KR20110005541A - Bluetooth headset of saving power - Google Patents

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KR20110005541A
KR20110005541A KR1020090063152A KR20090063152A KR20110005541A KR 20110005541 A KR20110005541 A KR 20110005541A KR 1020090063152 A KR1020090063152 A KR 1020090063152A KR 20090063152 A KR20090063152 A KR 20090063152A KR 20110005541 A KR20110005541 A KR 20110005541A
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    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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    • H04R2420/07—Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2460/00—Details of hearing devices, i.e. of ear- or headphones covered by H04R1/10 or H04R5/033 but not provided for in any of their subgroups, or of hearing aids covered by H04R25/00 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
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Abstract

The headset body, which is a casing having an earphone unit, and a function button for operating a function of a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function on the back or side of the headset body, are disposed and operated in cooperation with the function button in the storage space of the headset body. A circuit board for mounting an operation switch, such as an electric button switch, is housed, and the operation position of the function button operation switch is matched or non-aligned by the relative position change means according to the user's operation of the function button with respect to the operation switch. A Bluetooth headset for providing an operation lock-operation unlock state in which the operation of the operation switch or the non-operation by the pressing operation of the function button is selectively performed by being configured to match; In addition to the operation switch, as a power saving switch for switching the power to the OFF or Sleep mode, the magnet is housed in the function button to move the slide and the hall switch on the circuit board, the function button is a knob guide for guiding the slide guide It moves by being limited in the set response position range of the function button and the button switch, the magnet and the hall switch, and the 'LOW' or 'HIGH in response to the separation and proximity of the magnet of the function button and the hall switch on the circuit board 'The microcomputer responds to the signal to turn off the power of the Bluetooth headset with power saving function.

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Bluetooth headset with power saving function {Bluetooth headset of saving power}

The present invention relates to a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function,

More specifically, the improved mechanical configuration of the operation mode of the Bluetooth headset having the power saving function and the power saving function of the configuration further providing a power saving function in the operation mode by combining the mechanical configuration and the cooperating electric circuit. The present invention relates to a Bluetooth headset having a function.

Recently, as a wireless transmission method, a sound source device employing a "Bluethooth" communication protocol, which is a low-power short-range wireless transmission protocol, and a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function of wirelessly receiving and playing wirelessly from the sound source device, are portable communication devices. It is developed for various purposes that can be used for sound generating devices such as mobile phones, laptops, and MP3s, and the headset based on the Bluetooth communication protocol can transmit and receive sound at low power, so it can be used for a long time. do.

Therefore, the most important convenience of the Bluetooth headset having a power saving function employing Bluetooth is that in addition to easy portability, it is possible to use the battery for a long time, and furthermore, the lifespan can be further increased by the addition of the power saving function.

Conventional Bluetooth headsets provide a configuration that can be operated with one or two function buttons to minimize the number of buttons protruding from the outside, and power on / off is also given to these function buttons in software.

For example, the operation method of the function button is set in various ways depending on the manufacturer, but depending on the type of mobile phone, when the function button is pressed, the dialed number is set.If you press the function button again after setting, the dialing is performed. When the function button is pressed, the last dialed number is redialed.

In addition, in addition to such a function, it is designed to turn off the power by software by pressing a certain button part.

However, in the case of a Bluetooth headset having a funnel button having such a mode of operation, when the user is carrying it in a pocket or bag,

In many cases, the power is left in the ON state due to external presses. Therefore, the communication is not made by the user, and the redialing is performed, which wastes the communication cost and the inconvenience of the receiving party. There is a problem in that charging is required during practical use according to the early exhaustion of the battery.

The longer the standby time of the battery, the less the need for recharging, thus maximizing user convenience and minimizing the loss of the user due to inability to make a call at a critical time. In order to reduce the loss caused by the mechanism and to fundamentally prevent the user operation mistake is preferable. Further, the control mode of the electric power saving function which cooperates with such mechanical operation becomes a more important technical point of view.

The present inventor pointed out this problem in the patent application No. 10-2007-112290 dated November 5, 2007, and has disclosed a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function as an example as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

6 is a cross-sectional view of the Bluetooth headset of the source of the inventors 'application, and FIG. 7 is a plan view of an operation part of the Bluetooth headset of the source of the inventors' application.

In the illustrated sailor configuration, it provides a Bluetooth headset (HSO),

The headset body 10, which is a casing having the earphone unit 1, and a function button 12 for operating a function of a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function are disposed on the back or side of the headset body 10, and the headset body ( 10 is configured for the Bluetooth headset (HSO) in which the circuit board 20 for mounting an operation switch, such as an electric button switch 30 operated in cooperation with the function button 12, is accommodated.

In order to prevent the function button 12 from malfunctioning, the function of the funnel button 12 is enabled or disabled by position-matching and mismatching with the button part 31 of the button switch 30 on the circuit board 20. The cover plate 40 is inserted between the channel guides 15 'and 15 "to move the upper and lower slides, and protrudes the knob protrusion 41' which is another protrusion at the lower end of the cover plate 40. In addition, the power supply switch SPO configured by combining the knob 35 'and the knob protrusion 41 of the other slide switch 35 additionally mounted on the circuit board 20 may be further configured to provide an electrical signal. Software controlled or hardware controlled.

In the case of the above-described configuration, a number of the following problems have been found by constituting a slide switch and a plate-like cover plate coupled with the knob projection as a means for the power saving function.

First, by configuring as a plate-shaped cover plate, the dimensional margin becomes large according to the elastic change, and the exact setting of the position between switches is changed, causing a malfunction.

In addition, the assembly of the slide position 35 with the knob 35 'makes it difficult to assemble and the cover plate is dislodged from the knob due to external shock during use, which causes a failure.

In the present invention, in view of the above-described problems, such as the conventional configuration, despite the user's intention, the power saving function by providing a mechanical and electrical element configuration to prevent the power ON of the Bluetooth headset, such as a pocket, bag, etc. It is intended to have a hardware configuration to significantly increase the standby time of the battery of the Bluetooth headset.

Bluetooth headset having a power saving function of the present invention devised to solve the above problems;

The headset body, which is a casing having an earphone unit, and a function button for operating a function of a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function on the back or side of the headset body, are disposed and operated in cooperation with the function button in the storage space of the headset body. A circuit board for mounting an operation switch, such as an electric button switch, is housed, and the operation position of the function button operation switch is matched or non-aligned by the relative position change means according to the user's operation of the function button with respect to the operation switch. A Bluetooth headset for providing an operation lock-operation unlock state in which the operation of the operation switch or the non-operation by the pressing operation of the function button is selectively performed by being configured to match;

In addition to the operation switch, as a power saving switch for switching the power to the OFF or Sleep mode, a magnet housed in the function button to move the slide and the hall switch on the circuit board,

The function button is moved by the knob guide to guide the slide guide is limited in the range of the set response position of the function button, the button switch, the magnet and the hall switch,

The microcomputer responds to the 'LOW' or 'HIGH' signal due to the closeness and proximity of the magnet of the function button and the hall switch on the circuit board to switch the power of the Bluetooth headset having a power saving function to OFF or Sleep mode. It is a constructive technical feature to enable the power saving function.

The Bluetooth headset having the power saving function of the present invention is intended to prevent malfunction and thereby increase battery life by fundamentally preventing the user from inadvertently switching to a power-on state.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function of the present invention for achieving the above object with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a Bluetooth headset in an operating state having a power saving function of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an operating unit of the Bluetooth headset in an operating state, and FIG. 3 is a power off state having a power saving function of the present invention. 4 is a plan view of an operation part of the Bluetooth headset in a power-off state, and FIG. 5 is described together as an overall perspective view of a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function of the present invention.

Bluetooth headset having a power saving function of the present invention by configuring the operation of the power saving function in a non-contact manner to improve the reliability of the operation and to provide a configuration for preventing the malfunction as an accurate setting of the response position, in addition to preventing the user's mistakes As an additional function, it is possible to enter the power saving mode in the standby state in addition to the setting of the operation and non-operational modes, resulting in a dramatic increase in standby power.

Bluetooth headset (HS) having a power saving function of the present invention is shown in Figs.

In the optimized embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 1 below, the configuration of the power-saving switch (SP) implemented in the mechanical configuration of the above-described source configuration of the inventor as a non-contact electrical switch element and the operation of the switch It further provides a means of limiting.

Bluetooth headset of the present invention as in the configuration of the source.

The headset body 10, which is a casing having the earphone unit 1, and a function button 12 for operating a function of a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function are disposed on the back or side of the headset body 10, and the headset body ( The circuit board 20 for mounting an operation switch such as an electric button switch 30 operated in cooperation with the function button 12 is accommodated in the storage space of 10), and the function button 12 for the operation switch is stored. The operation position of the function button 12-operation switch is matched or misaligned by the relative position change means according to the user's operation of the operation button, thereby actuating or non-operating the operation switch by pressing the function button 12. The basic configuration provides the operating lock-operation unlocking state in which the operation is selectively performed.

In the present invention, as a non-contact electrical switch element, a power switch (SP) is used by using a Hall switch that responds to a magnet that performs an electrical ON-OFF in response to an adjacent magnet.

Bluetooth headset (HS) having a power saving function of the present invention is a function button 12 performing a function described below can be selectively moved by moving within the knob guide 17 in which slide movement is limited as a sensitive position. Since the function button 12 has a mechanical configuration configured to be turned on or off, the function button 12 has to operate the button switch 30 in the sensitive position, so that the one having the dimensions and the material that can flow downward is selected.

With this configuration, a conventionally dialed number on the circuit board 20 protruding to the bottom of the function button 12 is set, and when it is pressed again after setting, dialing is performed, or when pressed, the last dialed number immediately. The button switch 30 having a function of performing the redialing function is mechanically in-line or in a state where the registration state is released,

The knob guide 17 provides a function button 12 whose slide movement is limited by a certain amount, and the function button 12 is also provided on the circuit board 20 so as to perform the same operation as the conventional configuration and the source configuration of the user. It is preferable to further have a button protrusion 31 projecting downward so as to cooperate with the button switch 30.

The knob guide 17 in which the function button 12 slides accurately guides the movement position of the button protrusion 31 operating with the button switch 30 and the magnet M in response to the hall switch HW. Function button 12 has a shape and dimensions to accommodate the contour (Contour) to control to prevent erroneous response.

As a power saving switch SP for further providing a power saving function, a magnet M is embedded in the function button 12, and a hall switch reacting with the magnet M on the circuit board 20 at the corresponding position at the time of response. HW).

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which are unlocked positions,

It is preferable that the magnet (M) -hole switch (HW) is spaced apart and the magnet (M) -hall switch (HW) is configured to be close to each other, as shown in FIGS. Of course, it is possible depending on the program method built in the microcomputer.

The magnet M and the hall switch HW act as a power saving switch SP in addition to the operation-inactive mode of normal functioning of the function button 12.

As the function button 12 is moved up and down, in the unlocked state (Fig. 1), that is, in the operation standby state, the magnet M embedded in the function button 12 and the hall switch HW installed on the circuit board 20 are mutually mutual. Will be in an unmatched position,

In this state, since the hall switch HW is not operated by the magnet M, the output of the hall switch HW becomes a 'HIGH' state, and the Bluetooth headset (HS4) having a power saving function built in the circuit board 20 is provided. ), The microcomputer for control of 'HIGH' state is checked,

By keeping the function button 12 in a standby state, the Bluetooth headset having a power saving function such as a telephone reception or a transmission function can be in a state capable of performing a normal operation, so that the user can press the function button 12. Due to the button switch 30 is pressed to transition to the normal mode in which the function performance function is performed.

In the locked state in which the function button 12 of FIG. 2 is moved downward, the hall switch HW is operated by the magnet M to change the output state from 'HIGH' to 'LOW' and the microcomputer is 'LOW'. It recognizes and transmits disconnection data to a Bluetooth-equipped main body such as a mobile phone or MP3 player, releases the connection to the Bluetooth-equipped main body, and then turns off the power to minimize power consumption. Will be.

Another control method is to enter the power off mode in response to the magnet (M) response of the hall switch (HW) to perform the power saving mode. Program mode can be adopted to enter Sleep mode.

In sleep mode or power-off mode, even if the button switch 30 is pressed by the user's unintentional pressing operation of the function button 12, the microcomputer does not recognize the button. By operating as a power saving switch (SP) to prevent the transmission, there is an advantage that can improve the battery standby time of the Bluetooth headset (HS4) having a power saving function of the present invention more than 10 times.

In another preferred configuration, when the function button 12 is moved from the locked state to the unlocked state, the output of the hall switch is changed from 'LOW' to 'HIGH', and the microcomputer recognizes this and has a power saving function. After turning on the power of (HS), it has a routine to make a connection with the main body equipped with Bluetooth.

If a call is received, the user recognizes the bell sound or vibration of the main body and moves the Bluetooth switch from the locked position to the unlocked position. If the received data is received from the Bluetooth headset (HS4) that has a power saving function, it can be configured to send an Answering Data (ANSWER) (send to the main body when the MFB button is pressed) to the main body to execute automatic call reception. Can be. This has the usefulness that the user can immediately receive a call simply by raising the function button 12 upward when a call is made.

Operation of the 'LOW'-'HIGH' signal of the power saving switch SP in the above description may be designed to serve as an operation signal opposite to the intention of the designer.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a Bluetooth headset in an operating state having a power saving function of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the operation portion of the Bluetooth headset in the operating state having a power saving function of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of a Bluetooth headset in a power off state having a power saving function of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the operation portion of the Bluetooth headset in the power off state having a power saving function of the present invention.

5 is an overall perspective view of a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the Bluetooth headset of the source of the inventor application

7 is a plan view of the operation unit of the Bluetooth headset of the source of the present inventors application.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

HS: Bluetooth headset with energy saving function

1: earphone

10: headset body

20: circuit board

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The headset body, which is a casing having an earphone unit, and a function button for operating a function of a Bluetooth headset having a power saving function on the back or side of the headset body, are disposed and operated in cooperation with the function button in the storage space of the headset body. A circuit board for mounting an operation switch, such as an electric button switch, is housed, and the operation position of the function button operation switch is matched or non-aligned by the relative position change means according to the user's operation of the function button with respect to the operation switch. A Bluetooth headset for providing an operation lock-operation unlock state in which the operation of the operation switch or the non-operation by the pressing operation of the function button is selectively performed by being configured to match; In addition to the operation switch, as a power saving switch for switching the power to the OFF or Sleep mode, a magnet housed in the function button to move the slide and the hall switch on the circuit board, The function button is moved by the knob guide to guide the slide guide is limited in the range of the set response position of the function button, the button switch, the magnet and the hall switch, The microcomputer responds to the 'LOW' or 'HIGH' signal due to the closeness and proximity of the magnet of the function button and the hall switch on the circuit board to switch the power of the Bluetooth headset having a power saving function to OFF or Sleep mode. Bluetooth headset having a power saving function, characterized in that to perform a power saving function. The method of claim 1, When a call is received during the transition from the power saving mode to the normal use mode by the operation of the power saving switch, after the connection with the Bluetooth headset body having a power saving function, further comprising a logic for connecting a call Bluetooth headset having a. The method of claim 1, When a call is received from the Bluetooth headset, when the user moves the function button from the locked position to the unlocked position (power 'ON'), the connection is performed with the main body equipped with the Bluetooth operating the Bluetooth headset. After the connection is performed, if the telephone reception data is received from the Bluetooth headset having the power saving function, the Bluetooth data having the power saving function, further comprising logic for sending an answering data (ANSWER) to the main body to automatically answer the call. headset. The method of claim 1, Operation of the 'LOW'-'HIGH' signal of the power saving switch (SP) Bluetooth headset having a power saving function, characterized in that it can be designed as the opposite operation signal logic.
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