JP2000032582A - Headphone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a headphone system where plural memory cards are contained in a head band part, while having a changer function that selects a memory card and reproduces the contents. SOLUTION: This headphone system 1 is provided with loudspeaker sections 9 corresponding to both left and right ears, a headband 10 that connects the two loudspeaker sections 9, a memory card support section 11 that supports plural memory cards 2 at a place of the headband 10 from both the ears over a head top, an operation key 12 arranged to the loudspeaker sections 9, a display device 14, a CPU 13 acting like a controller, a switch 15 and a reproduction circuit 16 or the like. A memory card support section 11 is provided with a connector for electrical connection to each terminal of each memory card 2, and it acts as a changer that selects a memory card for reproduction as it is and reproduces the contents.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a headphone device having a changer function for holding a plurality of memory cards and a means for reproducing the memory cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a large amount of information such as computer data, video information, and music information has been recorded on recording media such as magnetic tapes, magnetic disks, and optical disks.
Further, as a recording medium, there is a recording medium formed of a semiconductor element, which is extremely excellent in high-speed operation and random operability. However, this recording medium was more expensive than magnetic tapes, magnetic disks, optical disks, and the like.

[0003] In recent years, the degree of integration of the semiconductor memory element has been rapidly increasing, and the price has been accordingly reduced. Under such high integration and low price, a device using a semiconductor storage element for recording a voice such as a conversation for a short time has been commercialized. Although the unit price of the medium is higher than that of the magnetic tape, a certain product genre is being formed due to its convenience.

[0004] Under such circumstances, semiconductor storage elements are put together in a card form, and a recording medium having a predetermined storage capacity, that is, a memory card, is attracting attention. Due to its large recording capacity, low cost, and interchangeability as a recording medium, it is expected that it will be used similarly to recording media such as magnetic tapes in the future.

[0005] Nowadays, portable devices for reproducing music recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape or an optical disk with a compactly formed reproducing device and listening with headphones are becoming remarkably widespread. . Therefore, when a memory card is used as a recording medium for music, an extremely small and portable device is required for reproduction thereof, and various forms of the device are being considered.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is an apparatus suitable for reproducing a memory card when a recording medium is used as a recording medium, and stores a plurality of memory cards with a headband portion having a changer function. Another object of the present invention is to provide a headphone device having a built-in means for selecting and reproducing a memory card.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has been made in consideration of two loudspeakers corresponding to the left and right ears and a connecting part for connecting the two loudspeakers. The headphone device comprises at least means for holding a plurality of memory cards, means for selecting a memory card to be reproduced from the plurality of memory cards, operation keys, and means for reproducing the selected memory card. Construct a headphone device.

Further, in the headphone device, a means for holding a plurality of memory cards is provided in the connecting portion or the speaker portion to solve the above problem.

Since the reproducing apparatus and the headphones are integrated, there is no cord from the conventional reproducing apparatus to the headphone apparatus, and the usability is improved. Further, the memory card is small, and many memory cards can be mounted on a part of the headphones and used for reproduction.

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 1 is an external view of a headphone device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a memory card used in the headphone device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of the headphone device.

As shown in FIG. 1, a headphone device 1 according to the present invention includes a speaker section 9 corresponding to both left and right ears, a headband 10 connecting the two speaker sections 9, and a top section from both ears of the headband 10. A memory card holding unit 11 for holding a plurality of memory cards 2, an operation key 12 provided on a speaker unit 9, a display device 14, a CPU 13 serving as a control device, a switch 15, a reproduction circuit 16, and the like. It is configured. The memory card holder 1
In 1, a connector (not shown) for making an electrical connection from each terminal of each memory card 2 is provided.
It functions as a changer that can select and play back the memory card 2 to be played back as it is.

The operation keys 12 are means for inputting instructions to the headphone device 1, and the display device 14 is used to select music,
This is a means for displaying a reproduction state and the like. Also, switch 15
Is for selecting the memory card 2 to be reproduced and connecting it to the reproduction circuit 16, and may be formed of a semiconductor element.

FIG. 1 shows a headband 10 in which a memory card holding section 11 is provided at a position extending from both ears to the top of the head, and a headphone device 1 having the memory card holding section 11 provided in a speaker section. You may comprise.

FIG. 2 shows a memory card 2 used in a headphone device 1 according to the present invention, which has a predetermined thickness and is provided with a terminal 3 for making an electrical connection at one end of the card. is there. A control circuit and the like in addition to the semiconductor memory element are sealed inside.

Next, the operation of the headphone device 1 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

First, the user operates the operation keys 12 to select the memory card 2 to be reproduced, and instructs reproduction. Termination and other instructions are also performed with these operation keys 12. Instructions input from the operation keys 12 constitute a control unit, for example, the CPU 1
At step 3, the contents of the instruction are determined, and the instruction to reproduce one of the memory cards 2a to 2n is issued via the bus line 17. The instruction content and the reproduction state are displayed on the display device 14.

The read circuit 16 receives read data from the memory card connected by the switch 15 and reproduces sound. The switch 15 and the reproduction circuit 16 are controlled by the CPU 13 and execute reproduction of the memory card selected by the operation keys 12. The signal converted into the audio signal by the reproduction circuit 16 is output from the speaker unit 9 as audio.

As described in detail above, the headphone device of the present invention is equipped with a memory card on which a large number of music are recorded, and selects and reproduces an arbitrary memory card from the memory card. The feature is that it can be heard with a speaker.

[0019]

According to the headphone device of the present invention, a memory card in which a plurality of pieces of music information are recorded is provided with a changer function in the headband portion, and a memory card is selected and reproduced. Therefore, the mechanism for reproducing and the headphones are not connected by a cord, and the usability is extremely good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of headphones according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a memory card used for headphones according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of a headphone according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Headphone device, 2 ... Memory card, 3 ... Terminal, 9
... Speaker unit, 10 ... Headband, 11 ... Memory card holder, 12 ... Operation keys, 13 ... CPU, 14 ... Display device, 15 ... Switch, 16 ... Reproduction circuit, 17 ... Bus line

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A headphone device comprising: two speaker units respectively corresponding to both left and right ears; and a coupling unit that couples the two speaker units, comprising: a unit for holding at least a plurality of memory cards; A headphone device comprising: means for selecting a memory card to be played from among the memory cards, operation keys, and means for playing the selected memory card. 2. The headphone device according to claim 1, wherein the means for holding the plurality of memory cards is provided in the connection portion. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the means for holding the plurality of memory cards is provided in the speaker unit.
The headphone device according to claim 1.