Earphone system
AssigneeKeewave Corporation
InventorAdam Keeling
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Abstract
An earphone system for use by a wearer includes earphone, a microphone, actuation switches, a battery with wireless charging and sensors for sensing biometrics of the wearer in the ear and environmental conditions. The individual earphones are arranged for communication with a portable communications device (PCD) for signal processing and external communication. The system is programed to transmit sounds from the PCD to the wearer, to provide enhanced hearing of sounds detected by the microphone to be transmitted to the wearer in dependence on a hearing test, for noise cancellation, to communicate different sounds to each earphone and for processing of biometrics data obtained by said sensor.
Claims15
An earphone system for use by a wearer comprising:
- a pair of earphones for insertion into the ear canal of the wearer;
- a microphone for detecting peripheral sounds around the wearer;
- actuation switches on the earphones for actuating control functions;
- the earphones having a communication system for communication with a portable communications device for signal processing and external communication;
- at least one biometrics sensor mounted on at least one of the earphones for sensing biometrics of the wearer in the ear;
- the communication system being arranged to cooperate with a downloadable program on the portable communications device for:
- transmitting sounds from the portable communications device to the wearer;
- for providing enhanced hearing of sounds detected by the microphone to be transmitted to the wearer;
- for noise cancellation;
- and for processing of biometrics data obtained by said sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.