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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas G Criswell, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Eric Kiner, Felton, CA (US);
Hua Zhao, Suzhou, CN;
ShouBo Feng, Suzhou, CN;
Assignee:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3044 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A headset with a proximity control is provided. The headset comprises at least a first earpiece, a second earpiece, and a control device. To reduce the power consumption of the headset, the control device is configured to determine proximity between the first earpiece and the second earpiece, and, depending on the determined proximity, to set the headset to a low-power mode, in which at least one component of the headset is disabled to save power.