PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941361
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["381", "376000"]

Abstract:
A head-worn sound reproduction device is provided in the form of left and right earphones, which can either be clipped to each ear or mounted on other headgear. The earphones deliver high fidelity audio to a user's eardrums from near-ear range, in a lightweight form factor that is fully “non-blocking” (allows coupling in and natural hearing of ambient sound). Each earphone has a woofer component that produces bass frequencies, and a tweeter component that produces treble frequencies. The woofer outputs the bass frequencies from a position close to the ear canal, while the tweeter outputs treble frequencies from a position that is either close to the ear canal or further away. In certain embodiments, the tweeter is significantly further from the ear canal than the woofer, leading to a more expansive perceived “sound stage”, but still with a “pure” listening experience.

Claim (Index 21):
A sound reproduction system comprising:\n a head-wearable device including:\n a left woofer component; \n a left tweeter component; \n at least one left sound outlet for the left woofer component and the left tweeter component; \n a right woofer component; \n a right tweeter component; \n a least one right sound outlet for the right woofer component and the right tweeter component; \n at least one support structure for supporting the left woofer component, the left tweeter component, the right woofer component and the right tweeter component; \n the head-wearable device is configured for mounting on a head in a mounted position; \n the at least one support structure is shaped to support the left woofer component, the left tweeter component, the right woofer component and the right tweeter component such that when the head-wearable device is in the mounted position on an IEC 60318-7 audio testing dummy head for which the head-wearable device is appropriately sized, the at least one left sound outlet is within 1.5 centimeters of a center an opening of a left ear canal of the IEC 60318-7 audio testing dummy head and the at least one right sound outlet is within 1.5 centimeters of a center of an opening of a right ear canal of the IEC 60318-7 audio testing dummy; \n the head-wearable device includes air impermeable materials including, at least, portions of: the left and right woofer components, the left and right tweeter components and the left and right support structures; \n wherein when the head-wearable device is in the mounted position on the IEC 60318-7 audio testing dummy head for which the head-wearable device is appropriately sized, with respect to the center of the opening of the left ear canal, the air impermeable portions subtend less than 80% of a portion of the 4\u03c0 solid angle about the center of the opening of the left ear canal that is not subtended by the IEC 60318-7 audio testing dummy head itself; and \n with respect to a center point of the opening of the right ear canal of the audio testing dummy head, the air impermeable portions subtend less than 80% of a portion of the 4\u03c0 solid angle about the center of the opening of the right ear canal that is not subtended by the IEC 60318-7 audio testing dummy head itself

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82022
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12195411', '15522699', '14009079', '12040616', '13253768']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7095016913321776
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.514568575970573
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6900083797960171
- Mean Citation Score: 254.09002400000003
- Max Citation Score: 289.7402
- Similarity Product: 186.3635332090616

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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