US 11,722,809 B2
Acoustic detection of in-ear headphone fit
Esge B. Andersen, Campbell, CA (US); Andrew E. Greenwood, San Francisco, CA (US); Tom-Davy W. Saux, Los Altos, CA (US); Baptiste P. Paquier, Saratoga, CA (US); Hanchi Chen, San Jose, CA (US); and Raghavendra S. Prabhu, Redondo Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/823,011.
Application 17/823,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/918,950, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,470,413.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,623, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0015418 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/1016 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
performing an ear-tip fitting measurement process to determine
a first parameter for a first ear tip of a left earphone that is inserted into a left ear of a user, and
a second parameter for a second ear tip of a right earphone that is inserted into a right ear of the user; and
causing a message to be displayed indicating that one or both of the first and second ear tips do not fit within their respective ears based on comparisons between the first and second parameters with at least one threshold.