TW201431387A - Earphone with extensible function - Google Patents

Abstract

An earphone with extensible function includes an earphone body and a main board. The earphone body includes two earmuffs, and two speakers respectively set at the two earmuffs and a main board slot; the main board can be detachably inserted into the main board slot and electrically connected with the two speakers. Accordingly, by replacing the main board with another one having different functions a user can make upgrade or function replacement for the earphone, so that the present invention can satisfy user's various requirements and provide good user experience.

Description

Expandable headset

The present invention relates to an earphone, and more particularly to a headset having better expandability, which can provide a user with diverse functions.

The earphone is a conversion device that can convert the electronic signal emitted by the media player or the receiver into a sound wave through its speaker. With the popularity of the portable electronic device, the earphone is gradually widely used in mobile phones, walkmans, and radios. , portable video games, digital audio players and other different devices, correspondingly, people also pay more and more attention to the functional diversity of headphones, such as active noise reduction, hearing aids and binaural recording.

Although there are a number of multi-function earphones available on the market, these functions are built into the headphones before leaving the factory. Users can only select the multi-function headphones that are available on the market, but most of them cannot be used. Upgrade or feature replacement. In other words, if the various functions required by the user are not found in any single headset on the market, the user can only purchase multiple headphones with some required functions, which not only increases the user's cost, but also uses the user. Not convenient, so it does not provide a good user experience.

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide an earphone with better expandability.

In order to achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides an earphone with an expansion function, which includes a headphone body and a main board. The headphone body includes two ear cups and two speakers respectively disposed on the two ear cups and a main board slot. The main board is detachably inserted into the motherboard slot and electrically connected to the two speakers.

Accordingly, the user can upgrade or replace the headset by replacing the motherboard with different functions, satisfying various needs of the user and providing a good user body. Test.

1‧‧‧ headphone

10‧‧‧ headphone body

11‧‧‧ Earmuffs

12‧‧‧ Speaker

13‧‧‧ motherboard slot

14‧‧‧ microphone

15‧‧ ‧Bridge

20‧‧‧ motherboard

21‧‧‧ expansion seat

21a‧‧‧ pin socket

21b‧‧‧ slots

30‧‧‧ functional modules

31‧‧‧Microcontroller

32‧‧‧Digital Signal Processor

The first figure is a partially exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the invention.

The second figure is a schematic diagram of the system architecture of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The third figure is a perspective view of a motherboard of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The fourth figure is a perspective view of a motherboard according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and a function module is disposed on the expansion slot.

Please refer to the first to third figures. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an earphone 1 includes a headphone body 10 and a main board 20.

The earphone body 10 includes two ear cups 11 and two second speakers 12 (only shown in the second figure, and only one of which is shown), which are respectively disposed in the two ear cups 11 , and a main board slot 13 is opened in one of the ear cups 11 , A microphone 14 (please add this component to the first figure) and a bridge portion 15 are connected to the two ear cups 11.

The main board 20 is detachably inserted into the main board slot 13 and electrically connected to the speaker 12 and the microphone 14. The main board 20 is a circuit board and can perform several functions. Accordingly, the user can adjust, expand or upgrade the headset function by replacing the different motherboards 20. For example, replacing a motherboard with different input/output ports can be connected to an external audio source, an external speaker, an external display (Display), an external storage (Storage), a battery pack (Battery Pack), or a power supply (Power Adapter) to improve the function. Flexibility.

In addition, in order to further enhance the expandability of the earphone 1, the main board 20 of the embodiment further has a plurality of docking stations 21, and the docking stations 21 may be pin sockets 21a, slots 21b or other types of docking stations. The earphone 1 further includes a plurality of functional modules 30 detachably mounted to the docking stations 21a, 21b corresponding to the docking stations 21a, 21b. As shown in the fourth figure, the user can additionally purchase These function modules 30 can be installed or disassembled by themselves according to requirements to upgrade or expand the functions of the headphones 1. The functional modules applicable to the present invention include, but are not limited to, a microcontroller (MCU) 31, a digital signal processor (DSP) 32, an Ammersive 3D processing unit, and a motion sensing unit (Motion). Sensor), physiological state (such as heartbeat, blood pressure) sensing unit (Bio-sensor), energy harvesting unit (Energy Harvester), wireless module and memory or memory card, by installing these functional modules, the headset of the present invention Signal processing The power can be improved and can handle the corresponding application, and can have Active Noise Reduction, Assisted Listening, binaural recording, auditory augmented reality, somatosensory interaction. The functions of online instant transmission, physiological state measurement, and energy capture, that is, the present invention can change the function or performance of the motherboard 20 by the aforementioned replaceable function module.

For example, the motherboard 20 can utilize the slot 21b as a slot of the SD memory card as a data storage space for the user, allowing the user to replace it himself to load various applications or transfer the data elsewhere.

It should be noted that the earphone body of the foregoing preferred embodiment includes a microphone, but the microphone may be omitted or increased in other possible embodiments of the present invention. For example, when the binaural recording function is to be added, at least two Each of the ear cups is provided with a microphone; the motherboard slot is opened in one of the ear cups, but the motherboard slot may also be opened at the bridge or other suitable position of the earphone body; the earphone body is provided with a bridge portion The user can wear the earphones on the head. However, in other possible embodiments, the bridge portions can be omitted. For example, each of the ear cups can be placed on the ear to be hung on the user's ears. On the other hand, in the foregoing embodiment, the main board has a plurality of expansion seats for installing a plurality of function modules, but the expansion base and the function module may be omitted or adjusted to one or more as needed.

Finally, it should be noted that the constituent elements disclosed in the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Alternatives or variations of other equivalent elements should also be applied for in this case. Covered by the scope.

1‧‧‧ headphone

10‧‧‧ headphone body

11‧‧‧ Earmuffs

13‧‧‧ motherboard slot

14‧‧‧ microphone

15‧‧ ‧Bridge

20‧‧‧ motherboard

Claims (7)

An earphone with an extended function includes: a headphone body having two ear cups, two speakers respectively disposed on the two ear cups, and a motherboard slot; and a main board detachably inserted in the motherboard slot Electrically connected to the speakers. The earphone of claim 1, wherein the motherboard slot is opened in one of the ear cups. The earphone of the expansion function of claim 1, wherein the motherboard has at least one docking station, and the earphone further comprises at least one functional module detachably mounted on the docking station. The earphone with an extended function according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the earphone body further comprises one or more microphones electrically connected to the main board. The earphone of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the earphone body further comprises a bridge portion connected between the two ear cups. The earphone according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the motherboard has a plurality of input and output ports and can be connected to an external sound source, an external speaker, an external display, an external storage device, and a battery pack. Or a power supply. The earphone with the extended function as claimed in claim 3, wherein the function module is a microcontroller, a digital signal processor, an auditory augmented reality function processing unit, a motion sensing unit, and a physiological state sensing. a unit, an energy capture unit, a wireless module, a memory or a memory card.