Apparatus for audio communication
First Claim
1. A headset for audio communications comprising a speaker housing and a resiliently flexible boom for a microphone, the headset configured to provide a retracted state and an extended state, wherein the boom is configured to be resiliently biased in a wrapped configuration about the speaker housing in the retracted state and be unwrapped from the speaker housing in the extended state by release of the bias, wherein the boom comprises one or more inductive loops, and wherein one or more headset components are configured to be charged by the one or more respective inductive loops, and wherein the headset is configured such that the boom inductive loop(s) are in electrical engagement with the respective electrical component inductive loop(s) to provide for charging for one or more of the components of the headset in the retracted state.
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Abstract
A headset (10) for audio communications comprising a speaker housing (11) and a boom (12) for a microphone (41, 51), the headset arranged to provide a retracted state and an extended state, wherein the boom is arranged to be wrapped around the speaker housing in the retracted state and be unwrapped from the speaker housing in the extended state. The headset may be used as a hands-free unit for a telephone.
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11 Claims
- 1. A headset for audio communications comprising a speaker housing and a resiliently flexible boom for a microphone, the headset configured to provide a retracted state and an extended state, wherein the boom is configured to be resiliently biased in a wrapped configuration about the speaker housing in the retracted state and be unwrapped from the speaker housing in the extended state by release of the bias, wherein the boom comprises one or more inductive loops, and wherein one or more headset components are configured to be charged by the one or more respective inductive loops, and wherein the headset is configured such that the boom inductive loop(s) are in electrical engagement with the respective electrical component inductive loop(s) to provide for charging for one or more of the components of the headset in the retracted state.
- 9. A method of operating an audio communications headset, the headset configured to have a low power mode and a high power mode, and wherein the headset comprises a speaker housing and a resiliently flexible boom for a microphone, the headset configured to provide retracted state and an extended state, wherein the boom is configured to be resiliently biased in a wrapped configuration around the speaker housing in the retracted state and be unwrapped from the speaker housing in the extended state by release of the bias, and wherein the retracted state is associated with the lower power mode and the extended state is associated with the high power mode, the method comprising changing the state of the headset to switch the headset between the low and high power modes, wherein the boom comprises one or more inductive loops, and wherein one or more headset components are configured to be charged by the one or more respective inductive loops, and wherein the headset is configured such that the boom inductive loop(s) are in electrical engagement with the respective electrical component inductive loop(s) to provide for charging for one or more of the components of the headset in the retracted state.
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodied with a computer program configured to detect the state of a headset, the headset configured to have a low power mode and a high power mode, and wherein the headset comprises a speaker housing and a resiliently flexible boom for a microphone, the headset configured to provide a retracted state and an extended state, wherein the boom is configured to be resiliently biased in a wrapped configuration around the speaker housing in the retracted state and be unwrapped from the speaker housing in the extended state by release of the bias, and wherein the retracted state is associated with the lower power mode and the extended state is associated with the high power mode, and wherein the computer program comprises computer code configured to switch the headset between the low power mode and the high power mode based on the detected configuration of the headset, wherein the boom comprises one or more inductive loops, and wherein one or more headset components are configured to be charged by the one or more respective inductive loops, and wherein the headset is configured such that the boom inductive loop(s) are in electrical engagement with the respective electrical component inductive loop(s) to provide for charging for one or more of the components of the headset in the retracted state.
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