Magnetic earphones holder
AssigneeSnik LLC
InventorRob Honeycutt
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Abstract
One or more accelerometers embedded with an earbud and/or a set of earphones are able to sense a moving pace of a user. Based on a moving pace of the user, a signal is sent to a remotely connected electronic device. The electronic device is able to separately increase and decrease a beat or rhythm of the audio from the electronic device based on a pace of the user. In some embodiments, an audio alert is sent to the user to inform the user of pace and whether the user has increased or decreased their pace. Additionally, in some embodiments, a program stored on the electronic device is used to compare the user's current progress and/or speed based on past runs and workouts.
Claims21
An earphone system comprising:
- a. one or more earbud sensors incorporated within an earbud worn by a user, the earbud comprising a control device and an audio output circuit;
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- b. an electronic device operation circuit incorporated within the earbud configured to operate a remote electronic device, wherein the one or more earbud sensors send a signal to the control device within the earbud based on a status of the user as sensed by the one or more earbud sensors, and the control device sends a signal to the electronic device operation circuit to operate the remote electronic device based on the signal from the control device, and further wherein the remote electronic device outputs a single audio message comprising a moving pace of the user and an indication of whether the moving pace of the user has increased or decreased from a previous moving pace of the user to the audio output circuit within the earbud to be output to the user based on the signal from the one or more earbud sensors, wherein the control device outputs an alert through the audio output circuit to the user when the one or more earbud sensors detect that a parameter of the user as measured by the one or more earbud sensors is either below a lower level or above an upper level.
An earbud comprising:
- a. one or more earbud sensors for sensing a status of a user;
- b. an audio output circuit;
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- c. a control device, wherein the control device receives a signal from the one or more earbud sensors and sends a signal to an electronic device operation circuit within the earbud to operate a remote electronic device based on the signal from the one or more earbud sensors, wherein the remote electronic device sends a single audio message comprising a moving pace of the user and an indication of whether the moving pace of the user has increased or decreased from a previous moving pace of the user to the audio output circuit within the earbud to be output to the user based on the signal from the one or more earbud sensors, wherein the control device outputs an alert through the audio output circuit to the user when the one or more earbud sensors detect that a parameter of the user as measured by the one or more earbud sensors is either below a lower level or above an upper level.
A method of utilizing one or more earbuds comprising:
- a. sensing a status of a user using one or more earbud sensors;
- b. based on the status of the user as sensed by the one or more earbud sensors, sending a signal from an electronic device operation circuit incorporated within the earbud to operate a remotely located electronic device;
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- c. sending a single audio message comprising a moving pace of the user and an indication of whether the moving pace of the user has increased or decreased from a previous moving pace of the user from the remotely located electronic device to a control device within the earbud which then communicates the audio message to the audio output circuit within the one or more earbuds to be output to the user based on the status of the user as sensed by the one or more earbud sensors, wherein the control device outputs an alert through the audio output circuit to the user when the one or more earbud sensors detect that a parameter of the user as measured by the one or more earbud sensors is either below a lower level or above an upper level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.