US 11,684,516 B2
Hearing protection and communication apparatus using vibration sensors
Willem M. Beltman, West Linn, OR (US); Hector A. Cordourier Maruri, Guadalajara (MX); Paulo Lopez Meyer, Tlaquepaque (MX); and Jonathan Huang, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/322,380.
Application 17/322,380 is a continuation of application No. 15/912,006, filed on Mar. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,007,081.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267803 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 9/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/20 (2006.01); A61F 11/06 (2006.01); A61F 11/08 (2006.01); G02C 11/06 (2006.01); A61F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/029 (2013.01) [A61F 11/06 (2013.01); G10L 15/20 (2013.01); A61F 11/08 (2013.01); A61F 11/145 (2022.01); G02C 11/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable electronic device comprising:
means for transducing vibrations associated with speech into a first signal;
means for transducing sound associated with ambient noise into a second signal; and
means for processing to:
cause a speaker to output a third signal to reduce the ambient noise;
detect an identifier in the speech;
identify one of a second device or a third device as associated with the identifier; and
cause a fourth signal representative of the speech to be transmitted to the identified one of the second device or the third device associated with the identifier, the second device different than the wearable electronic device, the third device different than the second device and different than the wearable electronic device.