Donned and doffed headset state detection
AssigneePlantronics, Inc.
InventorsJohn F Gerhardt, Timothy P Johnston, Edward L Reuss, Robert M Khamashta
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for determining the donned or doffed state of a headset. In one example, a headset includes a processor, an acoustic transducer, and a detector operably coupled to the processor, the detector providing an output charge pattern corresponding to a state selected from the group consisting of the headset being donned and doffed. Advantageously, the present disclosure provides for reliably determining a donned or doffed state of a headset for efficiently routing calls, text messages, and/or otherwise being used for notifications and requests in a system.
Claims11
A headset system, comprising:
- a headset body;
- a microphone coupled to the headset body;
- an audio transducer coupled to the headset body;
- a motion detector coupled to the headset body and being operative to provide an output in response to movement of the headset body;
- a non-motion sensor coupled to the headset body and operative to indicate a condition that indicates a don/doff state;
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- a processor that receives the motion detector output from the motion detector and the condition from the non-motion sensor and that indicates a don/doff state when both the motion sensor and the non-motion sensor indicate the same state.
A method, executed by a processor in a headset system comprising a headset body;
- a microphone coupled to the headset body, an audio transducer coupled to the headset body;
- and a motion detector coupled to the headset body and being operative to provide an output in response to movement of the headset body and a non-motion sensor coupled to the headset body and operative to indicate a condition that indicates a don/doff state, the method comprising:
- monitoring the motion detector output to determine whether it indicates a don state or a doff state;
- monitoring the non-motion sensor output to determine whether it indicates a don state or a doff state;
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- providing a don/doff state output when both the motion sensor and the non-motion sensor indicate the same state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.