HEADSET AND EARPHONE

• US 20100048135A1
• Filed: 08/19/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Marten, Stefan
• Application Number:
  US12/543,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20100048135A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H

Abstract

There is provided a headset comprising a cable (200), an operating portion (500) displaceable along the cable (200) and having a wireless transmitting unit (510) for wirelessly transmitting control signals and a wireless receiving unit (110) for wirelessly receiving the control signals wirelessly transmitted by the wireless transmitting unit (510).

Claims

1. A headset comprising:

a cable,

an operating portion displaceable along the cable and having a wireless transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting control signals, and

a wireless receiving unit for wirelessly receiving the control signals wirelessly transmitted by the wireless transmitting unit.

2. A headset as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cable is coupled to a plug for a microphone, wherein the plug is couplable to an interface to transmit a feed voltage for the microphone, wherein the current supply of the wireless receiving unit is effected by the feed voltage of the microphone.

3. An earphone comprising:

a cable,

an operating portion displaceable along the cable and having a wireless transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting control signals, and

a wireless receiving unit for wirelessly receiving the control signals wirelessly transmitted by the wireless transmitting unit.