IP Library Granted Patent US 10,506,319
Granted Patent B2
US 10,506,319 · App. 15/628,845 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Audio electronic device and an operating method thereof

Inventors: Wen-Ching Chang (New Taipei, TW); Tung-Yueh Shen (New Taipei, TW)
Assignees: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.
H04R1/1016H04R1/023H04R1/1066H04R1/1075H04R1/1083H04R2201/029H04R2420/07H04R2460/07
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Patent No.
US 10,506,319
App. No.
15/628,845
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio electronic device including a front structure and a rear structure is provided. The front structure includes an embedded body and a speaker, wherein the speaker is connected to the embedded body, and the embedded body is inserted in an ear. The rear structure is connected to the front structure and includes a processor, a receiver, and a power supply, wherein the processor is electrically connected to the speaker and processes an audio signal according to the judgment signal, and the receiver is used for receiving a judgment signal.

Claims (28)

1. An audio electronic device, comprising:

a front structure, comprising an embedded body and a speaker, wherein the speaker is connected to the embedded body, and the embedded body is inserted in an ear;

a rear structure connected to the front structure, wherein the rear structure comprises:

a processor electrically connected to the speaker;

a receiver used for receiving a judgment signal, wherein the processor processes an audio signal according to the judgment signal; and

a power supply;

wherein the receiver is electrically coupled to a pressure sensor, and the judgment signal comprises an environmental signal, the environmental signal represents a pressure, and if the pressure is greater than 1 atm, then the speaker is switched to a mute mode, if the pressure is not greater than 1 atm, then the speaker is switched to a loudspeaker mode, and in the mute mode, the processor switches off the audio signal from being transmitted to the speaker;

wherein a time duration for which the receiver detects the pressure is a first default time, if the pressure is equivalent to or less than 1 atm, then a time duration for which the receiver detects the pressure is a second default time, and the first default time is smaller than the second default time.

2. The audio electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises a conversion circuit for switching a mode of the speaker according to the judgment signal.

3. The audio electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the rear structure further comprises a microphone used for receiving the audio signal.

4. The audio electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises:

a wireless charging circuit;

a control logic circuit; and

an integrated circuit board.

5. The audio electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the front structure and the rear structure are wrapped by a waterproof material, and the waterproof material further comprises a microporous structure.

6. An operating method of an audio electronic device, comprising:

receiving a judgment signal by a receiver;

receiving an audio signal by a microphone; and

processing the audio signal by a processor according to the judgment signal to determine a mode under which the audio signal is transmitted to a speaker;

wherein the judgment signal comprises an environmental signal, the environmental signal represents a pressure, and if the pressure is greater than 1 atm, then the speaker is switched to a mute mode, if the pressure is not greater than 1 atm, then the speaker is switched to a loudspeaker mode, and in the mute mode, the processor switches off the audio signal from being transmitted to the speaker;

wherein a time duration for which the receiver detects the pressure is a first default time, if the pressure is equivalent to or less than 1 atm, then a time duration for which the receiver detects the pressure is a second default time, and the first default time is smaller than the second default time.

7. An operating method of an audio electronic device, comprising:

receiving a judgment signal by a receiver; and

determining a mode under which an audio signal is transmitted to a speaker by a processor according to the judgment signal;

wherein the judgment signal comprises an environmental signal, the environmental signal represents a pressure, and if the pressure is greater than 1 atm, then the speaker is switched to a mute mode, if the pressure is not greater than 1 atm, then the speaker is switched to a loudspeaker mode, and in the mute mode, the processor switches off the audio signal from being transmitted to the speaker;

wherein a time duration for which the receiver detects the pressure is a first default time, if the pressure is equivalent to or less than 1 atm, then a time duration for which the receiver detects the pressure is a second default time, and the first default time is smaller than the second default time.

8. The operating method of an audio electronic device according to claim 7 , further comprises:

receiving the judgment signal from an intelligent terminal or a cloud by the receiver.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2026
From: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.
To: INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.
Reel/Frame 075776/0452 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2017
From: CHANG, WEN-CHING; SHEN, TUNG-YUEH
To: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.
Reel/Frame 042766/0420 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0233008 · Apr 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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