Automatic detection of the wearing style of a convertible headset
AssigneePlantronics, Inc.
InventorsBarry Lee, Ching Shyu
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Abstract
A system for adjusting an audio setting for a headset, comprises a communications device, a detachable headband containing a detectable element that can be coupled to the communications device, a sensor coupled to the communications device configured to determine whether the headband is coupled to the communications device and a processor configured to adjust the audio setting for the headset to a headband mode when the headband is coupled to the communications device. The processor may also adjust the audio setting of the headset to a non-headband mode based on the sensor detecting the headband being disconnected from the communications device.
Claims20
A system for adjusting an audio setting for a headset, comprising:
- a communications device;
- a detachable headband operable to be worn over a user head, wherein the detachable headband can be coupled to the communications device;
- a sensor coupled to the communications device configured to determine a detachable headband connection state comprising a coupled state indicating the detachable headband is coupled to the communications device and a decoupled state indicating the detachable headband is decoupled from the communications device;
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- a processor configured to adjust the audio setting for the headset to a headband mode responsive to detection of a change in the detachable headband connection state from the decoupled state to the coupled state, wherein the audio setting comprises a receive volume setting, a receive frequency response setting, a terminal coupling loss weighted setting, a side tone setting, a receive noise reduction setting, or a receive automatic level control setting.
A method of adjusting an audio setting for a headset, comprising:
- receiving data from a sensor coupled to the headset indicating a connection status between a detachable headband and the headset;
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- providing a first output signal to adjust the audio setting for the headset responsive to detecting a change in the connection status of the detachable headband to the headset, the audio setting comprising a receive volume setting, a receive frequency response setting, a terminal coupling loss weighted setting, a side tone setting, a receive noise reduction setting, or a receive automatic level control setting.
A headset system comprising:
- a detachable headband;
- a detachable earbud;
- a communications device coupled to the detachable headband, wherein the detachable earbud is configured to be coupled to the communications device in a non-headband mode when the detachable headband is decoupled from the communications device;
- a sensor coupled to the communications device and configured to detect a connection state between the communications device and the detachable headband;
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- a processor operably coupled to the sensor to adjust a setting of an audio equalizer to a headband mode from the non-headband mode when the sensor detects that the detachable headband has become connected to the communications device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.