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US 8,942,384 B2Granted
Dual-mode headset
AssigneePlantronics, Inc.
InventorsWilmer Lau, Leon Wu
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Abstract
A headset comprises a body, an audio transducer, an arm, a detector and processor. The detector can indicate whether the arm is in a first or second position. The headset operates in a headset mode or speakerphone mode responsive to the arm's position.
Claims12
A headset system, comprising:
- a main body;
- a microphone;
- a first speaker;
- a second speaker adapted to operate in at least one mode for open air loudspeaker use;
- an arm movably coupled to the main body, wherein the arm is movable between a first position and a second position;
- a detector for indicating whether the arm is in the first position or in the second position;
- and
- a processor configured to operate the headset in a worn headset mode or a speakerphone mode responsive to an arm position, wherein responsive to movement of the arm from the second position to the first position the headset shifts from the worn headset mode to the speakerphone mode, and wherein a shift to the speakerphone mode comprises altering a microphone operation from a noise cancelling mode to an omnidirectional mode, and deactivating the first speaker and activating the second speaker.
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A method comprising:
- operating a headset in a worn headset mode, the worn headset mode comprising:
- operating a headset microphone in a noise cancelling mode;
- and
- outputting a sound via a first speaker disposed at a wearer ear;
- and
- receiving a user action comprising adjusting a headset arm from a second headset arm position to a first headset arm position, the user action operating to shift the headset from the worn headset mode to a speakerphone mode, the speakerphone mode comprising:
- operating the headset microphone in an omnidirectional mode;
- and
- outputting the sound via a second speaker.
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A method of operating a headset in different modes of operation, the headset comprising an arm movable between a first and second position, a microphone, a detector for detecting the arm's position, a first audio transducer, a second audio transducer and a processor, the method comprising:
- detecting if the arm's position is in the first or second position;
- operating the headset in a speakerphone mode responsive to detecting the arm in the first position, the speakerphone mode comprising operating the microphone in an omnidirectional mode and outputting sound via the second audio transducer;
- and
- operating the headset in a worn headset mode responsive to detecting the arm in the second position, the worn headset mode comprising operating the microphone in a noise cancelling mode and outputting sound via the first audio transducer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.