Earphone device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
InventorYuya YAMAGAMI
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Abstract
Provided is an earphone device that enables desired functions without causing stress to users when the device is worn in an ear. The earphone device includes a sound emitting unit to be worn in the user's ear. The unit includes an antenna receiving an audio signal, a driver unit driven by the audio signal received by the antenna, and a battery storing power for the antenna. The battery is charged with the unit accommodated in a charger. The unit is inactive with the unit accommodated in the charger and active with the unit removed from the charger. The unit in the active state includes first and second operating modes. When a state of the unit is switched from the inactive state to the active state, the operating mode of the unit for a predetermined time after the switching is the first operating mode.
Claims10
An earphone device comprising a sound emitting unit configured to be worn in an ear of a user, wherein
- the sound emitting unit includes:
- an antenna configured to receive an audio signal;
- a driver unit configured to be driven based on the audio signal received by the antenna;
- and
- a battery configured to store power supplied to the antenna, the battery is charged when the sound emitting unit is accommodated in a charger, the sound emitting unit
- is in an inactive state when the sound emitting unit is accommodated in the charger, and
- is in an active state when the sound emitting unit is not accommodated in the charger,
- an operating mode of the sound emitting unit in the active state includes
- a first operating mode, and
- a second operating mode, and,
- when a state of the sound emitting unit is switched from the inactive state to the active state, the operating mode of the sound emitting unit for a predetermined time after the switching is the first operating mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.