Apple Patents

Audio Technology

Apple filed these patents around Audio Technology in the last 5 years

# Patent No. Short Description
1. US10553235B2 Automatically adjusting speech enhancement in a far-end device during a telephony session based on hearing problem phrases spoken by the near-end user
2. US10614812B2 Speech recognition systems that can accurately transcribe speech from multiple microphones in noisy environments
3. US10631096B1 A transducer assembly for speakers in electronic devices that reduces mechanical force transmission to the device enclosure
4. US10674254B1 Reducing acoustic distortion in portable electronic devices like smartphones to improve audio quality
5. US10720892B1 An active Wilkinson combiner circuit that provides good impedance matching and isolation between input ports
6. US10848859B1 Mitigating loudspeaker-induced acoustic noise from an audio device like a laptop when playing back audio
7. US10848889B2 Intelligent audio rendering for video recording on portable devices like smartphones that automatically modifies the audio to better match the user's intent
8. US10877606B2 Acoustic touch sensing system for detecting contact between an object and a surface of an electronic device
9. US10909999B2 Personalized music selections to associate with visual media like photos and videos
10. US10911874B2 Transducer with improved reliability and performance by using a stretchable conductive material to electrically connect the voice coil to stationary terminals outside the transducer
11. US10945090B1 Audio system that performs different audio processing techniques upon a sound program to render the sound program for output through one or more loudspeakers
12. US10951188B2 Adjusting the volume of media clips using absolute volume values instead of relative values
13. US10978086B2 Echo cancellation in microphone arrays of devices like smartphones to improve voice recognition accuracy when playing audio
14. US10993010B2 Open-air earbuds with a filter to protect the interior from debris while maintaining the open-air connection to the ambient environment
15. US11025406B2 A media device that receives audio data from multiple sources over HDMI with eARC and processes it for transmission to audio playback devices

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