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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2023
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An earbud assembly includes a charging case and at least one wireless earbud suitable to be stowed in the charging case. The charging case includes a battery, a charger electrically connected to the battery, a sensor configured to detect the opening and closing operations of the charging case, a battery status indicator that has a first state when the battery of the charging case is in a normal working condition and a second state when the battery of the charging case is exhausted. The earbud includes a processor and a status detector for detecting the state of the battery status indicator when the earbud is stowed in the charging case. The processor of the earbud is configured to power off the earbud when the status detector detects that the battery status indicator is in the second state.