US 12,302,059 B2
Measurement system and measurement method
Takeshi Takahashi, Fukuoka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,017.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-003369 (JP), filed on Jan. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224629 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/28 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/28 (2013.01) [H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 29/00 (2013.01); H04R 2499/10 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measurement system comprising:
earphones configured to be worn on left and right ears of a user respectively, and the earphones include speakers configured to play music signals; and
a wireless terminal, wherein
the earphones measure and accumulate usage time during which the earphones are used by a user, and transmit accumulated usage time to the wireless terminal,
the wireless terminal acquires the accumulated usage time from the earphones, determines whether the accumulated usage time exceeds predetermined time, and generates a notification for urging the user to clean the earphones when it is determined that the accumulated usage time exceeds the predetermined time, and
the accumulated usage time of the earphones includes time during which the music signals are played from the speakers.