WO2008068724A1 - Écouteurs sans fil invisibles à aimant au lanthanide - Google Patents

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WO2008068724A1
WO2008068724A1 PCT/IB2007/054952 IB2007054952W WO2008068724A1 WO 2008068724 A1 WO2008068724 A1 WO 2008068724A1 IB 2007054952 W IB2007054952 W IB 2007054952W WO 2008068724 A1 WO2008068724 A1 WO 2008068724A1
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George Youssef Breidy
Carl Assad Dagher
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Nano Magic Technologies Sarl
Mouawad, Chady Mouhib
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R3/00—Circuits for transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/604—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers
    • H04R25/606—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of acoustic or vibrational transducers acting directly on the eardrum, the ossicles or the skull, e.g. mastoid, tooth, maxillary or mandibular bone, or mechanically stimulating the cochlea, e.g. at the oval window
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/023—Completely in the canal [CIC] hearing aids

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  • This invention relates to the field of the wireless transmission and reproduction of audio signals, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to such transmission and reproduction using speakers comprising magnetic materials.
  • US Patent 6208740 discloses a stereophonic magnetic induction sound system which comprises an audio source, two ear pieces, each having an inductive pick-up coil, and a magnetic induction transmitter connected to the audio source and capable of transmitting different signals to the pick-up coils in the two ear pieces.
  • the transmitter as disclosed may have two or more antennas, a first conductor for transmitting one signal to one of the antennas, a second conductor for transmitting a different signal to the other antenna, and grounds connected to each antenna.
  • the antennas are comprised of a core with a wires coiled about the core and are shaped and positioned on a user's neck to, at least partially, selectively transmit their respect signals toward a particular, near-by pick-up coil.
  • the invention disclosed in US 6208740 comprises the use of magnetic induction as the electromagnetic mechanism by which the actual transmission of audio signals can be made.
  • the associated speakers and ear pieces utilised in the invention are configured so as to receive said magnetic inductive signals and convert these to the requisite forces required to drive conventional magnet, coil and cone speaker means.
  • small wireless speaker means such as Bluetooth ear pieces and the like which are held against, or introduced into the outer ear canal, and as used with devices such as mobile phone, CD players, MP3 etc typically employ the use of a pick-up coil, and may require a battery, amplifier circuit, and miniature speaker all in one package.
  • the invention described herein overcomes the problems associated with the requirement for all speaker means, both large and small (i.e. stereo systems to inter ear canal miniature devices), to comprise the standard magnet, coil and cone components, and accordingly provides for a significant reduction in the physical size of conventional speaker means and a reduction in the associated complexity of manufacture.
  • speaker means provides for the use of said speaker means in applications such as wireless ear phones which can be placed deep within the ear canal or indeed in applications such as hearing aids wherein such speaker means may be implanted onto or within the body at locations wherein the vibration signals produced by said speaker means may be interpreted as sounds by a person using such a system.
  • the invention described and claimed herein provides for a speaker means, and associated audio signal transmission systems comprising such speaker means, wherein said speaker means utilises a magnetic material designed to be responsive to electromagnetic signals to produce vibrations within said magnetic materials wherein said vibrations are converted to sound waves.
  • It a yet further object of the present invention to provide an audio signal transmission system comprising an amplifier means, a transmission means and a speaker means, said speaker system consisting of one or more pieces of magnetic material.
  • It a yet further object of the present invention to provide an audio signal transmission system comprising an amplifier means, a transmission means and a speaker means, said speaker system comprising at least one or more pieces of rare earth magnetic material.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of a preferred embodiment of a circuit diagram for an amplifier, transmission loop and speaker means accordance with the invention.
  • the inventive concept relies on the novel and inventive use of magnetic materials as the primary vibration elements within speaker means which are excited so as to vibrate in response to an audio electromagnetic field and thus produce sound.
  • the invention utilise the properties of so called 'rare earth' magnetic materials and combines the inventive use of an amplification and magnetic induction transmission means to generate the required excitation in the magnetic material to produce the required vibrations.
  • the preferred magnetic material for the invention is Neodymium, however other permanent magnetic materials such as Samarium Cobalt, Ceramic, and Alnico known in the art may be used and are considered as disclosed herein.
  • any material displaying the required excitation response to an audio electromagnetic field and which may also be employed to achieve the purpose of the invention shall be considered within the scope of the disclosure contained herein.
  • the audio signal output of and an audio device is connected via a standard audio jack plug to an amplifier, a non limiting example of which is fully described herein with reference to Figure 1 hereto.
  • the amplifier shown at in Figure 1 has preferred selection of pin contacts and associated electronic components including, but not limited to an 8 pin LM386 integrated circuit or equivalent wherein the following preferred connections, are made, namely;
  • the Pin number (6) connected to a 12 V Ziner Diode (D1 ) to stabilize the electricity (DC Positive Voltage (+)) and connected to a 12 V battery providing electricity to the circuit with a Capacitor (D4) as filter for the battery.
  • D1 Ziner Diode
  • D4 Capacitor
  • Pin no. (2) and the Pin no. (3) which are the Audio input to the circuit. Attached to Pin no. (3) are a 10 Pico Farad Capacitor (C5) and a 10 Kilo OHM Resistor in order to provide a moderate Audio input of a specific value to avoid distortion.
  • C5 Pico Farad Capacitor
  • 10 Kilo OHM Resistor in order to provide a moderate Audio input of a specific value to avoid distortion.
  • the IC is powered by a 12 V battery.
  • the audio signal source could in fact be provided by form of audio device (analogue or digital), capable of being converted (if necessary), amplified (if required), and transmitted to a speaker means such as an earphone, to provide the ultimate audio sound wave output means for a device such as a cellular phone, CD player, MP3, MP4 player and the like, a computer, an audio system such as music or sound system, a hearing aid, radio, or any other conceivable form of audio source that can be adapted to connected to the circuit.
  • a speaker means such as an earphone
  • the audio signal in the preferred embodiment is transmitted via a transmission loop means shown at Figure 1 , said transmission loop means preferably comprising an 80 loop copper coil of 25 cm of diameter isolated with varnish and attached by its two edges to the first Audio Output (Output A and B audio), in order to provide an audio magnetic field.
  • the transmission loop means can be worn around the neck or incorporated into any elements of clothing of a wearer.
  • the transmission loop means may comprise more that one said loop thereby providing for the transmission and receipt of stereo signals or signals specific to each individual speaker means.
  • the ear pieces each comprise at least one piece of magnetic material with outer dimensions preferably in the order of 0.7cm diameter, and designed for introduction into a ear canal and thereby to convert said signal into vibrations which are interpreted by the associated ear drum as sound waves.
  • each ear piece may be covered with a soft rubber material or the like to allowing for said output means to be comfortably placed and retained inside the ear canal.
  • a speaker means may comprise a piece of metallic material responsive to said audio electromagnetic signals which is implanted or attached in, or introduced within the body of a human being or animal in a location such as attached to the ear membrane, or within the auditory canal, or alternatively attached to, or within the cochlea, or attached to nerves associated with hearing to thereby provide the function of a hearing aid by providing vibrations in response to audio sound which are be interpreted by the brain accordingly as sound.
  • Additional embodiments of the inventive concept may be employed by the use of speaker means comprising the magnetic material with the addition or Mylar or other acoustic materials to produce an increase in performance of said speaker means.
  • Yet further embodiments of the invention include the use of multiple pieces of said magnetic materials of various shapes and polarities ad in various configurations to further improve the performance of the speaker means and associated systems.

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un système de transmission de signal audio qui comprend un moyen d'amplification, un moyen de transmission et un moyen de haut-parleur, le système de haut-parleur contenant un ou plusieurs éléments d'un matériau magnétique.
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WO2013078916A1 (fr) * 2011-12-01 2013-06-06 Zhang Michael Weibin Appareil de haut-parleur d'amplification
WO2013185524A1 (fr) * 2012-06-15 2013-12-19 威立达数码科技(深圳)有限公司 Équipement audio à induction magnétique
CN110234046A (zh) * 2019-06-13 2019-09-13 邝建红 一种基于双通道耳机的翻译方法、装置和系统

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WO2013185524A1 (fr) * 2012-06-15 2013-12-19 威立达数码科技(深圳)有限公司 Équipement audio à induction magnétique
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