Earphone with anc automatically blocking function and method for controlling the same

Abstract

An earphone with an ANC automatic blocking function includes: a danger occurrence notification sound information registration unit registering and storing unique sound information of a danger occurrence notification sound certified by a public institution; an external sound recognition unit recognizing an external sound during operation of an ANC function; a sound information comparison analysis unit comparing sound information recognized by the external sound recognition unit with sound information registered in the danger occurrence notification sound information registration unit and analyzing and determining whether matching sound information exists; and an ANC function maintaining and blocking controller blocking the ANC function immediately when it is determined from an analysis result of the sound information comparison analysis unit that there exists sound information matching the sound information recognized by the external sound recognition unit.

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