Wireless headphone kit for media players

• US 20060210092A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amir Navid
• Original Assignee: NYKO Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Navid, Amir
• Granted Patent: US 7,783,065 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/74
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/10 Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1033 Cables or cables storage, e.g. cable reels cord reels per se H02G11/02; arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B65H75/34; extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords H01B7/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/558 Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/0335 Earpiece support, e.g. headbands or neckrests for monophonic headphones H04R1/105

Abstract

A wireless headphone kit for use with a media player. The wireless headphone kit includes a wireless headphone unit with an RF wireless receiver, a communication attachment unit that is adapted to physically attach to a media player device and communicates therewith, with the communication attachment unit having an RF wireless transponder that is adapted to communicate with the wireless headphone unit, and a wireless control device including a volume control, pause/play control, a forward control and a reverse control, which controls the communication attachment unit. The wireless headphone unit that is worn around a user'"'"'s neck and includes earplugs with length adjustable wires.

Claims

1. A wireless headphone kit for use with a media player, the wireless headphone kit comprising:

a wireless headphone unit with a wireless receiver;

a communication attachment unit that attaches to a media player device and communicates therewith, the communication attachment unit having a wireless transponder that is adapted to communicate with the wireless headphone unit; and

a wireless control device that controls the communication attachment unit.

2. The wireless headphone kit of claim 1, wherein the wireless control device comprises at least one of a volume control, pause/play control, a forward control and a reverse control.

3. The wireless headphone kit of claim 2, wherein the wireless control device is incorporated into a wristwatch.

4. The wireless headphone kit of claim 1, wherein the communication attachment unit detachably attaches to the media player device and wherein the wireless transponder unit is a radio frequency device.

5. The wireless headphone kit of claim 1, wherein the wireless headphone unit comprises a pair of wires with first and second ends, a pair of earphone buds, one each connected to the first end of two wires, a length adjustment and communication case with communication circuitry through which the two wires pass and a neck sleeve through which the two wires slideably pass and exit, with the second end of the wires being attached to the communication circuitry, wherein a working length of the pair of wires can be adjusted by pulling the wires through the length adjustment and communication case.

6. The wireless headphone kit of claim 1, wherein the communication attachment unit comprises a headphone plug and an accessory control plug.

7. The wireless headphone kit of claim 6, wherein the communication attachment unit comprises interface electronics that provides for electrical and logical communication between the communication attachment unit and the accessory control plug.

8. The wireless headphone kit of claim 1, wherein the media player device is a portable device.

10. The wireless headphone kit of claim 8, wherein the wireless control device is incorporated into a wristwatch.

11. The wireless headphone kit of claim 8, wherein the wireless headphone unit comprises a pair of wires with first and second ends, a pair of earphone buds, one each connected to the first end of two wires, a length adjustment and communication case with communication circuitry through which the two wires pass and a neck sleeve through which the two wires slide ably pass and exit, with the second end of the wires being attached to the communication circuitry, wherein a working length of the pair of wires can be adjusted by pulling the wires through the length adjustment and communication case.

12. The wireless headphone kit of claim 10, wherein the communication attachment unit comprises a headphone plug and an accessory control plug.

13. The wireless headphone kit of claim 11, wherein the communication attachment unit comprises interface electronics that provides for electrical and logical communication between the communication attachment unit and the accessory control plug.

9. A wireless headphone kit for use with a portable media player, the wireless headphone kit comprising:

a wireless headphone unit with an RF wireless receiver;

a communication attachment unit that is adapted to attach to a portable media player device and communicates therewith, the communication attachment unit having an RF wireless transponder that is adapted to communicate with the wireless headphone unit; and

a wireless control device including a volume control, pause/play control, a forward control and a reverse control, that controls the communication attachment unit.