Force-activated earphone

An earphone includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positio...

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Hauptverfasser:	Twehues, Brian R, Campiotti, Kyle J, Songatikamas, Teera, Owens, Travis N, Li, Aonan, Harjee, Nahid
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DEAF-AID SETS ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS PHYSICS PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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Zusammenfassung:	An earphone includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positioned between the flexible circuit and the conductive object operable to allow the flexible circuit to move with respect to the stem; a force sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit; and a controller operable to determine an input to the earphone using a change in capacitance detected using the force sensor electrode, the change in capacitance corresponding to a non-binary amount of a force applied to the input surface. In some examples, the earphone further includes a touch sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit.