Patent ID: 9596534
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: in an electronic device: outputting acoustic signals via a bone conduction element in contact with a user at a first location; obtaining, via a bone conduction sensor that is also in contact with the user at a second location that differs from the first location and senses vibrations introduced in a bone of the user due to the outputting of the acoustic signals via the bone conduction element, feedback relating to the vibrations introduced in the bone of the user due to the outputting of the acoustic signals via the bone conduction element; and adaptively controlling a generation of the acoustic signals based on a spectral analysis of the feedback and power consumed during the generation of the acoustic signals; wherein the generation of the acoustic signals comprises the outputting of the acoustic signals; wherein a distance between the first and second locations is a fraction of a distance between a first ear and a second ear of the user.