HEADPHONE APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

• US 20100166207A1
• Filed: 10/23/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: MASUYAMA, Toru
• Application Number:
  US12/604,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20100166207A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/74
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/03 Aspects of the reduction of energy consumption in hearing devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a headphone apparatus including: two cases; a connecting part configured to connect the two cases to each other; a detector configured to detect connection of the two cases to each other via the connecting part; and a controller configured to carry out predetermined control in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

Claims

1. A headphone apparatus comprising:

two cases;

a connecting part configured to connect the two cases to each other;

a detector configured to detect connection of the two cases to each other via the connecting part; and

a controller configured to carry out predetermined control in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

2. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller carries out control to make an external reproducing apparatus for reproducing audio data stop reproduction of the audio data in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

3. The headphone apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the controller carries out control to make the reproducing apparatus start reproduction of the audio data in response to detection of separation of the two cases from each other by the detector.

4. The headphone apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the controller carries out control to make the reproducing apparatus start reproduction of the audio data at elapse of a predetermined time from detection of separation of the two cases from each other by the detector.

5. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

an operating unit, wherein

the controller disables operation input to the operating unit in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

6. The headphone apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a battery; and

a notifying part configured to be provided on at least one of the two cases and function for notification of a remaining amount of the battery, wherein

the controller makes the notifying part issue a notification of the remaining amount of the battery in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

7. The headphone apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the notifying part is provided on the same surface of at least one of the two cases as a surface on which a driver housing in which a headphone driver is housed is provided.

8. A reproducing apparatus comprising:

two cases;

an operating unit;

a reproducing unit configured to reproduce audio data stored in a storage medium based on operation input to the operating unit;

a connecting part configured to connect the two cases to each other;

a detector configured to detect connection of the two cases to each other via the connecting part; and

a controller configured to carry out predetermined control in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

9. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the controller makes the reproducing unit stop reproduction of the audio data in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

10. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the controller makes the reproducing unit start reproduction of the audio data in response to detection of separation of the two cases from each other by the detector.

11. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the controller makes the reproducing unit start reproduction of the audio data at elapse of a predetermined time from detection of separation of the two cases from each other by the detector.

12. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the controller disables operation input to the operating unit in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

13. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a battery; and

a notifying part configured to be provided on at least one of the two cases and function for notification of a remaining amount of the battery, wherein

the controller makes the notifying part issue a notification of the remaining amount of the battery in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector.

14. The reproducing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein

the notifying part is provided on the same surface of at least one of the two cases as a surface on which a driver housing in which a headphone driver is housed is provided.