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US 8,509,453 B2Granted
Luminescent headphones without battery packs
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsEyal Bychkov, Dov Moran, Itay Sherman
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Abstract
Audio apparatus, including an audio player, housed within a casing, for producing audio output, a port on a surface of the casing for inserting a headphone connector therein, a light emitting source, a power source, housed within the casing, for supplying power to the audio player and to the light emitting source, and a headphone for listening to audio output produced by the audio player, including a connector for insertion into the port, and a light pipe for transmitting light generated by the light emitting source.
Claims5
Audio apparatus, comprising:
- an audio player, housed within a casing, for producing audio output;
- a port on a surface of the casing for inserting a headphone connector therein, through which sound produced by said audio player is transmitted;
- a power source, housed within the casing, for supplying power to said audio player;
- and a headphone for listening to audio output produced by said audio player, comprising:
- a connector for insertion into said port;
- an AC-to-DC convertor;
- an LED light emitting source for generating light, the light emitting source being powered via said AC-to-DC converter by an audio tone produced by said audio player at an inaudible high frequency above 20 KHz;
- and a light pipe for transmitting light generated by said light emitting source.
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