Specific embodiment
The disclosure is described in further detail with embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawing.It is understood that this placeThe specific embodiment of description is only used for explaining related content, rather than the restriction to the disclosure.It also should be noted that beingConvenient for description, part relevant to the disclosure is illustrated only in attached drawing.
It should be noted that in the absence of conflict, the feature in embodiment and embodiment in the disclosure canTo be combined with each other.The disclosure is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with embodiment.
As shown in Figure 1, earphone 10 may include the whole or at least part of shell and shell content to form its appearanceEach electronic component received.It may include head and leg from the point of view of the outside of earphone, wherein when earphone is worn on earWhen, head can be placed in ear canal or near ear canal, and leg can be attached to the face close to ear canal.
Such as shown in Fig. 2, each electronic component accommodated in shell can include but is not limited to telecommunication circuit C10, antennaC11, input equipment C20, sensor C30, audio frequency processing circuit C40, memory C50, energy management circuit C60, battery C70 withAnd processor C80.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, telecommunication circuit C10 can pass through the movement of antenna C11 and such as smart phoneTerminal is communicated.For example, telecommunication circuit C10 can receive wireless signal from antenna C11 when receiving wireless signal, andSend processor C80 after wireless signal is converted to.Processor C80 can handle the signal received, and can correspond toThe signal received controls earphone 1.When sending wireless signal, processor C80 can be generated signal and to communicationCircuit C10 output, telecommunication circuit C10 can be received from processor C80, and signal can be converted to the signal received wirelesslySignal, and wireless signal can be sent by antenna C11.According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, telecommunication circuit C10 can be propped upHold the wire communication with external equipment.Telecommunication circuit C10, which may be electrically connected to, to be arranged in the contact portion on the surface of shell and (such as touchesPoint), when earphone contacts external equipment, the contact portion of earphone may be electrically connected to the contact portion of external equipment, thus to realizeCommunication.
Antenna C11 can support various types of communications.For example, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), bluetooth, near-field communication(NFC), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), long term evolution (LET), LTE- advanced (LTE-A), CDMA (CDMA), widthBand CDMA (WCDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), WiMAX (WiBro) or global system for mobile communications (GSM).
Various input signals needed for input equipment C20 can be configured as generation operation earphone.Input equipment C20 can be withIncluding touch tablet, button etc..Touch tablet can be come at least one of for example capacitive, pressure sensitive, infrared type or ultrasonic-typeIdentify touch input, thus identification can in the state that earphone is worn the gesture input of finger on a touchpad.Button canTo include such as physical button or optics key.
Sensor C30 can measure physical quantity or can sense the mode of operation of earphone.Sensor C30 can will be surveyedInformation that is measuring or sensing is converted to electric signal.Sensor C30 may include for example optical sensor, motion sensor,Acceleration transducer, geomagnetic field sensors, Magnetic Sensor, proximity sensor, gesture sensor, holds biography at gyro sensorSensor or biometric sensor etc..
Audio frequency processing circuit C40 can support audio data collection function.Audio frequency processing circuit C40, which can reproduce, to be receivedThe audio data of collection.According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, audio decoder can be connect by telecommunication circuit C10 from external equipmentIt receives audio data and is stored in memory C50.Loudspeaker C42 can export the analog audio signal after conversion.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, audio frequency processing circuit C40 is also designed as being included in processor C80In.
Memory C50 can store for example corresponding with various operating systems needed for operation earphone or various user functionsData, application and algorithm.
Energy management circuit C60 can effectively manage and optimize the electricity usage of the battery C70 in earphone.According to this public affairsThe some embodiments opened, according to load to be processed, processor C80, which can be sent according to load to energy management circuit C60, to be believedNumber.The electric power of the adjustable supply of energy management circuit C60.
Energy management circuit C60 may include battery charger.According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, when earphone couplesWhen to external equipment, energy management circuit C60 can be by receiving the electric power provided from external equipment come the battery C70 to earphoneIt charges.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, it is related with audio data various that processor C80 can be configured as processingSignal stream, information collection, output etc..
Processor C80 can support the various operations based on user's input from input equipment C20.According to the disclosureSome embodiments, processor C80 can open or close earphone according to user's input.Processor C80 can be defeated according to userEnter and earphone is communicatively connected to external equipment.Processor C80 can according to user input from external equipment receive audio data orPerson sends audio data to external equipment.According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, processor C80 can reproduce audio data or rootAccording to user's input control reproduce (for example, reproduce start, reproduces pause, reproduce stop, reproduction speed control, reproduced volume controlIt is mute with audio data).Processor C80 can via telecommunication circuit C10 from external equipment (for example, server, intelligence electricityWords, PC, PDA or access point) audio data is received, and the audio data received is stored in memory C50.According to this public affairsThe some embodiments opened, processor C80 can reproduce the audio data being stored in memory C50, and can pass through loudspeakingThe audio data that device C42 output reproduces.Processor C80 can be with decoding audio data to obtain audio signal.Processor C80 can be withPass through the acquired audio signal of loudspeaker C42 output.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, processor C80 can receive audio signal from external equipment and by raisingThe audio signal or will can be converted into counting by the received analoging sound signal of microphone C41 that sound device C42 output receivesWord signal.Processor C80 can execute various operations based on the information obtained from sensor C30.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, earphone can also include various modules according to its type provided.Due to rootChange greatly according to the convergence of digital device, so variation is not enumerated all, but is equal with said modulesComponent can also be included in earphone.It will be understood by those of skill in the art that according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, certainA or certain components can be omitted or can be replaced by other component from above-mentioned component.
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, earphone shape used in the earphone of one kind TWS earphone etc. is providedState detection device, which may include optical sensor.
The optical sensor may include infrared transmitter, infrared remote receiver and window portion, infrared transmitter and infrared connectIt receives device to be arranged in earphone case, window portion is arranged on the surface of earphone case.Infrared transmitter is used for the outside of earphoneEmit infrared light, infrared receiver portion is used to receive the infrared light outside earphone, and window portion is then used for so as to outgoingThe infrared light penetrated and the infrared light from outside pass through.
As shown in Figure 1, optical sensor 101 can be set on the surface of shell of earphone 10, in an alternative embodimentIn, the window portion of optical sensor 101 can be set on the surface of shell close to the earphone head portion of earphone leg, so thatWhen proper earphone is worn (a part on earphone head enters the part on ear canal and head on the outside of ear canal), window portion can be withIt is in contact with the tragus surface of human body ear.For example, the angle of window portion setting can be with the level side of earphone when earphone wearingTo the direction at 70 degree to 90 degree, such as it can preferably be 78 degree, it is also adjustable at close to 90 degree etc..
According to the disclosure alternative embodiment, which can also include infrared fileter, exterior lightWhen line passes through infrared fileter, infrared fileter filters out the luminous ray in extraneous light, to only make in extraneous lightInfrared light reaches infrared remote receiver.Emit infrared light in the infrared transmitter of optical sensor and infrared light passes through windowIt, will be again by window portion and by infrared remote receiver after the infrared light launched is reflected by human body ear when earphone is left in portionIt detects, at this point, again by luminous ray etc. is contained in the light of window portion, but luminous ray may cause optical sensingThe maloperation of device, therefore in this embodiment, it will be seen that light etc. filters out, and only allows infrared light by setting infrared fileterLine is detected by infrared remote receiver.Optionally, which is configured to the window portion.
In the disclosure, optical sensor can connect on the printed circuit board to earphone, such as flexible printing electricityRoad plate (FPC), and other electronic components, such as processor etc., other electronics member are connected to by the conducting wire of printed circuit boardPart can carry out other processing etc. according to the detection signal of optical sensor.
By above-mentioned optical sensor and related setting, it can accurately detect whether earphone is worn on human body earOn.
According to another embodiment of the disclosure, which can also include judging unit, and judging unit connectsReceive the detection signal and one or more of the other detection signal of infrared remote receiver, and the detection signal based on infrared remote receiverAnd one or more of the other detection signal judges the state of earphone.
As shown in figure 3, judging unit 30 receives the detection signal from optical sensor 101, and receive other detectionsThe quantity of signal, other detection signals can be one or more.Judging unit 30 by optical sensor detect signal and itsIt detects signal to judge earphone state in which, and judging result is exported, thus to control the corresponding function of earphoneEnergy.In this way, optical sensor detection signal is combined with other signals, can reduce the general of earphone state erroneous judgementRate thereby may be ensured that the accuracy etc. of earphone control.
In a specific example of the disclosure, it can carry out whether earphone is put into earphone charging box through the above wayState judgement.At this moment, one or more of the other detection signal is after earphone is placed in earphone charging box, and earphone is by earphone charging boxThe data transmission detection signal of charging filled between power detection signal or earphone and earphone charging box, according to the inspection of infrared remote receiverIt surveys signal and fills power detection signal and/or data transmission detection signal, to judge whether earphone is placed in earphone charging box.
Earphone used in the technical solution of the disclosure and earphone charging box can respectively include three contacts, i.e., twoCharging contact and a data transmit contact.
Below with reference to Fig. 1,4,5, it is illustrated with the specific example of earphone and the charging box being adapted to earphone.SchemingOptical sensor 101 is shown with dotted line frame in 5.
Charging box 20 may include shell, battery, battery management unit, processor etc..Processor can also wherein be passed throughTo realize the function of battery management unit.Charging box 20 can be charged by interface by external power supply for its battery, andAnd it can be charged by its battery for earphone.
As shown in Figures 4 and 5, charging box 20 may include the first contact 21, the second contact 22 and third contact 23.
First contact 21 can be used for being contacted with the first charging contact 11 of the earphone 10 as electronic equipment, andAnd second contact 22 can be contacted with the second charging contact 12 of earphone 10, in this way, when the first contact 21 and the second contact 22 withAfter first charging contact 11 and the second charging contact 12 form contact, it may be implemented to charge by charging box 20 for earphone 10Function.
Third contact 23, which can be used for transmitting contact 13 with the data of earphone 10, to be contacted, to pass through third contact 23With the contact of data transmission contact 13, the data transmission function such as the data between Lai Shixian earphone 10 and charging box 20 send and receiveEnergy.
First contact 21 and the second contact 22 pass through the magnetism between the first charging contact 11 and the second charging contact 12Attraction contacts respectively to realize, and third contact 23 and data transmission contact 13 can then carry out Elastic Contact.First contact21 and first charging contact 11 rigid contact is carried out by magnetic attraction and the second contact 22 and the second charging contact 12 are logicalMagnetic attraction is crossed come in the case where carrying out rigid contact, by the first contact 21 and 11 magnetic attracting force of the first charging contact with12 magnetic attracting force of second contact 22 and the second charging contact, so that third contact 23 and data transmission contact 13 carry out elastic connectingTouching.
Contact 13 will be transmitted to the first charging contact 11, the second charging contact 12 and data below to be described in detail.
The shell in earphone 10 can be set in first charging contact 11, second charging contact 12 and data transmission contact 13It on surface, and can be the form of metal bosses or stainless steel substrates etc., can slightly be protruded from the surface of shell of earphone 10Or it is flushed with surface of shell.First charging contact 11, the second charging contact 12 and data transmission contact 13 can be electrically connected (exampleSuch as patch) on the printed circuit board of such as flexible circuit board (FPC) of earphone 10, and by the circuit of flexible circuit board comeRealization is electrically connected with other electronic components in earphone 10.For example, the first charging contact 11, the second charging contact 12 and dataTransmission contact 13 can be set on the surface of shell of the leg of earphone.
The first contact 21, the second contact 22 and third contact 23 will be described in detail below.
The charging box shell in earphone placement region can be set in first contact 21, the second contact 22 and third contact 23On, and can be connect with the printed circuit board of charging box 20, so that other electronic components with charging box 20 are electrically connected.
First contact 21 and the second contact 22 can be located at the two sides of third contact 23, i.e., third contact 23 can be located at theBetween one contact 21 and the second contact 22, optionally three can be arranged collinearly, similarly, the first charging contact 11 and secondCharging contact 12 can also be located at the two sides of data transmission contact 13, and collinear can be arranged.According to the embodiment party of the disclosureFormula can also include other contacts to realize other functions, and other contacts can also be located at the first contact 21 and the second touchingBetween point 22, at this point, earphone also correspondingly may include contact corresponding with the other contacts.
Contact between first contact 21 and the first charging contact 11 can be rigid contact, and the second contact 22 is filled with secondContact between electric contact 12 may be rigid contact.First contact 21 and the first charging contact 11, the second contact 22 andTwo charging contacts 12 can be made of magnetic material, and mutual magnetic attraction may be implemented in this way.For example, the first contact 21It can be made of magnet with the second contact 22, and the first charging contact 11 and the second charging contact 12 then can be by metal iron platesEtc. being made.Third contact 23 and data transmission contact 13 are Elastic Contact, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, data transmission touchingPoint 13 is the form of metal bosses, and third contact 23 can be the form of elastic component, for example, third contact 23 can be bullet needleForm, for example including thimble, spring and sleeve, thimble is located at upside and the spring in sleeve can be pushed to be pressedContracting.When third contact 23 is squeezed by data transmission contact 13, third contact 23 can shrink and can keep transmitting with dataThe close contact of contact 13.
The earphone ac in the receiving earphone of charging box can be set in first contact 21, the second contact 22 and third contact 23The bottom of slot 24, and be in when being put into earphone, at position corresponding with the contact of earphone.First contact 21 and the second touchingPoint 22 can be flushed or be protruded with the bottom surface of earphone ac slot 24 a little, and third contact 23 can be from earphone ac slot24 bottom surface is prominent.According to one embodiment of the disclosure, charging box may include two earphone ac slots 24, and pointNot Fang Zhi two earphones, the first contact 21, the second contact 22 and third contact 23 are equipped in two earphone ac slots 24.
It charges respectively with the first charging contact 11, second one end of first contact 21, the second contact 22 and third contact 23Contact 12 and data transmission contact 13 contact, and the other end of the first contact 21, the second contact 22 and third contact 23 can electricityIt is connected to the printed circuit board of charging box, to be electrically connected to the corresponding electronic component of charging box, such as the first contact 21, secondThe other end of contact 22 and third contact 23 can be electrically connected on circuit board, furthermore touch to reinforce fixed such as formation firstThe side wall of point 21 and the metal bosses of the second contact 22 can be securely arranged to shell, such as the modes such as insertion, and shapeSide wall at the sleeve of the bullet needle of third contact 23 can also be securely arranged on shell, such as insertion etc..
According to the technical solution of the disclosure, the first contact and the first charging contact carry out rigid contact by magnetic attractionAnd in the case that the second contact and the second charging contact carry out rigid contact by magnetic attraction, pass through the first contact and theOne charging contact magnetic attracting force and the second contact and the second charging contact magnetic attracting force, so that third contact and data are transmittedContact carries out Elastic Contact.
According to the disclosure specific implementation, design for contact in charging box can be convex for two metalsPlatform and between a bullet needle form, pass through the magnetic force rigid contact of metal bosses at both ends and the metal bosses of earphone, it is intermediateLocate the Elastic Contact of the metal bosses for playing needle and earphone of charging box, in this way can to avoid caused by See-saw effect one of themThe synchronism stability contact of three contacts is used and realized to the risk that contact cannot steadily contact, word.
When earphone is put into charging box, pass through the magnetic of two charging contacts of two charging contacts and charging box of earphoneProperty attract earphone be introduced into earphone ac slot, introducing is realized by the magnetic attraction between contact in this way, save earphone andThe space of saving can be used to increase battery capacity by the inner space of charging box in this way, after promoting earphone and charging box chargingUse the time, also can reduce the size of charging box.
In addition, charging box shell in accommodate each electronic component can include but is not limited to data transmission circuit, memory,Electric power management circuit, battery and processor.
When earphone is put into earphone charging box, three contacts on earphone can connect with three contacts of charging boxTouching.At this moment, can be started according to the detection signal of optical sensor and earphone charging signals and/or data transfer signal correspondingFunction.For example, opening earphone charge mode, opening the functions such as earphone upgrade mode.In this way, the detection for passing through optical sensorAll or part of signal in signal and three contacts realizes the judgement that earphone enters box, and such judging result is compared with subject toReally.
In another specific example of the disclosure, the whether pleasant detection of earphone can be carried out, and according to testing resultTo open corresponding function.Specifically, the inspection of other sensors built in signal and earphone can be detected by optical sensorSurvey signal combines to judge whether earphone is pleasant.For example, earphone by optical sensor detects the red of return after being wornUV light, and pass through the motion detection signal that the motion sensor 102 in earphone as shown in FIG. 6 detects human body head,It can judge that earphone is pleasant by the combination of two signals in this way, if it is judged that pleasant state, the then processing of earphoneDevice can open the specific function of earphone according to the result.As an example, the specific function of earphone can be input controlFunction processed.For example, touch-sensitive area, and ear can be set in the lateral side regions of earphone leg according to the earphone of the disclosureThe processor of machine can control the corresponding function of earphone by the inductive signal detected in touch-sensitive area.Pass through touch sensibleCertain gestures/movement of user is detected in area, and obtains the corresponding inductive signal of certain gestures/movement with user, thisSample can control earphone by specific gesture/employ, such as increase or reduce volume, switching song, pause, open voiceThe functions such as assistant, closing.
When optical sensor and other sensors do not detect signal, then it may determine that earphone is not worn, thisWhen can then close the correlation function of earphone.
The combination of the detection signal of other sensors built in signal and earphone is detected by optical sensor to judge earThe pleasant state of machine opens or closes corresponding function, can largely avoid maloperation.
In another embodiment of the disclosure, a kind of earphone condition detection method is provided, wherein this method can makeIt is realized with above-mentioned earphone condition checkout gear.As shown in fig. 7, this method 70 includes the following steps.
Step S71 detects infrared light by optical sensor, and optics biography is then generated when detecting infrared lightSensor detects signal.Wherein the optical sensor can be set in the shell of earphone, and may include for outside earphonePortion emits the infrared transmitter of infrared light and the infrared remote receiver for receiving the infrared light outside earphone.Such asFruit determines that generating optical sensor detects signal, thens follow the steps S72.
Step S72 judges whether to receive other predetermined detection signals, and other predetermined detection signals may include oneA or a number of other detection signals.In one example, one or more of the other detection signal can be charged for earphone by earphoneThe data transmission detection signal of box charging filled between power detection signal or earphone and earphone charging box.In another exampleIn, one or more of the other detection signal is the detection signal of the motion sensor in earphone.
Herein, it should be noted that there is no restriction for the execution sequence of step S71 and step S72, and step can be first carried outS71 then executes step S72；Or step S72 is first carried out and then executes step S71；Or it may be performed simultaneously step S71With step S72.
Step S73 detects signal according to optical sensor and other detection signals judges the state of earphone.For example, when oneA or a number of other detection signals be earphone by earphone charging box charge fill power detection signal or earphone and earphone charging box itBetween data transmission detection signal in the case where, according to the detection signal of infrared remote receiver and fill power detection signal and/or numberSignal is detected according to transmission, to judge whether earphone is placed in earphone charging box.When one or more of the other detection signal is earphoneIn motion sensor detection signal in the case where, according to infrared remote receiver detection signal and motion sensor detection believeNumber to determine whether opening or closing the corresponding function of earphone.
According to the disclosure optional embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, this method can also include step S74, according toTo earphone state execute corresponding function.Such as when judging that earphone is placed in earphone charging box, then can star charging orThe functions such as data transmission then open specific function when judge the pleasant state of earphone, such as open above-mentioned touch input and controlFunction.
According to the disclosure another, embodiment there is provided a kind of earphones.The earphone may include shell and above-mentionedEarphone condition checkout gear.Wherein earphone condition checkout gear can be set on shell, and window portion as escribed above can be setIt sets at the surface of shell, and infrared receiver/transmitter then can be set in the inside of shell.
In the description of this specification, reference term " one embodiment/mode ", " some embodiment/modes ", " showThe description of example ", " specific example " or " some examples " etc. means to combine the specific spy of the embodiment/mode or example descriptionSign, structure, material or feature are contained at least one embodiment/mode or example of the application.In the present specification, rightThe schematic representation of above-mentioned term is necessarily directed to identical embodiment/mode or example.Moreover, the specific spy of descriptionSign, structure, material or feature can be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more way of example or example.ThisOutside, without conflicting with each other, those skilled in the art can be by different embodiment/modes described in this specificationOr example and different embodiment/modes or exemplary feature are combined.
In addition, term " first ", " second " are used for descriptive purposes only and cannot be understood as indicating or suggesting relative importanceOr implicitly indicate the quantity of indicated technical characteristic.Define " first " as a result, the feature of " second " can be expressed orImplicitly include at least one this feature.In the description of the present application, the meaning of " plurality " is at least two, such as two, threeIt is a etc., unless otherwise specifically defined.
It will be understood by those of skill in the art that above embodiment is used for the purpose of clearly demonstrating the disclosure, and simultaneouslyNon- be defined to the scope of the present disclosure.For those skilled in the art, may be used also on the basis of disclosed aboveTo make other variations or modification, and these variations or modification are still in the scope of the present disclosure.
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10 earphones
11 first charging contacts
12 second charging contacts
13 data transmit contact
20 charging boxes
21 first contacts
22 second contacts
23 third contacts
24 earphone ac slots
30 judging units
101 optical sensors
102 motion sensors
C10 telecommunication circuit
C11 antenna
C20 input equipment
C30 sensor
C40 audio frequency processing circuit
C41 microphone
C42 loudspeaker
C50 memory
C60 energy management circuit
C70 battery
C80 processor.