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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
William O Brown, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Timothy P Johnston, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/20 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/20 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for headset wearing mode based operation are presented. A headset system includes a first earbud and a second earbud. One or both earbuds have a detector which indicates whether the earbud is donned or doffed. Operation of the headset is modified based on the donned or doffed status of the earbuds.