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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Edwin C. Johnson, Jr., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Hal Greenberger, Natick, MA (US);
Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Benjamin D. Burge, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Edwin C. Johnson, Jr., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Hal Greenberger, Natick, MA (US);
Daniel M. Gauger, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Benjamin D. Burge, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for determining an operating state of an earpiece of a personal acoustic device and/or the entirety of the personal acoustic device through tests to determine the current operating state, wherein the tests differ depending on a current power mode of the personal acoustic device, and wherein at least one lower power test is employed during at least one lower power mode.