Portable terminal and portable terminal system
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorYujiro FUKUI
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Abstract
A portable terminal and a portable terminal system that allows a user to hear an ambient sound highly necessary for the user while wearing an earphone on his/her ear are provided. An ambient sound output determination module is configured to determine whether or not an ambient sound should be output to the earphone based on a sound signal received from at least one microphone of a first microphone and a second microphone. A sound output control module is configured to output the sound signal received from the at least one microphone to the earphone if it is determined that the ambient sound should be output to the earphone.
Claims7
A portable terminal comprising:
- one or more microphones;
- a determination module configured to determine whether or not an ambient sound should be output to an earphone based on a sound signal received from at least one microphone among the one or more microphones;
- and
- a sound output control module configured to output the sound signal received from the at least one microphone to the earphone if it is determined that the ambient sound should be output to the earphone.
A portable terminal system comprising an earphone and a portable terminal,
- the portable terminal including
- one or more microphones,
- a determination module configured to determine whether or not an ambient sound should be output to the earphone based on a sound signal received from at least one microphone among the one or more microphones, and
- a sound output control module configured to output a sound signal reproduced in the portable terminal to the earphone, and to output the sound signal received from the at least one microphone if it is determined that the ambient sound should be output to the earphone,
- the earphone including a piezoelectric element configured to vibrate based on the sound signal received from the sound output control module to supply an air-conducted sound to an eardrum through an external auditory canal, and to supply a vibration sound to the eardrum through a bone portion or a cartilaginous portion around the external auditory canal.
A portable terminal system comprising an earphone and a portable terminal,
- the earphone including
- a first piezoelectric element configured to vibrate based on a sound signal received from the portable terminal to supply an air-conducted sound to an eardrum through an external auditory canal, and
- a second piezoelectric element configured to vibrate based on the sound signal received from the portable terminal to supply a vibration sound to the eardrum through a bone portion or a cartilaginous portion around the external auditory canal,
- the portable terminal including
- one or more microphones,
- a determination module configured to determine whether or not an ambient sound should be output to the earphone based on a sound signal received from at least one microphone among the one or more microphones, and
- a sound output control module configured to output a sound signal reproduced in the portable terminal to the first piezoelectric element, and to output the sound signal received from the at least one microphone to the second piezoelectric element if it is determined that the ambient sound should be output to the earphone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.