Regulating environmental conditions inside cups of headphones
US11228829B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R2460/11
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Headphones include a pair of cups, each housing a speaker to be positioned over an ear of a user, a processor, a cooling mechanism disposed within each of the cups to regulate environmental conditions inside of the cups to match environmental thresholds provided by a virtual reality device displaying a virtual reality environment to the user, a temperature sensor and at least one additional environmental sensor disposed within each of the cups to monitor the environmental conditions inside the cups, the processor to subsequently analyze data associated with the sensors and compare the data to the environmental thresholds and the processor to selectively activate the cooling mechanism based on the comparison.
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