US 11,937,037 B2
Wireless earphone
Zachary C. Rich, San Francisco, CA (US); Kurt R. Stiehl, San Jose, CA (US); Arun D. Chawan, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael B. Howes, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan S. Aase, Rochester, MI (US); Esge B. Andersen, Campbell, CA (US); Yacine Azmi, San Francisco, CA (US); Jahan C. Minoo, San Jose, CA (US); David J. Shaw, San Diego, CA (US); Aarti Kumar, San Jose, CA (US); Augustin Prats, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert D. Watson, Menlo Park, CA (US); Baptiste P. Paquier, Saratoga, CA (US); Axel D. Berny, San Francisco, CA (US); Benjamin W. Cook, San Francisco, CA (US); Jerzy S. Guterman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Benjamin Adair Cousins, Burlington, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/827,493.
Application 17/827,493 is a continuation of application No. 16/790,661, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,363,363.
Application 16/790,661 is a continuation of application No. 16/125,178, filed on Sep. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,567,861, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Application 16/125,178 is a continuation of application No. 15/302,163, granted, now 10,110,984, issued on Oct. 23, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2015/026725, filed on Apr. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/982,214, filed on Apr. 21, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295169 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1016 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); H04R 1/105 (2013.01); H04R 2201/107 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless earphone comprising:
a housing having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a far end, a near end and a primary sound outlet at the far end, and wherein the second portion abuts the first portion;
a speaker driver positioned within the first portion;
electronic circuitry positioned within the housing that includes a wireless communications interface to receive audio content over-the-air and in response provides an audio signal to the speaker driver;
a rechargeable power source positioned within the housing;
a first microphone positioned within a cavity of the first portion;
a second microphone positioned within a cavity of the second portion; and
a third microphone positioned inside the housing, between the first microphone and the second microphone, and
wherein one of the first microphone, the second microphone or the third microphone is operable to pick up ambient sound outside of an ear for performing acoustic noise cancellation.