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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Igor Kofman, Weston, MA (US);
Jay Klemme, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2460/03 (2013.01); H04R 2460/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
An earbud includes a capacitive sensor including at least one conductive trace and a controller configured to provide an indication of the earbud being inserted into an ear of a user responsive to detecting changes in capacitance of one of the at least one conductive trace relative to ground or different conductive traces relative to one another.