Electronic device and system including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10044845-B2
Application number	US-201514820772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2015
Priority date	Sep 5, 2014
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

An electronic device and a system including the same are disclosed. An electronic device of the present invention includes: a body; a plurality of supports each of which is coupled to the body through one side thereof; and a holder configured to connect other sides of the plurality of supports having a curved portion corresponding to the shape of the ear of a user and fitted in the ear of the user, wherein at least one of the plurality of supports rotates on the body, wherein the radius of the holder is changed according to rotation of the at least one of the plurality of supports. According to the present invention, the supports coupled to the body rotate to be fixed to the user's ear.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a body;
a plurality of supports each of which is coupled to the body through one side thereof; and
a deformable holder configured to connect other sides of the plurality of supports, the holder having a curved portion,
wherein the holder has a first radius with respect to an axis of the body,
wherein at least one of the plurality of supports rotates on the body and the rotation of the at least one of the plurality of supports, with respect to an axis of the body, causes the radius of the holder with respect to the axis of the body to either decrease to a second radius moving the holder towards the body or increase to a third radius moving the holder away from the body,
wherein when the radius of the holder is the second radius, the holder is deformed to correspond to a shape of the user's ear coming into contact with the holder, and
wherein the plurality of supports includes first and second supports, the first support is extended from the body in a first radial direction, the second support is extended from the body in a second radial direction different from the first radial direction.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of supports respectively have microphones for acquiring user voice.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a controller configured to perform a noise cancelling operation on the basis of sound acquired through the microphone provided to the plurality of supports,
wherein the controller is configured to apply a noise cancelling operation control signal differently depending on a distance between the microphones according to rotation of the plurality of supports.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein stoppers are provided to a region at one side of the at least one rotating support and a region of the body, corresponding to the region at one side of the at least one rotating support, so as to fix the at least one rotating support to a rotating position, the stoppers having shapes corresponding to each other.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the stoppers include a pattern formed in the region at one side and an elastic spring corresponding to the shape of the pattern.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of electronic devices is present, wherein one of the plurality of electronic devices transmits data to the other.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the plurality of electronic devices includes a controller, and
wherein the controller controls a first sound output through one of the electronic devices to differ from a second sound output through the other when the plurality of electronic devices operates in association with each other.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a controller configured to activate the electronic device when at least one of rotation of at least one of the plurality of supports and movement of the electronic device is sensed.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a controller configured to control the electronic device to perform different operations depending on distances between the electronic device and one or more other terminals.

10. A system, comprising:
an electronic device including a body, a plurality of supports, each of which is coupled to the body through one side thereof, and a deformable holder configured to connect other sides of the plurality of supports and having a curved portion,
wherein the holder has a first radius with respect to an axis of the body,
wherein at least one of the plurality of supports rotates on the body and the rotation of the at least one of the plurality of supports, with respect to an axis of the body, causes the radius of the holder with respect to the axis of the body to either decrease to a second radius moving the holder towards the body or increase to a third radius moving the holder away from the body, and
wherein when the radius of the holder is the second radius, the holder is deformed to correspond to a shape of the user's ear coming into contact with the holder; and
a terminal configured to operate in connection with the electronic device,
wherein at least one of the electronic device and the terminal transmits information to at least the other one of the electronic device and the terminal, depending on at least one of a status of the electronic device including current rotating angles of the plurality of supports, a status of the terminal depending on whether the terminal is connected to an external server, and a distance between the electronic device and the terminal, and
wherein the plurality of supports includes first and second supports, the first support is extended from the body in a first radial direction, the second support is extended from the body in a second radial direction different from the first radial direction.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first support or the second support rotates on center of the body, and
wherein an angle between the first support and the second support in a first state, in which the electronic device hangs on the user's ear, is smaller than an angle between the first support and the second support in a second state, in which the electronic device is fastened to the user's ear.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the holder moves away from the body in the first state and the holder moves towards the body in the second state.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein a distance between the center of the body and the holder in the first state is greater than a distance between the center of the body and the holder in the second state.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Sungjae
• Park Jeongsoo
• Shin Seongyong

Classifications

• H04M1/6066

  including a wireless connection · CPC title

• H04R1/1008

  Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type · CPC title

• H04R1/1066

  Constructional aspects of the interconnection between earpiece and earpiece support (earpiece support for monophonic headphones H04R1/105; earpiece support for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335) · CPC title

• H04R1/105

  Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks (for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335) · CPC title

• H04B1/385

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title