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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen, Hardenberg, NL;
Gerrit Sampimon, Erm, NL;
Bart Trip, Emmen, NL;
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, AB Lund, SE;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising at least one earpiece suitable to be applied at an auditory opening of a user's ear and a signal processor is disclosed. The earpiece comprises a speaker enabled to be supplied with an audio signal for rendering, and a microphone arranged in vicinity of the speaker arranged to acquire a sound signal. The signal processor is arranged to determine whether the earpiece is applied at the user's ear by analysis of the acquired sound signal, wherein the analysis is based on the acoustic coupling of the audio signal to the microphone. A method and a computer program are also disclosed.