System and method for detecting ear location of earphone and rechanneling connections accordingly and earphone using same

An earphone able to function as a left or as a right earphone and receive sound channels accordingly comprises a processing unit, a capturing unit, and a touch sensor. The capturing unit gets images of ear canal. The touch sensor senses a first and second ear contact points. The processing unit appl...

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Main Authors FAN, CHENI, LIN, YEN-HSIN
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 01.12.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DEAF-AID SETS
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS
PHYSICS
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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Summary:An earphone able to function as a left or as a right earphone and receive sound channels accordingly comprises a processing unit, a capturing unit, and a touch sensor. The capturing unit gets images of ear canal. The touch sensor senses a first and second ear contact points. The processing unit applies sensor readings and captured images to an imaginary circle having a default radius, to determine whether earphone is being worn in the right or in the left ear. The output of sound can be channeled appropriately to an earphone in the left ear or in the right ear or both. A method and a system for detecting wearing state are also provided.
Bibliography:Application Number: TW20176123697