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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Jae Han Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Wendell B. Sander, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jae Han Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Wendell B. Sander, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system detects the repositioning of an earphone that is worn by a user, and changes an operation mode of a host coupled to the earphone. Within the earphone is a pressure transducer that detects a pressure change caused by the repositioning of the earphone. A signaling mechanism sends a repositioning detection signal to the host in response to a signal from the pressure transducer indicating the detection of the pressure change.