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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Hyo-sung Kang, Gumi-si, KR;
Sung-sun Park, Gumi-si, KR;
Young-jun Jung, Daegu, KR;
Yeong-moo Ryu, Gumi-si, KR;
Hyo-Sung Kang, Gumi-si, KR;
Sung-Sun Park, Gumi-si, KR;
Young-Jun Jung, Daegu, KR;
Yeong-Moo Ryu, Gumi-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A head set device includes an antenna housing, a speaker housing connected to the antenna housing while protruding from one face of the antenna housing, and a hinge device for rotatably combining the speaker housing to the antenna housing. The speaker housing rotates with respect to a rotation axis that extends outwardly from one face of the antenna housing. The antenna housing and the speaker housing are rotatably connected together using a hinge device, thereby allowing the user to selectively wear the head set device on either ear and thus facilitating the use of the head set device. Moreover, by including the sensing means and the signal generating means to sense the position of the speaker housing and generate the holding signal, the operation of the head set device may be prevented even if there is unintentional key manipulation during a user's carrying of the head set device, thereby preventing unnecessary consumption of the storage battery and thus allowing the efficient use of the storage battery having a limited capacity.