automatically perform the voice control instruction. The control module 607 may immediately automatically perform starting playing audio data. When the instruction signal does not match the predetermined signal, the control module 607 may not perform the control instruction.
In some embodiments, the voice control system may further include a storage module, which is in communication with the receiving module 601, the processing module 603, and the identification module 605. The receiving module 601 may receive and send a predetermined voice control instruction to the processing module 603. The processing module 603 may generate a predetermined signal according to the predetermined voice control instruction, and send the predetermined signal to the storage module. When the identification module 605 needs to match the instruction signal received from the processing module 603 by the receiving module 601 with the predetermined signal, the storage module may send the predetermined signal to the identification module 605 through the communication connection.
In some embodiments, the processing module 603 may further include removing environmental sound contained in the voice control instruction.
In some embodiments, the processing module 603 in the voice control system may further include performing denoising processing on the voice control instruction. The denoising processing may refer to removing the environmental sound contained in the voice control instruction. In some embodiments, when in a complex environment, the receiving module 601 may receive and send the voice control instruction to the processing module 603. Before the processing module 603 generates the corresponding instruction signal according to the voice control instruction, in order to prevent the environmental sound from interfering with the recognition process of the identification module 605, the voice control instruction may first be denoised. For example, when the receiving module 601 receives a voice control instruction inputted by the user when the user is in an outdoor environment, the voice control instruction may include environmental sound such as vehicle driving on the road, whistle. The processing module 602 may perform the denoising processing to reduce the influence of the environmental sound on the voice control instruction.
It should be noted that the above description of the voice control system is only a specific example and should not be considered as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the voice control system, various modifications and changes may be made in the form and details of the specific ways and steps of implementing the voice control system without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the receiving module 601 and the processing module 603 may be combined into one single module. All such variations are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, the loudspeaker apparatus may also include an indicator lamp module (not shown in
In some embodiments, the indicator lamp may show the power of the loudspeaker apparatus. For example, when the indicating lamp is red, it means that the power of the loudspeaker apparatus is insufficient (e.g., the power is less than 5%, 10%, etc.). As another example, when the loudspeaker apparatus is charging, the indicator lamp may blink. As a further example, when the indicating lamp is green, it means that the loudspeaker apparatus may have sufficient power (e.g., the power is above 50%, 80%, etc.). In some embodiments, the color of the indicator lamp may be adjusted as needed, which is not limited here.
Of course, it can be understood that the indicator lamp may indicate the power of the loudspeaker apparatus in other ways. In some embodiments, there may be multiple indicator lamps, and the current power of the loudspeaker apparatus may be represented by the count of indicator lamps that are luminous. Specifically, in an application scenario, there may be three indicator lamps. When only one indicator lamp is luminous, it may indicate that the power of the loudspeaker apparatus is insufficient, and the power may be turned off at any time (e.g., the power is between 1% to 20%). When only two indicator lamps are luminous, it may indicate that the power of the loudspeaker apparatus may be in a normal use state and can be charged (e.g., the power is between 21% to 70%). When the three indicator lamps are luminous, it may indicate that the power of the loudspeaker apparatus may be in a full state, no charging is required, and the standby time is long (e.g., the power is at 71%˜100%).
In some embodiments, the indicator lamp may indicate the current communication status of the loudspeaker apparatus. For example, when the loudspeaker apparatus is in communication with other devices (such as via Wi-Fi connection, Bluetooth connection, etc.), the indicator lamp may remain blinking or may be displayed as other colors (such as blue).
It should be noted that the above description of the loudspeaker apparatus is only a specific example, and should not be regarded as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the loudspeaker apparatus, various modifications and changes may be made in form and detail of the specific ways and steps of implementing the loudspeaker apparatus without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, when the loudspeaker apparatus is charging, the indicator lamp may be displayed as another color (such as purple). All such variations are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
Under normal circumstances, the sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus is affected by various factors, such as the physical properties of the components of the loudspeaker apparatus, the vibration transmission relationship between the various components, the vibration transmission relationship between the loudspeaker apparatus and the outside components, the efficiency of the vibration transmission system when transmitting vibration, or the like, or any combination thereof. The components of the loudspeaker apparatus may include a component (e.g., the earphone core) that generates vibration, a component (e.g., the ear hook 20) that fixes the loudspeaker apparatus, and a component (e.g., the panel on the housing 41, the vibration transmission layer, etc.) that transmits vibration. The vibration transmission relationship between the various components and/or the vibration transmission relationship between the loudspeaker apparatus and the outside components may be determined by a contact mode between the loudspeaker and the user (e.g., a clamping force, a contact area, a contact shape, etc.).
For the purpose of illustration only, the relationship between the sound quality and the components of the loudspeaker apparatus will be further described below based on the loudspeaker apparatus. It should be noted that the content described below may also be applied to bone conduction and air conduction loudspeaker apparatuses without violating the principle.
The vibration unit herein may refer to the housing 41. The transmission relationships K1, K2 and K3 may be the descriptions of vibration transmission relationships between corresponding components (or parts) of the equivalent system of the loudspeaker apparatus (will be described in detail below). The vibration equation of the equivalent system may be expressed as:
m3x3″+R3x3′−R4x4′+(k3+k4)x3+k5(x3−x4)=f3, (1)
m4x4″+R4x4″−k5(x3−x4)=f4, (2)
wherein m3 is the equivalent mass of the vibration unit 1103; m4 is the equivalent mass of the earphone core 1104; x3 is the equivalent displacement of the vibration unit 1103; x4 is the equivalent displacement of the earphone core 1104; k3 is the equivalent elastic coefficient between the sensing terminal 1102 and the vibration unit 1103; k4 is the equivalent elastic coefficient between the fixed end 1101 and the vibration unit 1103; k5 is the equivalent elastic coefficient between the earphone core 1104 and the vibration unit 1103; R3 is the equivalent damping between the sensing terminal 1102 and the vibration unit 1103; R4 is the equivalent damping between the earphone core 1104 and the vibration unit 1103; and f3 and f4 are the interaction forces between the vibration unit 1103 and the earphone core 1104, respectively. The equivalent amplitude A3 of the vibration unit 1103 in the system is denoted as:
wherein f0 refers to unit driving force; and ω refers to the vibration frequency. In some embodiments, the factors that affect the frequency response of the loudspeaker apparatus may include the vibration generation components (e.g., the vibration unit 1103, the earphone core 1104, the housing, and the interconnection ways thereof, for example, m3, m4, k5, R4, in the Equation (3), etc.), and vibration transmission components (e.g., the way of contacting the skin, the property of the ear hook, such as k3, k4, R3, in the Equation (3), etc.). The frequency response and the sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus may be changed by changing the structure of the various components of the loudspeaker apparatus and the parameters of the connections between the various components. For example, changing the magnitude of the clamping force is equivalent to changing the size of k4; changing the bonding way of glue is equivalent to changing the size of R4 and k5; and changing the hardness, elasticity, and damping of the materials is equivalent to changing the size of k3 and R3.
In some embodiments, the fixed end 1101 may be a relatively fixed point or a relatively fixed area of the loudspeaker apparatus during vibration (e.g., the top of the ear hook 25). These points or areas may be regarded as fixed ends of the loudspeaker apparatus during the vibration. The fixed ends may be composed of specific components or may be positions determined according to the overall structure of the loudspeaker apparatus. For example, the loudspeaker apparatus can be hung, bonded, or adsorbed near the human ears through a specific apparatus. The structure and shape of the loudspeaker apparatus may be designed so that the loudspeaker apparatus can be attached to the human skin.
The sensing terminal 1102 may be an auditory system of the human for receiving sound signals. The vibration unit 1103 may be a part of the loudspeaker apparatus for protecting, supporting, and connecting the earphone core 1104, and may include parts that directly or indirectly contact the user, such as a vibration transmission layer or a panel (a side of the housing close to the human) that transmits vibration to the user, and a housing that protects and supports other vibration generation components.
The transmission relationship K1 may connect the fixed end 1101 and the vibration unit 1103, which indicates the vibration transmission relationship between the vibration generation components of the loudspeaker apparatus and the fixed end 1101. K1 may be determined based on the shape and structure of the loudspeaker apparatus. For example, the loudspeaker apparatus may be fixed to the head of the human in the form of a U-shaped earphone rack/earphone strap. The loudspeaker apparatus may also be installed on devices such as a helmet, a fire mask, or other special-purpose masks, glasses, etc. The shape and structure of different loudspeaker apparatuses will affect the vibration transmission relationship K1. Further, the structure of the loudspeaker apparatus may also include physical properties such as the material and quality of different components of the loudspeaker apparatus. The transmission relationship K2 may connect the sensing terminal 402 and the vibration unit 1103.
K2 may be determined based on the composition of the transmission system. The transmission system may include transmitting sound vibration to the auditory system through the user's tissue (also referred to as human tissue). For example, when the sound is transmitted to the auditory system through the skin, the subcutaneous tissue, bones, etc., the physical properties of different human tissues and their interconnections may affect K2. Further, the vibration unit 1103 may be in contact with the human tissue. In different embodiments, the contact area on the vibration unit may be a side of the vibration transmission layer or the panel. The surface shape, size of the contact area, and the interaction force of the contact area with the human tissue may affect the transmission relationship K2.
The transmission relationship K3 between the vibration unit 1103 and the earphone core 1104 may be determined by internal connection properties of the vibration generation components of the loudspeaker apparatus. The earphone core 1104 and the vibration unit 1103 may be connected rigidly or elastically. The relative position of the connector between the earphone core 1104 and the vibration unit 1103 may change the transmission efficiency of the earphone core 1104 to transmit vibration to the vibration unit 1103, such as the transmission efficiency of the panel, which affects the transmission relationship K3.
During the use of the loudspeaker apparatus, the generation and transmission process of the sound will affect the sound quality felt by the human (or the user). For example, the fixed end 1101, the sensing terminal 1102, the vibration unit 1103, the earphone core 1104, and/or transmission relationships K1, K2, and K3, etc., may affect the sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus. It should be noted that K1, K2, and K3 are only a representation of the connection ways of different components or systems during the vibration transmission process, which may include physical connection ways, force transmission ways, sound transmission efficiency, etc.
The above description of the equivalent system of loudspeaker apparatus is only a specific example and should not be regarded as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the loudspeaker apparatus, various modifications and changes may be made in the form and details of the specific ways and steps that affect the vibration transmission of the loudspeaker apparatus without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, K1, K2, and K3 described above may be a simple vibration or mechanical transmission way, or may include a complex non-linear transmission system. The transmission relationship may include transmission through direct connection of various components (or parts), or may include transmission through a non-contact way.
In some embodiments, the loudspeaker apparatus may include a composite vibration component. In some embodiments, the composite vibration component may be part of the earphone core. Examples of the composite vibration component of the loudspeaker apparatus are shown in
The first and second support rods may both be straight rods or other shapes that meet specific requirements. The count of the support rods may be more than two, and symmetrical or asymmetrical arrangement may be applied to meet the requirements of economic and practical effects. The vibration conductive plate 1801 may have a thin thickness and can increase elastic force. The vibration conductive plate 1801 may be stuck in the center of the groove 1820 of the vibration board 1802. A voice coil 1808 may be attached to the lower side of the second annular body 1821 of the vibration board 1802. The composite vibration component may also include a bottom plate 1812 on which an annular magnet 1810 is disposed. An inner magnet 1811 may concentrically be disposed in the annular magnet 1810. An inner magnetic plate 1809 may be disposed on the top of the inner magnet 1811, and an annular magnetic plate 1807 may be disposed on the annular magnet 1810. A washer 1806 may be fixedly disposed above the annular magnetic plate 1807. The first annular body 1813 of the vibration conductive plate 1801 may be fixedly connected to the washer 1806. The composite vibration component may be connected to outside component(s) through a panel 1830. The panel 1830 may be fixedly connected to the position of the converged center of the vibration conductive plate 1801, and may be fixed to the center of the vibration conductive plate 1801 and the vibration board 1802. Using the composite vibration component composed of the vibration board and the vibration conductive plate, the frequency response as shown in
In some embodiments, as shown in
The count of resonance peaks generated by the triple composite vibration system of the first vibration conductive plate may be more than the count of resonance peaks generated by the composite vibration system without the first vibration conductive plate. In some embodiments, the triple composite vibration system may produce at least three resonance peaks. In some embodiments, at least one resonance peak may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ear. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and their frequencies may not be greater than 18000 Hz. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ear, and their frequencies may be between 100 Hz-15000 Hz. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and their frequencies may be between 200 Hz-12000 Hz. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and their frequencies may be between 500 Hz and 11000 Hz. The frequencies of the resonance peaks may have a certain gap. For example, the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 200 Hz. In some embodiments, the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 500 Hz. In some embodiments, the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 5000 Hz. In order to achieve better results, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 500 Hz. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 3000 Hz. In some embodiments, all the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 4000 Hz. Two of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the other may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 500 Hz. In some embodiments, two of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears and the other resonance peak may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, two of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears and the other resonance peak may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, two of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears and the other resonance peak may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 3000 Hz. In some embodiments, two of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears and the other resonance peak may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 4000 Hz. One of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, the other two resonance peaks may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 500 Hz. In some embodiments, one of the harmonic peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears and the other two resonance peaks may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, one of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears and the other two resonance peaks may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, one of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears and the other two resonance peaks may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 3000 Hz. In some embodiments, one of the resonance peaks may be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears and the other two resonance peaks may not be within the frequency range of sound perceivable by the human ears, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 4000 Hz. The resonance peaks may all be between 5 Hz-30000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 400 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 5 Hz-30000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 5 Hz-30000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 5 Hz-30000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 3000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 5 Hz-30000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 4000 Hz. The resonance peaks may all be between 20 Hz-20000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 400 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 20 Hz-20000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 20 Hz-20000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 20 Hz-20000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 3000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 20 Hz-20000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 4000 Hz. The resonance peaks may all be between 100 Hz-18000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 400 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 100 Hz-18000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 100 Hz-18000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 100 Hz-18000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 3000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 100 Hz-18000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 4000 Hz. The resonance peaks may all be between 200 Hz-12000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 400 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 200 Hz-12000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 200 Hz-12000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 200 Hz-12000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 3000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 200 Hz-12000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 4000 Hz. The resonance peaks may all be between 500 Hz-10000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 400 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 500 Hz-10000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 1000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 500 Hz-10000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 2000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 500 Hz-10000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 3000 Hz. In some embodiments, the resonance peaks may all be between 500 Hz-10000 Hz, and the frequency difference between at least two resonance peaks may be at least 4000 Hz. In one embodiment, by using a triple composite vibration system composed of a vibration board, a first vibration conductive plate and a second vibration conductive plate, the frequency response as shown in
By changing parameters such as the size and material of the first vibration conductive plate, the position of the resonance peak may be moved to obtain a more ideal frequency response. In some embodiments, the first vibration conductive plate may be an elastic plate. The elasticity may be determined by various aspects such as the material, thickness, and structure of the first vibration conductive plate. The material of the first vibration conductive plate may include but is not limited to, steel (such as but not limited to stainless steel, carbon steel, etc.), light alloy (such as but not limited to aluminum alloy, beryllium copper, magnesium alloy, titanium alloy, etc.), and plastic (such as but not limited to high molecular polyethylene, blown nylon, engineering plastics, etc.), or other single or composite materials capable of achieving the same performance. The composite materials may include, but are not limited to, reinforcement materials such as glass fiber, carbon fiber, boron fiber, graphite fiber, graphene fiber, silicon carbide fiber, or aramid fiber; compounds of organic and/or inorganic materials such as glass fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester, various types of glass steel composed of epoxy resin or phenolic resin. The thickness of the first vibration conductive plate may not be less than 0.005 mm. In some embodiments, the thickness may be 0.005 mm-3 mm. In some embodiments, the thickness may be 0.01 mm-2 mm. In some embodiments, the thickness may be 0.01 mm-1 mm. In some embodiments, the thickness may be 0.02 mm-0.5 mm. The structure of the first vibration conductive plate may be disposed as a ring shape. In some embodiments, the first vibration conductive plate may include at least one ring. In some embodiments, the first vibration conductive plate may include at least two rings, such as a concentric ring, a non-concentric ring. The rings may be connected by at least two support rods that radiate from the outer ring to the center of the inner ring. In some embodiments, the first vibration conductive plate may include at least one elliptical ring. In some embodiments, the first vibration conductive plate may include at least two elliptical rings. Different elliptical rings may have different radii of curvature. In some embodiments, the first vibration conductive plate may include at least one square ring. The structure of the first vibration conductive plate may be disposed as a sheet shape. In some embodiments, a hollow pattern may be disposed on the first vibration conduction plate, and the area of the hollow pattern may not be less than the area without the hollow pattern. The materials, thickness, and structure described above may be combined into different vibration conductive plates. For example, a ring-shaped vibration conductive plate may have different thickness distributions. In some embodiments, the thickness of the support rod(s) may be equal to the thickness of the ring(s). In some embodiments, the thickness of the support rod(s) may be greater than the thickness of the ring(s). In some embodiments, the thickness of the inner ring may be greater than the thickness of the outer ring.
The present disclosure also discloses specific embodiments of the vibration board, the first vibration conductive plate, and the second vibration conductive plate.
During the work of the loudspeaker apparatus, the triple vibration generation system composed of the vibration board 2214, the first vibration conductive plate 2216, and the second vibration conductive plate 2217 may generate a flatter frequency response curve, thereby improving the sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus. The first vibration conductive plate 2216 may elastically connect the earphone core to the housing 2219, which may reduce the vibration transmitted from the earphone core to the housing, thereby effectively reducing leaked sound caused by the vibration of the housing, and reducing the impact of the vibration of the housing on the sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus.
It should be noted that the above description of the composite vibration component is only a specific example and should not be considered as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the composite vibration component, various modifications and changes may be made in the form and details of the specific ways and steps of implementing the composite vibration component without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the first vibration conductive plate 2216 may not be limited to the one or two rings, and the count of the rings may be more than two. As another example, the shapes of a plurality of elements of the first vibration conductive plate 2216 may be the same or different (such as a circular ring and/or a square ring). All such variations are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
The panel 21 may be fixedly connected to the earphone core 22, and may be synchronously vibrated with the earphone core 22. The panel 21 may protrude from the housing 50 through the opening of the housing 50, and at least partially contact the skin of the human. The vibration may be transmitted to the auditory nerve through the tissues and bones of the human, thereby enabling people to hear sound. The earphone core 22 and the housing 50 may be connected through a connector 23, the connector 23 may position the earphone core 22 in the housing 50.
The connector 23 may include one or more independent components, or may be disposed integrally with the earphone core 22 or the housing 50. In some embodiments, In order to reduce the constraint on the vibration, the connector 23 may be made of an elastic material.
In some embodiments, the sounding hole 60 may be disposed at the upper part of the sidewall along a height direction. For example, the sounding hole 60 may be disposed at ⅓ height of the sidewall from the top (panel 21) along the height direction.
Taking a cylindrical housing as an example, the sounding hole 60 may be disposed at the sidewall 11 and/or the bottom wall 12 of the housing according to different requirements. In some embodiments, the sounding hole 60 may be disposed at the upper part and/or the lower part of the sidewall 11 of the housing. The count of sounding holes may be at least two, which are disposed in the annular circumferential direction. The count of sounding holes at the bottom wall 12 of the housing may be at least two. The sounding holes may be uniformly distributed in a ring shape with the center of the bottom wall as the center of the circle. The sounding holes with the ring-shaped distribution may form at least one circle. The count of sounding holes disposed at the bottom wall 12 of the housing may be only one. The sounding holes may be disposed at the center of the bottom wall 12.
The count of sounding holes may be one or more. In some embodiments, there may be a plurality of sounding holes evenly arranged. For the sounding holes with the ring-shaped distribution, the count of sounding holes per circle may be, for example, 6-8.
The shape of the sounding hole may include circular, oval, rectangular, or stripe. The stripe may generally be arranged along a straight line, a curve, an arc, or the like. The shapes of the sounding holes 60 on a loudspeaker apparatus may be the same or different.
In some embodiments, through sounding holes 60 may be disposed at the lower portion of the sidewall of the housing 50 (⅔ height of the sidewall from the bottom along the height direction). The count of sounding holes 60 may be, for example, eight. The shape of the sounding holes 60 may be, for example, a rectangle. Each sounding hole 60 may be uniformly distributed on the sidewall of the housing 50 in a ring shape.
In some embodiments, the housing 50 may have a cylindrical shape. Through sounding holes 60 may be disposed at a middle portion of the sidewall of the housing 50 (a portion of the sidewall from ⅓ to ⅔ height along the height direction). The count of sounding holes 60 may be 8. The shape of the sounding holes 60 may be rectangular. Each sounding hole 60 may be uniformly distributed on the sidewall of the housing 50 in a ring shape.
In some embodiments, through sounding holes 60 may be disposed along a circumferential direction of the bottom wall of the housing 50. The count of sounding holes 60 may be, for example, eight. The shape of the sounding holes 60 may be, for example, rectangular. Each sounding hole 60 may be uniformly distributed on the bottom wall of the housing 50 in a ring shape.
In some embodiments, the through sounding holes 60 may be respectively disposed at the upper and lower portions of the sidewall of the housing 50. The sounding holes 60 may be uniformly distributed on the upper part and the lower portions of the sidewall of the housing 50 in a ring shape. The count of sounding holes 60 may be eight. In addition, the sounding holes 60 disposed at the upper and lower portions may be symmetrically disposed with respect to a middle portion of the housing 50. The shape of each sounding hole 60 may be circular.
In some embodiments, through sounding holes 60 may be disposed at the upper and lower portions of the sidewall of the housing 50, and the bottom wall of the housing 50, respectively. The sounding holes 60 disposed at the sidewall may be uniformly distributed on the upper and lower portions of the sidewall of the housing 50 in a ring shape, and the count of sounding holes 60 in each circle may be eight. The shape of each sounding hole 60 disposed at on the sidewall may be rectangular. The shape of the sounding holes 60 disposed at the bottom wall may be a stripe arranged along an arc, and the count of sounding holes may be four. The sounding holes 60 may be uniformly distributed in a ring shape with the center of the bottom wall as the circle center. The sounding hole 60 disposed at the bottom wall may include a circular through sounding hole disposed at the center of the bottom wall.
In some embodiments, through sounding holes 60 may be disposed at the upper portion of the sidewall of the housing 50. The sounding holes 60 may be evenly distributed on the upper portion of the sidewall of the housing 50 in a ring shape.
In some embodiments, in order to show good effects on suppressing leaked sound, the sounding holes 60 may be uniformly distributed on the upper, middle, and lower portions of the sidewall 11, respectively. Besides, a circle of sounding holes 60 may be disposed at the bottom wall 12 of the housing 50 in the circumferential direction. The hole size of each sounding hole 60 and/or the count of sounding holes 60 may be the same.
In some embodiments, the sounding hole 60 may be an unobstructed through hole, so that a damping layer may be disposed at the opening of the sounding hole 60. The damping layer may include multiple materials, and the damping layer may be disposed at multiple positions of the sounding holes. For example, the damping layer may include materials that have a certain damping on the sound transmission, such as tuning paper, tuning cotton, non-woven fabric, silk, cotton, sponge, rubber, or the like. The damping layer may be attached to the inner wall of the sounding hole 60, or may be placed on the outside of the sounding hole 60.
In some embodiments, corresponding to different sounding holes, the damping layer may be designed to ensure that different sounding holes 60 have the same phase difference to suppress the leaked sound with the same wavelength. Alternatively, the damping layer may be designed to ensure that different sounding holes have different phase differences to suppress the leaked sound with different wavelengths (that is, the leaked sound of a specific band).
In some embodiments, different parts of a sounding hole 60 may be designed to have the same phase (e.g., using a pre-designed step-shaped damping layer) to suppress the sound waves of the leaked sound with the same wavelength. Alternatively, different parts of the sounding hole 60 may be designed to have different phases to suppress the sound waves of the leaked sound with different wavelengths.
The earphone core 22 may not only drive the panel 21 to vibrate, and the earphone core 22 itself may also be a vibration source, which is accommodated inside the housing 50. The vibration of the surface of the earphone core 22 may cause the air in the housing to vibrate, and the formed sound waves may be inside the housing 50, which can also be referred to as in-housing sound waves. The panel 21 and the earphone core 22 may be positioned on the housing 50 through the connector 23, which will inevitably apply vibration to the housing 50 to drive the housing 50 to vibrate synchronously, so the housing 50 pushes the air outside the housing to vibrate to form the sound waves from the leaked sound. The sound waves from the leaked sound may propagate outward, forming the leaked sound.
The position of the sounding hole may be determined according to the following equation to suppress the leaked sound, and the reduction of the leaked sound is proportional to:
(∫∫s
wherein Shole is the opening area of the sounding hole, and Shousing is the housing area that is not in contact with the face of the human.
Pressure inside the housing is denoted as:
P=Pa+Pb+Pc+Pe, (5)
wherein Pa, Pb, Pc, Pe, are sound pressure generated by the a-plane, b-plane, c-plane, and e-plane at any point in the housing space, respectively.
wherein R(x′,y′)=√{square root over ((x−x′)2+(y−y′)2+z2)} is the distance from the observation point (x,y,z) to a point (x′, y′, 0) on the b-plane sound source; and Sa, Sb, Sc, Se are the area domain of a-plane, b-plane, c-plane, and e-plane, respectively; R(xa′,ya′)=√{square root over ((x−xa′)2+(y−ya′)2+(z−za)2)} is the distance from the observation point (x, y, z) to a point (xa′,ya′,za) on the a-plane sound source; R(xc′,yc′)=√{square root over ((x−xc′)2+(y−yc′)2+(z−zc)2)} is the distance from the observation point (x, y, z) to a point (xc′,yc′,zc) on the c-plane sound source; R(xe′,ye′)=√{square root over ((x−xe′)2+(y−ye′)2+(z−ze)2)} is the distance from the observation point (x, y, z) to a point (xe′,ye′, ze) on the e-plane sound source; k=ω/u is a wave number (u is the speed of sound); ρ0 is the density of air; ω is the angular frequency of vibration; and Paresistance, Pbresistance, Pcresistance, Peresistance are the sound resistance of the air, which are denoted as:
wherein r is the sound damping per unit length; r′ is the sound mass per unit length; za is the distance from the observation point to the a-plane sound source; zb is the distance from the observation point to the b-plane sound source; zc is the distance from the observation point to the c-plane sound source; and ze is the distance from the observation point to the e-plane sound source.
Wa(x, y), Wb(x, y), Wc(x, y), We(x, y), Wd(x, y) are the sound source intensities per unit area of the a, b, c, e, and d planes, respectively, which can be derived from the following equation group (14):
Wherein F is the driving force converted by a transducer; Fa, Fb, Fc, Fd, Fe are the driving forces of a, b, c, d, and e, respectively; Sd is the housing (d-plane) area; f is the viscous resistance formed by the small gap in the sidewall, f=ηΔs(dv/dy); L is the equivalent load of the face when the vibration board acts on the face; γ is the dissipation energy on the elastic element 2; k1, k2 are the elastic coefficients of elastic element 1 and elastic element 2, respectively; η is the viscosity coefficient of fluid; dv/dy is the velocity gradient of the fluid; Δs is the cross-sectional area of the object (plate); A is the amplitude; φ is the area of the sound field; and δ is a high-order quantity (derived from the imperfect symmetry of the shape of the housing). At any point outside the housing, the sound pressure generated by the vibration of the housing is:
R(xd′,yd′)=√{square root over ((x−xd′)2+(y−yd′)2+(z−zd)2)} is the distance from the observation point (x, y, z) to a point (xd′, yd′, zd) on the d-plane sound source.
Pa, Pb, Pc, Pe are functions of positions. When a hole is made at any position on the housing, if the area of the hole is S, the total effect of sound pressure at the hole is ∫∫s
Because the panel 21 on the housing 50 is close to the human tissue, the outputted energy may be absorbed by the human tissue, and only the d-plane pushes the air outside the housing to vibrate, forming the leaked sound. The total effect of the housing pushing the air outside the housing to vibration is ∫∫s
In some application scenarios, the goal is to make ∫∫s
In some embodiments, sound waves in the housing and sound waves from the leaked sound may be equivalent to two sound sources. In some embodiments, the through sounding holes 60 on the wall (e.g., the sidewall, the bottom wall) of the housing 50 may be provided, which may guide the sound waves inside the housing to the outside of the housing, and propagate in the air together with the sound waves from the leaked sound to produce interference, thereby reducing the amplitude of the sound waves from the leaked sound, that is, reducing the leaked sound. Therefore, by disposing sounding holes on the housing, the problem of the leaked sound may be solved or reduced to a certain extent without increasing the volume and weight of the loudspeaker apparatus.
According to the equation deduced by the inventors, it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the reduction effect of the sound waves from the leaked sound is related to the size of the housing of the loudspeaker apparatus, the vibration frequency of the earphone core, the position, the shape, the count, the size of the sounding hole 60, and whether there is a damping on the sounding hole 60. Therefore, the position, the shape, the count of the sounding holes 60, and damping material on the sounding holes 60 may have a variety of forms according to needs.
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It should be noted that the above description of the loudspeaker apparatus is only a specific example and should not be regarded as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the loudspeaker apparatus, various modifications and changes may be made in form and detail of the specific ways and steps of implementing the loudspeaker apparatus without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the hole sizes of the sounding holes 60 may be different in order to suppress the leaked sound at different wavelengths. All such variations are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, the transmission relationship K2 between the sensing terminal 1102 and the vibration unit 1103 (i.e., the housing 41 of the earphone core) may affect the frequency response of the transmission. The sound heard by human ears may be determined based on the energy received by the cochlea. The energy may be affected by different physical quantities during the transmission process and may be expressed as the following equation:
P=∫∫sα·f(a,R)·L·ds, (16)
wherein P is proportional to the energy received by the cochlea; s represents the area of contact area 502a in contact with the human face; a represents a dimensional conversion coefficient; f(a, R) represents the impact of the acceleration a of a point on the contact area and the closeness R of the contact area to the skin on the energy transmission; and L represents the transmission impedance of mechanical wave at any contact point, that is, the transmission impedance per unit area.
It should be noted that the sensing terminal in the foregoing embodiments may have the same structure, and may refer to the auditory system of the human.
It can be known from Equation (16) that, the transmission of sound is affected by the transmission impedance L. The vibration transmission efficiency of the transmission system may be related to L. The frequency response curve of the transmission system may be the superposition of the frequency response curves of the points on the contact area. The factors that affect the impedance may include the size, shape, roughness, the magnitude of force, or the distribution of force, etc. of the energy transmission area. For example, the effect of the sound transmission may be changed by changing the structure and shape of the vibration unit 1202, thereby changing the sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus. Merely by way of example, changing the corresponding physical characteristics of the contact area 1202a of the vibration unit may achieve the effect of changing the sound transmission.
The above description of
It should be noted that, for those having ordinary skills in the art, the shape and structure of the contact area 1601 is not limited to the above description, and may meet other specific requirements. For example, the hump or concave part on the contact area may be distributed on the edge of the contact area, or be distributed in the middle of the contact area. The contact area may include one or more hump or concave parts. The hump and concave parts may be distributed on the contact area at the same time. The material of the hump or concave parts on the contact area may be other materials different from the material of the contact area. The material of the hump or concave parts may be flexible material, rigid material, or more suitable material for generating a specific pressure gradient; or may be memory or non-memory material; or may be a single material or a composite material. The structural graphics of the hump or concave part of the contact area may include axisymmetric graphics, center-symmetric graphics, rotational symmetric graphics, asymmetric graphics, or the like. The structural graphics of the hump or concave part of the contact area may be one kind of graphics, or a combination of two or more kinds of graphics. The surface of the contact area may have a degree of smoothness, roughness, and waviness. The position distribution of the hump or concave part of the contact area may include, but is not limited to, axial symmetry distribution, center symmetry distribution, rotational symmetry distribution, asymmetric distribution, etc. The hump or concave part of the contact area may be on the edge of the contact area, or be distributed inside the contact area.
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The above description of the structure of the contact area of the loudspeaker apparatus is only a specific example, and should not be regarded as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle that the structure of the contact area will affect the sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus, various modifications and changes may be made in the forms and details of the specific ways of implementing the contact area of the loudspeaker apparatus without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the count of hump parts or concave parts is not limited to that shown in
In some embodiments, the side of the housing 41 close to the user may be composed of a panel 501 and a vibration transmission layer 503.
In some embodiments, a vibration transmission layer may be disposed at an outer surface of a sidewall of the housing 20 that contacts the human. The vibration transmission layer may be a specific embodiment of changing the physical characteristics of the contact area of the vibration unit to change the sound transmission effect. Different regions on the vibration transmission layer 503 may have different transmission effects on vibration. For example, the vibration transmission layer 503 may include a first contact area region and a second contact area region. In some embodiments, the first contact area region may not be attached to the panel, and the second contact area region may be attached to the panel. In some embodiments, when the vibration transmission layer 503 is in contact with the user directly or indirectly, the clamping force on the first contact area region may be less than the clamping force on the second contact area region (the clamping force herein refers to the pressure between the contact area of the vibration unit and the user). In some embodiments, the first contact area region may not be in contact with the user directly, and the second contact area region may be in contact with the user directly and may transmit vibration. The area of the first contact area region may be different from the area of the second contact area region. In some embodiments, the area of the first contact area region may be less than the area of the second contact area region. In some embodiments, the first contact area region may include small holes to reduce the area of the first contact region. The outer surface of the vibration transmission layer 503 (that is, the surface facing the user) may be flat or uneven. In some embodiments, the first contact area region and the second contact area region may not be on the same plane. In some embodiments, the second contact area region may be higher than the first contact area region. In some embodiments, the second contact area region and the first contact area region may constitute a stepped structure. In some embodiments, the first contact area region may be in contact with the user, and the second contact area region may not be in contact with the user. The materials of the first contact area region and the second contact area region may be the same or different. The materials of the first contact area region and/or the second contact area region may include the materials of the vibration transmission layer 503 described above.
The above description of the clamping force on the contact area is just an example of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art may modify the structure and manner described above according to actual requirements, and these modifications are still within the protection scope of the present disclosure. For example, the vibration transmission layer 503 may not be necessary, and the panel may contact the user directly. The panel may be disposed with different contact area regions. The different contact area regions may have similar properties to the first contact area region and/or the second contact area region described above. As another example, a third contact area region may be disposed on the contact area. The structure of the third contact area region may be different from structure of the first contact area region and/or the second contact area region. The structures may achieve certain effects in reducing vibration of the housing, suppressing the leaked sound, and improving the frequency response curve of the vibration unit.
As shown in
In some embodiments, as shown in
In some embodiments, the vibration transmission layer 503 in the embodiment may have the same structure as the vibration transmission layer described in the foregoing embodiments. Similarly, the panel in the embodiment may have the same structure as the panel described in the foregoing embodiments. The earphone core may include the composite vibration component described in the foregoing embodiments.
Different from the foregoing embodiments, in some embodiments, the panel 2313 may protrude from the housing of the loudspeaker apparatus. The first vibration conductive plate 2316 may be used to connect the panel 2313 and the housing 2319 of the loudspeaker apparatus, and the coupling degree between the panel 2313 and the housing 2319 may be greatly reduced. The first vibration conductive plate 2316 may provide a certain deformation, so that the panel 2313 has a higher degree of freedom when the panel contacts the user, and may be better adapted to contact surfaces. The first vibration conductive plate 2316 may make the panel 2313 tilt at a certain angle relative to the housing 2319. In some embodiments, the tilt angle may not exceed 5°.
Further, the vibration efficiency of the loudspeaker apparatus may vary with the contact state. Good contact state may have higher vibration transmission efficiency. As shown in
The difference between this embodiment and the foregoing embodiments is that a surrounding edge is added to the edge of the housing. When the housing contacts the skin, the surrounding edge may make the force distribution relatively uniform and increase the comfort level of wearing the loudspeaker apparatus. There is a height difference do between the surrounding edge 2510 and the panel 2513. The force of the skin on the panel 2513 may reduce the distanced between the panel 2513 and the surrounding edge 2510. When the pressure between the loudspeaker apparatus and the user is greater than the force that the first vibration conductive plate 2516 suffers when the deformation of the first vibration conductive plate 2516 is do, excessive clamping force will be transmitted to the skin through the surrounding edge 2510 without affecting the clamping force of the vibration part, which makes the clamping force more uniform, thereby improving the sound quality.
In some embodiments, the first vibration conductive plate may have the same structure as the first vibration conductive plate described in the foregoing embodiments. The second vibration conductive plate may have the same structure as the second vibration conductive plate described in the foregoing embodiments. The washer, the panel, the housing may have the same structure as the washer, the panel, the housing described in the foregoing embodiments.
Under normal circumstances, the sound quality of the loudspeaker apparatus may be affected by multiple factors such as the physical properties of the components of the loudspeaker apparatus, the vibration transmission relationship between the components, the vibration transmission relationship between the loudspeaker apparatus and outside components, and the efficiency of the vibration transmission system when transmitting vibration. The loudspeaker apparatus may include a component that generates vibration (e.g., the earphone cores), a component that fixes the loudspeaker apparatus (e.g., the ear hook 20/the housing 41), a component that transmits vibration (such as but not limited to panels, vibration transmission layers, etc.), or the like, or any combination thereof. The vibration transmission relationship between the components and the vibration transmission relationship between the loudspeaker apparatus and the outside components may be determined by the contact way between the loudspeaker apparatus and the user (such as but not limited to clamping force, contact area, contact shape, etc.).
It should be noted that the above description of the loudspeaker apparatus is only a specific example and should not be considered as the only feasible implementation solution. Obviously, for persons having ordinary skills in the art, after understanding the basic principle of the loudspeaker apparatus, various modifications and changes may be made in the forms and details of specific ways of implementing the loudspeaker apparatus without departing from the principle, but these modifications and changes are still within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the vibration transmission layer may not be limited to one layer shown in
In some embodiments, the loudspeaker apparatus described above may transmit sound to the user through air conduction. When transmitting the sound by means of air conduction, the loudspeaker apparatus may include one or more sound sources. The sound sources may be located at a specific position of the user's head, such as the top of the head, the forehead, the cheek, the horn, an auricle, back of an auricle, etc., which may not block or cover the ear canal. For the purpose of description,
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In some embodiments, the sound source 3010 and the sound source 3020 may be generated by the same vibration apparatus 3001. The vibration apparatus 3001 may include a vibrating diaphragm (not shown in
For the sound generated by the sound source 3010 and the sound source 3020, part of the sound may be transmitted to the user's ear to form the sound heard by the user, and the other part may be transmitted to the environment to form the leaked sound. Considering that the sound source 3010 and the sound source 3020 are relatively close to the user's ear, for convenience of description, the sound transmitted to the user's ear may be called near-field sound, and the leaked sound transmitted to the environment may be called far-field sound. In some embodiments, the near-field/far-field sound with different frequencies generated by the loudspeaker apparatus may be related to the distance between the sound source 3010 and the sound source 3020. Generally speaking, the near-field sound generated by the loudspeaker apparatus will increase as the distance between the two sound sources increases, and the far-field sound (leaked sound) generated by the loudspeaker apparatus will increase as the increase of frequency.
For sounds with different frequencies, the distance between the sound source 3010 and the sound source 3020 may be designed separately, so that the low-frequency near-field sound generated by the loudspeaker apparatus (e.g., sound with a frequency of less than 800 Hz) may be large as possible, and the high-frequency far-field sound (e.g., a sound with a frequency greater than 2000 Hz) may be as small as possible. In order to achieve the above purpose, the loudspeaker apparatus may include two or more sets of dual sound sources. Each set of dual sound sources may include two sound sources similar to the sound source 3010 and the sound source 3020, and respectively generate sounds with specific frequencies. Specifically, the first set of dual sound sources may be used to generate low-frequency sound, and the second set of dual sound sources may be used to generate high-frequency sound. In order to obtain a relatively large low-frequency near-field sound, the distance between two sound sources in the first set of dual sound sources may be designed to a relatively large value. Since the low-frequency signal has a longer wavelength, a relatively large distance between the two sound sources will not cause an excessive phase difference in the far field, and further will not form excessive leaked sound in the far field. In order to obtain a relatively small high-frequency far-field sound, the distance between two sound sources in the second set of dual sound sources may be designed to a relatively small value. Since the high-frequency signal has a shorter wavelength, a relatively small distance between the two sound sources may avoid forming a large phase difference in the far field, and further may avoid forming a large leaked sound. The distance between the second set of dual sound sources may be less than the distance between the first set of dual sound sources.
The beneficial effects of the present disclosure may include but are not limited to: (1) The position of the key module 4d on the loudspeaker apparatus may be optimized, and the vibration efficiency may be improved. (2) The sound transmission efficiency of the loudspeaker apparatus may be improved, and the volume may be increased. It should be noted that different embodiments may have different beneficial effects. In different embodiments, the possible beneficial effects may have one or more above described beneficial effects, or may have any other beneficial effects.
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.
Moreover, 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,” “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 a “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.
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. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed subject matter requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, claimed subject matter may lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment.
In some embodiments, the numbers expressing quantities, 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.
In closing, it is to be understood that the embodiments of the application disclosed herein are illustrative of the principles of the embodiments of the application. Other modifications that may be employed may be within the scope of the application. Thus, by way of example, but not of limitation, alternative configurations of the embodiments of the application may be utilized in accordance with the teachings herein. Accordingly, embodiments of the present application are not limited to that precisely as shown and described.
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