EARSET, EARSET SYSTEM, AND EARSET CONTROL METHOD

• US 20180241863A1
• Filed: 08/29/2016
• Published: 08/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Heungkyu, LEE, Byounggi
• Granted Patent: US 10,542,357 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1025 Accumulators or arrangements for charging secondary cells per se H01M10/00; charging in general H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/105 Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/50 Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/558 Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/65 Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/70 Adaptation of deaf aid to hearing loss, e.g. initial electronic fitting

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ear-set, an ear-set system, and a method for controlling the same. An ear-set according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an ear-set body comprising a communication module, which can conduct short-range communication with an external audio source device, and which receives an audio signal from the audio source device, a memory unit, which stored user setting information, an audio adjustment unit, which adjusts the magnitude of an input audio signal on the basis of the stored user setting information, and an audio output unit, which outputs the adjusted audio signal; and an ear-set housing, which contains the ear-set body on one side thereof, and which provides the ear-set body with electric charging in the contained state.

Claims

1. An ear-set comprising:

a communication module which is short-range communicable with an external audio source device and configured to receive an audio signal from the external audio source device;

a memory in which user preset information is stored;

an audio adjustment unit configured to adjust the size of the input audio signal based on the stored user preset information; and

an ear-set case comprising an audio output unit configured to output the adjusted audio signal.

2. The ear-set of claim 1, further comprising:

an ear-set housing which accommodates the ear-set case and has a remote control function configured to control the external audio source device.

3. The ear-set of claim 2, further comprising:

the ear-set housing provides an electric charge to the ear-set case, in a state where the ear-set is coupled.

4. The ear-set of claim 3, wherein at least one of the ear-set setting menu, audio listening menu and hearing test menu is executed on a display screen of the external audio source device by using the remote control function of the ear-set housing.

5. The ear-set of claim 4, wherein the audio listening level selected by a user from the audio listening menu is stored in the memory as the user preset information by using the remote control function of the ear-set housing, and

the audio adjustment unit adjusts the audio signal based on the stored user preset information.

6. The ear-set of claim 4, wherein when the hearing test menu is executed, the result of the corresponding hearing test is stored in the memory as the user preset information by using the remote control function of the ear-set housing, and

the audio adjustment unit adjusts the audio signal based on the stored result of the hearing test for each user.

7. The ear-set of claim 2, wherein the ear-set housing comprises one or more exclusive user input button for controlling the ear-set case and the external audio source device.

8. The ear-set of claim 2, wherein when the ear-set case is decoupled from the ear-set housing, the audio output of the external audio source device is mute.

9. An ear-set system comprising:

an audio source device comprising a memory in which user preset information is stored and configured to provide an adjusted audio signal to an ear-set case based on the user preset information;

an ear-set case configured to receive the adjusted audio signal and provide the user with the adjusted audio signal; and

an ear-set housing which accommodates the ear-set case and has a remote control function configured to control the external audio source device.

10. The ear-set system of claim 9, wherein the ear-set housing accommodates the ear-set in a predetermined area and provides an electric charge to the ear-set case, in a state where the ear-set is coupled.

11. The ear-set system of claim 9, wherein at least one of ear-set setting menu, audio listening menu and hearing test menu is executed on a display screen of the external audio source device by using the remote control function of the ear-set housing.

12. The ear-set system of claim 11, wherein the audio listening level selected by a user from the audio listening menu and the result of the user hearing test via the hearing test menu are stored in the memory loaded in the audio source device as the user preset information.

13. An ear-set control method comprising:

a step for connecting an external audio source device with an ear-set case via a short range communication network and receiving an audio signal from the external audio source device;

a step for generating user preset information on a display area of the external audio source device by using a remote control function of an ear-set housing accommodating the ear-set case and storing the generated user preset information;

a step for adjusting the size of the received audio signal based on the stored user preset information; and

a step for outputting the adjusted audio signal.

14. The ear-set control method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the ear-set setting menu, audio listening menu and hearing test menu is executed by using the remote control function of the ear-set housing.

15. The ear-set control method of claim 14, wherein the audio listening level selected by a user from the audio listening menu is stored as the user preset information

16. The ear-set control method of claim 14, wherein the result of the user hearing test performed by the user from the hearing test menu is stored as the user preset information.