HEADSET WITH ACCELEROMETERS TO DETERMINE DIRECTION AND MOVEMENTS OF USER HEAD AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An audio headset system, comprisinga pair of earpieces, each earpiece including a speaker configured to provide audio output, and a housing, the speaker mounted with respect to the housing, the housing configured for positioning with respect to an ear of a user to direct audio output from the speaker to the ear;
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Abstract
An audio headset system for a mobile phone or other audio player includes a pair of earpieces, each including a speaker in a housing and configured to provide audio output, the housing configured for positioning with respect to a user'"'"'s ear to direct audio output to the ear; and a pair of accelerometers configured to provide acceleration information representative of acceleration of the respective earpieces, wherein together the acceleration information provided from both accelerometers is representative of angular motion in a horizontal plane of the head of a user. The angular motion may be used as inputs to carry out functions of the mobile phone, e.g., to provide sound adjustments for three dimensional stereophonic sound, to provide navigation information to a user, to play games, and so on. A method of determining rotation and/or direction of a user'"'"'s head wearing a headset including an ear piece with an accelerometer at each ear, includes processing acceleration information from both accelerometers to determine angular motion of the user'"'"'s head in a generally horizontal plane.
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1. An audio headset system, comprising
a pair of earpieces, each earpiece including a speaker configured to provide audio output, and a housing, the speaker mounted with respect to the housing, the housing configured for positioning with respect to an ear of a user to direct audio output from the speaker to the ear; - and
a pair of accelerometers configured to provide acceleration information representative of acceleration of the respective earpieces, wherein together the acceleration information provided from both accelerometers is representative of angular motion of the head of a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 22)
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23. A method of determining rotation and/or direction of a user'"'"'s head wearing a headset including an ear piece at each ear and each ear piece having an accelerometer, comprising
processing acceleration information from both accelerometers to determine angular motion of the user'"'"'s head in a generally horizontal plane.
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