Headset operable with mobile terminal using short range communication
US9325828B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/6066
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A headset disclosed herein relates to a headset capable of sensing an insertion or separation of earphones, and includes a wireless communication unit provided in a body wearable on a user's body to receive a wireless signal from a connected mobile terminal, a microphone provided in the body to receive a user's voice, a plurality of earphones coupled to the body and insertable into the user's ears, respectively, and a controller configured to activate a function of controlling an operation of the mobile terminal based on the user's voice input through the microphone with connecting a call with respect to the mobile terminal, when one of the plurality of earphones inserted is separated during the call. Here, the controller may control the user's voice input through the microphone to be transferred to a counterpart terminal corresponding to the call when the one earphone is reinserted.
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