JP6229970B2 - Information sharing earphone system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information sharing earphone system that can communicate and communicate information around a person wearing an earphone information terminal to a telephone partner or the like using a communication terminal or the like.

  Conventionally, some devices that use an image pickup unit and headphones or earphones in combination are mainly used for recording work or rescue activities in the field. An earphone with an image pickup unit and an image pickup unit are attached. Some have mounted a camera on a set of headphones or protective glasses. Since these are often used for confirmation and recording of work contents, it is important to fix the imaging unit, and the ease of mounting has not been considered much.

JP-A-11-275422 JP2003-169161 JP2009-48601 JP 2009-171002 A JP 2010-268030

  Earphones are often used by portable users as a set with portable music players or communication terminals, and are connected with signals such as wired or wirelessly using Bluetooth standards, and are usually worn in daily life such as walking and on trains. Has been. These ordinary earphone users are also becoming younger or older. The ordinary earphone can be easily worn by anyone just by holding the earphone in the space formed by the tragus, the antitragus and the concha or by inserting the inner pad portion of the earphone into the ear canal.

  On the other hand, there are some which are used by mounting the imaging unit on ear-plug earphones, headphone sets, protective glasses or the like for recording the field work and for recording the rescue activities. These are generally not very popular because they are difficult to wear and difficult for young people to wear.

  With the aging of the population, so-called weak people are increasing with the addition of older people to children and women. These vulnerable people are at risk of accidents, getting lost or getting involved in crime when they are out or alone. The method of reducing the risk of going out of the weak is the attendance of parents, but the increase of attending guardians is not expected to increase with the increase in the elderly in the future, and there is a problem that the risk increases .

One embodiment of the present invention relates to an information sharing earphone system. This information sharing earphone system uses the respective communication terminal, portable communicator, or personal computer to send information representing the surroundings of the wearer of the earphone information terminal to the telephone partner, videophone partner or monitoring guardian. An information sharing earphone system in which information by sound, voice or video is transmitted to the wearer from the telephone partner, video telephone partner or monitoring guardian,
The earphone information terminal includes an open type speaker unit in which a speaker housing is held in a space defined by the concha of the wearer, or a sealed type speaker unit that holds the speaker unit by inserting an inner pad into the ear canal, A barrel portion having a substantially cylindrical shape that is sandwiched between a pearl and a tragus, and may have a line space inside the barrel portion and a speaker signal line in the line space, One side of both ends of the torso is fixed to the speaker unit, a sound collecting unit, a transmission / reception unit or an interface unit is attached to the other end side, and an imaging unit is attached to the other end side opposite to the speaker unit. When wearing the lip, hold the speaker part and hold the torso part between the tragus and the tragus, and adjust the thickness of the torso part. The above-mentioned speed may be provided. When the wearer stands up, the sound collecting unit on the other end side, the transmission / reception unit, the interface unit, and the other imaging unit on the opposite side of the speaker unit are held together. Using the fact that the gravitational vector is in the direction in which the body portion is further pressed between the beads with the speaker unit as a fulcrum, the imaging unit, sound collection unit, transmission / reception unit or interface unit is stably held near the earlobe. A clamping unit that can be squeezed, and held in a direction to image an area including the field of view of the wearer, which is attached to the other end side of the clamping unit, obtains video by a camera module, and outputs image information An imaging unit; and the sound collecting unit that collects ambient sounds and outputs ambient sound information by using a microphone mounted on or embedded in a base on a wired cable or the imaging unit on the other end side of the clamping unit; , Communication terminal, portable Said transceiver unit or interface unit is transmitted and received communicator or a personal computer and the information signal to wireless or wired cable, characterized in that it comprises a.

  The earphone information terminal includes an illumination unit having a light emitting element held on the other end side of the clamping unit or the imaging unit in a direction to illuminate an imaging direction of the imaging unit, the other end side of the clamping unit, or the imaging unit Odor sensor unit that detects odors stored in the device and outputs odor information; GPS information is transmitted to the telephone partner, videophone partner or monitoring guard via a communication network via a communication terminal, portable communicator or personal computer One or a plurality of arbitrary combinations selected from the GPS devices that transmit the data may be provided.

Information sharing earphone system
A monitoring notification server for monitoring the operation of the information sharing earphone system and the information of the earphone information terminal is further provided, the monitoring notification server including image information, which is surrounding information of the wearer of the earphone information terminal, surrounding information via a communication network Sound information, odor information or GPS information, and earthquake, tsunami, fire or accident information obtained from the communication network, or information communicated with the telephone partner, video phone partner, surveillance guardian or other earphone information terminal wearer An acquisition unit for acquiring monitoring information, and analyzing the monitoring information, the wearer, a telephone partner, a videophone partner, a monitoring guardian or another wearer of the earphone information terminal, a telecommunications carrier, a public institution, or a private company Via the communication network and the analysis unit that decides the content of notification control to be performed to the safety industry company or the charge to the user A transmission unit for transmitting the analysis information or notification control information by the serial analysis unit, the monitoring information, a storage unit that stores the analysis information or notification control information may be provided. Moreover, you may transmit the utilization information of the user of this information sharing earphone system.

  The earphone information terminal may be connected to a communication terminal, a portable communicator, or a personal computer of the telephone partner, the video telephone partner, or the guardian of the information sharing earphone system via a wireless or wired cable. In the present invention, both the wearer and the telephone partner wear earphone information terminals, and they can exchange surrounding information with each other in an equal position while being in different places.

  The sound collecting unit of the earphone information terminal collects ambient sounds with a microphone fixed or embedded in the clamping unit or the imaging unit, and outputs the collected sound from the speaker unit from the collected sound signal. The sound that is output from the speaker unit is attenuated by the sound or the sound information from the sound or the like, or the sound signal such as the music sound that the wearer listens to, and the sneak sound to the microphone is attenuated. An ambient sound source protection processing unit that can increase / N may be provided.

  Furthermore, the ambient sound from the sound collection unit becomes noise to the wearer when the wearer is listening to music, and can be used as a noise canceling function if superimposed on the speaker unit in the opposite phase. If the ambient sound is amplified and output to the speaker unit, the hearing aid function can be exhibited, and the ambient sound source protection processing unit may be further provided with the noise cancellation function or the hearing aid function.

The earphone information terminal further includes a back surface abutting portion that abuts on the back surface side of the wearer's anti-tragus and assists holding the imaging unit in the vicinity of the tragus, and the back surface abutting portion includes The arm is composed of a contact end abutting on the back surface side, an arm extending from the contact end, and a fixed end on the other end side of the arm. The arm is made of a flexible material, and the fixed end is directly fixed to the holding portion. The back contact portion and the arm are connected to the fixed end with a material having no flexibility, and the fixed end is fixed to the other end side of the clamping portion so as to be rotatable by a further rotating mechanism portion. The back contact portion and the fixed end are fixed to the image pickup portion and are fixed to the other end side of the holding portion so as to be rotatable together with the image pickup portion. It is fixed to a slide mechanism that can slide parallel to the axis of the cylindrical body. Slide the fixed end to a position away from the cap and set the speaker unit and the clamping unit to the mounting position, then slide the fixed end toward the speaker unit and abut the contact end against the back of the tragus You may further provide the back surface contact part to be made.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements, and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a storage medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  With the ordinary earphone structure that can be easily worn by the younger and elderly people, the weight when the imaging unit is attached cannot be stably held and fixed. In the earphone information terminal according to the information sharing earphone system of the present invention, one end of both ends of the body portion is fixed to the speaker unit, and the other end side is the sound collecting unit, the transmitting / receiving unit, the interface unit, or the other end side. It is characterized in that it has a holding part that holds the image pickup part on the opposite side of the speaker part, and by holding the body part of the holding part between the tragus and the antitragus, On the other hand, the gravitational vector of the imaging unit, the sound collection unit, the transmission / reception unit or the interface unit on the other end side can be held as a fulcrum when the wearer stands up while holding the speaker unit and the clamping unit. Therefore, the imaging unit, the sound collection unit, the transmission / reception unit, or the interface unit with respect to the daily movement of moving the face up and down with the head standing The speaker unit is integrated An imaging unit in the configuration has become possible allowed to stably hold the earlobe vicinity. Moreover, the wearing method is as easy as the ordinary earphone.

  As described above, since the earphone information terminal according to the information sharing earphone system can be easily worn by young people and elderly people when they go out like ordinary earphones, the information sharing earphone system of the present invention can be easily used, and the accompanying protection is provided. The function of the person can be obtained.

In addition, if the wearer of an earphone information terminal is involved in an accident or crime, the other party or guardian of the caller is often concerned with the image including the wearer's view, surrounding sounds, voice, smell, position, etc. Since the information can be conveyed, the rescuer's rescue and emergency safety is enhanced. The wearer can be informed of the rescue side's action or rescue plan, and can be used as a reference for the wearer's own evacuation action.

  In addition, if a monitoring notification server is provided, in the event of an emergency, a direct notification is made from the monitoring notification server to a rescue organization such as a public institution or a private safety industry company based on the notification control of the analysis department, so that quick and accurate rescue and emergency can be performed. Can be implemented. Furthermore, GPS information, information on fires and accidents, or earthquake tsunami information is acquired by the monitoring notification server via the communication network and transmitted to the earphone information terminal wearer, which contributes to improving the safety of the earphone information terminal wearer. be able to.

  The recording of information by the storage unit is not only an accurate recording of the situation in the event of an emergency, but also by the fact that the recording is performed by the information sharing earphone system, the effect of preventing crimes in advance Can also be expected.

  Furthermore, if the earphone information terminal is worn even by a telephone partner, videophone partner or monitoring guardian who is the communication destination of the wearer of the earphone information terminal, an area including the view of the wearer from each other. The sound or surrounding sound is sent, and it is possible to obtain a relief effect as if the wearers of the earphone information terminals are at a distance from each other.

  In addition, if an ambient sound source protection processing unit for attenuating the sound that is output from the speaker unit to the sound collecting unit microphone is provided, for example, even when the earphone wearer is listening to music, The other party has the effect that the wraparound of the music sound is kept low, the wearer's voice or ambient sound can be clearly reached, and a high-quality record can be obtained.

  The earphone information terminal provided with the back contact portion requires one action at the time of wearing, but it is a simple operation, and it is difficult to come off even if a certain level of vibration or head is laid down. This is useful when using the machine for light work. According to this structure, even if it is a pierced earring wearer, since it is the structure which hold | suppresses the back part of the bead of the side, there is little trouble.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the information sharing earphone system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the earphone information terminal which transmits / receives by radio | wireless which concerns on embodiment. (1) Front view (2) Right side view It is a figure which shows the mounting image in the example of FIG. 2 which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the earphone information terminal which transmits / receives by the wire which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the monitoring notification server which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an earphone information terminal provided with the flexible contact part which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an earphone information terminal provided with the rotation contact part which concerns on embodiment. (1) The figure which shows the state before mounting | wearing of a rotation mechanism part (2) The figure which shows the state at the time of mounting | wearing of a rotation mechanism part It is a figure which shows an earphone information terminal provided with the slide contact part which concerns on embodiment. (1) The figure which shows the state before mounting | wearing of a slide mechanism part (2) The figure which shows the state after mounting | wearing of a slide mechanism part

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an information sharing earphone system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information earphone system acquires information including the wearer's field of view, surrounding sound of the wearer 1, ambient sound, and odor information by the earphone information terminal 5 a and wirelessly transmits it to the portable communicator 6 a. The earphone information terminal 5a is wirelessly transmitted from the portable communicator 6a with the other party's voice or voice such as music or English conversation learning.

  The portable communicator 6a stores the surrounding information of the wearer 1 and communicates with the personal computer 7 via the communication network 4 when communicating with the videophone partner 2 and with the portable communicator when communicating with the videophone partner 3. 6b and the surrounding information of the wearer 1 are transmitted to the earphone information terminal 5b. To the wearer 1, the voice, video information, or surrounding information of the videophone partner 2 or 3 is transmitted to the portable communicator 6 a.

  The monitoring notification server 22 communicates via the communication network 4 with communication information between the wearer 1 and the other party of the videophone, image information, ambient sound information, odor information or GPS information, and earthquakes obtained from the communication network 4. Monitoring information consisting of tsunami, fire or accident information is acquired, stored, analyzed, and communicated to emergency and emergency departments such as public organizations or private safety industry companies based on the notification control of the analysis unit from the monitoring notification server in case of emergency Notification control is performed via the network.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the earphone information terminal that transmits and receives wirelessly according to the embodiment of the earphone information terminal, wherein (1) is a front view (2) is a right side view.

  The earphone information terminal has an open-type speaker unit 10 in which a speaker housing is held in a space defined by a wearer's concha 27 and a generally cylindrical body portion 9 that is sandwiched between the tragus and the tragus. And a speaker signal line in the passage space, one side of both ends of the trunk portion 9 is fixed to the speaker portion 10, and the sound collecting portion 12 is placed on the other end side. , A body 13 including a transmission / reception unit and an interface unit, an imaging unit 11 on the other end side opposite to the speaker unit 10, and an illumination unit 14 and an odor sensor unit 15 fixed to the imaging unit 11. The imaging unit 11 is attached to the body 13 on the other end side of the clamping unit 8 so as to be rotatable by a rotating mechanism unit 20 for visual field adjustment, and the illumination unit also rotates integrally. Always illuminate the imaging direction.

  The sound collecting unit 12 is disposed at a position farthest from the speaker unit 10, but is a surrounding sound source protection processing unit that attenuates the wraparound sound of the output sound from the speaker unit 10 that is a feature of the present invention to the sound collecting unit 12. The other party of the videophone or the monitoring notification server performs processing for improving the S / N of ambient sounds by regarding the speaker output sound as noise.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a wearing image when the wearer wears the earphone information terminal according to the embodiment. The speaker unit 10 is held by the concha 27, and the body portion 9 of the clamping unit 8 is the tragus. 28 and the bead 29 are clamped by the interlace 30 and held together with the speaker unit 10 at two points, the sound collecting unit 12 and the transmitting / receiving unit or interface unit on the other end side, and the other end side Since the imaging unit 11, the illuminating unit 14, and the odor sensor unit 15 are attached to the opposite side of the speaker unit, the gravity vector has the speaker unit 10 as a fulcrum when the wearer stands up, Since the body portion 9 is further pressed against the interlace 30, the body 13 having the imaging unit 11, the sound collecting unit 12, the transmission / reception unit or the interface unit can be stably held near the earlobe.

  FIG. 4 shows an earphone information terminal according to an embodiment that transmits and receives information signals to and from a communication terminal, portable communicator, or personal computer using a wired cable. The earphone information terminal includes a cable 31 and a sound collecting unit provided in the middle of the cable 31. ing.

  FIG. 5 shows a configuration of the monitoring notification server 22 according to the embodiment. The monitoring notification server monitors the operation of the information sharing earphone system and the information of the earphone information terminal, and the image information, ambient sound information, smell information, or GPS information that is the surrounding information of the wearer of the earphone information terminal via the communication network 4 And an acquisition unit 23 that acquires information on earthquake, tsunami, fire or accident information obtained from a communication network, or information exchanged with a telephone partner, a video telephone partner, a supervisor or other earphone information terminal wearer And contents of notification control performed on the wearer, the other party of the telephone, the other party of the videophone, the guardian or other wearer of the earphone information terminal, the telecommunications carrier, the public institution or the private safety industry company by analyzing the monitoring information Alternatively, the analysis unit 24 that determines charging for the user and the analysis information or communication by the analysis unit 24 via the communication network 4 A transmission unit 25 for transmitting control information, the monitoring information, and a storage unit 26 for storing the analysis information or a notification control information. Furthermore, the usage information of the user of the information sharing earphone system can be transmitted to the user via the communication network.

  FIG. 6 includes a back surface contact portion 16 that contacts the back surface side of the wearer's anti-tragus 29 of the earphone information terminal according to the embodiment and assists holding the imaging unit in the vicinity of the tragus. The abutting portion 16 includes a contact end 18 that abuts on the back side of the anti-tragus 29, an arm 19 extending from the contact end 18, and a fixed end 17 on the other end side of the arm 19, and the arm 19 is a flexible rubber material. Thus, the fixed end 17 is directly fixed to the clamping portion.

  FIG. 7 shows that the arm 19 of the back surface contact portion 16 of the earphone information terminal according to another embodiment is connected to the fixed end 17 by a plastic material having no flexibility, and the fixed end 17 is connected to the rotation mechanism portion 20. (1) shows a state in which the contact end 18 is opened, and (2) shows a state in which the contact end 18 is brought into contact with the back surface of the antitragus 29. FIG. The contact force is obtained by a spring in the rotation mechanism unit 20. At the time of wearing, the contact end 18 is opened as shown in (1), and after the wearing, the state contact end 18 is closed and brought into contact with the back side of the anti-tragus 29 as shown in (2).

  FIG. 8 shows that the arm 19 of the back surface contact portion 16 of the earphone information terminal according to the embodiment is connected to the fixed end 17 by a plastic material having no flexibility, and the fixed end 17 is connected to the other end side of the sandwiching portion 8. (1) shows a state in which the contact end 18 is opened, and (2) shows a state in which the contact end 18 is opposed to the slide mechanism portion 21 that is slidable in parallel with the axis of the generally cylindrical body portion 9. It is a figure which shows the state made to contact the back surface of the tragus. The contact force is obtained by a spring in the slide mechanism portion 21. At the time of mounting, the fixed end 17 is slid to a position away from the speaker unit 10 as shown in (1) and the speaker unit 10 and the clamping unit 8 are set at the mounting position, and then the fixed end as shown in (2). 17 is slid in the direction of the speaker unit 10 to bring the contact end 18 into contact with the back side of the anti-tragus 29.

  The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

1 ... Wearer, 2 ... Video phone partner 1, 3 ... Video phone partner 2, 4 ... Communication network,
5a, 5b ... earphone information terminals, 6a, 6b ... portable communicators,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 7 ... Personal computer, 8 ... Holding part, 9 ... Torso part, 10 ... Speaker part 11 ... Imaging part, 12 ... Sound collecting part, 13 ... Body, 14 ... Illumination part, 15 ... Odor sensor part 16 ... Back surface contact part 17 ... fixed end, 18 ... contact end, 19 ... arm,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Turning mechanism part, 21 ... Slide mechanism part, 22 ... Monitoring notification server, 23 ... Acquisition part 24 ... Analysis part, 25 ... Transmission part, 26 ... Memory | storage part, 27 ... Concha, 28 ... Tragus
29 ... Anti-browse, 30 ... Between beads, 31 ... Cable

Claims (6)

Information indicating the surroundings of the wearer of the earphone information terminal is sent to the other party of the telephone, the other party of the videophone, or the guardian via a communication network using the respective communication terminal, portable communicator or personal computer. An information sharing earphone system in which information by sound, voice or video is transmitted from the telephone partner, video telephone partner or monitoring guardian to the wearer,
The earphone information terminal
An open type speaker unit in which a speaker housing is held in the space by the concha of the wearer or a sealed type speaker unit that holds the speaker unit by inserting an inner pad into the ear canal;
A barrel portion having a substantially cylindrical shape sandwiched between the tragus and the tragus, and one end of each end of the barrel portion is fixed to the speaker unit, and the sound collecting unit, the transmission / reception unit or When the wearer wears the interface unit, the imaging unit is attached to the opposite side of the speaker unit on the other end side, and when the wearer wears, the torso portion is between the tragus and the antitragus when holding the speaker unit. It is sandwiched between beads and held together with the speaker unit at two points. When the wearer stands up, the sound collecting unit on the other end side, the transmitting / receiving unit, the interface unit, and the other end side further Using the fact that the gravity vector of the imaging unit on the opposite side of the speaker unit becomes a direction in which the body portion is further pressed between the beads using the speaker unit as a fulcrum, the imaging unit, the sound collection unit, the transmission / reception unit, or the interface Can be stably held near the earlobe And the sandwiching member,
The imaging unit that is attached to the opposite side of the other end side of the sandwiching unit and opposite to the speaker unit and is held in an orientation for capturing an area including the field of view of the wearer, acquires an image by a camera module, and outputs image information Part,
The sound collection unit that collects ambient sound with a microphone mounted on or embedded in the imaging unit on the other end side of the clamping unit or a base on a wired cable, and outputs ambient sound information;
The transmission / reception unit or interface unit for transmitting / receiving information signals to / from the communication terminal, portable communicator or personal computer by wireless or wired cable;
The information sharing earphone system comprising: The earphone information terminal
An illuminating unit having a light emitting element held by the other end side of the clamping unit or the imaging unit in a direction to illuminate an imaging direction of the imaging unit;
An odor sensor unit that detects odors held on the other end side of the clamping unit or the imaging unit and outputs odor information;
A GPS device for transmitting GPS information to a telephone partner, a video telephone partner, or a guardian by a communication terminal, a portable communicator or a personal computer via a communication network;
The information sharing earphone system according to claim 1, further comprising one or a plurality of arbitrary combinations selected from the above. A monitoring notification server for monitoring the operation of the information sharing earphone system and the information of the earphone information terminal;
The monitoring notification server includes:
Image information, ambient sound information, odor information, GPS information or earthquake / tsunami information, or telephone partner, videophone partner, monitoring guardian, or other earphones that are surrounding information of the wearer of the earphone information terminal via the communication network An acquisition unit for acquiring monitoring information comprising information communicated with the information terminal wearer;
Content of notification control performed by analyzing the monitoring information to the wearer, the telephone partner, the video phone partner, the monitoring guardian or other wearer of the earphone information terminal, a telecommunications carrier, a public institution or a private safety industry company Or an analysis unit that determines charging for the user;
A transmission unit for transmitting analysis information or notification control information by the analysis unit via a communication network;
A storage unit for storing the monitoring information, the analysis information, or the notification control information;
The information sharing earphone system according to claim 1, further comprising:   The earphone information terminal is connected to a communication terminal, a portable communicator, or a personal computer of the telephone partner, the video telephone partner, or the supervisory guardian of the information sharing earphone system via a wireless or wired cable. The information sharing earphone system according to claim 1. The sound collecting unit of the earphone information terminal collects surrounding sounds with a microphone fixed or embedded in the other end side of the clamping unit or the imaging unit, and from the collected sound signal from the speaker unit by the reverse phase signal of phones phase hand or these sounds or voice or wearer rather hearing audio signals to be output, the attenuates the detouring sound to the microphone of the sound output from the speaker unit, the ambient sound of the wearer 5. The information sharing earphone system according to claim 1, further comprising a surrounding sound source protection processing device capable of increasing S / N. The earphone information terminal further includes a back surface abutting portion that abuts on the back surface side of the wearer's anti-tragus and assists holding the imaging unit in the vicinity of the tragus, and the back surface abutting portion includes The arm is composed of a contact end abutting on the back surface side, an arm extending from the contact end, and a fixed end on the other end side of the arm. The arm is made of a flexible material, and the fixed end is directly fixed to the holding portion. Back contact part,
The arm is connected to the fixed end with a material having no flexibility, and the fixed end further has a back surface contact portion fixed to the other end side of the sandwiching portion so as to be rotatable by a rotation mechanism portion.
The fixed end is fixed to the imaging unit and is fixed to the other end side of the clamping unit so as to be rotatable together with the imaging unit, or the fixed end is a generally cylindrical body portion on the other end side of the clamping unit After the fixed end is slid to a position distant from the speaker unit and the speaker unit and the clamping unit are set at the mounting position, the fixed end is directed toward the speaker unit. The information sharing earphone system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a back surface contact portion that slides to contact the contact end to the back surface side of the tragus.

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