Headphone and sound channel adjusting method thereof

Abstract

The invention provides a headphone and a sound channel adjusting method thereof. The headphone comprises a headphone body, an induction piece and a controller, wherein the induction piece and the controller are arranged on the headphone body; the earphone body further comprises a first earphone shell, a second earphone shell and an earphone hanging belt. The first ear shell and the second ear shell are respectively provided with an induction piece, and the induction pieces are used for detecting palm information of a user approaching the first ear shell or the second ear shell. According to the invention, the sensing piece detects that the palm of the user approaches or touches the earphone body and transmits the information to the controller, and the controller can set the preset sound channel at the first earphone shell or the second earphone shell where the sensing piece detects the palm information of the user is located, so that the left sound channel and the right sound channel meet the requirements of the user. The sensing pieces are respectively distributed in the first ear shell and the second ear shell, meanwhile, the sensing pieces can recognize operation gestures of a user, and the controller can trigger corresponding control operations according to the operation gestures, so that the use of the user is facilitated.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of earphone manufacturing, and in particular to a head-mounted earphone and a sound channel adjustment method thereof. Background Art

[0002] Headphones, as the name implies, are worn on the head, not inserted into the ear canal, and are different from in-ear earplugs. The left and right ears of existing headphones transmit sound through two independent channels. This design is mainly to achieve a stereo effect, making the sound more realistic and layered, that is, in the headphones, it is necessary to distinguish between the left channel and the right channel, and transmit the left channel to the left ear and the right channel to the right ear, so as to achieve a better audio playback effect. Existing headphones usually set the left and right headphones to the same earmuff structure. In order to distinguish the left and right headphones, marks are set on the left and right headphones. Users need to carefully check the marks when wearing them to ensure that the left and right headphones are worn correctly. However, when users actually wear headphones, they need to distinguish the left and right ear shells of the headphones, so that the left channel of the left ear shell is transmitted to the right ear, and the right channel of the right ear shell is transmitted to the left ear. They need to be distinguished before each use, which is troublesome to use and has a poor experience. If you are not careful, you will make a wearing error, which affects the user's audio experience.

[0003] In view of this, the present invention will provide a headset and a channel adjustment method thereof to ensure that when the headset is worn incorrectly, the left channel of the left ear shell is transmitted to the left ear, and the right channel of the right ear shell is transmitted to the right ear, thereby ensuring the user's audio experience. Summary of the invention

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a headset and a sound channel adjustment method thereof, aiming to ensure that when the headset is worn incorrectly, the left channel of the left ear shell is transmitted to the left ear, and the right channel of the right ear shell is transmitted to the right ear, thereby ensuring the user's audio experience.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is: a headphone, comprising an earphone body and a sensor and a controller arranged on the earphone body; the earphone body comprises a first ear shell, a second ear shell and an earphone strap, and the first ear shell and the second ear shell are connected by the earphone strap; the earphone body also comprises a vibration member for detecting the shaking of the earphone body, and the first ear shell and the second ear shell are both equipped with the sensor, and the sensor is used to detect the user's palm information close to the first ear shell or the second ear shell; the vibration member and the sensor are electrically connected to the controller; through the cooperation of the sensor and the vibration member, a preset channel can be set at the first ear shell or the second ear shell where the sensor that can detect the user's palm information is located.

[0006] In some embodiments, the sensing element is an optical sensor for detecting an operation gesture of a user.

[0007] In some embodiments, the sensing element is disposed on a side wall of the first ear shell or the second ear shell, and the sensing element is disposed at an end of the first ear shell or the second ear shell away from the headphone strap.

[0008] In some embodiments, the controller includes a processing unit and a generating unit, the processing unit is used to confirm that the sensing element detects a user's gesture, and identify the control operation corresponding to the detected gesture, and / or detect the working status of the sensing element and the vibration element, and set a preset sound channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell according to the working status; the generating unit is used to generate a control instruction according to the control operation, and the control instruction is used to control the earphone body to perform the function corresponding to the gesture.

[0009] In some embodiments, the earphone body includes a distance detection component, and at least one of the first ear shell and the second ear shell is provided with the distance detection component, and the distance detection component is used to detect the distance between the earphone body and the wearer; wherein the distance detection component is arranged in the auricle area of ​​the first ear shell and / or the second ear shell corresponding to the wearing user.

[0010] The present invention further proposes a headphone channel adjustment method, which is applied to the headphone described in any one of the above embodiments. The headphone channel adjustment method comprises the following steps: Step S1: obtaining information about the user's dominant hand in daily life, and setting the user's dominant hand as the left hand or the right hand in the controller according to the dominant hand information; Step S2: starting the preliminary channel adjustment mode, setting the preset channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell adapted to the user; if the user's dominant hand is the left hand, the preset channel is set to the left channel; if the user's dominant hand is the right hand, the preset channel is set to the right channel; Step S3, if the preset sound channel is set at the first ear shell or the second ear shell of the sensor, then the sound channel preliminary adjustment mode ends.

[0011] In some implementations, step S2 further includes: Step S21: detecting whether the user's palm touches or approaches the headset through a sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell; Step S22: if the sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell detects that the user's palm touches or approaches the headset, the sensor that detects that the user's palm touches or approaches the headset sends the information to the controller; Step S23: detecting the shaking of the headset through the vibration element; if the vibration element detects vibration, the information is sent to the controller; Step S24: The controller sets the preset sound channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell where the sensing element of the headset is detected to be touching or approaching the user's palm, based on the information transmitted by the vibration element and the information transmitted by the sensing element on the first ear shell or the second ear shell.

[0012] In some embodiments, the headphone channel adjustment method also includes: step S4, obtaining headphone control information; the headphone control information includes gesture information recognized by the sensing element or control information triggered by operating a button on the headphone; sending the headphone information to a controller so that the headphone performs an operation corresponding to the headphone control information.

[0013] In some embodiments, step S4 also includes: step S41: identifying the gesture detected by the sensing element on the first ear shell or the second ear shell, and comparing it with a preset operation gesture; if the gesture detected by the sensing element matches the preset gesture, sending the control operation information corresponding to the operation gesture to the controller.

[0014] In some embodiments, the S41 also includes: Step S411: determining whether the user's operation gesture is in the gesture recognition area of ​​the sensing component; when the user uses headphones and the user's operation gesture is in the gesture recognition area, the sensing component captures the user's operation gesture.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a headset and a sound channel adjustment method thereof; the headset comprises a headset body and a sensor, a controller and a vibration member arranged on the headset body; the sensor is used to detect the palm information of a user approaching a first ear shell or a second ear shell; the present invention cooperates with the vibration member, and when the palm information of the user is detected and the headset is monitored to generate vibration, the controller can set the preset sound channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell where the sensor that can detect the palm information of the user is located; this operation can adapt the left channel and the right channel to the user setting, and distribute them in the first ear shell and the second ear shell respectively, even if the user wears the left and right ear shells of the headset incorrectly, the left channel audio can be transmitted to the left ear, and the right ear channel audio can be transmitted to the right ear, thereby ensuring the user's audio experience; at the same time, the sensor setting can recognize the user's operation gesture, and the controller can trigger the corresponding control operation according to the operation gesture, and suspend the left channel or right channel audio transmission, which is convenient for the user to use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for use in the embodiments are briefly introduced below. It should be understood that the following drawings only show certain embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be regarded as limiting the scope. For ordinary technicians in this field, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic structural diagram of the headset provided by the present invention.

[0018] Figure 2 A schematic flow chart of a headphone channel adjustment method provided by the present invention.

[0019] Figure 3 This is a schematic flow chart of step S2 in the headphone channel adjustment method provided by the present invention.

[0020] As shown in the figure: an earphone body 100 ; a sensor 20 ; a first ear shell 101 , a second ear shell 102 , and an earphone strap 103 . DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and beneficial technical effect of the present invention clearer, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods. It should be understood that the specific implementation methods described in this specification are only for explaining the present invention, not for limiting the present invention.

[0022] It should also be understood that the terms used in this specification of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. As used in the specification of the present invention and the appended claims, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include plural forms.

[0023] It should be further understood that the term "and / or" used in the present description and the appended claims refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0024] The left and right ears of existing headphones transmit sound through two independent channels. This design is mainly to achieve a stereo effect, making the sound more realistic and layered. That is, in the headphones, it is necessary to distinguish between the left channel and the right channel, and transmit the left channel to the left ear and the right channel to the right ear to achieve better audio playback effects.

[0025] However, when users use headphones, they need to identify the left and right ear shells in advance each time, which is inconvenient to use and has a poor experience. If they are not careful, they will make mistakes in wearing, which affects the user's audio experience.

[0026] To solve the above problems, the present invention provides a headset, which ensures that when the headset is worn incorrectly, the left channel audio of the left ear shell can be transmitted to the left ear, and the right channel audio of the right ear shell can be transmitted to the right ear, thereby ensuring the user's audio experience.

[0027] See also Figure 1 The present invention provides a headset, comprising an earphone body 100, a sensing element 20 and a controller (not shown) arranged on the earphone body 100; the sensing element 20 is used to detect user palm information and send the detected information to the controller, the user palm information includes: whether the user palm is close to or touching the earphone body 100; when it is detected that the user palm is close to or touching the earphone body 100, the information is sent to the controller; the controller responds to the information sent by the sensing element 20 and performs corresponding control operations according to the information.

[0028] Specifically, the earphone body 100 includes a first ear shell 101, a second ear shell 102 and an earphone strap 103. The first ear shell 101 and the second ear shell 102 are connected by the earphone strap 103. The earphone strap 103 is arranged in an arc shape as a whole and has a certain deformation ability. That is, when the headphone is used, the earphone strap 103 can adapt to the head sizes of different users.

[0029] Specifically, the first ear shell 101 and the second ear shell 102 are both equipped with a sensor 20, and the sensor 20 can be used to detect the palm information of the user approaching the first ear shell 101 or the second ear shell 102, that is, when the user picks up the earphone body 100 through the first ear shell 101 or the second ear shell 102, the controller can quickly identify whether the first ear shell 101 or the second ear shell 102 is in contact with the user's palm by using the sensor 20 on the first ear shell 101 or the second ear shell 102; on this basis, if the user's dominant hand information is set in advance, the preset channel can be quickly set to the first ear shell 101 or the second ear shell 102 where the sensor 20 detecting the palm information is located; for example, if the user's dominant hand is the right hand, the preset channel is set to the corresponding right channel , the user picks up the earphone body 100 through the first ear shell 101, and the sensor 20 on the first ear shell 101 will detect the user's palm information and send the information to the controller; the controller sets the first ear shell 101 to the preset channel transmission, that is, the right channel transmission according to the information; usually, when the user picks up the earphone body 100 to wear it, the right hand picks it up and generally wears it on the user's right ear, that is, the first ear shell 101 that detects the palm information is set to the preset ear canal (right ear canal) transmission, and the corresponding second ear shell 102 is set to the left channel transmission and is worn on the user's left ear; in the above manner, even if the wearing order of the earphone body 100 is wrong, it can ensure that the right channel audio is transmitted to the right ear and the left channel audio is transmitted to the left ear, thereby ensuring the user's audio experience.

[0030] Furthermore, to avoid accidental touch, the earphone body 100 also includes a vibration member (not shown) for detecting the shaking of the earphone body 100, and the vibration member and the sensing member 20 are electrically connected to the controller; through the cooperation between the sensing member 20 and the vibration member, when the sensing member 20 detects the user's palm information and monitors the vibration of the earphone body 100, the preset channel is set to the first ear shell 101 or the second ear shell 102 where the sensing member 20 that can detect the user's palm information is located. This operation can also adapt the left channel and the right channel to the user setting, and distribute them in the first ear shell 101 and the second ear shell 102 respectively. Even if the left and right ear shells of the headphone are worn incorrectly, the left channel audio can be transmitted to the left ear, and the right ear channel audio can be transmitted to the right ear, thereby ensuring the user's audio experience. At the same time, the provision of the vibration member can enhance the anti-accidental touch performance of the headphone during use and improve the reliability of the headphone during use.

[0031] In some embodiments, a mode button (not shown) is provided on the earphone body 100, and the mode button is used to switch the earphone status mode; the earphone status modes include: normal mode and ear canal preliminary adjustment mode; it should be noted that only in the ear canal preliminary adjustment mode, the controller can switch the left and right channels corresponding to the first ear shell 101 and the second ear shell 102; that is, when switching or adjusting the ear canal, it is necessary to use the mode button first to switch the status mode of the earphone.

[0032] In some embodiments, the sensing element 20 is an optical sensor; the sensing element 20 can be used to detect the user's operation gesture, and send the identified and detected operation gesture to the controller. The controller responds to the operation gesture transmitted by the sensing element 20, identifies the control operation corresponding to the operation gesture and executes it.

[0033] In some embodiments, the sensor 20 is arranged on the side walls of the first ear shell 101 and the second ear shell 102, and the sensor 20 is arranged at one end of the first ear shell 101 away from the headphone strap 103, and the sensor 20 is arranged at one end of the second ear shell 102 away from the headphone strap 103; it can be understood that a gesture sensing area (not shown) is provided on the side of the sensor 20 away from the headphone strap 103, that is, when the user uses the earphone and the user's operation gesture is in the gesture recognition area, the sensor 20 can capture the user's operation gesture, control the headset, and pause the left channel or right channel audio transmission, which is convenient for the user to use; of course, by controlling the headset through the operation gesture, not only can the left channel or right channel audio transmission be paused to achieve a single ear shell audio experience, but also the next audio can be temporarily or switched when playing audio; the above description is only part of the function of the operation gesture control, and does not limit the present invention.

[0034] In some embodiments, the controller includes a processing unit (not shown) and a generating unit (not shown), wherein the processing unit is used to confirm that the sensing element 20 detects a user's gesture, and identifies a control operation corresponding to the detected gesture, and / or detects the working status of the sensing element 20 and the vibration element, and sets a preset sound channel at the first ear shell 101 or the second ear shell 102 according to the working status; the working status of the sensing element 20 is: whether the sensing element 20 detects that the user's palm approaches or touches the first ear shell 101 or the second ear shell 102; the working status of the vibration element is: whether the vibration element detects that the earphone body 100 vibrates; the generating unit is used to generate a control instruction according to the control operation, and the control instruction is used to control the earphone body 100 to perform the function corresponding to the gesture.

[0035] In some embodiments, the earphone body 100 includes a distance detection component, and at least one of the first ear shell 101 and the second ear shell 102 is provided with a distance detection component, and the distance detection component is used to detect the distance between the wearer; wherein, the distance detection component is arranged in the auricle area of ​​the first ear shell 101 and / or the second ear shell 102 corresponding to the wearing user; that is, according to the detection of the distance detection component, the wearing status of the user can be quickly judged.

[0036] Please also read Figure 2-3 The present invention further proposes a headphone channel adjustment method, which is applied to the headphone in any of the above embodiments. The headphone channel adjustment method comprises the following steps: Step S1: Obtain the user's dominant hand information in daily life, and set the user's dominant hand to be the left hand or the right hand in the controller according to the dominant hand information; if the user does not set the dominant hand information, the user's dominant hand is assumed to be the right hand.

[0037] Step S2: Start the preliminary channel adjustment mode, and set the preset channel to the first ear shell or the second ear shell that suits the user; if the user's dominant hand is the left hand, the preset channel is set to the left channel; if the user's dominant hand is the right hand, the preset channel is the right channel; the preliminary channel adjustment mode can be adjusted by using the mode button on the headset. Of course, this is also one of the ways. The preliminary channel adjustment mode can also be switched by default when the headset is started. When the left and right channels on the headset are respectively set on the first ear shell and the second ear shell, the preliminary channel adjustment mode automatically switches to the normal mode.

[0038] Step S3: if the preset sound channel is set at the first ear concha or the second ear concha, the sound channel preliminary adjustment mode ends.

[0039] In some embodiments, step S2 includes: Step S21: detecting whether the user's palm touches or approaches the headset through a sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell; Step S22: If the sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell detects that the user's palm touches or approaches the headset, the sensor that detects that the user's palm touches or approaches the headset sends the information to the controller; Step S23: detecting the shaking of the headset through the vibration element; if the vibration element detects vibration, the information is sent to the controller; Step S24: The controller sets the preset sound channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell where the user's palm is detected to touch or approach the headphone sensor according to the information transmitted by the vibration member and the information transmitted by the sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell.

[0040] In some implementations, the headphone channel adjustment method further includes: Step S4, obtaining earphone control information; the earphone control information includes gesture information recognized by the sensor or control information triggered by operating a button on the earphone; the earphone information is sent to the controller so that the headset performs an operation corresponding to the earphone control information.

[0041] In some implementations, step S4 further includes: Step S41: Identify the gesture detected by the sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell, and compare it with the preset operation gesture; if the gesture detected by the sensor matches the preset gesture, send the control operation information corresponding to the operation gesture to the controller; if the gesture not detected by the sensor matches the preset gesture, ignore it.

[0042] In some implementations, the step S41 further includes: Step S411: determining whether the user's operation gesture is in the gesture recognition area of ​​the sensor; when the user uses the headset and the user's operation gesture is in the gesture recognition area, the sensor can capture the user's operation gesture.

[0043] In summary, the present invention provides a headset and a sound channel adjustment method thereof, wherein the headset comprises a headset body and a sensing element, a controller and a vibration element arranged on the headset body; the sensing element is used to detect palm information of a user touching or approaching a first ear shell or a second ear shell; the present invention cooperates with the vibration element, and when the palm information of the user is detected and the headset is monitored to generate vibration, the controller can set a preset sound channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell where the sensing element detecting the palm information of the user is located. This operation can adapt the left channel and the right channel to the user setting, and distribute them in the first ear shell and the second ear shell respectively. Even if the left and right ear shells of the headset are worn incorrectly, the left channel audio can be transmitted to the left ear, and the right ear channel audio can be transmitted to the right ear, thereby ensuring the user's audio experience; at the same time, the sensing element is arranged to recognize the user's operation gesture, and the controller can trigger the corresponding control operation according to the operation gesture, which is convenient for the user to use.

[0044] The present invention is not limited to what is described in the specification and implementation modes, and therefore additional advantages and modifications can be easily realized by those skilled in the art. Therefore, without departing from the spirit and scope of the general concept defined by the claims and their equivalents, the present invention is not limited to the specific details, representative devices, and illustrative examples shown and described herein.

Claims

1. A headset, characterized in that: The invention comprises an earphone body and a sensor and a controller arranged on the earphone body; the earphone body comprises a first ear shell, a second ear shell and an earphone strap, and the first ear shell and the second ear shell are connected by the earphone strap; the earphone body also comprises a vibration component for detecting shaking of the earphone body, and the first ear shell and the second ear shell are both equipped with the sensor, and the sensor is used to detect palm information of a user approaching the first ear shell or the second ear shell; the vibration component and the sensor are electrically connected to the controller; through the cooperation of the sensor and the vibration component, the controller can set a preset channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell where the sensor detecting the user's palm information is located.

2. The headset according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sensing element is an optical sensor for detecting the user's operation gestures.

3. The headset according to claim 1, characterized in that: The induction component is arranged on a side wall of the first ear shell or the second ear shell, and the induction component is arranged at an end of the first ear shell or the second ear shell away from the headphone strap.

4. The headset according to claim 2, characterized in that: The controller includes a processing unit and a generating unit. The processing unit is used to confirm that the sensing element detects a user's gesture, and identifies a control operation corresponding to the detected gesture, and / or detects a working state of the sensing element and the vibration element, and sets a preset sound channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell according to the working state; the generating unit is used to generate a control instruction according to the control operation, and the control instruction is used to control the earphone body to perform the function corresponding to the gesture.

5. The headset according to claim 1, characterized in that: The headset according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the headset body includes a distance detection component, at least one of the first ear shell and the second ear shell is provided with the distance detection component, and the distance detection component is used to detect the distance between the headset and the wearer; wherein the distance detection component is arranged in the auricle area of ​​the first ear shell and / or the second ear shell corresponding to the wearer's wearer.

6. A method for adjusting a headphone channel, characterized in that: Applied to the headset as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, the headset channel adjustment method comprises the following steps: Step S1: obtaining information about the user's dominant hand in daily life, and setting the user's dominant hand as the left hand or the right hand in the controller according to the dominant hand information; Step S2: starting the preliminary channel adjustment mode, setting the preset channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell adapted to the user; if the user's dominant hand is the left hand, the preset channel is set to the left channel; if the user's dominant hand is the right hand, the preset channel is set to the right channel; Step S3, if the preset sound channel is set at the first ear shell or the second ear shell of the sensor, then the sound channel preliminary adjustment mode ends.

7. The method for adjusting the sound channel of a headset according to claim 6, characterized in that: Step S2 also includes: Step S21: detecting whether the user's palm touches or approaches the headset through a sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell; Step S22: if the sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell detects that the user's palm touches or approaches the headset, the sensor that detects that the user's palm touches or approaches the headset sends the information to the controller; Step S23: detecting the shaking of the headset through the vibration element; if the vibration element detects vibration, the information is sent to the controller; Step S24: the controller sets the preset sound channel at the first ear shell or the second ear shell where the user's palm is detected touching or approaching the headphone sensor according to the information transmitted by the vibration member and the information transmitted by the sensor on the first ear shell or the second ear shell.

8. The method for adjusting the sound channel of a headset according to claim 6, characterized in that: Also includes: Step S4, obtaining earphone control information; the earphone control information includes gesture information recognized by the sensor or control information triggered by operating a button on the earphone; The headset information is sent to a controller so that the headset performs an operation corresponding to the headset control information.

9. The method for adjusting the sound channel of a headset according to claim 8, characterized in that: Step S4 also includes: Step S41: Identify the gesture detected by the sensing element on the first ear shell or the second ear shell, and compare it with a preset operation gesture; if the gesture detected by the sensing element matches the preset gesture, send control operation information corresponding to the operation gesture to the controller.

10. The method for adjusting the sound channel of a headset according to claim 9, characterized in that: Step S41 also includes: Step S411: determining whether the user's operation gesture is in the gesture recognition area of ​​the sensing component; when the user uses the headset and the user's operation gesture is in the gesture recognition area, the sensing component captures the user's operation gesture.

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