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US 8,265,321 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for detecting a position of a pair of ear phones at a user
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorMartin Nystrom
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Abstract
A method for detecting a position of a pair of headphones at a user and a detection apparatus for detecting a position of a pair of ear phones at a user are described.
Claims16
A method for detecting a position of a pair of ear phones at a user, the method comprising:
- detecting a first heart beat signal of the user at a first ear phone of the pair of ear phones,
- detecting a second heart beat signal of the user at a second ear phone of the pair of ear phones,
- determining a time difference between the first heart beat signal and the second heart beat signal, and
- determining which ear phone is located at a right ear of the user and which ear phone is located at a left ear of the user based on the determined time difference.
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A detection apparatus for detecting a position of a pair of ear phones at a user, comprising
- a first heart beat sensor adapted to detect a first heart beat signal of the user at a first ear phone of the pair of ear phones,
- a second heart beat sensor adapted to detect a second heart beat signal of the user at a second ear phone of the pair of ear phones, and
- a detection unit adapted
- to determine a time difference between the first heart beat signal and the second heart beat signal, and
- to determine which ear phone is located at a right ear of the user and which ear phone is located at a left ear of the user based on the determined time difference.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.