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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Joseph Craig Engle, Carmel, IN (US);
Gregg Michael Morgan, Carmel, IN (US);
Francis Arthur Davenport, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Craig Engle, Carmel, IN (US);
Gregg Michael Morgan, Carmel, IN (US);
Francis Arthur Davenport, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling a headphone having a microphone for receiving noise and user signals, the received noise being used to reduce noise at an output of the headphone, includes detecting a signal by the microphone; if the signal has a predefined characteristic, the signal is mapped to a control command; and the headphone is operated according to the command.