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US 9,439,011 B2Granted
Wearable speaker user detection
AssigneePlantronics, Inc.
InventorGlenn Wardle
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Abstract
Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a speaker interface configured to provide audio to a wearable speaker of a headset and to receive speaker return signals generated by from the wearable speaker of the headset; and a user detection module configured to determine a user-related parameter based on the speaker return signals received by the speaker interface from the wearable speaker of the headset.
Claims23
An apparatus comprising:
- a speaker interface configured to provide audio to a wearable speaker and to receive speaker return signals generated by the wearable speaker;
- a user detection module configured to determine a user-related parameter based on the speaker return signals received by the speaker interface from the wearable speaker, wherein the user-related parameter indicates whether or not the wearable speaker is being worn by a user;
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- a user present module configured to provide a user present indication responsive to the user detection module determining that the wearable speaker is being worn.
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A method comprising:
- providing, by a processor, audio to a wearable speaker;
- receiving, by the processor, speaker return signals generated by the wearable speaker;
- determining, by the processor, a user-related parameter based on the speaker return signals generated by the wearable speaker, wherein the user-related parameter indicates whether or not the wearable speaker is being worn by a user;
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- providing, by the processor, a user present indication responsive to determining that the wearable speaker is being worn by the user.
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Computer-readable non-transitory media embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform functions comprising:
- determining a user-related parameter based on speaker return signals generated by a wearable speaker, wherein the user-related parameter indicates whether or not the wearable speaker is being worn by a user, and
- providing a user present indication responsive to determining that the wearable speaker is being worn by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.