DE102021001643A1 - Headphones and/or headphone element comprising a customizable essentially planar surface - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an in-ear headphone and/or in-ear headphone element
• at least one ear capsule element with a first diameter, and
• at least one connecting part with a second diameter, wherein said first and second diameters can vary from each other or can be the same, preferably the second diameter is larger than the first diameter; whereby
the connecting part comprises an essentially planar surface that can be customized, which in turn has at least in part a small plate, preferably a small plastic plate or a digital display, which optionally has a fixed setting or a changeable setting for an image and/or motif and/or decoration and/or pattern and/or has a pictorial representation.

Description

The invention relates to a customizable, essentially planar surface for a headphone and/or a headphone element for the technical customization of the same; for example for a wireless Bluetooth headset to be worn in-ear, in particular for one or more in-ear headphones, but also for conventional headphones, such as for the head bow of such conventional headphones.

The customizable, essentially planar surface is suitable in particular for customizing a connecting part of a headphone located outside the auditory canal of the ear, in particular an in-ear headphone, especially for wireless in-ear headphones.

Wireless in-ear headphones typically have an ear capsule element (e.g. an ear capsule, which can actually also be designed in the form of a capsule, but does not necessarily have to be), which fits snugly in and/or on the auditory canal, preferably is designed according to ergonomic principles, comprehensive at least the electronics for sound delivery directly into the ear; as well as a connection part, which includes, for example, a battery and/or a charging connection and/or an antenna and typically also a microphone.

Within the scope of the invention, the aforesaid connection part can be designed to be hollow and/or rod-shaped or shaft-shaped. However, within the scope of the invention, the connection part is preferably essentially planar, that is to say it is also of flat design.

These wireless in-ear headphones are currently offered by the manufacturers mostly in black or white, which on the one hand can indicate a specific manufacturer, e.g. in combination with a specific outer shape; On the other hand, it also leads to a certain monotony and a lack of visual and technical functionality. Consequently, in particular the named connecting parts of the prior art outside the auditory canal have hitherto been largely unused in terms of visual technology.

In order to counter such a monotony, the state of the art offers, for example, the suggestion of using decorative elements on connection parts.

So will in the DE 10 2013 008 940 A1 suggested arranging detents on the in-ear headphones, to which jewelery bodies can then be attached and detached. The jewelry bodies should have any shape and color and consist of different materials, such as plastics, precious metals and metals, precious or semi-precious stones and other minerals. A disadvantage of these wired headphones is the necessary locks, which have to be attached by the manufacturer or afterwards. Furthermore, the jewelry bodies remain technically visually unused.

Next it is from the DE 20 2004 016 147 U1 For example, it is known to fasten a piece of jewelery in wired headphones in a central cable section between the end on the ear capsule side and a plug-side end, the piece of jewelery having a fastening device for at least the end on the ear capsule side.

The utility model DE 20 2020 002 670 U1 describes a connector that can be fitted with jewelry, the jewelry having a hose-like or tubular or spiral-shaped or ring-shaped or cap-like fastener or this fastener itself is the jewelry and the fastener can be clicked, clamped or slid onto the connector with a force fit .

The disadvantage of these configurations in the case of headphones with a shaft or rod-shaped connection part is that a specific piece of jewelry should be selected for a wide variety of occasions, which requires a number of such pieces of jewelry. Once again, these embody mere ornaments without any further technical-visual function, which offer no technical added value to the user.

In order to overcome the above-mentioned limitations of the prior art, it is an object of the invention in the case of a headphone and/or headphone element, in particular for wired or wireless in-ear headphones by means of a customizable, essentially planar surface, to assign further visual-technical functions to said connection part lend, which can be manifold with the context of the invention.

This problem is solved with the features of claim 1. Advantageous and/or alternative configurations are the subject matter of the dependent claims and their sub-combinations by means of the back references.

For a headphone or in-ear headphone comprising at least one ear capsule element that can be placed in and/or on the auditory canal and has a first diameter and a connecting part with a second diameter, wherein the first and second diameters can vary from one another or be the same, preferably the second diameter is greater than the first diameter, it is proposed in a first aspect according to the invention that said connecting part can be equipped or is equipped with at least one customizable, essentially planar surface, said surface being configured by a attachable or attached platelet, in particular a plastic platelet, and said platelet or plastic platelet itself having a static decoration and/or motif and/or is or has a pattern and/or a pictorial representation.

In particular, within the scope of the invention, the said plates, in particular plastic plates, can be exchanged on the connecting part and so, for example, those that only show a static motif, decoration, pattern, image etc. can be replaced with other attachable plates / plastic plates with other motifs, decorations, Patterns, pictures etc. can be changed. This allows the user of the headphones / in-ear headphones enormous freedom in the design of his headphones / in-ear headphones; is not limited to the design aspects. Rather, the headphones/in-ear headphones can be designed to suit the context or environment. For example, at an international congress, if the in-ear headphones are used for interpreting activities, the plates/plastic plates can be decorated with national colors so that various in-ear headphones can be assigned to the different nationalities of the congress. The same is conceivable in museum operations with international visitors and the multilingual explanations of the exhibits on display.

Another example is to equip the in-ear headphones with illuminated discs / plastic discs that include a light source, so that airport employees, for example, can use these in-ear headphones for radio on the runway and the next time they are at head height thanks to the illuminated interior Ear connection parts, for example, can be identified by pilots.

The decor or the motif or the pictorial representation can be selected, for example, from a color, a neon color, a color composition, an image, a pattern, a photo, a trade name, a registered and/or known trademark as an indication of origin, a light source or sub-combinations thereof, without intending to be limiting thereto.

Rather, the individualized representation of the motifs, images, decorations, patterns, etc. on the attached or attachable small plates or small plastic plates is to be understood as diverse and technically hardly limited in its specific design. For example, holograms or other 3D effect elements are also conceivable.

In one embodiment, said small plates or small plastic plates are each clicked, clamped or pushed onto the connection part with a force fit and/or form fit.

For a headphone or in-ear headphone comprising at least one ear capsule element that can be placed in and/or on the auditory canal and has a first diameter and a connecting part with a second diameter, wherein the first and second diameters can vary from one another or be the same, preferably the second diameter is larger than the first diameter, it is proposed in a second aspect according to the invention that said connection part can be equipped or is equipped with at least one customizable essentially planar surface, said surface being configured by an attachable or attached digital display.

In a preferred embodiment, said digital display comprises an electronic paper or an e-ink display that is suitable for the permanently static, sequential or alternative representation of motifs, decorations, images, patterns, photos, color compositions and the like. See also above the example display variants for the platelets/plastic platelets, which can also be implemented within the scope of the invention via the said digital display.

In the case of the digital display, the motif, decor, pattern, image, photo, etc. to be shown can be freely selected, for example, from a memory element of the display or via radio / Bluetooth or the like from a memory element of a mobile phone using a suitable program (app). and/or be displayable, so that, for example, a sequence of images or a sequence of pictorial representations can also be played back on the same display in the most varied of time sequences.

In one embodiment, in the case of a digital display, this is incorporated into the connection part in a fixed or detachable manner and can therefore be exchanged, or it can be connected to the connection part or connected to it by a suitable fastening means.

According to the invention, the preferably likewise essentially planar connection part is a part of the headphones/in-ear headphones that is visible from the outside and has at least the same diameter as the ear capsule element. However, the connection part is preferably larger in diameter than the ear capsule element.

These indications reflect the high natural variability of an auditory canal in the human To owe population and should therefore only represent the relative relationships in size between ear capsule element and connection element.

According to this definition, for example, an ear capsule element can essentially be limited in size to the diameter of an auditory canal (and be precisely ergonomically adapted in comparison), whereas the length or dimension of the connecting part, regardless of its specific design, can be twice the diameter of said one Ear canal and thus extends the ear capsule element. For example, see the 1 .

Within the scope of the present invention, the user of the (in-ear) headphones or headphone element can easily individualize his headphones/headphone elements in such a way that technical information is conveyed visually by means of the essentially planar surface.

In one embodiment, this includes, for example, a special motif that can be configured the same or differently on the two outer parts of a pair of (in-ear) headphones, in order to make the headphones or the headphone element as property individual and clearly distinguishable from other headphones or in-ear headphones. to design ear headphones.

In one embodiment, the motif or image and/or the pictorial representation or the sequence of pictorial representations can be changed, so that an adaptation to certain locations/environments/day-night cycles/nations/areas/radio areas/e.g. a bar, a restaurant, a disco etc. is possible. Theoretically, there are no limits for the user due to the diverse design options.

In one embodiment, within the scope of the invention, the right (in-ear) headphone can be designed to be distinguishable in many ways from the left (in-ear) headphone by means of the essentially planar surface that can be customized.

In one embodiment, for example, the battery charge level for each headphone element can be visually displayed separately within the scope of the invention by means of the customizable, essentially planar surface.

In one embodiment, within the scope of the invention, for example, the outer parts can be illuminated by means of the customizable, essentially planar surface in such a way that they serve as a warning function or display function for the position of the head of a user; for example, for an airport employee on the tarmac of an airport, where at night the employee's head is usually not specially illuminated; but he needs in-ear headphones or plugs for occupational safety reasons in order not to be exposed to the noise pollution of the aircraft.

Said frictional and/or positive connection between the customizable essentially planar surface, preferably an individually designed, possibly exchangeable, plate, more preferably plastic plate or said digital display, preferably comprising an electronic paper or e-ink display by means of a suitable fastening means and the connection part, preferably an essentially planar, ie flat connection part, can be designed over the full length of the connection part or at least in a suitable section thereof. Said non-positive and/or positive connection is only intended to prevent the previously described customizable, essentially planar surface from automatically slipping off the connection part.

According to the invention, it is provided that said fastening means is designed chemically, magnetically and/or mechanically.

In one embodiment, an example of a chemical fastener is a repeatedly releasable adhesive bond.

In one embodiment, an example of a magnetic fastener is a positively charged fastener on the customizable substantially planar surface side and a negatively charged fastener on the terminal portion side, or even vice versa.

In one embodiment, an example of a mechanical fastening means is a type of detachable rail system that can be connected or hooked into one another between the customizable, essentially planar surface and the connection part.

Mixed forms of the fastening means named above as examples are also conceivable within the scope of the invention. For example, the magnetic attachment can be suitably combined with the rail attachment for a fastener within the scope of the invention.

A further embodiment of the invention provides that the digital display, preferably electronic paper or e-ink display, is designed as a customizable, essentially planar surface of the outer part, which is either detachably or fixedly plugged/clicked/clipped onto the rest of the connection part .

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the display, preferably the digital display, comprises electronic paper (so-called e-paper) or is a so-called e-ink display, which itself can be designed to be flexible, deformable or rigid.

In a further embodiment, said digital display or said platelet/plastic platelet also comprises at least one overlay, preferably a protective overlay.

In one embodiment, said overlay/protective overlay is a prism.

In one embodiment, said overlay/protective overlay is a refractive overlay; for example in the sense of a magnifying glass.

In one embodiment, the overlay/protective overlay allows for a lens effect, for example selected from the group of enlargement, reduction, distortion, refraction, light absorption, etc.

E-paper displays typically reflect light and are therefore passive displays because they do not light up/illuminate themselves. Texts and images are displayed permanently in some versions, e.g. in the sense of a permanent setting. In this case, according to the invention, no conservation voltage is necessary. In terms of the invention, however, the permanent display can also be changed several times, which, however, requires a brief (induced) current flow for the e-ink/electronic paper versions.

• • Der Bildinhalt sieht wegen des geringen Abstandes der bildgebenden Elemente zur Oberfläche aus jedem Blickwinkel gleich aus (Vorteil gegenüber LCDs).
• • Es gibt durch die statische Anzeige kein Flimmern (Vorteil gegenüber Röhrenmonitoren).
• • Es ist sehr dünn und leicht und bei entsprechendem Design auch biegsam.
• • Es ist in allen Größen und Formen herzustellen.
• • Es verwendet sehr wenig Energie, um die Anzeige zu erzeugen und aufrechtzuerhalten, da nur zum Ändern des Bildinhaltes (Seitenwechsel) ein Stromfluss erforderlich ist.
• • Es ist sowohl bei normalem Raumlicht als auch in hellem Sonnenschein lesbar, da die bildgebenden Elemente reflektiv sind.

The following points can be listed as examples of the technical advantages of the e-ink display embodiments (or an electronic paper) and are therefore not limiting:

• • Because of the small distance between the imaging elements and the surface, the image content looks the same from every viewing angle (advantage over LCDs).
• • There is no flickering due to the static display (advantage over tube monitors).
• • It's very thin and light, and if designed appropriately, it's also flexible.
• • It can be manufactured in all sizes and shapes.
• • It uses very little energy to generate and maintain the display, since current flow is only required to change the image content (page change).
• • It is legible in both normal room light and bright sunshine as the imaging elements are reflective.

In order to have the required energy available for display changes or for displaying image or display sequences, it is provided that the display has its own battery or accumulator or is powered by an external power supply, e.g. from the ear capsule or e.g. is supplied via a mounting bracket for the headphones on the ear.

In the context of the invention, “essentially planar surface” means that it is mostly a straight, flat surface, which can, however, also be curved to a certain degree; e.g. at one or more edges of the surface.

The invention is to be explained using the drawings for an exemplary wireless in-ear headphone.

• 1A in der Perspektive einen kabellosen In-Ear-Kopfhörer mit einem Ohrkapselelement (1) und einem Anschlussteil (2), die über eine bspw. drehbare Verbindung (4) miteinander verbunden sind, sowie ein auf das Anschlussteil (2) aufklickbares, bzw. aufsteckbares, bzw. aufschiebbares, bzw. aufklippbares Kunststoffplättchen (3), das ein frei wählbares Motiv, Dekor, Muster, Bild etc. zeigen kann;
• 1B in der Seitenansicht einen kabellosen In-Ear-Kopfhörer mit einem Ohrkapselelement (1) und einem Anschlussteil (2), die über eine bspw. drehbare Verbindung (4) miteinander verbunden sind, sowie ein auf das Anschlussteil (2) aufklickbares, bzw. aufsteckbares, bzw. aufschiebbares, bzw. aufklippbares Kunststoffplättchen (3), das ein frei wählbares Motiv, Dekor, Muster, Bild etc. zeigen kann;
• 1C in der Perspektive einen kabellosen In-Ear-Kopfhörer mit einem Ohrkapselelement (1) und einem Anschlussteil (2), die über eine bspw. drehbare Verbindung (4) miteinander verbunden sind, sowie ein auf das Anschlussteil (2) befestigtes oder befestigbares digitales Display (3a; bspw. umfassend ein E-Ink-Display), das ein oder mehrere frei wählbare Motive und/oder Dekore und/oder Muster und/oder Bilder etc. bspw. gesteuert per Funk über eine Softwareapplikation entweder statisch und/oder sequenziell und/oder alternierend zeigen kann;
• 2 eine beispielhafte Auswahl an verschiedenen Darstellungsoptionen von Dekoren und/oder Mustern;
• 3 eine weitere beispielhafte Auswahl an verschiedenen Darstellungsoptionen von Dekoren und/oder Mustern, um bspw. die Mannigfaltigkeit der denkbaren Designs zur technisch-visuellen Individualisierung der In-Ear-Kopfhörer zu verdeutlichen;

Show it:

• 1A in perspective, a wireless in-ear headphone with an ear capsule element (1) and a connecting part (2), which are connected to one another via a rotatable connection (4), for example, and one that can be clicked or plugged onto the connecting part (2). , or slide-on or clip-on plastic plate (3), which can show a freely selectable motif, decor, pattern, image, etc.;
• 1B a side view of wireless in-ear headphones with an ear capsule element (1) and a connection part (2), which are connected to one another via a rotatable connection (4), for example, and one that can be clicked or plugged onto the connection part (2). , or slide-on or clip-on plastic plate (3), which can show a freely selectable motif, decor, pattern, image, etc.;
• 1C a perspective view of wireless in-ear headphones with an ear capsule element (1) and a connector (2), which are connected to one another via a rotatable connection (4), for example, and a digital display that is or can be fastened to the connector (2). (3a; e.g., comprising an e-ink display) that has one or more freely selectable motifs and/or decorations and/or patterns and/or images etc., for example, controlled by radio via a software application either statically and/or sequentially and /or can show alternately;
• 2 an exemplary selection of different display options for decors and/or patterns;
• 3 a further exemplary selection of different display options for decors and/or patterns, for example to show the variety of conceivable designs for technically to clarify visual customization of in-ear headphones;

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Small plates or small plastic plates as an example of an essentially planar surface that can be customized within the meaning of the invention

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Digital display, for example, comprising an electronic paper or an e-ink display as an example of an essentially planar surface that can be customized within the meaning of the invention

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Connection between the ear capsule element and the connection part, which can be designed to be rotatable or completely pivotable, for example

• 1. In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement umfassend:
  • • mindestens ein Ohrkapselelement mit einem ersten Durchmesser, und
  • • mindestens ein Anschlussteil mit einem zweiten Durchmesser, wobei der besagte erste und zweite Durchmesser voneinander variieren können oder gleich sein können, bevorzugt ist der zweite Durchmesser größer als der erste Durchmesser;
  dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Anschlussteil eine individualisierbare im wesentlichen planare Fläche umfasst, die mindestens zum Teil wiederum ein Plättchen, bevorzugt ein Kunststoffplättchen oder ein digitales Display aufweist, das wahlweise eine Festeinstellung oder eine wandelbare Einstellung für ein Bild und/oder Motiv und/oder Dekor und/oder Muster und/oder eine bildhafte Darstellung aufweist.
• 2. In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach Ausführungsform 1, weiter dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Plättchen bzw. Kunststoffplättchen austauschbar ist bzw. das digitale Display ein Elektronisches Papier beziehungsweise ein E-Ink-Display ist, und das Plättchen / Kunststoffplättchen bzw. das digitale Display flexibel oder starr ausgebildet ist, und wahlweise eine Schutzlage umfasst, die ebenfalls flexibel oder starr ausgebildet ist.
• 3.In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach Ausführungsform 2, wobei die besagte Schutzlage ein lichtbrechendes und/oder facettiertes und/oder lichtreflektierendes Material umfasst oder die Schutzlage aus besagtem lichtbrechenden und/oder facettiertem und/oder lichtreflektierendem Material besteht.
• 4. In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach einer der vorangegangenen Ausführungsformen, weiter dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Anschlussteil und/oder ein mobiles Steuergerät, wie beispielsweise ein mobiles Telefon, ein elektronisches Speichermedium umfasst sowie ein geeignetes Programm zur Steuerung des digitalen Displays, wobei das besagte Bild und/oder Motiv und/oder Dekor und/oder Muster und/oder die bildhafte Darstellung aus dem Speichermedium auswählbar ist und auf dem digitalen Display einzeln, sequenziell oder alternierend darstellbar oder abspielbar ist.
• 5. In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach einer der vorangegangenen Ausführungsformen, weiter dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Plättchen, bevorzugt Kunststoffplättchen, bzw. das digitale Display in das Anschlussteil eingearbeitet ist oder auf dem Anschlussteil befestigt ist oder mit einem Befestigungsmittel auf dem Anschlussteil befestigbar und damit auch lösbar ist.
• 6. In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach Ausführungsform 5, wobei das Befestigungsmittel ausgewählt ist aus einem chemischen, magnetischen und/oder mechanischen Befestigungsmittel.
• 7. In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach Ausführungsform 5 oder 6, wobei das besagte Befestigungsmittel derart gestaltet ist, dass das Plättchen / Kunststoffplättchen bzw. das digitale Display unter einem geeigneten Kraft- und/oder Formschluss auf das Anschlussteil fixierbar oder aufklick-, aufklipp-, aufklammer- oder aufschiebbar ist.
• 8. In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach einer der vorangegangenen Ausführungsformen, wobei das besagte Bild und/oder Motiv und/oder Dekor und/oder Muster und/oder die bildhafte Darstellung ausgewählt ist aus der Gruppe bestehend aus: einer oder mehrerer Farben, beziehungsweise Farbkompositionen, wie bspw. Neonfarben, eines Fotos, eines oder mehrerer zweidimensionalen Formen, einer Landesflagge, eines Hologramms, einer 3D-Darstellung, eines Leuchtmittels, eines Handelsnamens beziehungsweise einer eingetragenen und/oder bekannten Marke sowie Unterkombinationen davon.
• 9. In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach einer der vorangegangenen Ausführungsformen, wobei im Falle des digitalen Displays umfassend ein Elektronisches Papier bzw. E-Ink-Display das besagte Bild und/oder Motiv und/oder Dekor und/oder Muster und/oder die bildhafte Darstellung wahlweise sequenziell oder alternierend geändert werden kann durch die Einwirkung einer elektromagnetischen Induktion in der Nähe des digitalen Displays.
• 10.In-Ear-Kopfhörer und/oder In-Ear-Kopfhörerelement nach einer der vorangegangenen Ausführungsformen, weiter dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Plättchen, bevorzugt Kunststoffplätten, bzw. das digitale Display zur Illumination befähigt ist.

With the entire background of the aforementioned disclosure, the present invention also includes the following numbered incremental embodiments and their sub-combinations:

• 1. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element comprising:
  • • at least one ear capsule element with a first diameter, and
  • • at least one connecting part with a second diameter, wherein said first and second diameters can vary from each other or can be the same, preferably the second diameter is larger than the first diameter;
  characterized in that the connecting part comprises an essentially planar surface which can be customized and which in turn has at least in part a small plate, preferably a small plastic plate or a digital display which optionally has a fixed setting or a changeable setting for an image and/or motif and/or decoration and/or pattern and/or a pictorial representation.
• 2. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to embodiment 1, further characterized in that the platelet or plastic platelet is exchangeable or the digital display is an electronic paper or an e-ink display, and that Platelets / plastic platelets or the digital display is designed to be flexible or rigid, and optionally includes a protective layer that is also designed to be flexible or rigid.
• 3.In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to embodiment 2, wherein said protective layer comprises a refractive and/or faceted and/or light-reflecting material or the protective layer consists of said light-refracting and/or faceted and/or light-reflecting material consists.
• 4. In-ear headphones and / or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding embodiments, further characterized in that the connection part and / or a mobile control device, such as a mobile phone, comprises an electronic storage medium and a suitable program for Control of the digital display, wherein said image and/or motif and/or decor and/or pattern and/or pictorial representation can be selected from the storage medium and can be displayed or played on the digital display individually, sequentially or alternately.
• 5. In-ear headphones and / or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding embodiments, further characterized in that the plate, preferably plastic plate, or the digital display is incorporated into the connector or is attached to the connector or with a fastener on the connecting part can be fastened and is therefore also detachable.
• 6. Earphones and/or earphone element according to embodiment 5, wherein the attachment means is selected from a chemical, magnetic and/or mechanical attachment means.
• 7. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to embodiment 5 or 6, wherein said fastening means is designed in such a way that the platelet/plastic platelet or the digital display is attached to the Connection part can be fixed or clicked on, clipped on, clipped on or pushed on.
• 8. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein said image and/or motif and/or decoration and/or pattern and/or the pictorial representation is selected from the group consisting of : one or more colors or color compositions, such as neon colors, a photo, one or more two-dimensional shapes, a national flag, a hologram, a 3D representation, a light source, a trade name or a registered and/or well-known trademark and subcombinations thereof .
• 9. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding embodiments, wherein in the case of the digital display comprising an electronic paper or e-ink display said image and/or motif and/or decoration and /or the pattern and/or the pictorial representation can be altered, optionally sequentially or alternately, by exposure to electromagnetic induction in the vicinity of the digital display.
• 10. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding embodiments, further characterized in that the plate, preferably plastic plates, or the digital display is capable of illumination.

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• DE 102013008940 A1 [0007]
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• DE 202020002670 U1 [0009]

Claims (10)

In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element comprising: • at least one ear capsule element with a first diameter, and • at least one connection part with a second diameter, wherein said first and second diameters can vary from one another or can be the same, preferably the second diameter is greater than the first diameter; characterized in that the connecting part comprises an essentially planar surface which can be customized and which in turn has at least in part a small plate, preferably a small plastic plate or a digital display which optionally has a fixed setting or a changeable setting for an image and/or motif and/or decoration and/or pattern and/or a pictorial representation. in-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element claim 1 , further characterized in that the platelet or plastic platelet is exchangeable or the digital display is an electronic paper or an e-ink display, and the platelet / plastic platelet or the digital display is flexible or rigid, and optionally a protective layer includes, which is also flexible or rigid. in-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element claim 2 , wherein said protective layer comprises a light-refracting and/or faceted and/or light-reflecting material or the protective layer consists of said light-refracting and/or faceted and/or light-reflecting material. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the connection part and/or a mobile control device, such as a mobile telephone, comprises an electronic storage medium and a suitable program for controlling the digital displays, wherein said image and/or motif and/or decor and/or pattern and/or pictorial representation can be selected from the storage medium and can be displayed or played on the digital display individually, sequentially or alternately. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the small plate, preferably small plastic plate, or the digital display is incorporated into the connection part or is fastened to the connection part or with a fastening means can be fastened to the connecting part and is therefore also detachable. in-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element claim 5 wherein the attachment means is selected from a chemical, magnetic and/or mechanical attachment means. in-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element claim 5 or 6 , wherein said fastening means is designed in such a way that the platelet/plastic platelet or the digital display can be fixed or clicked on, clipped on, clipped on or slid onto the connection part with a suitable force fit and/or form fit. Earphones and/or earphone element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said image and/or motif and/or decor and/or pattern and/or pictorial representation is selected from the group consisting of: a or more colors or color compositions, such as neon colors, a photo, one or more two-dimensional shapes, a national flag, a hologram, a 3D representation, a light source, a trade name or a registered and/or well-known trademark and subcombinations thereof. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding claims, wherein in the case of the digital display comprising an electronic paper or e-ink display said image and/or motif and/or decoration and/or The pattern and/or the pictorial representation can be altered either sequentially or alternately by exposure to electromagnetic induction in the vicinity of the digital display. In-ear headphones and/or in-ear headphone element according to one of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the small plate, preferably plastic plates, or the digital display is capable of illumination.

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