US Patent Issued to Alpine Electronics of Silicon Valley on Oct. 14 for "Reproducing audio signals with a haptic apparatus on acoustic headphones and their calibration and measurement" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,790, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Alpine Electronics of Silicon Valley Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Reproducing audio signals with a haptic apparatus on acoustic headphones and their calibration and measurement" was invented by Rocky Chau-Hsiung Lin (Cupertino, Calif.) and Thomas Yamasaki (Anaheim Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and devices for testing a headphone with increased sensation are provided. The headphone can filter and amplify low frequency audio signals, which are then sent to a haptic device in the headphone. The haptic device can cause bass sensations at the top of the skull and at both ear cu...