Headphone apparatus and methods for configuration-based power switching
AssigneeAuto Ears LLC
InventorLogan Andrew Warren
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Abstract
Electronic headphones that are operational when worn or placed on the head of a wearer and are non-operational when the electronic headphones are not worn. In exemplary embodiments, one or more sensors in the electronic headphones may detect this change of position of the earcups/pivot arms of the headset which indicates the wearer is no longer wearing the electronic headphones and put the electronic headphones in a non-operational state. Correspondingly, when placed on the head of a wearer, the sensor(s) detect the change of position of the electronic headphones which indicates the wearer is wearing the electronic headphones and puts the electronic headphones in an operational state.
Claims15
An electronic headphone set comprising:
- a pair of ear cups, at least one ear cup of the pair of ear cups movable between a usable position and an unusable position;
- a headband interconnecting the pair of ear cups;
- electronic circuitry operably connected to the pair of ear cups;
- a switch operably interconnecting the at least one ear cup to the headband and operable to enable the electronic circuitry when in the usable position and to disable the electronic circuitry when in the unusable position;
- a pivot arm comprising a triggering device configured to trigger the switch;
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- a rotary hinge, where the rotary hinge couples the pivot arm to the at least one ear cup and enabling the at least one ear cup to rotate.
An electronic headphone comprising:
- a pivot arm comprising a triggering device;
- an ear cup movable between an operational configuration and a non-operational configuration, the ear cup comprising electronic circuitry and a sensor device configured to enable the electronic circuitry when in proximity with the triggering device, where the triggering device is configured to trigger the sensor device;
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- a rotary hinge coupling the pivot arm to the ear cup and enabling the ear cup to rotate.
An electronic headphone set comprising:
- a headband having a first end and a second end;
- a first pivot arm coupled to the first end of the headband, the first pivot arm comprising a triggering device;
- a second pivot arm coupled to the second end of the headband;
- a first ear cup coupled to the first pivot arm by a first rotary hinge, the first ear cup comprising electronic circuitry and a switch, the switch configured to enable and disable the electronic circuitry based on a relative position of the first ear cup and the triggering device in the first pivot arm;
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- a second ear cup coupled to the second pivot arm by a second rotary hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.