Method for operating headphones and earphones

A computing unit that is configured to operate headphones, the headphones being in-ear headphones, the computing unit configured to:

• receive measurement data from a pressure-measuring device of the headphones, wherein the measurement data map a pressure difference between a first pressure of an external atmosphere on a first side of the headphones and a second pressure of the external atmosphere on a second side of the headphones, wherein the first side of the headphones is to be inserted into a hearing region of an ear of a user of the headphones, and wherein the second side of the headphones opposite the first side is to be arranged outside the hearing region;
• ascertain a pressure difference between the first pressure and the second pressure based on the measurement data of the pressure-measuring device;
• and
• (i) recognize that the headphones are inserted into the hearing region of the user when it has been ascertained that the first pressure is higher than the second pressure, and/or (ii) recognize that the headphones are removed from the hearing region when it has been ascertained that the first pressure is lower than the second pressure.

Headphones, comprising:

• a sound-generating structure;
• a pressure-measuring device;
• and
• a computing unit configured to operatine the headphones, the computing unit configured to:
• receive measurement data from the pressure-measuring device of the headphones, wherein the measurement data map a pressure difference between a first pressure of an external atmosphere on a first side of the headphones and a second pressure of the external atmosphere on a second side of the headphones, wherein the first side of the headphones is to be inserted into a hearing region of an ear of a user of the headphones, and wherein the second side of the headphones opposite the first side is to be arranged outside the hearing region;
• ascertain a pressure difference between the first pressure and the second pressure based on the measurement data of the pressure-measuring device, and
• (i) recognize that the headphones are inserted into the hearing region of the user when it has been ascertained that the first pressure is higher than the second pressure, and/or (ii) recognize that the headphones are removed from the hearing region when it has been ascertained that the first pressure is lower than the second pressure.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is stored a computer program including commands for operating headphones, the headphones being in-ear headphones, the commands, when executed by a data processor, causing the data processor to perform the following steps:

• receiving measurement data from a pressure-measuring device of the headphones, wherein the measurement data map a pressure difference between a first pressure of an external atmosphere on a first side of the headphones and a second pressure of the external atmosphere on a second side of the headphones, wherein the first side of the headphones is to be inserted into a hearing region of an ear of a user of the headphones, and wherein the second side of the headphones opposite the first side is to be arranged outside the hearing region;
• ascertaining a pressure difference between the first pressure and the second pressure based on the measurement data of the pressure-measuring device;
• and
• (i) recognizing that the headphones are inserted into the hearing region of the user when it has been ascertained that the first pressure is higher than the second pressure, and/or (ii) recognizing that the headphones are removed from the hearing region when it has been ascertained that the first pressure is lower than the second pressure.