The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2019
D&m Holdings, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
D&M Holdings, Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
[Problem] To provide an earphone device with which a user can satisfactorily listen to audio data regardless of the wearing state of an earphone. [Solution] This earphone device, which receives audio data wirelessly transmitted through short range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) from a portable music player, a smartphone, or the like, and outputs the received audio data from earphones, comprises: a volume level control unitthat controls a volume level output from the earphones; and an operation mode switching unitthat switches an operation mode of the volume level control unitto one among a normal mode in which the audio data is output from the earphonesat a volume level determined on assumption that the listening is performed in a state in which the earphoneshave been placed in the ears, and a speaker mode in which the audio data is output from the earphonesat a volume level which is higher than that in the normal mode and is determined on assumption that the listening is performed in a state in which the earphoneshave been removed from the ears.