Earpiece with vehicle forced settings

• US 20180034951A1
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Published: 02/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Boesen, Peter Vincent
• Application Number:
  US15/650,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20180034951A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/10 Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/103 Combination of monophonic or stereophonic headphones with audio players, e.g. integrated in the headphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/03 Connection circuits to selectively connect loudspeakers or headphones to amplifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/01 Hearing devices using active noise cancellation
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/13 Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/505 using digital signal processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/04 Circuit arrangements, e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S

Abstract

An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a speaker associated with the ear piece housing, a microphone associated with the ear piece housing a wireless transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing and a processor disposed within the ear piece housing. The earpiece is configured to connect with a vehicle using the wireless transceiver and after connection with the vehicle automatically enter a driving mode. In the driving mode, the earpiece senses ambient sound with the microphone and reproduces the ambient sound at the speaker and the driving mode may be locked in place during driving.

Claims

1. An earpiece comprising:

an earpiece housing;

a speaker associated with the ear piece housing;

a microphone associated with the ear piece housing;

a wireless transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing;

a processor disposed within the ear piece housing;

wherein the earpiece is configured to connect with a vehicle using the wireless transceiver and after connection with the vehicle automatically enter a driving mode;

wherein in the driving mode, the earpiece senses ambient sound with the microphone and reproduces the ambient sound at the speaker;

wherein the driving mode is locked during driving.

2. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the earpiece is further configured to receive audio from one or more microphones of the vehicle.

5. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the processor is adapted to process the ambient sound to remove noise.

6. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the processor is adapted to combine the ambient sound and an audio stream.

7. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the processor is adapted to reduce the amplitude of the ambient sound.

8. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the processor is adapted to increase the amplitude of the ambient sound or portions thereof.

9. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the earpiece is further configured to generate an audio signal to providing a warning transduced at a speaker positioned outside of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

10. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the earpiece is configured to provide a user interface to a vehicle control system.

11. The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the earpiece comprises at least one physiological sensor and wherein the earpiece is configured to communicate data from the at least one physiological sensor to the vehicle for display of the data on a display of the vehicle.

3. The earpiece of claim 3 wherein one of the microphones of the vehicle is outside of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

4. The earpiece of claim 3 wherein one of the microphones of the vehicle is within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

12. A system comprising:

a set of earpieces comprising at least one of a left ear piece and a right ear piece, each of the earpieces comprising an ear piece housing, a speaker, a microphone, a processor operatively connected to the microphone and the speaker, and a transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing and operatively connected to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to provide a driving mode wherein in the driving mode ambient sound sensed with the microphone of the ear piece is reproduced at the speaker of the ear piece;

a vehicle in operative communication with the ear piece and wherein the vehicle is configured to set the driving mode of each of the set of ear pieces.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein each of the ear pieces is further configured to receive audio from one or more microphones of the vehicle.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein one of the microphones of the vehicle is outside of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein one of the microphones of the vehicle is within a vehicle cabin of the vehicle.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein the processor is adapted to process the ambient sound to remove noise.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein the processor is adapted to combine the ambient sound and an audio stream.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the audio stream is from an entertainment system of the vehicle.

19. The system of claim 12 wherein the processor is adapted to alter the amplitude of the ambient sound or portions thereof.

20. The system of claim 12 wherein the vehicle comprises a control system and a display operatively connected to the control system;

wherein at least one of the left ear piece and the right ear piece comprises a physiological sensor operatively connected to the processor and wherein the set of earpieces is configured to convey physiological data from the physiological sensor to the control system of the vehicle for display on the display.