CN105282642A - Headphone and sound channel control method thereof - Google Patents

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CN105282642A
CN105282642A CN201410355203.2A CN201410355203A CN105282642A CN 105282642 A CN105282642 A CN 105282642A CN 201410355203 A CN201410355203 A CN 201410355203A CN 105282642 A CN105282642 A CN 105282642A
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The invention discloses a headphone. The headphone comprises a loudspeaker, an audio processor, a sensor and a controller. The audio processor provides a left sound channel signal and a right sound channel signal according to a stereo signal. The sensor senses a moving path of the headphone. The controller selectively provides one of the left and right sound channel signals to the loudspeaker according to the moving path. The headphone disclosed in the invention can automatically select a sound channel.

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Earphone and sound channel control method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of earphone, particularly about a kind of earphone automatically selecting sound channel.
Background technology
Now, the size of portable type electronic product is more and more less, and can provide increasing function.Owing to having convenience, user likes using portable type electronic product listen to the music or watch film.Generally speaking, when performing the broadcasting of multimedia application, user can use the built-in loud speaker of portable type electronic product or wear the sound that earphone plays to listen to application program.
At present, the design of Headphone device is left and right acoustic channels is designed on same device, to reach stereophonic effect.It is L channel/right-channel ear that user need pick out whichever by word on Headphone device (L/R) or color.
Therefore, need a kind of earphone automatically selecting sound channel, make user directly can wear earphone, need not judge the loud speaker of this earphone is as which sound channel.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of earphone.Above-mentioned earphone comprises one first loud speaker, an audio process, a sensor and a controller.Above-mentioned audio process provides a left channel signals and a right-channel signals according to a stereophonic signal.Above-mentioned sensor senses a mobile route of above-mentioned earphone.Above-mentioned controller optionally provides one of above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals to above-mentioned first loud speaker according to above-mentioned mobile route.
Moreover, the invention provides a kind of sound channel control method, be applicable to an earphone.According to a stereophonic signal, provide a left channel signals and a right-channel signals.Sense a mobile route of above-mentioned earphone.According to above-mentioned mobile route, optionally provide one first loud speaker to above-mentioned earphone of above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals.
Earphone provided by the invention can select sound channel automatically.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the multimedia play system of display according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the earphone of display according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that the user of display according to one embodiment of the invention wears the earphone of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram that the user of display according to another embodiment of the present invention wears the earphone of Fig. 2; And
Fig. 5 is the sound channel control method of display according to one embodiment of the invention, is applicable to an earphone.
Wherein, description of reference numerals is as follows:
10 ~ portable electron device;
20,200 ~ earphone;
100 ~ multimedia play system;
210 ~ antenna;
220 ~ wireless module;
230 ~ audio process
240 ~ switch unit;
250 ~ controller;
260 ~ sensor;
270,280 ~ loud speaker;
Ch_A, Ch_B ~ audio signal;
Ch_L ~ left channel signals;
Ch_R ~ right-channel signals;
Saudio ~ stereophonic signal;
S510-S530 ~ method; And
SW ~ control signal.
Embodiment
For above and other object of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, cited below particularly go out preferred embodiment, and coordinate appended accompanying drawing, be described in detail below:
Fig. 1 is the multimedia play system 100 of display according to one embodiment of the invention.Multimedia play system 100 comprises portable electron device 10 and ear-shield type (Circumaural) earphone 20.When portable electron device 10 executive utility (such as multimedia application), the stereophonic signal Saudio that this application program can provide via wired mode or wireless mode by portable electron device 10 is sent to earphone 20.Then, according to stereophonic signal Saudio, earphone 20 can produce left channel signals Ch_L and right-channel signals Ch_R.Side by side, wear the behavior (i.e. the mobile route of earphone 20) of earphone 20 by detecting user, earphone 20 automatically can tell the left and right ear of user, and the loud speaker providing correct sound channel extremely corresponding, to play.Therefore, by using earphone to detect the behavior of user, automatically can judge that the sound channel setting of earphone is the need of adjustment, to provide correct sound channel signal to the left and right ear of user.
Fig. 2 is the earphone 200 of display according to one embodiment of the invention.Earphone 200 comprises antenna 210, wireless module 220, audio process 230, switch unit 240, controller 250, sensor 260, loud speaker 270 and loud speaker 280.Controller 250 can control wireless module 220 and carry out wireless connections, to receive the stereophonic signal Saudio from this wireless device with antenna 210 and a wireless device (portable electron device 10 of such as Fig. 1).In one embodiment, earphone 200 obtains stereophonic signal Saudio by transmission line (such as sound source wire).Then, according to stereophonic signal Saudio, controller 250 can control audio process 230 to produce left channel signals Ch_L and right-channel signals Ch_R, and is sent to switch unit 240.In one embodiment, audio process 230 is codec (CODEC).In addition, when user take earphone 20 and for wearing earphone 20 time, sensor 260 can detect moving direction and the displacement of earphone, to provide the information with mobile route Spath to controller 250.In this embodiment, sensor 260 can be gravity sensor (GravitySensor), gyroscope (Gyroscope) or electronic compass (E-Compass).So controller 250 can judge the relative position of user and loud speaker 270 and loud speaker 280 according to mobile route Spath.In other words, controller 250 can decide loud speaker 270 and whichever in loud speaker 280 close to the left ear of user and the whichever auris dextra close to user according to mobile route Spath.Then, controller 250 can provide control signal SW to switch unit 240, so that according to left channel signals Ch_L and right-channel signals Ch_R, produces tendency to develop and delivers to the audio signal Ch_B that loud speaker 280 is delivered in the audio signal Ch_A of loud speaker 270 and tendency to develop.For example, when determine loud speaker 270 near the left ear of user and loud speaker 280 when the auris dextra of user, controller 250 can provide control signal SW to switch unit 240.So corresponding to control signal SW, switch unit 240 can assign left channel signals Ch_L to be used as audio signal Ch_A, and assigns right-channel signals Ch_R to be used as audio signal Ch_B.On the contrary, when determine loud speaker 270 near the auris dextra of user and loud speaker 280 when the left ear of user, controller 250 can provide switching signal SW to switch unit 240.So corresponding to control signal SW, switch unit 240 can assign left channel signals Ch_L to be used as audio signal Ch_B, and assigns right-channel signals Ch_R to be used as audio signal Ch_A.In one embodiment, earphone 20 can be supra-aural single head-receiver or the ear type single head-receiver only with single loud speaker, such as only comprise loud speaker 270, and controller 250 can provide correct sound channel signal to this single loud speaker according to mobile route Spath.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that the user of display according to one embodiment of the invention wears the earphone 200 of Fig. 2.Simultaneously with reference to figure 2 and Fig. 3, before user takes earphone 200, sensor 260 can obtain the three-dimensional data TD1 of earphone 200 at primary importance (as shown in label 310), and wherein three-dimensional data TD1 comprises the axle center information of the X-axis of earphone 200, Y-axis and Z axis.Then, user can take earphone 200 sequentially wearing to (as shown in label 340) on head through the second place (as shown in label 320) and the 3rd position (as shown in label 330).In addition, sensor 260 also can obtain the three-dimensional data TD2 corresponding to the second place, the three-dimensional data TD3 corresponding to the 3rd position respectively and complete the three-dimensional data TD4 worn.So sensor 260 can provide mobile route Spath to controller 250 according to three-dimensional data TD1-TD4.Therefore, when the movement of earphone 200 tends towards stability, controller 250 just can determine earphone 200 and wear, and can determine user according to mobile route Spath and to be taken earphone 200 wearing by right side.Then, controller 250 can provide control signal SW to switch unit 240, to assign right-channel signals Ch_R to be used as audio signal Ch_A and to assign left channel signals Ch_L to be used as audio signal Ch_B.So the auris dextra of user can listen to right-channel signals Ch_R via loud speaker 270, and the left ear of user can listen to left channel signals Ch_L via loud speaker 280.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram that the user of display according to one embodiment of the invention wears the earphone 200 of Fig. 2.Simultaneously with reference to figure 2 and Fig. 4, before user takes earphone 200, sensor 260 can obtain the three-dimensional data TD1 of earphone 200 at primary importance (as shown in label 410), and wherein three-dimensional data TD1 comprises the axle center information of the X-axis of earphone 200, Y-axis and Z axis.Then, user can take earphone 200 sequentially wearing to (as shown in label 440) on head through the second place (as shown in label 420) and the 3rd position (as shown in label 430).In addition, sensor 260 also can obtain the three-dimensional data TD2 corresponding to the second place, the three-dimensional data TD3 corresponding to the 3rd position respectively and complete the three-dimensional data TD4 worn.So sensor 260 can provide mobile route Spath to controller 250 according to three-dimensional data TD1-TD4.Therefore, when the movement of earphone 200 tends towards stability, controller 250 just can determine earphone 200 and wear, and can determine user according to mobile route Spath and to be taken earphone 200 wearing by left side, and assigns correct sound channel signal to loud speaker 270 and loud speaker 280.
As described previously, the controller 250 of Fig. 2 can obtain moving direction and the displacement of mobile phone 200 according to the mobile route Spath of mobile phone 200.Therefore, under specific circumstances, controller 250 can maintain the earlier set of control signal SW, and can not again provide control signal SW to switch unit 240.For example, when user is by when the earphone worn that hangs on neck is to head, the distance of earphone movement is shorter compared with ordinary circumstance (on namely from neck to head).Therefore, if controller 250 judges that the displacement of mobile phone 200 is less than specific range, then the setting of control signal SW can be maintained.In addition, if the first user helps the second user to put on earphone during from rear, such as adult from the beginning on take off earphone and by earphone worn to the head of children time, controller 250 can detect the moving direction of earphone down.Therefore, if when controller 250 judges that the moving direction of mobile phone 200 is specific directions, then the setting of control signal SW can be maintained.Moreover, if earphone is circumaural earphone, then also sensor can be set on each earmuff, detect the folding angle of corresponding earmuff further, to judge that whether in wearing carries out (opening degree is large) or in using (opening degree is little) this earmuff.So, the operation behavior of user can be judged.
Fig. 5 is the sound channel control method of display according to one embodiment of the invention, is applicable to an earphone.Simultaneously with reference to figure 1 and Fig. 5, first, in step S510, earphone 20 can in a wired fashion or wireless mode receive stereophonic signal Saudio from portable electron device 10, and provide left channel signals Ch_L and right-channel signals Ch_R according to stereophonic signal Saudio.Then, in step S520, by sensor, can obtain the mobile route Spath of earphone 20, to judge each loud speaker of earphone 20 and the relative position of user, namely loud speaker is left ear close to user or auris dextra.In addition, as described previously, according to the moving direction in mobile route Spath and displacement, original sound channel setting of earphone 20 can be maintained.Then, in step S530, according to mobile route Spath, optionally left channel signals Ch_L and right-channel signals Ch_R is provided to corresponding loud speaker, to play.
Although the present invention with preferred embodiment openly as above; so itself and be not used to limit the present invention, any those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when doing a little change and retouching, therefore protection scope of the present invention is when being as the criterion of defining depending on appended claim.

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1. an earphone, comprising:
One first loud speaker;
One audio process, in order to provide a left channel signals and a right-channel signals according to a stereophonic signal;
One sensor, in order to sense a mobile route of above-mentioned earphone; And
One controller, in order to optionally to provide one of above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals to above-mentioned first loud speaker according to above-mentioned mobile route.
2. earphone as claimed in claim 1, also comprises:
One second loud speaker; And
One switch unit, be coupled to above-mentioned first loud speaker, above-mentioned second loud speaker, above-mentioned controller and above-mentioned audio process, in order to provide this of above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals according to the switching signal from above-mentioned controller to above-mentioned first loud speaker, and another providing above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals is to above-mentioned second loud speaker
Wherein above-mentioned controller produces above-mentioned switching signal according to above-mentioned mobile route.
3. earphone as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned sensor is a gravity sensor, a gyroscope or an electronic compass, and above-mentioned mobile route comprises a moving direction and a displacement of above-mentioned earphone.
4. earphone as claimed in claim 3, wherein when above-mentioned moving direction is a specific direction or above-mentioned displacement is less than a specific range, above-mentioned controller continues to provide this of above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals to above-mentioned first loud speaker.
5. earphone as claimed in claim 1, also comprises:
One wireless module, in order to receive the above-mentioned stereophonic signal from a wireless device, and provides above-mentioned stereophonic signal to above-mentioned audio process.
6. earphone as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned earphone is a circumaural earphone, and above-mentioned first loud speaker is the earmuff being arranged on above-mentioned circumaural earphone, and above-mentioned sensor more detects the folding angle of above-mentioned earmuff to judge whether user wears above-mentioned circumaural earphone.
7. a sound channel control method, is applicable to an earphone, comprises:
According to a stereophonic signal, provide a left channel signals and a right-channel signals;
Sense a mobile route of above-mentioned earphone; And
According to above-mentioned mobile route, optionally provide the one of above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals to one first loud speaker of above-mentioned earphone.
8. sound channel control method as claimed in claim 7, also comprises:
According to above-mentioned mobile route, provide another one second loud speaker to above-mentioned earphone of above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals.
9. sound channel control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein above-mentioned earphone comprises a gravity sensor, a gyroscope or an electronic compass, in order to sense the above-mentioned mobile route of above-mentioned earphone, and above-mentioned mobile route comprises a moving direction and a displacement of above-mentioned earphone.
10. sound channel control method as claimed in claim 9, also comprises:
When above-mentioned moving direction is a specific direction or above-mentioned displacement is less than a specific range, continue to provide this of above-mentioned left channel signals and above-mentioned right-channel signals to above-mentioned first loud speaker.
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