US 11,743,623 B2
Wearable interactive audio device
Benjamin G. Jackson, Belmont, CA (US); Brenton A. Baugh, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); David H. Bloom, San Francisco, CA (US); Gemma A. Roper, San Francisco, CA (US); Karlin Y. Bark, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Thomas S. Hulbert, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/927,367.
Application 16/927,367 is a continuation of application No. 16/055,071, filed on Aug. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,757,491.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,594, filed on Jun. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0344536 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/02 (2013.01) [G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 3/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable audio device, comprising:
an enclosure comprising:
a body defining an opening and an interior volume; and
a stem extending from the body;
a microphone positioned in the stem and configured to detect an audio input;
a speaker positioned within the interior volume and acoustically coupled to the opening;
an antenna positioned within the interior volume and configured to operably couple the wearable audio device to a companion device;
a sensor configured to detect a touch input along a surface of the stem; and
a processing unit positioned within the interior volume and operably coupled with the sensor and the antenna, the processing unit configured to:
cause the speaker to provide an audio output using audio data received from the companion device;
cause the speaker to modify the audio output in response to the audio input; and
cause the speaker to modify the audio output in response to the touch input at the stem.