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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Ite Tech. Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chia-Shen Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Ping-Yuan Wang, Changhua County, TW;
Assignee:
ITE Tech. Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
An earphone has a housing, a sound output hole, a first touch sensor, a second touch, a third touch sensor, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is coupled to the first touch sensor, the second touch sensor and the third touch sensor for determining whether the earphone is worn on an ear according to the sensing result of the first touch sensor, determining whether the earphone is held in hand according to the sensing result of the second touch sensor, and providing a corresponding control function according to the sensing result of the third touch sensor.