Wireless Earphone Feedback Control via Wearing State Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless receivers, such as Bluetooth earphones, primarily serve to output audio data from mobile terminals and lack features to enhance user convenience, particularly in terms of feedback and output intensity control based on the user's wearing state.
Innovation Solution
A wireless receiver system that includes a sensing unit to detect whether the user is wearing it, a short-range communication unit for communication with the mobile terminal, and a controller to output feedback, such as vibration or audio, in response to events on the mobile terminal, with adjustable intensity based on the wearing state.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a wireless receiver is used to output audio data, then wireless convenience is improved, but the receiver lacks feedback functionality for event notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless receiver is designed to perform multiple functions: it not only outputs audio data from mobile terminals but also receives event occurrence notification information and outputs corresponding feedback. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by maintaining wireless convenience while adding feedback capability for events such as incoming calls, messages, and alarms.
2Loss of information
If feedback output intensity is increased for better notification, then event visibility is improved, but user comfort deteriorates when not properly worn
Solution Approach 1:
The sensing unit provides feedback information about the wireless receiver's wearing state to the controller. Based on this feedback, the controller dynamically adjusts the output intensity of feedback for event notifications. When the receiver is properly worn, higher intensity feedback is output for better event visibility; when not properly worn, the intensity is reduced to maintain user comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The output intensity of feedback is made dynamic rather than fixed. The controller continuously monitors the wearing state through the sensing unit and adjusts the feedback intensity in real-time based on this state, allowing the system to adapt between high visibility and comfort modes as needed.
3Loss of information
If the wireless receiver outputs feedback for all events, then user awareness is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of outputting feedback for all possible events, the system uses the sensing unit to detect the wearing state and only outputs feedback when the receiver is properly worn. This partial action approach ensures user awareness for relevant events while avoiding unnecessary energy consumption from continuous or inappropriate feedback output.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a wireless receiver and control method thereof capable of outputting a notification of an event that has occurred in a mobile terminal. To this end, a wireless receiver may comprise: an earphone; a sensing unit for detecting whether a user is wearing a wireless receiver; a short-range communication unit for communicating with a mobile terminal; and a control unit for, when an event has occurred in the mobile terminal and event occurrence notification information is received from the mobile terminal, controlling to output a feedback in response to the reception of the event occurrence notification information.