earphone

Abstract

An earphone, comprising a main body portion, a connecting portion and a battery portion. The connecting portion connects the main body portion and the battery portion; the battery portion comprises a battery housing, a battery and a charging structure, the battery being arranged in the battery housing, and the charging structure being arranged on the surface of the battery housing not in contact with the skin, thereby avoiding short circuit caused by a liquid wetting the charging structure, and further prolonging the service life of earphones. A control apparatus is provided on the first side circumferential surface of the connecting portion facing the upper edge of the ear so as to avoid the contact with other parts of the body, thereby preventing accident touch and further improving the user experience. The top surface of a first sealant rib of the main body portion is set to be higher than the top surface of a first silica gel outer coating layer, such that during injection molding of the first silica gel outer coating layer, the first sealant rib can prevent silicone oil from flowing into a first dispensing slot of a first inner support, thereby preventing the silicone oil from affecting the bonding effect between glue in the dispensing slot and an upper cover of the earphone, and improving the assembling stability of the upper cover of the earphone and the first inner support.

Description

[0001] The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202321699235.5, filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on June 30, 2023, and entitled "ANTI-FALSE TOUCH EARPHONE", which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202321699726X, filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on June 30, 2023, and entitled "EARPHONE", which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202321699459.6, filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on June 30, 2023, and entitled "EARPHONE", which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present application relates to the technical field of consumer electronic products, and in particular, to an earphone.BACKGROUND

[0003] With the development of society, earphones are used in a wider and wider range of applications, and are widely used in office environments and when listening to music or entertaining anywhere.

[0004] At present, in a production process of an earphone, an inner bracket having a glue dispensing groove is usually injection molded first, and then a silicone layer is injection molded outside the inner bracket, and then glue is dispensed in the glue dispensing groove to bond an earphone upper cover to the inner bracket. However, a top surface of the current glue dispensing groove is usually flush with a top surface of the silicone layer, which results in that silicone oil easily flows into the glue dispensing groove during the injection molding process of the silicone layer, which affects the bonding effect between the glue in the glue dispensing groove and the earphone upper cover.

[0005] At present, charging contacts are provided on earphones, and the earphones are charged by an earphone box after being placed in the earphone box. In order to ensure the beautiful appearance of the earphone, in the prior art, the charging contacts are usually arranged on a side of an ear hook of the earphone that fits with the skin, and the shortest distance between two charging electrodes is increased to prevent a short circuit between the charging electrodes caused by sweat, water droplets, dust, etc., for example, as described in paragraph 137 of the Utility Model Patent No. CN217159949 U, entitled "EARPHONE": two charging electrodes may be arranged invisibly in a wearing state, for example, both facing skin of a user, so as to take into account the appearance quality of the earphone. However, since both of the two charging electrodes face the skin of the user, when the user sweats, the earphone is prone to short-circuit failure due to the action of sweat.

[0006] At present, for the current earphone, function buttons such as a power button and a volume button are usually arranged on a front side of a sound producing part opposite to the user's ear, and in this way, these buttons are prone to accidental touch, for example, when the user lies down to rest, the buttons are easily pressed to cause accidental touch, affecting the user experience. In order to overcome this problem, the solution adopted by the earphone disclosed in CN216795245U, entitled "BLUETOOTH EARPHONE PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL TOUCH" is to cover the button with a protective cover to prevent accidental touch during use. However, this solution has a complicated structure and has a great impact on the overall appearance of the earphone.

[0007] In summary, the existing earphones have the problems of poor assembly stability and poor use effect.SUMMARY

[0008] The main purpose of the present application is to provide an earphone, which aims to avoid a user from accidentally touching various buttons of the earphone during use, and improve the user experience. Thus, the experience of the user when using the earphone is improved. The earphone aims to prevent the user's sweat from wetting a charging structure to cause a short circuit, and prevent dirt on the user's skin from soiling the charging structure to cause poor contact during charging, thereby prolonging the service life of the earphone. The earphone aims to prevent silicone oil from flowing into a glue dispensing groove of an inner bracket to affect the bonding effect with an earphone upper cover, and improve the assembly stability of the earphone.

[0009] To achieve the above purpose, the present application provides an earphone, which includes an ear hook, and a main body part arranged at one end of the ear hook, where in a wearing state, the main body part is arranged in cooperation with a front side of an ear part, the main body part has a peripheral surface extending from a position close to the front side of the ear part in a direction away from the front side of the ear part, and a control apparatus is arranged on a first peripheral surface of the peripheral surface facing an upper edge of the ear part.

[0010] A further technical solution of the present application is that an included angle α between the first peripheral surface and a horizontal plane of a human body is 30°-45°.

[0011] A further technical solution of the present application is that a panel of the control apparatus is arranged to protrude from the first peripheral surface.

[0012] A further technical solution of the present application is that a power button is arranged on a surface of the ear hook facing a head or a rear side of the ear part.

[0013] A further technical solution of the present application is that the control apparatus includes a sensor module, and the sensor module includes a pressure sensor for receiving a pressing gesture and a capacitive touch sensor for receiving a touch gesture; the touch gesture includes conventional touch gestures such as point-break touch and sliding.

[0014] A further technical solution of the present application is that the touch gesture received by the capacitive touch sensor is a sliding gesture.

[0015] A further technical solution of the present application is that the control apparatus includes a panel for contacting with a limb of the user, a capacitive touch sensor and a pressure sensor, which are stacked in sequence from outside to inside.

[0016] A further technical solution of the present application is that at least three capacitive touch sensors are sequentially arranged along an extending direction of the panel.

[0017] A further technical solution of the present application is that a reinforcing metal sheet is stacked between the pressure sensor and the capacitive touch sensor.

[0018] A further technical solution of the present application is that a side of the reinforcing metal sheet facing the pressure sensor has a groove, and the groove is arranged to match with an extending direction of the panel.

[0019] According to the above technical solutions of the present application, by changing the setting position of the control apparatus and setting the control apparatus on the first peripheral surface of the peripheral surface of the main body part facing the upper edge of the ear part, the control apparatus is not easily contacted with other parts of the body, and the activity or rest of the user is not affected, and the control apparatus will not be accidentally touched when the user is moving or resting, thereby improving the user experience.

[0020] To achieve the above purpose, the present application provides an earphone, which includes a main body part, a connecting part and a battery part, where the connecting part connects the main body part and the battery part; the battery part includes a battery case, a battery and a charging structure, the battery is arranged in the battery case, and the charging structure is arranged on the battery case; when the earphone is worn, a first surface of the battery case is in contact with an auricle back of the skin, a second surface of the battery case is in contact with a scalp close to the auricle back in the skin, and the charging structure is arranged on a surface of the battery case that is not in contact with the skin; the charging structure includes a first charging connector and a second charging connector that are arranged at a distance from each other, one of the first charging connector and the second charging connector is a positive charging connector, and the other charging connector is a negative charging connector.

[0021] A further technical solution of the present application is that the battery case includes a third surface, a fourth surface and a fifth surface, the third surface is a surface opposite to the first surface in the battery case, the fourth surface is opposite to the second surface, the fifth surface is a lower bottom surface of the battery case, and the charging structure is arranged on at least one of the third surface, the fourth surface and the fifth surface.

[0022] A further technical solution of the present application is that a clamping groove is arranged on the battery case, and the charging structure is clamped on the clamping groove.

[0023] A further technical solution of the present application is that the charging structure is integrally formed with the battery case.

[0024] A further technical solution of the present application is that a magnetic attraction structure is arranged in the battery case, and the magnetic attraction structure is close to the charging structure.

[0025] A further technical solution of the present application is that the magnetic attraction structure includes at least one magnetic block, the magnetic block is arranged between the first charging connector and the second charging connector, and a distance between the first charging connector and the second charging connector is greater than a length of the magnetic block.

[0026] A further technical solution of the present application is that the charging contacts of the first charging connector and the second charging connector are provided with metal plating.

[0027] A further technical solution of the present application is that the battery part as a whole presents a tetrahedral structure, a cylindrical structure, or a structure with an elliptical cross section.

[0028] A further technical solution of the present application is that the connecting part is an ear hook, the ear hook includes an ear hook main body, and a metal support piece is arranged in the ear hook main body.

[0029] A further technical solution of the present application is that the metal support piece is made of nitinol or titanium wire.

[0030] A further technical solution of the present application is that a flexible circuit board is further arranged in the ear hook, and the flexible circuit board is close to the metal support piece.

[0031] In the present application, by arranging the charging structure on the surface of the battery case that is not in contact with the skin, when the earphone is worn, because the charging structure is not in contact with the user's skin, it is possible to prevent the user's sweat from wetting the charging structure to cause a short circuit, and also prevent dirt on the user's skin from soiling the charging structure to cause poor contact during charging, thereby prolonging the service life of the earphone.

[0032] The main purpose of the present application is to provide an earphone, which aims to prevent silicone oil from flowing into a glue dispensing groove of an inner bracket to affect the bonding effect with an earphone upper cover, and improve the assembly stability of the earphone.

[0033] To achieve the above purpose, the present application provides an earphone, which includes a connecting part, a main body part and a battery part, where the connecting part connects the main body part and the battery part, the main body part includes a first lower shell and a first upper cover bonded to the first lower shell, the first lower shell includes a first inner bracket and a first silicone outer covering layer covering an outer periphery of the first inner bracket, a first glue dispensing groove is arranged at a top of the first inner bracket, a first glue sealing bone position is arranged on an outer side wall of the first glue dispensing groove, and a top surface of the first glue sealing bone position is higher than a top surface of the first silicone outer covering layer.

[0034] A further technical solution of the present application is that a step structure is arranged on an outer wall of the first glue sealing bone position, a first convex rib is arranged at the top of the first silicone outer covering layer to extend toward the step structure, the first convex rib is located on the step structure, and a top surface of the first convex rib is lower than the top surface of the first glue sealing bone position.

[0035] A further technical solution of the present application is that an end of the first upper cover is provided with a clamping groove corresponding to the first glue sealing bone position, an outer side wall of the clamping groove abuts against a top surface of the first convex rib, and an inner side wall of the clamping groove extends into the first glue dispensing groove and abuts against a bottom surface of the first glue dispensing groove.

[0036] A further technical solution of the present application is that the first inner bracket is formed by plastic injection molding.

[0037] A further technical solution of the present application is that a side net bracket is arranged on one side of the main body part, and the side net bracket is embedded in the first silicone outer covering layer.

[0038] A further technical solution of the present application is that a speaker front shell is arranged at the bottom of the main body part.

[0039] A further technical solution of the present application is that the battery part includes a second lower shell and a second upper cover bonded to the second lower shell, the second lower shell includes a second inner bracket and a second silicone outer covering layer covering an outer periphery of the second inner bracket, a second glue dispensing groove is arranged at a top of the second inner bracket, a second glue sealing bone position is arranged on an outer side wall of the second glue dispensing groove, and a top surface of the second glue sealing bone position is higher than a top surface of the second silicone outer covering layer.

[0040] A further technical solution of the present application is that a step structure is arranged on an outer wall of the second glue sealing bone position, a second convex rib is arranged at the top of the second silicone outer covering layer to extend toward the step structure, the second convex rib is located on the step structure, and a top surface of the second convex rib is lower than the top surface of the second glue sealing bone position.

[0041] A further technical solution of the present application is that an end of the second upper cover is provided with a clamping groove corresponding to the second glue sealing bone position, an outer side wall of the clamping groove abuts against the second convex rib, and an inner side wall of the clamping groove extends into the second glue dispensing groove and abuts against a bottom of the second glue dispensing groove.

[0042] A further technical solution of the present application is that a width of the second glue sealing bone position is less than or equal to 1.8 mm.

[0043] According to the above technical solutions of the present application, the top surface of the first glue sealing bone position is higher than the top surface of the first silicone outer covering layer, and when the first silicone outer covering layer is injection molded, the first glue sealing bone position may prevent the silicone oil from flowing into the glue dispensing groove of the first inner bracket, so as to prevent the silicone oil from affecting the bonding effect between the glue in the glue dispensing groove and the earphone upper cover, thereby improving the assembly stability between the earphone upper cover and the first inner bracket.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0044] In order to more clearly explain the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings may be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings without creative efforts. Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an ear simulator; Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a wearing state of an earphone; Fig. 3 is a front view of any embodiment of an earphone of the present application; Fig. 4 is a rear view of any embodiment of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 5 is a schematic circuit structural view of a main control chip in any embodiment of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a control apparatus in any embodiment of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 7 is a schematic overall structural view of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 8 is a schematic wearing view of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 9 is a schematic wearing view of another angle of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 10 is a schematic overall structural view of a charging structure; Fig. 11 is a top view of the charging structure; Fig. 12 is a front view of the charging structure; Fig. 13 is a schematic internal structural view of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 14 is a schematic overall structural view of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of the earphone of the present application without a first upper cover and a second upper cover; Fig. 16 is a cross-sectional view of a main body part in a first embodiment of the earphone of the present application; Fig. 17 is an enlarged schematic view of part A in Fig. 16; Fig. 18 is a cross-sectional view of a battery part in a second embodiment of the earphone of the present application; and Fig. 19 is an enlarged schematic view of part B in Fig. 18.

[0045] Description of reference numbers: connecting part 1; main body part 2; power button 4; first peripheral surface 5; second peripheral surface 6; third peripheral surface 7; battery part 3; control apparatus 30; charging structure 40; first charging connector 50; second charging connector 60; clamping structure 70; magnetic block 80; charging contacts 90; metal support piece 100; first lower shell 201; first upper cover 202; first inner bracket 203; first silicone outer covering layer 204; first glue dispensing groove 205; first glue sealing bone position 206; first convex rib 207; side net bracket 208; first speaker front shell 209; second lower shell 301; second upper cover 302; second inner bracket 303; second silicone outer covering layer 304; second glue dispensing groove 305; second glue sealing bone position 306; second convex rib 307; and second speaker front shell 308.

[0046] The realization, functional characteristics and advantages of the purpose of the present application will be further explained in combination with the embodiments and with reference to the drawings.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0047] The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Apparently, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

[0048] The following first describes the definitions of a wearing state, a front side, a rear side, an upper side and a lower side of an ear part, a sagittal plane, a coronal plane, a horizontal plane, a sagittal axis, a coronal axis, a horizontal axis of a human body, and X, Y, and Z directions involved in this specification.

[0049] The wearing state is defined as follows: a simulator (referring to Fig. 1) including a head part and ear parts (left and right) thereof may be manufactured according to the standards ANSI: S3.36, S3.25 and IEC: 60318-7, for example, GRAS KB0065, therefore, descriptions such as "a user wears an earphone" or "the earphone is in a wearing state" in the present application may mean that the earphone is worn on the ear parts of the simulator. On this basis, the "wearing state" in the present application may refer to a normal wearing state after the earphone is worn on the ear parts of the simulator; for the convenience of description, the normal wearing state may be further illustrated from the perspective of the front side, the rear side, etc. of the ear part. Certainly, due to individual differences among users, the actual wearing state of the earphone may be somewhat different from the normal wearing state.

[0050] The front side, the rear side, the upper side and the lower side of the ear part are defined as follows: the "front side of the ear part" described in the present application is a concept relative to the "rear side of the ear part", the former refers to a side of the ear part away from a head, and the latter refers to a side of the ear part close to the head; the upper side of the ear part refers to a side close to an upper edge of the ear part, and the upper edge refers to a part of an helix of the ear part close to a triangular fossa of the ear part; the lower side of the ear part refers to a side close to a lower edge of the ear part, and the lower edge refers to a part of the helix of the ear part close to an earlobe, which all refer to the ear part of the user.

[0051] The sagittal plane, the coronal plane, the horizontal plane, the sagittal axis, the coronal axis and the horizontal axis of the human body are defined as follows: as is well known, in the fields of medicine, anatomy, etc., three basic sections of the human body, that is, a sagittal plane (Sagittal Plane), a coronal plane (Coronal Plane) and a horizontal plane (Horizontal Plane), and three basic axes, that is, a sagittal axis (Sagittal Axis), a coronal axis (Coronal Axis) and a vertical axis (Vertical Axis) may be defined. The sagittal plane refers to a section perpendicular to the ground along a front-back direction of the body, which divides the human body into left and right parts; the coronal plane refers to a section perpendicular to the ground along a left-right direction of the body, which divides the human body into front and rear parts; and the horizontal plane refers to a section parallel to the ground along an up-down direction of the body, which divides the human body into upper and lower parts. Correspondingly, the sagittal axis refers to an axis passing through the coronal plane vertically along the front-back direction of the body, the coronal axis refers to an axis passing through the sagittal plane vertically along the left-right direction of the body, and the vertical axis refers to an axis passing through the horizontal plane vertically along the up-down direction of the body.

[0052] The X, Y, and Z directions are defined as follows: as shown in Fig. 2, for the convenience of description, the X, Y, and Z directions are defined respectively, the X direction is defined as being parallel to the sagittal axis and pointing to the front of the human body, the Y direction is defined as being parallel to the coronal axis and pointing to the right side of the human body (out of the paper along Fig. 2), and the Z direction is defined as being parallel to the vertical axis and pointing to the upper side of the human body.

[0053] The above definitions of directions are only for the convenience of description, and in the case of conforming to the principle of the technical solution, the X, Y, and Z directions may be defined arbitrarily, including but not limited to definition methods such as axial symmetry and angular symmetry of the above orientations.

[0054] As shown in Fig. 3, a first embodiment of an earphone of the present application includes an ear hook and a main body part 2, and the main body part 2 is arranged at one end of the ear hook.

[0055] In a wearing state, the main body part 2 is arranged in cooperation with a front side of an ear part, the main body part 2 has a peripheral surface extending from a position close to the front side of the ear part in a direction away from the front side of the ear part, and a control apparatus 30 is arranged on the peripheral surface.

[0056] In the present embodiment, considering that in a current earphone, a control apparatus 30 is usually arranged on a side of a main body part 2 opposite to a user's ear, which is prone to accidental touch. Therefore, in the present embodiment, mainly by changing a setting position of the control apparatus 30 and setting the control apparatus 30 on a peripheral surface of the main body part 2 extending from a position close to a front side of an ear part in a direction away from the front side of the ear part, the control apparatus is not easily contacted with other parts of the body, and the activity or rest of the user is not affected, and the control apparatus will not be accidentally touched when the user is moving or resting, thereby improving the user experience.

[0057] As an implementation, in the present embodiment, the control apparatus 30 is arranged on a first peripheral surface 5 of the peripheral surface facing an upper edge of the ear part.

[0058] Referring to FIGS. 2-4 again, in the present embodiment, the main body part 2 may be arranged as a structure similar to a tetrahedron, the first peripheral surface 5 refers to a side of the main body part 2 facing the upper edge of the ear part, a second peripheral surface 6 of the main body part 2 refers to a side of the main body part close to the user's ear, that is, a side provided with a sound producing hole, and a third peripheral surface 7 refers to a side opposite to the second peripheral surface 6 and adjacent to the first peripheral surface 5.

[0059] In the current earphone mentioned above, the control apparatus 30 is usually arranged on the side of the main body part 2 opposite to the user's ear, that is, the control apparatus 30 is arranged on the third peripheral surface 7. In the present embodiment, the control apparatus 30 is arranged on the first peripheral surface adjacent to the second peripheral surface 6 and the third peripheral surface 7 and extending from the position close to the front side of the ear part in the direction away from the front side of the ear part, which may further avoid accidental touch.

[0060] Further, in the present embodiment, in the wearing state, an included angle α between the first peripheral surface 5 and a horizontal plane of the human body is 30°- 45°. The included angle between the first peripheral surface 5 and the horizontal plane is set to be 30°- 45°, which is more in line with ergonomics, and the control apparatus 30 is arranged on the first peripheral surface 5 with an included angle of 30°- 45° with the horizontal plane of the human body, which is more convenient for operating the control apparatus and improves the user experience.

[0061] In other implementations, the included angle between the first peripheral surface 5 and the horizontal plane of the human body may also be set according to the shape of the ear, for example, it is preferably 32°- 43°, and more preferably 30°- 40°, and the angle is not limited in the present application.

[0062] In order to further improve the user experience and facilitate the user to operate the control apparatus 30, in the present embodiment, a panel of the control apparatus 30 protrudes from the first peripheral surface 5.

[0063] Referring to FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, a power button 4 is arranged on a surface of the ear hook facing a head or a rear side of the ear part, the power button 4 is a physical button, and the physical button may further prevent accidental touch.

[0064] Referring to FIGs. 5 and 6, further based on the first embodiment shown in FIGs. 3 and 4, the following implementations may also be used as a second embodiment of the earphone of the present application.

[0065] In the present embodiment, the control apparatus 30 includes a main control chip and a sensor module, the sensor module includes a pressure sensor for receiving a pressing gesture, and a capacitive touch sensor for receiving a touch gesture, the touch gesture includes conventional touch gestures such as point-break touch and sliding. The main control chip is electrically connected with the pressure sensor and the capacitive touch sensor respectively.

[0066] In the present embodiment, by arranging two different types of sensors, two types of gestures, i.e., pressing and touching, are received by different sensors, i.e., the pressure sensor and the capacitive touch sensor, a pressure signal generated by a pressing operation and a touch signal generated by touching may be separated, thereby preventing a misoperation and further preventing accidental touch.

[0067] Further, the touch gesture received by the capacitive touch sensor is a sliding gesture. The capacitive touch sensor is only used to receive the sliding gesture, thereby shielding a point-break touch gesture similar to pressing, and a certain pressure needs to be applied to the pressure sensor to implement pressing control, so as to better separate the two types of gestures and prevent accidental touch.

[0068] The working principles of the pressure sensor and the capacitive touch sensor in the present embodiment are described below.

[0069] In the present embodiment, in order to prevent false triggering caused by a pressing operation when the earphone is taken, a trigger threshold is set for the pressure sensor according to an actual experience value, and a related operation of the earphone is triggered only when the pressing pressure is greater than or equal to the trigger threshold. As a preferred implementation, the trigger threshold is set to 120 g in the present embodiment.

[0070] When the pressing pressure is less than 120 g, sliding is triggered; when the pressing pressure is greater than or equal to 120 g, sliding is shielded and only pressing is triggered, the pressure sensor detects deformation, which generates a change in voltage, and then the main control chip determines whether there is pressing according to the change in voltage. In other embodiments, the trigger threshold may also be set according to actual experience values.

[0071] The capacitive touch sensor in the present embodiment has a self-calibration function. Due to environmental changes, the capacitance is always maintained at a certain value, and if it is maintained for 10 s, it is considered that self-calibration is required, and this maintained sampling value is used as a new reference value (i.e., an actual surface value) instead of the original reference value.

[0072] Due to environmental changes, when the reference value is greater than the sampling value, calibration is performed immediately, and the current sampling value is used as the reference value.

[0073] As shown in Fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the control apparatus 30 includes a panel for contacting with a limb of the user, a capacitive touch sensor and a pressure sensor, which are stacked in sequence from outside to inside.

[0074] In order to better determine a sliding gesture, at least three capacitive touch sensors are sequentially arranged along an extending direction of the panel, and three capacitive touch sensors are preferred in the present embodiment.

[0075] As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, pins Touch1, Touch2 and Touch3 of the main control chip are electrically connected with the three capacitive touch sensors respectively, and a pin Touch_SH of the main control chip is electrically connected with the pressure sensor.

[0076] In the present embodiment, three positioning points, i.e., three pads, are provided for soldering the three capacitive touch sensors, and the three capacitive touch sensors are three touch pieces respectively and are continuously arranged together.

[0077] When determining whether it is a sliding gesture, it may be determined by the duration of sliding through two adjacent touch pieces. If the duration is within a threshold range, it is considered as a sliding gesture, and the threshold may be set according to an actual experience value, for example, it is preferably greater than 50 ms and less than 1 s in the present embodiment.

[0078] Specifically, when the touch piece of the first capacitive touch sensor is slid, the change amount of the capacitance is transmitted to the main control chip, and a timestamp t1 is obtained, and when the touch piece of the second capacitive touch sensor is pressed, the change amount of the capacitance is transmitted to the main control chip, and a timestamp t2 is obtained. If the difference between t2 and t1 is greater than 50 ms and less than 1 s, it may be considered as a sliding gesture.

[0079] In the present embodiment, a reinforcing metal sheet is stacked between the pressure sensor and the capacitive touch sensor, and the reinforcing metal sheet may be preferably a steel sheet.

[0080] With the reinforcing metal sheet, the strength of the whole control apparatus may be enhanced, and the service life thereof may be prolonged.

[0081] In the present embodiment, a side of the reinforcing metal sheet facing the pressure sensor has a groove, and the groove is arranged to match with the extending direction of the panel, so that the contact area with the pressure sensor may be reduced, and the pressure is concentrated in the middle part, so as to better transmit the pressure to the pressure sensor. Preferably, two grooves in the present embodiment are arranged in parallel at a distance from each other.

[0082] The present application provides an earphone, referring to FIGs. 7-9, a first embodiment of the earphone of the present application includes a main body part 2, a connecting part 1 and a battery part 3, the connecting part 1 connects the main body part 2 and the battery part 3, the battery part 3 includes a battery case, a battery (not shown in the figure) and a charging structure 40, the battery is arranged in the battery case, and the charging structure 40 is arranged on the battery case.

[0083] When the earphone is worn, the first surface of the battery case is in contact with the auricle back of the skin, the second surface of the battery case is in contact with the scalp close to the auricle back in the skin, and the charging structure 40 is arranged on a surface of the battery case that is not in contact with the skin. When the earphone is worn, because the charging structure 40 is not in contact with the user's skin, it is possible to prevent the user's sweat from wetting the charging structure 40 to cause a short circuit, and also prevent dirt on the user's skin from soiling the charging structure 40, resulting in failure to charge or poor contact during charging, thereby prolonging the service life of the earphone.

[0084] Referring to FIGS. 10-12, the charging structure 40 includes a first charging connector 50 and a second charging connector 60 that are arranged at a distance from each other, one of the first charging connector 50 and the second charging connector 60 is a positive charging connector, and the other charging connector is a negative charging connector. The specific installation sequence of the first charging connector 50 and the second charging connector 60 is not limited in the present embodiment.

[0085] As an implementation, referring to FIGS. 10-12, in order to facilitate the disassembly and maintenance of the charging structure 40, the charging structure 40 is detachably arranged on the battery case in the present embodiment. Specifically, a clamping groove is arranged on the battery case, a corresponding clamping structure 70 is arranged on the charging structure 40, and the charging structure 40 is clamped in the clamping groove by the clamping structure 70.

[0086] As another implementation, in order to improve the assembly stability of the charging structure 40, the charging structure 40 may also be integrally formed with the battery case.

[0087] Based on the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 7-9, a second embodiment of the earphone of the present application is provided.

[0088] In the present embodiment, the battery case includes a third surface, a fourth surface and a fifth surface, the third surface is a surface opposite to the first surface in the battery case, the fourth surface is opposite to the second surface, the fifth surface is a lower surface of the battery case, and the charging structure 40 is arranged on at least one of the third surface, the fourth surface and the fifth surface. Any one of the third surface, the fourth surface and the fifth surface is not in contact with the user's skin, and the charging structure 40 is arranged on at least one of the third surface, the fourth surface and the fifth surface that is not in contact with the user's skin, which not only prevents the user's sweat from wetting the charging structure 40 to cause a short circuit, but also prevents dirt on the user's skin from soiling the charging structure 40, resulting in failure to charge or poor contact during charging, thereby prolonging the service life of the earphone, and also avoids the oppression caused by the charging structure 40 to the user, improving the user experience.

[0089] Referring to FIG. 11, based on the first embodiment shown in FIGs. 7-9, a third embodiment of the earphone of the present application is provided.

[0090] In the present embodiment, a magnetic attraction structure is arranged in the battery case, and the magnetic attraction structure is close to the charging structure 40.

[0091] The magnetic attraction structure includes at least one magnetic block 80, the magnetic block 80 is arranged between the first charging connector 50 and the second charging connector 60, and a distance between the first charging connector 50 and the second charging connector 60 is greater than a length of the magnetic block 80.

[0092] During charging, the magnetic attraction structure is attracted to a magnet in an earphone charging case, so that the charging contacts 90 of the first charging connector 50 and the second charging connector 60 are stably corresponding to a charging head in the charging case, which facilitates charging.

[0093] In the present embodiment, the charging contacts 90 of the first charging connector 50 and the second charging connector 60 are provided with metal plating.

[0094] The metal plating has a conductive function, and during charging, the metal plating on the first charging connector 50 and the second charging connector 60 is in contact with the charging head in the charging case, so as to charge the earphone.

[0095] In the present embodiment, the battery part 3 as a whole may be set as a tetrahedral structure or a cylindrical structure, or a structure with an elliptical cross section, or other shapes. The charging structure 40 is arranged at the rear end of the battery part 3 with a tetrahedral structure, a cylindrical structure or a structure with an elliptical cross section and at a position not in contact with the user's ear skin, and when the user wears the earphone, the charging structure 40 is invisible from the front or side of the user, thereby realizing that the short circuit failure caused by the contact of sweat with charging 4 may be avoided, and the aesthetics may also be improved.

[0096] Referring to FIG. 13, based on the first embodiment shown in FIGs. 7-9, a fourth embodiment of the earphone of the present application is provided.

[0097] In the present embodiment, the connecting part 1 is an ear hook, the ear hook includes an ear hook main body, and a metal support piece 100 is arranged in the ear hook main body.

[0098] The ear hook is arc-shaped to fit the user's ear, a connection between one end of the ear hook and the main body part 2 is an earphone support point, and the gravity received by the ear hook from the position of the earphone support point toward the battery part 3 is gradually increased. The earphone support point is a main stress point when the user wears the earphone, the gravity received by the ear hook from the position of the support point toward the battery part 3 is gradually increased, and the whole earphone is worn on the user's ear by gravity, so that the whole earphone may be perfectly fit with the user's ear, thereby avoiding falling, and improving the wearing comfort of the user and the user experience.

[0099] In the present embodiment, the metal support piece 100 is used, which not only enhances the strength of the ear hook and prevents it from bending under gravity, but also facilitates the user to adjust the position of the earphone support point according to actual needs, so as to improve the wearing comfort.

[0100] The metal support piece 100 may be made of nitinol or titanium wire, which is not limited in the present embodiment.

[0101] A flexible circuit board is further arranged in the ear hook, and the flexible circuit board is close to 10.

[0102] The flexible circuit board may be arranged to cover a part of 10 or wrap the whole 10, and the specific matching structure of the flexible circuit board and 10 is not limited in the present embodiment.

[0103] In the present application, by arranging the charging structure on the surface of the battery case that is not in contact with the skin, when the earphone is worn, because the charging structure is not in contact with the user's skin, it is possible to prevent the user's sweat from wetting the charging structure to cause a short circuit, and also prevent dirt on the user's skin from soiling the charging structure, resulting in failure to charge or poor contact during charging, thereby prolonging the service life of the earphone.

[0104] The present application provides an earphone, referring to FIGs. 14-17, a first embodiment of the earphone of the present application includes a connecting part 1, a main body part 2 and a battery part 3, the connecting part 1 connects the main body part 2 and the battery part 3, the main body part 2 includes a first lower shell 201 and a first upper cover 202 bonded to the first lower shell 201, the first lower shell 201 includes a first inner bracket 203 and a first silicone outer covering layer 204 covering an outer periphery of the first inner bracket 203, a first glue dispensing groove 205 is arranged at a top of the first inner bracket 203, a first glue sealing bone position 206 is arranged on an outer side wall of the first glue dispensing groove 205, the first glue sealing bone position 206 is formed by silicone glue sealing, and a top surface of the first glue sealing bone position 206 is higher than a top surface of the first silicone outer covering layer 204.

[0105] The top surface of the first glue sealing bone position 206 is higher than the top surface of the first silicone outer covering layer 204, and when the first silicone outer covering layer 204 is injection molded, the first glue sealing bone position 206 may prevent the silicone oil from flowing into the first glue dispensing groove 205 of the first inner bracket 203, so as to prevent the silicone oil from affecting the bonding effect between the glue in the glue dispensing groove and the earphone upper cover, thereby improving the assembly stability between the earphone upper cover and the first inner bracket 203.

[0106] A step structure is arranged on an outer wall of the first glue sealing bone position 206, a first convex rib 207 is arranged at the top of the first silicone outer covering layer 204 to extend toward the step structure, the first convex rib 207 is located on the step structure, and a top surface of the first convex rib 207 is lower than the top surface of the first glue sealing bone position 206.

[0107] In the present embodiment, the step structure is arranged on the outer wall of the first glue sealing bone position 206, and the first convex rib 207 is located on the step structure, so that the assembly between the first silicone outer covering layer 204 and the first inner bracket 203 may be more stable and reliable, and the top surface of the first convex rib 207 is lower than the top surface of the first glue sealing bone position 206, so that the silicone oil may be further prevented from flowing into the glue dispensing groove to affect the bonding effect between the glue and the earphone upper cover.

[0108] An end of the first upper cover 202 is provided with a clamping groove corresponding to the first glue sealing bone position 206, an outer side wall of the clamping groove abuts against the top surface of the first convex rib 207, and an inner side wall of the clamping groove extends into the first glue dispensing groove 205 and abuts against a bottom surface of the first glue dispensing groove 205, so that not only the combination of the first upper cover 202, the first silicone outer covering layer 204 and the first inner bracket 203 may be more stable and firm, and the silicone oil is prevented from flowing into the glue dispensing groove to affect the bonding effect between the glue and the earphone upper cover, but also a waterproof effect may be achieved, so that water outside the main body part 2 is prevented from entering the first inner bracket 203, thereby prolonging the service life of the earphone.

[0109] As an implementation, in the present embodiment, the first inner bracket 203 is formed by plastic injection molding, and the first glue dispensing groove 205 is integrally formed.

[0110] A side net bracket 208 is arranged on one side of the main body part 2, the side net bracket 208 is embedded in the first silicone outer covering layer 204, and a first speaker front shell 209 is arranged at the bottom of the main body part 2.

[0111] Referring to FIGS. 14, 15, 18 and 19, a second embodiment of the earphone of the present application is provided. In the present embodiment, the battery part 3 includes a second lower shell 301 and a second upper cover 302 bonded to the second lower shell 301, a second speaker front shell 308 is arranged at the bottom of the second lower shell 301, the second lower shell 301 includes a second inner bracket 303 and a second silicone outer covering layer 304 covering an outer periphery of the second inner bracket 303, a second glue dispensing groove 305 is arranged at a top of the second inner bracket 303, a second glue sealing bone position 306 is arranged on an outer side wall of the second glue dispensing groove 305, the second glue sealing bone position 306 is formed by silicone glue sealing, and a top surface of the second glue sealing bone position 306 is higher than a top surface of the second silicone outer covering layer 304.

[0112] The top surface of the second glue sealing bone position 306 is higher than the top surface of the second silicone outer covering layer 304, and when the second silicone outer covering layer 304 is injection molded, the second glue sealing bone position 306 may prevent the silicone oil from flowing into the second glue dispensing groove 305 of the second inner bracket 303, so as to prevent the silicone oil from affecting the bonding effect between the glue in the glue dispensing groove and the earphone upper cover, thereby improving the assembly stability between the earphone upper cover and the second inner bracket 303.

[0113] A step structure is arranged on an outer wall of the second glue sealing bone position 306, a second convex rib 307 is arranged at the top of the second silicone outer covering layer 304 to extend toward the step structure, the second convex rib 307 is located on the step structure, and a top surface of the second convex rib 307 is lower than the top surface of the second glue sealing bone position 306.

[0114] In the present embodiment, the step structure is arranged on the outer wall of the second glue sealing bone position 306, and the second convex rib 307 is located on the step structure, so that the assembly between the second silicone outer covering layer 304 and the second inner bracket 303 may be more stable and reliable, and the top surface of the second convex rib 307 is lower than the top surface of the second glue sealing bone position 306, so that the silicone oil may be further prevented from flowing into the glue dispensing groove to affect the bonding effect between the glue and the earphone upper cover.

[0115] An end of the second upper cover 302 is provided with a clamping groove corresponding to the second glue sealing bone position 306, an outer side wall of the clamping groove abuts against the second convex rib 307, and an inner side wall of the clamping groove extends into the second glue dispensing groove 305 and abuts against a bottom of the second glue dispensing groove 305. In this way, not only the combination of the second upper cover 302, the second silicone outer covering layer 304 and the second inner bracket 303 may be more stable and firm, and the silicone oil is prevented from flowing into the glue dispensing groove to affect the bonding effect between the glue and the earphone upper cover, but also a waterproof effect may be achieved, so that water outside the battery part 3 is prevented from entering the second inner bracket 303, thereby prolonging the service life of the earphone.

[0116] As an implementation, in the present embodiment, a width of the second glue sealing bone position 306 is less than or equal to 1.8 mm, so that the internal space volume of the battery part 3 may be increased to facilitate the assembly of the battery. Certainly, in other embodiments, the width of the second glue sealing bone position 306 may also be set according to actual needs, which is not limited in the present embodiment.

[0117] The beneficial effects of the earphone of the present application are as follows: according to the above technical solutions of the present application, the top surface of the first glue sealing bone position is higher than the top surface of the first silicone outer covering layer, and when the first silicone outer covering layer is injection molded, the first glue sealing bone position may prevent the silicone oil from flowing into the first glue dispensing groove of the first inner bracket, so as to prevent the silicone oil from affecting the bonding effect between the glue in the glue dispensing groove and the earphone upper cover, thereby improving the assembly stability between the earphone upper cover and the first inner bracket.

[0118] The above description is only preferred embodiments of the present application, and is not intended to limit the patent scope of the present application. Under the concept of the present application, equivalent structural transformations made by using the contents of the specification and drawings of the present application, or direct / indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An earphone, comprising: an ear hook, and a main body part arranged at one end of the ear hook, wherein in a wearing state, the main body part is arranged in cooperation with a front side of an ear part, the main body part has a peripheral surface extending from a position close to the front side of the ear part in a direction away from the front side of the ear part, and a control apparatus is arranged on a first peripheral surface of the peripheral surface facing an upper edge of the ear part.

2. The earphone of claim 1, wherein in the wearing state, an included angle α between the first peripheral surface and a horizontal plane of a human body is 30°-45°.

3. The earphone of claim 1, wherein a panel of the control apparatus is arranged to protrude from the first peripheral surface.

4. The earphone of claim 1, wherein a power button is arranged on a surface of the ear hook facing a head or a rear side of the ear part.

5. The earphone of claim 3, wherein the control apparatus comprises a sensor module, and the sensor module comprises a pressure sensor for receiving a pressing gesture and a capacitive touch sensor for receiving a touch gesture.

6. The earphone of claim 5, wherein the touch gesture received by the capacitive touch sensor is a sliding gesture.

7. The earphone of claim 5 or 6, wherein the control apparatus comprises the panel for contacting with a limb of a user, the capacitive touch sensor and the pressure sensor, which are stacked in sequence from outside to inside.

8. The earphone of claim 7, wherein at least three capacitive touch sensors are sequentially arranged along an extending direction of the panel.

9. The earphone of claim 7, wherein a reinforcing metal sheet is stacked between the pressure sensor and the capacitive touch sensor.

10. The earphone of claim 9, wherein a side of the reinforcing metal sheet facing the pressure sensor has a groove, and the groove is arranged to match with an extending direction of the panel.

11. The earphone of any of claims 1-10, wherein the earphone further comprises a connecting part and a battery part, and the connecting part connects the main body part and the battery part; the battery part comprises a battery case, a battery and a charging structure, the battery is arranged in the battery case, and the charging structure is arranged on the battery case; when the earphone is worn, a first surface of the battery case is in contact with an auricle back of skin, a second surface of the battery case is in contact with a scalp close to the auricle back of the skin, and the charging structure is arranged on a surface of the battery case that is not in contact with the skin; the charging structure comprises a first charging connector and a second charging connector that are arranged at a distance from each other, one of the first charging connector and the second charging connector is a positive charging connector, and the other charging connector is a negative charging connector.

12. The earphone of claim 11, wherein the battery case comprises a third surface, a fourth surface and a fifth surface, the third surface is a surface opposite to the first surface in the battery case, the fourth surface is opposite to the second surface, the fifth surface is a lower bottom surface of the battery case, and the charging structure is arranged on at least one selected from a group consisting of the third surface, the fourth surface and the fifth surface.

13. The earphone of claim 11, wherein a clamping groove is arranged on the battery case, and the charging structure is clamped on the clamping groove.

14. The earphone of claim 11, wherein the charging structure is integrally formed with the battery case.

15. The earphone of claim 11, wherein a magnetic attraction structure is arranged in the battery case, and the magnetic attraction structure is close to the charging structure.

16. The earphone of claim 15, wherein the magnetic attraction structure comprises at least one magnetic block, the magnetic block is arranged between the first charging connector and the second charging connector, and a distance between the first charging connector and the second charging connector is greater than a length of the magnetic block.

17. The earphone of claim 11, wherein the charging contacts of the first charging connector and the second charging connector are provided with metal plating.

18. The earphone of claim 11, wherein the battery part as a whole presents a tetrahedral structure, a cylindrical structure, or a structure with an elliptical cross section.

19. The earphone of claim 11, wherein the connecting part is the ear hook, the ear hook comprises an ear hook main body, and a metal support piece is arranged in the ear hook main body.

20. The earphone of claim 19, wherein the metal support piece is made of nitinol or titanium wire.

21. The earphone of claim 20, wherein a flexible circuit board is further arranged in the ear hook, and the flexible circuit board is close to the metal support piece.

22. The earphone of any of claims 11-21, wherein the connecting part connects the main body part and the battery part, the main body part comprises a first lower shell and a first upper cover bonded to the first lower shell, the first lower shell comprises a first inner bracket and a first silicone outer covering layer covering an outer periphery of the first inner bracket, a first glue dispensing groove is arranged at the top of the first inner bracket, a first glue sealing bone position is arranged on an outer side wall of the first glue dispensing groove, and a top surface of the first glue sealing bone position is higher than a top surface of the first silicone outer covering layer.

23. The earphone of claim 22, wherein a step structure is arranged on an outer wall of the first glue sealing bone position, a first convex rib is arranged at the top of the first silicone outer covering layer to extend toward the step structure, the first convex rib is located on the step structure, and a top surface of the first convex rib is lower than the top surface of the first glue sealing bone position.

24. The earphone of claim 23, wherein an end of the first upper cover is provided with a clamping groove corresponding to the first glue sealing bone position, an outer side wall of the clamping groove abuts against a top surface of the first convex rib, and an inner side wall of the clamping groove extends into the first glue dispensing groove and abuts against a bottom surface of the first glue dispensing groove.

25. The earphone of claim 22, wherein the first inner bracket is formed by plastic injection molding.

26. The earphone of claim 22, wherein a side net bracket is arranged on one side of the main body part, and the side net bracket is embedded in the first silicone outer covering layer.

27. The earphone of claim 22, wherein a speaker front shell is arranged at the bottom of the main body part.

28. The earphone of claim 22, wherein the battery part comprises a second lower shell and a second upper cover bonded to the second lower shell, the second lower shell comprises a second inner bracket and a second silicone outer covering layer covering an outer periphery of the second inner bracket, a second glue dispensing groove is arranged at the top of the second inner bracket, a second glue sealing bone position is arranged on an outer side wall of the second glue dispensing groove, and a top surface of the second glue sealing bone position is higher than a top surface of the second silicone outer covering layer.

29. The earphone of claim 28, wherein a step structure is arranged on an outer wall of the second glue sealing bone position, a second convex rib is arranged at the top of the second silicone outer covering layer to extend toward the step structure, the second convex rib is located on the step structure, and a top surface of the second convex rib is lower than the top surface of the second glue sealing bone position.

30. The earphone of claim 29, wherein an end of the second upper cover is provided with a clamping groove corresponding to the second glue sealing bone position, an outer side wall of the clamping groove abuts against the second convex rib, and an inner side wall of the clamping groove extends into the second glue dispensing groove and abuts against the bottom of the second glue dispensing groove.

31. The earphone of claim 28, wherein a width of the second glue sealing bone position is less than or equal to 1.8 mm.

32. An earphone, wherein the earphone comprises a main body part, a connecting part and a battery part, and the connecting part connects the main body part and the battery part; the battery part comprises a battery case, a battery and a charging structure, the battery is arranged in the battery case, and the charging structure is arranged on the battery case; when the earphone is worn, a first surface of the battery case is in contact with an auricle back of skin, a second surface of the battery case is in contact with a scalp close to the auricle back of the skin, and the charging structure is arranged on a surface of the battery case that is not in contact with the skin; the charging structure comprises a first charging connector and a second charging connector that are arranged at a distance from each other, one of the first charging connector and the second charging connector is a positive charging connector, and the other charging connector is a negative charging connector.

33. An earphone, wherein the earphone comprises a main body part, a connecting part and a battery part, the connecting part connects the main body part and the battery part, the main body part comprises a first lower shell and a first upper cover bonded to the first lower shell, the first lower shell comprises a first inner bracket and a first silicone outer covering layer covering an outer periphery of the first inner bracket, a first glue dispensing groove is arranged at a top of the first inner bracket, a first glue sealing bone position is arranged on an outer side wall of the first glue dispensing groove, and a top surface of the first glue sealing bone position is higher than a top surface of the first silicone outer covering layer.

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