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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Liviu Burciu, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 2201/107 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49005 (2015.01);
Abstract
A system and methods for providing a wireless earplug system are described. An earplug includes a wireless receiver/transmitter, a battery, a speaker, a sound canal and an on/off switch. The system also includes a controller including a wireless receiver/transmitter used to transmit wireless signals to the earplug. The earplug receives the wireless signals from the controller and plays audio sounds through the speaker and into the user's ear canal, thus enabling the user to hear the transmitted audio signals while ambient noises are blocked. The controller is also used to control the parameters of the time, duration and type of audio sounds.