US 12,137,319 B2
Embodied sound device and method
Paulo C. Chagas, Riverside, CA (US); and Ethan Castro, Agoura Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/765,401
Filed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/012522
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/142136, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/958,218, filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/958,189, filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337937 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04R 1/24 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/24 (2013.01) [H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/2807 (2013.01); H04R 3/14 (2013.01); H04R 2201/028 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2430/03 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tactile audio system, comprising:
an audio processing device configured to separate an audio input into:
a transient group and a sustained group;
a plurality of frequency bands for each of the transient group and the sustained group;
a first number of amplifiers corresponding to one or more of the frequency bands;
a second number of transducers coupled to the first number of amplifiers;
a first volume adjustment configured to receive signals from the transient group and a second volume adjustment configured to receive signals from the sustained group; and
a digital signal processor to combine outputs from the first volume adjustment and the second volume adjustment after a selection of a transient volume and a sustained volume.