Personal audio system with earpiece remote controller
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsGerrit Hollemans, Vincentius Buil
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Abstract
In a personal audio system (100), a remote controller (120) has a touch-sensitive area (122) and is worn in or by a human ear. A temporal pattern in the area (122), which is being touched, is detected and used for remotely controlling a device (110) for personal audio by means of a control signal (130). This prevents the hassle involved in finding, manipulating and operating a conventional remote control that is typically dangling somewhere along a wire.
Claims9
A personal audio system (100) comprising a remotely controllable device (110) and a controller (120) for remotely controlling the device (110) by sending a control signal (130) to the device (110), the controller (120) having an outer surface (121) with a touch-sensitive area (122), the controller (120) being arranged to be substantially worn in or by a human ear (150), the controller (120) being further arranged to detect the touch-sensitive area (122) being touched, and to send the control signal (130) in response to detecting the touch-sensitive area (122) being touched.
A controller (120) for remotely controlling a personal audio device (110) by sending a control signal (130) to the device (110), the controller (120) having an outer surface (121) with a touch-sensitive area (122), the controller (120) being arranged to be substantially worn in or by a human ear (150), the controller (120) being further arranged to detect the touch-sensitive area (122) being touched, and to send the control signal (130) in response to detecting the touch-sensitive area (122) being touched.
A personal audio device (110) which is remotely controllable by a controller (120), the controller (120) having an outer surface (121) with a touch-sensitive area (122), the device (110) being arranged to detect the area being touched, and to activate a function of the device (110) in response to detecting the area being touched.
A method for remote control of a personal audio device (110), the method comprising the steps of:
- wearing a controller (120) substantially in or by a human ear (150);
- detecting a touch-sensitive area (122) of the controller (120) being touched;
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- sending a control signal (130) to the device (110) in response to detecting the area being touched.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.