JPH08107593A - Headphone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve convenience for use by easily corresponding to the case that a sound in ambient environment is desired to hear mainly or the one that the sound from a horn is desired to hear mainly, etc. CONSTITUTION: A support tool 1 mounted on the head is formed in structure of circular arc elastic band. A rectangular parllelopiped support body 2 is fixed on the terminal part on one side of the support tool 1 mounted on the head. A sound volume adjuster 5 is incorporated in the supporting body 2, and also, an arm 4 is mounted pivotably on the terminal part on one side in a form in which it is fixed on the vertical axis of the sound volume adjuster 5 and located at the lower face of the support body 2. An ear pad 3 with a built-in horn is fixed on the terminal part on the other side of the arm 4. When this headphone is mounted on the head via the support tool 1 mounted on the head, the ear pad 3 with the built-in horn located at the terminal part on the other side of the arm 4 can be located at a loading position or separated position for an ear selectively by pivoting the arm 4. In addition to that, the sound volume adjuster 5 for horn can automatically be operated so as to be set at a low level or high level corresponding to each position of loading and separation by pivoting the arm 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention makes it possible to easily switch the position of a built-in ear pad when mainly listening to the sound of the surrounding environment or when mainly hearing the sound from a phone. The present invention relates to headphones for convenience of use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are the following two examples of conventional technology. One conventional example will be described with reference to the perspective view of FIG. 5 in use. This conventional example is a phone (sound receiver) that is always worn on the shoulder for use. In FIG. 5, a phone 13 connected from a sound source 11 such as a wireless device via a connection cable 12 is attached to a user's shoulder so that the ambient sound can be heard simultaneously with the sound from the user. . At this time, if the surrounding sound becomes a noise, that is, if it interferes with listening to the phone 13, remove the phone 13 from the shoulder by hand,
By directly applying it to the ear, the influence of surrounding voice, that is, noise can be removed.

Another conventional example will be described with reference to the sectional view of FIG. In FIG. 6, another conventional example is as follows.
An arc-shaped head mount support 1 in the form of binaural headphones 1
A bowl-shaped sound insulation cover 16 is provided on each of the left and right ends of 7, and a phone 14 and a voice band filter section 15 for a voice from the external environment are provided on the sound insulation cover 16. In addition, phone 14
Is connected to a sound source unit (not shown) via a connection cable 18. Therefore, with this configuration, it is possible to simultaneously listen to the voice from the phone 14 and the ambient voice in which the specific range is erased and reduced by the voice band filter unit 15.

[0004]

One conventional example is a phone 13
When it is desired to listen to the sound from the, the phone 13 is worn on the shoulder if it is relatively low and does not disturb, depending on the level of the sound of the external environment. At this time, phone 1
There is an advantage that the voice from 3 and the voice of the external environment can be heard at the same time. If the external sound level is relatively high, or if you want to focus your attention only on the sound from the phone 13, remove the phone 13 from your shoulder and wear it directly on your ear. Although they can be used properly in this way, they have the following drawbacks. The position of the phone 13 needs to be moved, it needs to be held by hand to put it on the ear, and the volume of the phone 13 needs to be changed when listening to the external sound at the same time and when listening to the sound independently. Each time, you have to do it manually, which is troublesome and troublesome.

Another conventional example is the convenience of being able to listen to the voice from the phone 14 and the ambient voice whose specific range has been erased and reduced by the voice band filter unit 15 at the same time when it is worn on the head. On the other hand, as a drawback, since the sound range of the filter unit 15 is fixed in a certain range, simultaneous listening becomes impossible in the case of external sound outside the range.
In particular, when it is desired to concentrate attention only on the sound of the phone 13, it is structurally complicated and may be heavy, which is inconvenient to use.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the above problems of the prior art and to mainly listen to the sound of the surrounding environment or mainly to hear the sound from the phone. An object of the present invention is to provide headphones that can be easily handled and are convenient for use.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, an earpiece having a built-in phone is provided at one end, and the phone is rotatable so that the phone can be switched between a mounting position for the ear and a separating position. Provided on a head-worn device and having an arm rotatably coupled at the other end thereof, and by the rotation of this arm, an ear pad with a built-in phon is in a mounting position and a separating position with respect to the ear. And a support body having a volume controller for a phone, which is operated so as to take a low level and a high level, respectively. Here, the wearing tool may be an arc-shaped top support, an ear hook, or a hat.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when the arm is attached to the head through the mounting tool, the arm is rotatably coupled to the support at the other end, and the rotation of the arm causes one of the arms to rotate. An earpiece with a built-in phone at the end can selectively take a mounting position and a separating position with respect to the ear. Moreover, by turning the arm, the volume controller for the phone is automatically operated so as to take the low level and the high level, respectively, depending on the positions of mounting and isolation.

[0009]

Embodiments of the headphones according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment in use. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a head support, which has an elastic band structure curved in an arc shape. Reference numeral 2 denotes a rectangular parallelepiped support, which is fixed to one end of the head support device 1. The support body 2 has a volume controller 5 built therein, and is fixed to the shaft of the volume controller 5 (takes a vertical direction when used) and is positioned on the lower surface of the support body 2 so that the arm is formed. 4 is rotatably mounted at one end. On the other end of the arm 4, earphones 3 with a built-in phone
Is fixed.

The detailed structure will be supplementarily described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a plan view and (b) is a side view of the main part of the first embodiment. Figure 2
In (a), it is shown that the arm 4 can rotate within a range of 90 degrees. Moreover, an appropriate friction torque is applied to the rotation, and the arm 4 is held at the arbitrary position. Axis 6
The arm 4 is fixed and rotates according to the angular position of the arm 4 to continuously adjust the volume controller 5.
That is, the solid line position (the position worn on the ear) is set to a relatively low level, and the broken line position (a position sufficiently separated from the ear) is set to a relatively high level. In this first embodiment, when the head 4 is attached to the head via the mounting support 1, the arm 4 is rotatably connected to the support 2 at one end, and the arm 4 rotates. Thus, the earphone 3 with built-in phon at the other end of the arm 4 can selectively take a mounting position and a separating position with respect to the ear. Moreover, by turning the arm 4, the volume controller 5 for the phone is automatically operated so as to take the low level and the high level, respectively, depending on the positions of mounting and isolation.

Therefore, for example, when the user wants to listen to the sound of the surrounding environment in a concentrated manner, the arm 4 should be at a sufficiently isolated position,
That is, the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 2 is set, and conversely, when the user wants to hear the sound from the phone in a concentrated manner, the position is switched to the mounting position, that is, the position shown by the solid line in FIG. It is also preferable to listen to both voices when the ambient voice is comfortable such as environmental music, or when it is necessary to listen with extreme caution, in which case the phon can be placed in a position intermediate between wearing and sufficient isolation. . Moreover, since the volume of the phone is automatically set to a low level at the wearing position via the volume adjuster 5, and conversely, it is set to a high level at the position of sufficient isolation, the stimulus to the hearing is appropriately pleasant and the convenience is increased.

Further, as a method of mounting on the head, in addition to the method of using the head mounted support 1 of the first embodiment, a method such as an ear hook or a hat can be applied, which is convenient according to the situation. Sexuality is supported. This will be described below. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the second embodiment. In the figure, the support 2 is fixed to the ear hook 7 instead of the top support 1 in the first embodiment. Therefore, although the earpiece 3 with built-in phonon is slightly inferior in stability to the ears, it is functionally the same as that of the first embodiment, and is different in that it has a feature that the entire structure is small.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the third embodiment. In the figure, the support 2 is fixed to the lower central part of the side surface of the cap 8 instead of the top support 1 in the first embodiment. Therefore, the stability of the earphones 3 with a built-in phon to the ears is also maintained, and the functionally same as the first embodiment, there is an excellent feature that other embodiments also function as a hat.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the following excellent effects can be expected. (1) By rotating the arm with respect to the support, it is possible to attach the ear pad with the built-in ear to the ear or separate it based on the simple structure and usage. Therefore, for example, when it is desired to concentrate on listening to the sound of the surrounding environment, it is switched to the isolated position, and when it is desired to concentrate on the sound from the phone, it is switched to the wearing position. It is also preferable to listen to both voices when the ambient voice is comfortable such as environmental music, or when it is necessary to listen with extreme caution, in which case the phon can be placed in a position intermediate between wearing and sufficient isolation. . Moreover, since the phone volume automatically becomes low level at the wearing position via the volume adjuster and conversely becomes high level at the isolated position, the stimulus to the hearing is appropriately pleasant and convenience is increased. (2) Various types of head mounting equipment, such as arc-shaped head support equipment, ear hooks, and hats, can be applied, so convenience is supported correspondingly to the situation. In other words, the on-mount support is excellent in ear stability with the built-in earphone, and the ear hook is slightly less stable, but it is possible to make it smaller and save space. The built-in ear pads have excellent stability with respect to the ears, and are valuable as a combination of headphones and a hat.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment according to the present invention in use.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the main part of the first embodiment,
(b) Side view

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional example during use.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Head mounted support 2 Support 3 Earphone with built-in phone 4 Arm 5 Volume controller 6 Axis 7 Ear hook 8 Hat

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An earpiece having a built-in earphone at one end, and the arm is rotatable so that the earphone can be switched between a mounting position for the ear and a separating position; The arm is rotatably coupled at the other end thereof, and the rotation of the arm causes the ear pad with the built-in phon to take a mounting position and an isolated position with respect to the ear. Headphones comprising: a support provided with a volume controller for a phone that is operated to take a low level and a high level. 2. The headphone according to claim 1, wherein the wearing tool is an arc-shaped head mounting tool. 3. The headphone according to claim 1, wherein the wearing tool is an ear hook. 4. The headphone according to claim 1, wherein the wearing tool is a hat.