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US 2011/0211709 A1Published application
Headphones apparatus
AssigneeAKG Acoustics GmbH
InventorsMICHAEL SZOLGA, Thomas Gmeiner, Dorian Staps
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Abstract
The headphones apparatus has at least one ear cup, and at least one operating element coupled to the ear cup for the regulation of one or more audio functions. To facilitate the regulation for the user, the operating element can include an annular dial that is accessible from outside of the ear cup. The annular dial may be rotational, shiftable, tiltable, depressable, deformable, or any combination thereof, relative to the ear cup to operably regulate one or more audio functions of the ear cup.
Claims25
A headphones apparatus comprising:
- an ear cup configured for audio;
- an operating element configured to regulate at least one audio function of the ear cup, the operating element having an annular dial defined about a central axis, the annular dial having an inner confronting surface in a longitudinally spaced relationship with an outer confronting surface of the ear cup;
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- a plurality of control switches, where rotational movement of the annular dial about the central axis sequentially actuates the control switches in a corresponding direction to operably regulate a first audio function of the ear cup, and at least one of shiftable and tiltable movement of a portion of the operating element relative to the ear cup operably controls a second audio function of the ear cup.
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A headphone apparatus comprising:
- an ear cup configured for audio;
- an operating element configured to regulate at least one audio function of the ear cup, the operating element including an annular dial defined about a central axis and a control pin, the annular dial coupled to the ear cup such that an inner confronting surface of the annular dial is in a longitudinally spaced relationship with an outer confronting surface of the ear cup, the control pin extending from the inner confronting surface of the annular dial and having an end coupled to the ear cup;
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- a plurality of control switches fixedly arranged to surround and radially spaced from a segment of the control pin, where rotational movement of the annular dial about the central axis sequentially actuates the control switches in a corresponding direction to operably control a first audio function of the ear cup, and at least one of shiftable and tiltable movement of a portion of the operating element relative to the ear cup causes deflection of the control pin relative to at least one of the corresponding control switches corresponding to a direction of deflection to operably regulate a second audio function of the ear cup.
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A headphone apparatus comprising:
- an ear cup configured for audio;
- an operating element configured to regulate at least one audio function of the ear cup, the operating element having an annular dial defined about a central axis and a closure device, the annular dial coupled to the ear cup such that an inner confronting surface of the annular dial is in a longitudinally spaced relationship with an outer confronting surface of the ear cup, the closure device coupled to an outside surface of the annular dial opposite the ear cup;
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- a plurality of control switches, where rotational movement of the annular dial about the central axis sequentially actuates the control switches in a corresponding direction to operably control a first audio function of the ear cup, at least one of shiftable and tiltable movement of the annular dial relative to the ear cup operably controls a second audio function of the ear cup, and at least one of shiftable and tiltable movement of the closure device relative to the ear cup operably controls a third audio function of the ear cup.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.