KR19990085187A - Earphones with a microphone and mobile phones configured to talk using such earphones - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to provide an earphone with a microphone that can be shared in mobile phones and portable acoustic devices, the earphone 10 is a first small speaker 12, a second small speaker 13, a mobile phone A first plug 14 plugged into a jack attached to the second plug 14 and a second plug 15 plugged into a jack attached to the portable acoustic device, the first wire 16 and the second plug connected to the first plug 14; The second lead 17 connected to the plug 15 is connected to the control device 11, the third lead 18 connected to the control device 11 from the branch point 19 in a position extended by a suitable length. It is divided and connected to the 1st small speaker 12 and the 2nd small speaker 13, respectively, The microphone 22 is inserted in the lead wire between the branch point 19 and the 2nd small speaker 13, The microphone 22 ) Has a hole in which the wire can be inserted in the center, And a sound pressure accommodating part 29 formed in a delta shape having three surfaces 26, 27, and 28 divided by an angle of 120 ° and disposed one by one. In addition, the present invention provides a mobile phone configured to talk using the earphone 10 configured as described above.

Description

Earphones with a microphone and mobile phones configured to talk using such earphones

The present invention relates to earphones with a microphone, and more particularly, to earphones with a microphone which can be shared with mobile phones and portable acoustic devices and enable remote operation of the mobile phones. In addition, the present invention also relates to a mobile phone configured to detect and make a call request while listening to a portable sound device using the earphone with a microphone as described above.

Nowadays, with the expansion of personal wireless communication service, many people are using mobile phones. Calls on mobile phones are often made irrelevant at any time and place. When a call using a mobile phone is required, the owner of the mobile phone may be driving, in a crowded place such as inside a subway or bus, in a quiet public place, or using earphones It may be listening to music and the like from the portable audio device. Talking on the phone with one hand while driving is a serious obstacle to safe driving. In addition, in a crowded place, reception sensitivity felt by the caller is reduced due to ambient noise. When a caller feels that the incoming sound is small, he or she naturally grows louder and hurts others. In order to solve these problems, commercially available earphones equipped with a microphone and a mobile phone configured to make a call using the same are being sold. In the call using the earphone with the microphone, the obstacles to the safe operation due to the call during operation are eliminated, and the problem of the decrease in the reception sensitivity felt by the caller due to the ambient noise is solved.

Earphones with microphones currently on sale and mobile phones configured to make calls using them detect the incoming call by the incoming sound emitted from the phone itself, vibration or flashing lamp, and then press the receive button attached to the phone body. After pressing to connect the phone, it is configured to talk through the microphone attached earphone. The user using such a mobile phone selects the reception notification means by vibrating or flashing of a lamp in order to avoid causing damage to nearby people due to a sudden sound ringing in a public place in a quiet atmosphere. By the way, when the reception notification means is selected as the vibration, it should always be attached to the body so that the vibration can be detected by a part of the body, and when the reception notification means is selected by the flashing of the lamp, keep watching the lamp Unless otherwise known, calls are often not detected. In addition, when the receiver is listening to music and the like from the portable acoustic device using the earphone, the earphone can be called only after removing the earphone for the acoustic device currently worn and wearing the earphone for the mobile phone.

1-schematic top view of an earphone with a microphone according to the present invention

2-a detailed view of the control device of the earphone with a microphone shown in Figure 1

3-side view showing a microphone of the earphone shown in FIG.

4-1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone configured to make a call using an earphone with a microphone shown in FIG.

The present invention is proposed in consideration of the above situation, and it is possible to detect all incoming calls without harming the surrounding people in public places, and while the phone is listening to music from the portable acoustic device through earphones. When you get a phone call, you can use the earphones you're wearing right away, and if you're in your pocket or bag, you'll have a microphone that lets you connect and talk remotely without having to access your phone. It is an object of the present invention to provide an earphone and a mobile phone that can make a call using such an earphone.

Earphones equipped with a microphone for achieving the above object include at least one or more small speakers configured to be worn on at least one ear, and to be placed near the wearer's mouth when the at least one small speaker is worn on the ear. One or more microphones configured, a plug formed to be plugged into a jack attached to the body of the cellular phone, a flexible conductor connecting the small speaker, the microphone and the plug, and a control device disposed in the middle of the conductor; The small speaker receives a signal transmitted from a mobile phone and reproduces sound, and the microphone converts the wearer's voice into a signal capable of transmitting the voice to the mobile phone, and the control device directly accesses the phone. Signal to control the mobile phone without It provides an earphone with a microphone, characterized in that it comprises a remote control means.

The microphone-attached earphone further includes one or more plugs formed to be plugged into a jack attached to the body of the portable acoustic device, and the control device is any one of a signal from a mobile phone and a signal from the portable acoustic device. It may also include a selection button for selectively inputting to the small speaker.

When the signal is output from the cellular phone while the signal from the portable acoustic device is being input to the small speaker, the control device cuts off the signal output from the portable acoustic device and inputs the signal output from the cellular phone to the small speaker. Automatic switching means may be included.

The automatic switching means may be configured to resume inputting the signal output from the portable acoustic apparatus to the small speaker if no signal is output from the portable telephone until a predetermined time has elapsed.

The small speaker is composed of two small speakers that can be worn on each ear one by one, the wire connecting the two small speakers is configured to be adjusted to pass near the wearer's mouth, the microphone is the two speakers It may be configured to be disposed at an appropriate position on the wire while moving along the wire connecting the.

The microphone may be composed of two microphones each disposed one on each side of the wearer's mouth.

According to the present invention, there is also provided at least one small speaker configured to listen to sound by wearing at least one ear, at least one microphone configured to be placed near a wearer's mouth when the at least one small speaker is worn on the ear; A plug formed to be plugged into a jack attached to the body of the cellular phone, at least one plug formed to be plugged into a jack attached to the body of the portable acoustic apparatus, a flexible conductor connecting the small speaker, the microphone and the plug; And a control device disposed in the middle of the conductive wire, wherein the small speaker is configured to reproduce sound by selectively using a signal output from a mobile phone and a signal output from a portable sound device. To provide.

The small speaker may be configured to simultaneously reproduce the sound by the signal output from the cellular phone and the sound by the signal input from the portable acoustic apparatus.

In addition, according to the present invention, in a cellular phone configured to subscribe to a wireless communication service network to transmit and receive a signal, a jack for plugging in a earphone with a microphone is attached to the body, and when a telephone call is made. It provides a mobile phone comprising a selection means for selecting to radiate the received sound through the speaker provided in the mobile phone itself or output to the earphone.

The mobile phone may be configured to be operated by a signal input by a remote control means provided in the earphone.

Good Example

In the following, preferred embodiments of the earphone with a microphone according to the present invention and a mobile telephone capable of making a phone call using such earphone will be described in detail.

1 shows a schematic plan view of an earphone with a microphone according to the invention, FIG. 2 shows a control device of an earphone with a microphone shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. A side view of the microphone of the earphone is shown, and FIG. 4 shows a mobile phone configured to make a call using the earphone with the microphone shown in FIG. 1.

The earphone 10 with a microphone according to this embodiment includes a first small speaker 12 and a second small speaker 13 configured to be worn one on each ear. The first small speaker 12 and the second small speaker 13 are preferably formed in a shape that can be comfortably plugged into the entrance of the ear canal.

In addition, the earphone 10 is plugged into the jack 31 attached to the mobile phone 30, the mobile phone 30 and the first plug 14 to allow the earphone 10 to transmit and receive a signal, and a portable acoustic device And a second plug 15 which is plugged into a jack attached to an antenna (not shown) to receive a signal from the portable acoustic apparatus. The first lead 16 connected to the first plug 14 and the second lead 17 connected to the second plug 15 are connected to the control device 11.

In addition, the third lead 18 connected to the control device 11 is connected to the first small speaker 12 and the second small speaker 13, respectively, separated from the branch point 19 in a position extended by an appropriate length. . It is preferable that the length of the conductive wire from the branch point 19 to the first small speaker 12 extends slightly shorter than the length of the conductive wire from the branch point 19 to the second small speaker 13.

In addition, the earphone 10 has a stop 21 for adjusting the length of the branched wire, the stop 21 is configured in the form of a block having two holes through which two wires of wire can pass, respectively. do. The hole in the block can be made to slide along the lead by applying a slight force to the block by hand, but it is recommended that the block is formed so that it does not slip by force that slides itself or pulls the two strands away from each other. Do.

The microphone 22 is fitted on the lead between the block and the second small speaker 13. As shown in Fig. 3, the microphone 22 has a hole in which a conductor can be inserted in the center, and has a delta with three sides 26, 27, and 28 divided by an angle of 120 ° around the hole. It is preferable to include the negative pressure accommodating part 29 formed in the shape of and arrange | positioned one by one. The microphone 22 configured as described above can receive sound pressure applied in all directions and convert the sound signal into an electric signal.

In addition, the microphone 22 is connected to the fourth lead 23 branched from the lead extending from the branch point 19 to the second small speaker 13, so that the microphone 22 can move on the lead leading to the second small speaker 13. It is preferred to be configured.

In the earphone 10 with a microphone according to this embodiment, the first plug 14 and the mobile phone 30 for inputting an electric signal from the microphone 22 to the mobile phone 30 by the first plug 14 and the mobile phone ( And a second stem 25 for supplying the electric signal output from the 30 to the first small speaker 12 and the second small speaker 13 of the earphone 10. The first stem 24 and the second stem 25 are configured to be different in thickness from each other, thereby preventing the user from replacing the holes when the user inserts the jack 31 into the jack 31 attached to the cellular phone 30.

The control device 11 shown in FIG. 2 enlarges the second signal wire 17 connected through the second plug 15 and the electrical signal supplied through the first wire wire 16 connected to the first plug 14. It includes a selection button 33 for selecting any one of the electrical signal supplied through the first small speaker 12 and the second small speaker 13 to be supplied. In addition, the control device 11 is electrically connected to the first small speaker 12 and the second small speaker 13 while the electric signal supplied through the second conductive wire 17 is supplied through the first conductive wire 16. When the signal is supplied, the first small speaker 12 and the second small speaker 13 cut off the supply of the electrical signal supplied through the second conductive wire 17 and the electrical signal supplied through the first conductive wire 16. It includes an automatic switching means (not shown) for supplying. When the automatic switching means stops the supply of the electrical signal supplied through the second conductive wire 17 and there is no electrical signal supplied through the first conductive wire 16 for a predetermined time, the automatic switching means is supplied through the second conductive wire 17. Preferably, the supply of the electric signal to the first small speaker 12 and the second small speaker 13 is resumed.

In addition, when the control device 11 presses the selection button 33 when a call is made to the cellular phone 30, the control device 11 transmits a call signal to the cellular phone 30 to connect the telephone, and during the call, the selection button ( 33) or pressing a separate end button (not shown), the mobile phone 30 is terminated by sending an end signal.

Meanwhile, the mobile phone 30 shown in FIG. 4 connects the first stem 24 and the second stem 25 of the first plug 14 of the earphone 10 with the microphone described above to connect an electric circuit. A jack 31 comprising a first hole 34 and a second hole 35, which is configured to be capable of being exposed, is embedded on the side of the body. The first hole 34 has a conductive path connected to the input terminal to which the handset is connected, and the second hole 35 has a conductive path connected to the output terminal to which the handset is connected.

In addition, the second hole 35 of the jack 31 has a conductive path connected to the reception notification means for informing the user that the telephone is being made to the cellular phone 30. The reception notification means of the conventional mobile phone 30 is configured to emit a sound received through the speaker provided in the mobile phone 30 or to vibrate the mobile phone 30 through the vibration means or to flash the lamp exposed to the outside. It is configured to select one of them by using a function key on the key panel of the cellular phone 30. In the cellular phone 30 according to this embodiment, the function key is configured to select to send the received notification signal to the conductive path connected to the first hole 34 of the jack 31.

Further, a conductive path for transmitting a control signal from the control device 11 of the earphone 10 with a microphone according to the present invention described above is connected to the first hole 34 of the jack 31. Signal conduction means for classifying the control signal and operating the corresponding operation portion of the cellular phone 30 is connected to the conductive path.

In the following, an example of change of the earphone 10 and the mobile phone 30 with a microphone according to the above-described embodiment will be described.

The control device 11 of the earphone 10 with a microphone may include not only the selection button 33 described above, but also several buttons necessary for making a call. Such a button may include ten buttons and an outgoing button each having an integer of 0 to 9, respectively.

In another example, the control device 11 of the earphone 10 may additionally include a control button for controlling the portable sound device.

In the embodiment described above, the first plug 14 includes a first stem 24 and a second stem 25, but in another example, the first stem 24 and the second stem 25. ) May be integrated into one stem.

In addition, the second plug 15 may provide not only a conductive path for supplying an electric signal from the portable communication device to the earphone 10 but also a conductive path for inputting an electric signal from the microphone into the portable acoustic device. Can be configured.

In addition, the microphone 22 attached to the earphone 10 is configured to be movable on a wire, but is rather rigid but easy to bend when connected to the housing of the first small speaker 12 of the earphone 10. Microphones may be attached to the ends of rods of suitable length in one material, and conductors connected to such microphones may be configured to be connected through the interior of such rods.

In addition, the microphone 22 may be configured to be plugged into a collar near the user's mouth while being separated from the speakers 12 and 13 of the earphone 10.

In addition, the housing of the control device 11 may include a clip that can be fixed by plugging into a pocket or a collar, or may be configured to attach or remove a band that can be worn around the wrist.

In addition, the first conductive wire 16 of the earphone 10 may be configured to function as an antenna that may assist or replace the role of the receiving antenna 38 of the mobile phone 30, and the second conductive wire 17 May be configured to function as a reception antenna of the portable acoustic device.

On the other hand, the jack 31 of the cellular phone 30 may be configured by integrating the first hole 34 and the second hole 35 into one hole. In addition, the conductive path connected from the control device 11 of the earphone 10 to the signal classification means of the mobile phone 30 through the plug and jack 31 is composed of only two to three conductive paths, 11 and each of the signal classification means may include multiple transmission means and demultiplex transmission means.

In addition, the mobile phone 30 may not be configured with a handset, a handset, and an antenna, and may be configured to make a call only by using the earphone 10 with a microphone. The cellular phone 30 thus configured may include a band that can be worn on the wrist.

In addition, instead of selecting the reception notification means as the earphone 10 by using the function key, the mobile phone 30 may be configured to select the reception notification means as the earphone 10 by using a dedicated selection key provided separately. have.

Meanwhile, in order to simplify the configuration of the earphone, the earphone 10 with the microphone described above may be configured to have only one small speaker.

In addition, the first plug and the second plug are fitted with adapters suitable for the shape or size of the holes into which they are inserted, so that one adapter can be used to mate with various jacks.

In the following, a method of making a call using the earphone 10 and the cellular phone 30 with a microphone according to the present invention will be described.

The user plugs the first plug 14 of the earphone 10 into the jack 31 of the cellular phone 30 and places the cellular phone 30 in a pocket or a bag while wearing the earphone 10. When a call is made to the cellular phone 30, the cellular phone 30 emits a reception notification sound through the speaker or earphone 10 provided in the cellular phone 30 itself according to a user's selection using a function key. When the reception notification rings, the user presses the select button 33 of the control device 11 of the earphone 10 to connect the phone. If the user wants to end the call during the call, press the select button 33 again to end the call.

If the user wants to listen to music from the portable acoustic device, the second plug 15 is plugged into the portable acoustic device while listening to music while the first plug 14 of the earphone 10 is inserted into the mobile phone 30. When a call is made to the cellular phone 30 while listening to music, the automatic switching device of the control device 11 is supplied to the first and second small speakers 12 and 13 of the earphone 10 from the portable sound device. The electric signal is cut off, and the reception notification signal supplied from the cellular phone 30 is supplied to the first and second small speakers 12 and 13 of the earphone 10 to generate the reception notification sound. As described above, the user who listens to the ringing tone ringing through the first and second small speakers 12 and 13 of the earphone 10 presses the select button 33 to connect the phone and then calls the select button ( 33) to end the call, and press the select button 33 again to listen to music from the portable acoustic device. In the case where the automatic switching means has automatic resume means, if the electric signal is not supplied from the cellular phone 30 until a predetermined time elapses after the call is terminated, the output of music from the portable acoustic device is automatically resumed. .

The embodiments described above are only intended to illustrate preferred embodiments of earphones and mobile phones with microphones according to the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, the illustrated variation is only a part. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, or adjustments to the embodiments described above can be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

By using the earphone and the mobile phone with a microphone according to the present invention, it is possible to detect the incoming call without missing the reception sound around. In addition, by using an earphone and a mobile phone with a microphone according to the present invention, even a call received while listening to music from a portable sound device can be detected without any omission, and a simple selection operation is performed without replacing the earphone being worn. Or you can connect the phone by automatic switching. In addition, by using the earphone and the mobile phone with a microphone according to the present invention, it is possible to make a phone call or connect an incoming call by remote operation without accessing a mobile phone deeply stored in a pocket or a bag.

Claims (14)

In earphones with a microphone, At least one small speaker configured to be worn on at least one ear and capable of listening to sound, at least one microphone configured to be placed near the wearer's mouth when the at least one small speaker is worn on the ear, and attached to the body of the cellular phone A plug formed to be plugged into a jack, a flexible conductor connecting the small speaker, the microphone, and the plug, and a control device disposed in the middle of the conductor; The small speaker receives a signal from the mobile phone to reproduce the sound, The microphone converts a wearer's voice into a signal capable of transmitting to the cellular phone, The control device is equipped with a microphone, characterized in that it comprises a remote control means for transmitting a signal for controlling the mobile phone without the wearer accessing the phone directly. According to claim 1, The earphone with the microphone additionally includes one or more plugs formed to be plugged into a jack attached to the body of the portable acoustic device, And a selection button for the control device to selectively input one of a signal from a cellular phone and a signal from a portable acoustic device to the small speaker. The method of claim 2, When the signal is output from the cellular phone while the signal from the portable acoustic device is being input to the small speaker, the control device cuts off the signal output from the portable acoustic device and inputs the signal output from the cellular phone to the small speaker. Earphones with a microphone, characterized in that it comprises an automatic switching means configured to. The method of claim 3, wherein And the automatic switching means is configured to resume inputting the signal output from the portable acoustic apparatus to the small speaker if no signal is output from the cellular phone until a predetermined time has elapsed. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The small speaker is composed of two small speakers that can be worn one on each ear, The wire connecting the two small speakers is configured to be adjusted to pass near the wearer's mouth, And the microphone is configured to be disposed at an appropriate position on the lead while moving along the lead connecting the two speakers. The method of claim 5, The microphone is an earphone with a microphone, characterized in that formed in the shape of a triangular column having three sides divided by an angle of 120 ° centered on the hole formed in the center, one sound pressure accommodating portion arranged one by one. The method of claim 5, Earphones with a microphone, characterized in that the microphone is composed of two microphones, each one disposed on both sides of the wearer's mouth. The method of claim 5, Earphones with a microphone, characterized in that the microphone is formed to be separated from the small speaker to be plugged into the collar. In earphones with a microphone, At least one small speaker configured to be worn on at least one ear and capable of listening to sound, at least one microphone configured to be placed near the wearer's mouth when the at least one small speaker is worn on the ear, and attached to the body of the cellular phone A plug formed to be plugged into a jack, at least one plug formed to be plugged into a jack attached to the body of the portable acoustic device, a flexible conductor connecting the small speaker, the microphone, and the plugs, and disposed in the middle of the conductor Including a control unit, And the small speaker is configured to reproduce sound by selectively using a signal output from a mobile phone and a signal output from a portable sound device. The method of claim 9, And said small speaker is configured to simultaneously reproduce a sound by a signal output from a cellular phone and a sound by a signal input from a portable sound device. In a mobile phone configured to subscribe to a wireless communication service network and transmit and receive signals, There is a jack on the body for plugging in earphones with a microphone. And a selection means for selecting to emit a received sound through a speaker provided in the cellular phone itself or to output the earphone when a call is received. The method of claim 11, wherein Mobile phone, characterized in that configured to be operated by the signal input by the remote control means provided in the earphone. The method of claim 11 or 12, The mobile phone does not include a handset, a handset, and an antenna, and can talk only through an earphone with a microphone separately configured, and the wire of the earphone is configured to function as a reception antenna. The method of claim 13, And a band that the cellular phone can be worn on the wrist.