Granted Patent B2

US 12,302,059 · App. 17/949,017 · Granted May 13, 2025

Inventor: Takeshi Takahashi (Fukuoka, JP)

Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

H04R1/28H04R3/005H04R29/00H04R2499/10

Abstract

Claims (39)

1. A measurement system comprising:

earphones configured to be worn on left and right ears of a user respectively, and the earphones include speakers configured to play music signals; and

a wireless terminal, wherein

the earphones measure and accumulate usage time during which the earphones are used by a user, and transmit accumulated usage time to the wireless terminal,

the wireless terminal acquires the accumulated usage time from the earphones, determines whether the accumulated usage time exceeds predetermined time, and generates a notification for urging the user to clean the earphones when it is determined that the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time, and

the accumulated usage time of the earphones includes time during which the music signals are played from the speakers.

2. The measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the speakers configured to output audio signals during a call, and

the accumulated usage time of the earphones is total time of the time during which the music signals are played from the speakers and time during which the audio signals are output from the speakers during the call.

3. The measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the earphones include wearing sensors configured to detect whether the earphones are worn on ears of the user, and

the usage time of the earphones includes time during which the wearing sensors detect that the earphones are worn on the ears of the user.

4. The measurement system, wherein

the wireless terminal includes a display unit,

the notification is a screen including a message for urging the user to clean the earphones, and

the wireless terminal displays the screen on the display unit.

5. The measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the notification is an audio signal for urging the user to clean the earphones.

6. A measurement system, comprising:

earphones configured to be worn on left and right ears of a user respectively; and

a wireless terminal, wherein

the earphones measure and accumulate usage time during which the earphones are used by a user, and transmit accumulated usage time to the wireless terminal,

the wireless terminal acquires the accumulated usage time from the earphones, determines whether the accumulated usage time exceeds predetermined time, and generates a notification for urging the user to clean the earphones when it is determined that the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time, and

the wireless terminal repeatedly determines whether the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time after generating the notification, and generates the notification each time it is determined that the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time.

7. A measurement system, comprising:

earphones configured to be worn on left and right ears of a user respectively; and

a wireless terminal, the wireless terminal includes a display unit, wherein

the earphones measure and accumulate usage time during which the earphones are used by a user, and transmit accumulated usage time to the wireless terminal,

the wireless terminal acquires the accumulated usage time from the earphones, determines whether the accumulated usage time exceeds predetermined time, and generates a notification for urging the user to clean the earphones when it is determined that the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time, the notification is a screen including a message for urging the user to clean the earphones,

the screen further includes a cleaning execution button pressed in a case that a cleaning of the earphones is executed, and

the wireless terminal displays the screen on the display unit.

8. The measurement system according to claim 7 , wherein the earphones set the accumulated usage time to zero when the earphones acquire a signal indicating that a press of the cleaning execution button by the user is detected from the wireless terminal.

9. The measurement system according to claim 7 , wherein the screen further includes a confirmation button indicating that the cleaning of the earphones is not executed now, and when the wireless terminal detects that the confirmation button is pressed by the user, the wireless terminal sets a timer for designating a timing of generating the notification.

10. A measurement method for controlling earphones worn on left and right ears of a user respectively and a wireless terminal, the method comprising:

by the earphones, measuring and accumulating usage time during which the earphones are used by a user, and transmitting accumulated usage time to the wireless terminal, the earphones include speakers configured to play music signals; and

by the wireless terminal, acquiring the accumulated usage time from the earphones, determining whether the accumulated usage time exceeds predetermined time, and generating a notification for urging the user to clean the earphones when it is determined that the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time, and the accumulated usage time of the earphones includes time during which the music signals are played from the speakers.

11. A measurement method for controlling earphones worn on left and right ears of a user respectively and a wireless terminal, the method comprising:

by the earphones, measuring and accumulating usage time during which the earphones are used by a user, and transmitting accumulated usage time to the wireless terminal; and

by the wireless terminal, acquiring the accumulated usage time from the earphones, determining whether the accumulated usage time exceeds predetermined time, and generating a notification for urging the user to clean the earphones when it is determined that the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time, and wherein

the wireless terminal repeatedly determines whether the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time after generating the notification, and generates the notification each time it is determined that the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time.

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