JP2014003458A - Traffic accident preventing earphone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make existence and intention of a wearer of an earphone and a headphone visible from the surrounding in small size and with a minimum number of components to prevent the wearer from a traffic accident.SOLUTION: The earphone and the headphone, provided with a high illuminance light-emitting device 1, leads to especially prevention of a nighttime traffic accident by just wearing the same by emitting light from the light-emitting device 1 with an operation of either an illuminance sensor 2 or a switch 3 utilizing a power supply from an electronic apparatus connected to an earphone terminal to appeal the existence of the wearer to outside and make the existence and intention of the wearer visible from the surrounding.

Description

The present invention relates to an earphone having a traffic accident prevention function.

Some conventional earphones have an incoming call display function (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, there is a device equipped with a beat meter and a thermometer and provided with a physical condition management function (for example, see Patent Document 2).

JP-A-10-327223 JP 2008-136556 A

By wearing earphones and headphones, attention to external sounds is weakened and traffic accidents are more likely to occur than when they are not worn.

Due to the recent increase in health consciousness, an increasing number of people are jogging or cycling while listening to music with earphones or headphones at night or early morning.

None of the earphones or headphones have a function to suppress traffic accidents.

The main feature of the present invention is that the presence of the wearer of the present invention is appealed to the outside by providing the earphone and the headphone with a high-illuminance light emitting element to emit light.

The earphones of the present invention can automatically and manually emit high-intensity light emitting elements installed outside the left and right speakers, so that the presence and intention of the wearer of the present invention can be seen from the surroundings. This has the advantage of leading to the prevention of traffic accidents.

It is the external view which showed the implementation method of this invention (Example 1). (Example 2) which is the side view which showed the implementation method of this invention (Example 3) which is the figure which attaches to the ear which shows the execution method of this invention

The objective of emitting the light emitting element with high illuminance from a position where it can be seen from the surroundings as much as possible was realized with a small and minimum number of parts without impairing the form of the earphone or headphone.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is an external view showing a method for carrying out the present invention, and 1-4 to 6-8 are the same as FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a method for carrying out the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a power-saving high illuminance light emitting element such as a high illuminance LED, which blinks using a power source from an electronic device connected to an earphone terminal.

In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes an illuminance sensor, which gives a device a function of automatically energizing a light emitting element in a place where a human feels dark, or de-energizing in a place where a human feels bright. However, in the case of a person whose hair is in his / her ears, there is a risk of malfunction, so that it can be switched to manual operation in 3 described later.

In the figure, reference numeral 3 denotes an apparatus for operating one light emission pattern. There are two modes, an automatic mode and a manual mode. In the automatic mode, both left and right light emitting elements can be automatically energized and de-energized simultaneously according to 2 in the figure. In the manual mode, it is possible to manually switch between energization and de-energization to both the left and right light emitting elements.

In the figure, 4 to 7 are components of a general canal type earphone. The same applies to the headphones 1 to 3 in the figure.

If it is possible to energize only one of the left and right in the manual mode, it can be applied to a simple direction indicator.

If lighting can be performed in the manual mode, it can be applied to a simple light application.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 High illumination light emitting element 2 Illuminance sensor 3 Light emission pattern changeover switch 4 Earpiece 5 Tube which connects an earpiece and a speaker 6 Speaker built-in case 7 Wiring 8 (omission mark)

Claims (1)

The presence of the wearer of the present invention is appealed to the outside by making the earphone and headphones have a high-illuminance light emitting element to emit light, and the presence and intention of the wearer of the present invention can be visually observed from the surroundings. Earphones that can help prevent night traffic accidents.

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