US 12,080,278 B2
Bone conduction transducers for privacy
Robert D. Silfvast, Belmont, CA (US); Neal D. Evans, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Nikolas T. Vitt, Redwood City, CA (US); and Jonathan D. Sheaffer, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,282.
Application 18/053,282 is a continuation of application No. 17/525,801, filed on Nov. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,501,760.
Application 17/525,801 is a continuation of application No. 16/890,843, filed on Jun. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,176,925, issued on Nov. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,092, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0143588 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 15/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC G10L 15/083 (2013.01) [H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a programmed processor of a headset, the method comprising:
receiving audio content;
receiving, from a camera of the headset, image data;
identifying a gesture performed by a user of the headset based on the image data;
determining whether the audio content is private based on the identified gesture; and
responsive to determining that the audio content is private, driving a bone conduction transducer (BCT) of the headset with an audio signal that comprises at least a portion of the audio content.