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US 12,549,883 B2Granted
Earphone modes of operation
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsChulhong Min, Alessandro Montanari
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: obtaining first sensor data from a first earphone of a pair of earphones; obtaining second sensor data from a second earphone of the pair of earphones; operating in a first mode in the event that the pair of earphones is determined to be worn or used by a single user; and operating in a second mode in the event that the pair of earphones is determined to be worn or used by different users.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- obtain first sensor data from a first earphone of a pair of earphones;
- obtain second sensor data from a second earphone of the pair of earphones;
- operate in a first mode in the event that the pair of earphones is determined to be worn by a single user, wherein in the first mode, the first and second sensor data are treated as being related to said single user;
- operate in a second mode in the event that the pair of earphones is determined to be worn or used by different users, wherein in the second mode, the first and second sensor data are treated as being related to said different users;
- identify an original user and a new user when the apparatus changes from operating in the first mode to operating in the second mode, wherein the original user is identified based on at least one of continuity and similarity of sensor data;
- and
- retain sensor data for the original user comprising both the first and second sensor data that was obtained in the first mode, and only the first or the second data treated as relating to the original user that was obtained when operating in the second mode.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining first sensor data from a first earphone of a pair of earphones;
- obtaining second sensor data from a second earphone of the pair of earphones;
- operating in a first mode in the event that the pair of earphones is determined to be worn or used by a single user, wherein in the first mode, the first and second sensor data are treated as being related to said single user;
- operating in a second mode in the event that the pair of earphones is determined to be worn or used by different users, wherein in the second mode, the first and second sensor data are treated as being related to said different users;
- identifying an original user and a new user when the apparatus changes from operating in the first mode to operating in the second mode, wherein the original user is identified based on at least one of continuity and similarity of sensor data;
- and
- retaining sensor data for the original user comprising both the first and second sensor data that was obtained in the first mode, and only the first or the second data treated as relating to the original user that was obtained when operating in the second mode.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions which, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
- obtaining first sensor data from a first earphone of a pair of earphones;
- obtaining second sensor data from a second earphone of the pair of earphones;
- operating in a first mode in the event that the pair of earphones is determined to be worn or used by a single user, wherein in the first mode, the first and second sensor data are treated as being related to said single user;
- operating in a second mode in the event that the pair of earphones is determined to be worn or used by different users, wherein in the second mode, the first and second sensor data are treated as being related to said different users;
- identifying an original user and a new user when the apparatus changes from operating in the first mode to operating in the second mode, wherein the original user is identified based on at least one of continuity and similarity of sensor data;
- and
- retaining sensor data for the original user comprising both the first and second sensor data that was obtained in the first mode, and only the first or the second data treated as relating to the original user that was obtained when operating in the second mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.