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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathleen A. Bergeron, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ali N. Ergun, San Jose, CA (US);
Dustin A. Hatfield, Campbell, CA (US);
Ethan L. Huwe, Campbell, CA (US);
Todd P. Marco, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason Joseph LeBlanc, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Robert D. Zupke, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael B. Minerbi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Prathamesh R. Bhagwat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel R. Bloom, Alameda, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A personal audio device (e.g., headphones, earphones) can have an earpiece (e.g., an ear cup or earbud) with a removable cushioning member (e.g., headphone cushions or ear tips for earbuds). The cushioning member can include an identification tag that encodes identification data for the cushioning member. When the cushioning member is attached to the earpiece, the identification tag is brought into proximity with a tag sensor in the earpiece and the earpiece can read the identification tag to determine identification data for the cushioning member. The identification data can be used to modify a behavior of the earpiece and/or of a host device communicably coupled to the earpiece.