CN110012374B - 智能耳塞系统 - Google Patents

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CN110012374B
CN110012374B CN201910015252.4A CN201910015252A CN110012374B CN 110012374 B CN110012374 B CN 110012374B CN 201910015252 A CN201910015252 A CN 201910015252A CN 110012374 B CN110012374 B CN 110012374B
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Abstract

本公开的实施例涉及智能耳塞系统。本教导公开了一种用于包括扬声器、耳塞、电子器件底座和线缆的智能、无线耳塞系统的方法和装置。该耳塞配合到用户的耳道中并且可操作地连接到诸如智能电话之类的智能设备以由用户选择的方式来将声音从智能设备智能地传输到耳塞，诸如举例而言将双耳节拍传输至耳塞以促进睡眠。

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智能耳塞系统
本申请是国际申请号为PCT/US2015/017165、国际申请日为2015年2月23日、国家申请号为201580012891.5、发明名称为“智能耳塞系统”的专利申请的分案申请。
技术领域
本公开的实施例涉及智能耳塞系统。
背景技术
本教导公开了用于与至少一个电子设备通信的耳塞设备的制造的方法、装置、系统和物品。本公开将基本的耳塞的功能拓宽为“智能”耳塞。“智能”意味着所公开的耳塞设备具有先进的计算能力和连接性。本教导公开了被集成在与至少一个电子设备无线通信的耳塞设备中的扬声器、传声器、无线传输模块、电池和处理器。
本教导描述了用户可以如何佩戴着耳塞设备入睡且仍听见闹钟。此外，唤醒用户的闹钟对于其他人不可听见，由此不干扰其他人。本教导公开了闹钟如何在音量上逐渐增大，最终达到将最可能唤醒用户的dB声级。如果用户在预定时间不醒来，耳塞设备触发来自至少一个电子设备的闹钟以作为后备措施响起。耳塞设备还具有至少一个诸如加速度计之类的生物识别(biometric)传感器，其在夜晚追踪用户的运动。这允许追踪用户的睡眠周期并且允许“智能唤醒”功能。该“智能唤醒”功能将在用户处于快速眼动(“REM”)睡眠时防止闹钟响起并且使其更易于唤醒。
相关现有技术的描述
耳塞是针对试图在嘈杂环境中睡觉的人的常见补救办法，但主要的限制在于闹钟不能可靠地使用户醒来。一些人已经尝试解决该问题，但未曾有人为市场带来该概念。这是因为较早的耳塞闹钟缺乏能够给其有利的产品市场契合的主要特征。例如，必须每天对耳塞闹钟充电的麻烦是用于经常使用的主要妨碍。
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图1图示了根据本教导的一个实施例的耳塞装置，其中扬声器、传感器和无线传输模块与至少一个电子设备通信。
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将理解的是，耳塞设备可以以各种设置而被使用。以下所列的并不是详尽清单，但旨在辅助理解该耳塞设备。作为示例，在嘈杂学校环境中必须醒来但不干扰室友的学生可佩戴该耳塞设备。另一示例适用于打盹但必须在他们到达指定的停车区域时醒来的公共交通工具乘客。其他示例是一个在打鼾另一个却必须在某时间醒来的一对；期望监视他们睡眠的人；选择使用智能技术来优化他们睡眠的人；由睡眠问题并且使用双耳/等时/单耳节拍来帮助他们入睡的人；在安静的地点打盹并且不想让他们的闹钟干扰别人的人(例如，在图书馆学习的学生)。耳塞设备还可以利用在智能电话平台中可用的附加技术。例如，耳塞设备可以使用智能电话的GPS来追踪用户何时靠近一地点并且相应地响起闹钟。
耳塞设备还通过播放导致节拍形成在用户的头中的在每个耳朵中略微不同的频率而实施双耳节拍的使用。这导致“脑周期调节(brain entrainment)”——脑的工作频率借此将其本身与形成的双耳节拍对齐的过程。清醒做梦的群体重视双耳节拍以帮助他们实现适当的精神状态。清醒做梦的群体可能发现佩戴耳塞设备是有用的，因为其可触发在深度REM周期期间的轻柔闹钟；这被完成以使得用户在其梦境以内被提示她正在做梦。脑周期调节有助于致使睡眠。脑周期调节还可以与耳塞设备使用以刺激其他期望的脑状态，诸如专注和警觉。耳塞设备还可以利用接收信号强度指示器(“RSSI”)接近度感应来允许追踪耳塞设备(如果错位)。RSSI测量在接收到的无线电信号中出现的功率。
本公开克服了由于在佩戴耳塞时不能听见例如闹钟的某些声音的无数限制。本公开具有附加功能。以下实施例被提供以有助于理解耳塞设备的其他功能并且不表示详尽清单。在一个实施例中，耳塞设备可以设定iOS应用来发送提示而不是闹钟。“iOS”是先前已知为iPhone操作系统的移动操作系统。用户可以从联络人列表中选择以在某些人来电时使得耳塞设备向她发送提示。在一个实施例中，耳塞设备可以连接到其他设备，诸如婴儿监视器。婴儿监视器可以触发闹钟以警示母亲她婴儿的需要。在一个实施例中，耳塞设备包括用于允许易于在吵闹环境中听见电话通话的应用的耳骨麦克风。例如，建筑工人可在吵闹环境中使用耳塞设备。耳塞的降噪部分使得用户清楚地听见会话，而耳骨传导部分允许用户的话音清楚地穿过。在一个实施例中，耳塞设备可以将音乐串流到扬声器，其可以被设定以在夜晚以预定量的时间播放预设播放列表。
本教导公开了用户可以如何欣赏噪声遮蔽耳塞的益处而同时利用由扬声器和传感器使能的功能。本教导描述了如何制作及使用在现有技术中现在不存在的高技术耳塞设备。
现在大体上参照图1，其公开了耳塞装置100的一个实施例。耳塞装置100通常包括扬声器103、耳塞105、电子器件底座107、线缆109、传感器111、无线传输模块113、电池115、处理器117、可替换泡沫耳塞119、加速度计121和至少一个电子设备123。
用线缆109将扬声器103连接到电子器件底座107可以使得扬声器103易于从电子器件底座107脱离。在一个实施例中，线缆109可以是螺纹电缆。扬声器103从电子器件底座107的简单脱离是有用的，因为耳塞105可以被容易地替换。当扬声器103从电子器件底座107移除时，耳塞105可以滑落扬声器103的接线，用新的替换，并且随后放回电子器件底座107上。
扬声器103可以用各种不同技术设计。在一个实施例中，耳塞设备可以利用压电致动器，其是将电脉冲转换为机械振动的设备。在一个实施例中，耳塞设备可以使用平衡的电枢，其是增大电效率的声换能器设计。在一个实施例中，耳塞设备可以使用平衡的电枢，其是增大电效率的声换能器设计。压电传感器和/或平衡电枢可以被用来处理紧空间限制并且最小化能量消耗。在一个实施例中，扬声器103可以由各种不同的技术设计，诸如但不限制为电磁学(electromagnetics)或热声学(thermo-acoustics)。在一个实施例中，扬声器103可以用作蜂鸣器，并且可以振动而不是产生声音。
扬声器103被定位为尽可能深入耳道以进一步最小化能量消耗。线缆109从扬声器103穿过耳塞105并且直至电子器件底座107。这允许出于卫生目的而用可替换泡沫耳塞119替换实际耳塞部件。
用于降噪的标准泡沫耳塞通常被卷起以配合到耳道中。在一个实施例中，可以使用具有线缆109穿过的小的轴向孔的定制泡沫(聚氨酯)耳塞105。定制泡沫(聚氨酯)耳塞105最小化穿过耳塞进入耳道的噪声以便于实现更高的降噪等级(“NRR”)。NRR是确定用来减小在环境中的声音暴露的听力保护设备的有效性的测量单位。更高的NRR指示用于降噪的更大潜力。在另一实施例中，硅胶耳塞可以用于更大的耐用性。
电子器件底座107由壳体包括。在一个实施例中，该壳体可以由光滑的塑料制出以阻止耳塞抓住边缘并被拉出耳朵的趋势。该壳体是符合人体工程学设计的以在外耳上平均地分布任何负载。
传感器111、无线传输模块113、处理器117和电池115一起被带到置于电子器件底座107的壳体内部的中央印刷电路板上。在一个实施例中，壳体可以具有连接到轴向插口的螺纹孔，扬声器103通过该轴向插口连接到电子元件。在一个实施例中，扬声器接线可以具有某长度以使得其可以贯穿通过耳塞的长度。
在一个实施例中，耳塞设备利用蓝牙低能量(“BLE”)作为无线传输模块113以最小化能量消耗。随BLE技术的出现，存在想象的“智能”设备不断增长的趋势，使得基本物体具有附加的功能。BLE技术在相似的通信范围内使用更少的功率消耗。这意味着虽然相似的耳塞设备设计需要每晚充电，该耳塞设备的用户不必如此做。无线信号的ping(查验)率应当非常低以保存能量，因为在闹钟上的一秒延迟对于闹钟功能是无关紧要的。“Ping”是包网络和互联网络探测程序(Packet Internet or Inter-Network Groper)的首字母缩写。该ping率是用于系统讲话至服务器的响应时间。本教导公开了较低的ping率比较高的ping率更好，因为其导致显著的能量节约。
在一个实施例中，由于高内阻和低最大电流值，电池115可以是传统的纽扣单元电池。使用传统的纽扣单元电池利用了BLE的低电流需求，这允许延长单个电池的使用。
处理器117可以被集成到具有无线传输模块113的片上系统方案包中。在一个实施例中，简单的微控制器可以从无线传输模块113接收信号并且输出对应的电气信号。
在一个实施例中，用于获取生物识别数据的传感器111可以为加速度计121、温度传感器或光传感器的形式。人的移动、温度和心率通过不同的睡眠阶段而可预见地变化。传感器111使移动-温度数据相关以分析及预测用户何时在睡觉的某阶段。该信息将以生物钟的形式被使用，其中用户将在预定时间帧、当他们在睡眠的较浅阶段时被唤醒。
如以上指出的，在一个实施例中，加速度计121用作传感器111之一。加速度计121是测量加速度的设备。加速度计121在睡眠期间追踪头部移动以监视用户的REM周期并在睡眠的较浅阶段期间将他唤醒。如果人们在REM睡眠期间被唤醒，他们醒来感觉无力。使用加速度计121防止在用户的REM周期期间唤醒他。
该最少一个电子设备123是具有先进的计算和无线连接能力的任何设备，如智能电话。
本领域的技术人员将理解的是，本教导可以利用其他系统配置被实施，包括手持式设备、多处理器系统、基于微处理器的或可编程的消费电子产品、网络PC的、小型计算机、大型计算机等。本教导也可在分布式计算环境中实践，在其中任务由通过通信网络链接的远程处理设备执行。在分布式计算环境中，程序模块可以位于本地和远程存储器储存设备两者中。
本文以上描述的计算机可以使用到一个或多个远程计算机的逻辑连接在网络环境中操作。这些逻辑连接可以使用耦合到或作为计算机的一部分的通信设备而被实现；本教导并不限于特定类型的通信设备。远程计算机可以是另一计算机、服务器、路由器、网络PC、客户机、对等设备或其他公共网络节点，并且通常包括相对于计算机的上述许多或所有元件。逻辑连接包括局域网(LAN)和广域网(WAN)。这样的网络环境在所有类型的网络的办公网络、企业级计算机网络、内部网和因特网中是常见的。
当在局域网网络环境中使用时，计算机通过作为通信设备的一种类型的网络接口或适配器被连接到本地网络。当在广域网网络环境中使用时，计算机通常包括作为通信设备的一种类型的调制解调器，或任何其他类型的通信设备以用于建立在诸如互联网之类的广域网络上的通信。
前面的描述图示了与至少一个电子设备通信的耳塞设备的多个方面的示例性实施方式以及新颖特征。可替代实施方式被建议，但列举本教导的所有可替代实施方式是不实际的。因此，本公开的范围应当仅参考所附的权利要求书而被确定，并且不应由以上说明书中阐述的特征而被限定，除非到所附权利要求书中记载的这种限制的程度。
尽管以上说明书指出了如应用于各种实施例的本公开的新颖特征，本领域技术人员将理解以阐述的本教导的形式和细节的各种省略、替换、置换和在形式和变化可以被做出而不偏离本教导的范围。
如上所述的元件和替代品的每个实际且新颖的组合以及这样的元件的等价物的每种实际组合被考虑作为本教导的实施例。因为有更多的元件组合被考虑作为可以在本文中合理地明确列举的本教导的实施例，本教导的范围由所附权利要求而不是由前面的描述适当限定。各个权利要求元素的等同范围和含义内的所有变化都包括在对应权利要求的范围内。下述各权利要求的目的是涵盖在与这种权利要求的字面语言仅非实质性上不同的任何装置或方法，只要这种装置或方法事实上不是现有技术的实施例。为此，每一个权利要求中的每个所述元件应尽可能广泛解释，而且应该被理解为尽可能包括任何等同于这样的元素而不包含现有技术。此外，就术语“包含”在具体实施方式或权利要求书中使用的程度来说，此术语旨在以类似于术语“包括”的方式是包含性的。

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1.一种耳机，包括：
降噪耳塞，具有第一端和第二端；
电子器件底座，位于所述耳塞的所述第一端处，并且包括处理器、无线通信模块、电池和传感器，所述处理器、所述无线通信模块、所述电池和所述传感器被连接在一起；以及
扬声器，位于所述耳塞的所述第二端处，并且利用线缆连接到所述电子器件底座；其中
当所述耳机位于用户的耳朵中时：
所述扬声器被定位为深入所述用户的耳道内，
所述耳塞被成形以配合到所述用户的所述耳道内以用于降噪，
所述电子器件底座位于所述用户的外耳处，
所述传感器检测指示所述用户的睡眠状态的数据并且向所述处理器提供该数据，并且
所述处理器被配置为指示所述扬声器基于所述传感器的数据而向所述用户提供声音，其中所述处理器被配置为当所述传感器的数据指示所述用户处于REM睡眠中时，致使所述扬声器提供声音，使得所述用户在梦境中被提示该用户正在做梦，
所述耳机被配置为基于由所述传感器检测到的所述数据而在睡眠的较浅阶段期间使闹钟响起以唤醒所述用户，并防止所述闹钟在所述用户处于REM睡眠时响起。
2.根据权利要求1所述的耳机，其中所述传感器包括加速度计，并且所述用户处于REM睡眠的确定系基于由所述加速度计检测到的所述用户的头部的移动。
3.根据权利要求1所述的耳机，其中所述传感器包括移动传感器、温度传感器和心率传感器中的一项或多项。
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