Apple patents glasses that adjust sound based on how they sit on your face
Apple has been granted a patent for eyewear that uses sensors to detect how the frame sits on a wearer's face. The system analyzes the position of facial features to determine the orientation of the glasses and adjusts the audio signal sent to the speakers accordingly.
In the filing’s own words
An eyewear assembly may include a frame configured to rest on a wearer's face, a plurality of extra-aural speakers, and a plurality of sensors. A processing circuitry may execute instructions stored in memory to process output data of the plurality of sensors to determine locations of a plurality of anatomic features of the wearer, detect an orientation of the eyewear assembly relative to the wearer of the eyewear assembly based on the locations of the plurality of anatomic features of the wearer, and determine, based on the orientation, a correction to an audio signal that is to drive an extra-aural speaker of the plurality of extra-aural speakers. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A system, comprising: an eyewear assembly including: a frame configured to rest on a wearer's face; a plurality of extra-aural speakers; and a plurality of sensors; and one or more processing circuitries configured to execute instructions stored in memory to: process output data of the plurality of sensors to determine locations of a plurality of anatomic features of the wearer; detect an orientation of the eyewear assembly relative to the wearer of the eyewear assembly based on the locations of the plurality of anatomic features of the wearer; and determine, based on the orientation, a correction to an audio signal that is to drive an extra-aural speaker of the plurality of extra-aural speakers.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Correcting audio signals based on an orientation of an eyewear assembly
- Patent number
- US12732769B2
- Application number
- 18734923
- Filed
- Jun 5, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 23
Classified under
H04S 7/303 Electricity & electronicsH04R 1/1008 Electricity & electronicsH04S 2400/13 Electricity & electronicsH04S 2420/01 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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