Abstract:
A wireless headset with an integral display is provided, the headset capable of communicating via a wireless network to a cellular telephone, cellular telephone adaptor, land-line telephone, land-line telephone adaptor, computer, personal digital assistant, or other device capable of communicating via the wireless network. The wireless headset of the invention includes an input transducer (e.g., a microphone), an output transducer (e.g., a speaker), a wireless networking subsystem and a controller/controller interface. The headset may also include means for attaching the headset to the user in order to allow hands-free operation. The integral display, fabricated using any of a variety of suitable technologies, allows headset and system information to be displayed (e.g., battery levels, signal levels, call status, caller identification, incoming call alert, current time, current date, elapsed use time, etc.). The integral display can also be used to aid headset/system configuration (e.g., headset volume, voice dialing, ring mode, roaming mode, etc.). The integral display can also provide added functionality to the headset (e.g., phone lists, text messages, calendar functions, appointment and/or task lists, etc.).
Abstract:
A headset with a headband is equipped with at least one cup in which a male or female plug is arranged. The cup is intended for the mounting of a speaker or a speaker with microphone arm, said speaker or speaker with microphone arm being also provided with a male or female plug adapted to be connected to the male or female plug in the cup. The headband of the headset is hollow so that the wire may be run from one side of the headset to the other side. Hereby, the speaker and/or speaker with microphone arm of the headset may easily be replaced, without having to scrap the entire headset. Thus, it is possible to upgrade the headset currently for technical as well as aesthetic reasons. In an embodiment, the headset is provided with a cup at one side and at the other side with a T-member which constitutes a support part against a user's head.
Abstract:
A headset which consists of an ear hook and a holding ring that are interconnected by means of an attachment element formed by a hinge, which is made of a deformable, flexible material that may be an elastomer, such as EPOM, TPE or Santroprene®The hinge has a four-sided hole in which one end of the ear hook may be received, said end being formed with a four-sided shape in dimensions corresponding to the hole. Teeth are formed in the hole which are capable of cooperating with depressions formed on the four-sided end. The invention provides an attachment element which may be manipulated several times when adjusting the position of the ear hook relative to the holding ring, without play occurring in the hinge at any time, since there are no mutually movable slide bearing parts, such as shafts that can slide. In other words, a stable attachment is ensured between the ear hook and the holding ring in the positions selected by a user. In addition, it is possible to displace the ear hook in the hinge by mutual displacement of the positions in which the teeth engage the depressions.
Abstract:
A telephone headset apparatus is disclosed. This headset apparatus includes a body having a microphone at one end and a transducer at the opposite end, an earhook, for attaching the apparatus to the ear of the operator, and a mechanism, contained within the body in a movable engagement, for holding the earhook in a frictional engagement that allows for movement of the earhook, with three degrees of freedom. The mechanism is located at a point within the body where upon adjustment of the earhook by the operator (i.e., rotated, tilted, pivoted) the headset apparatus remains properly balanced and within the sound envelope of an operator, for uninterrupted operation.
Abstract:
A telephone headset apparatus is disclosed. This headset apparatus includes a body having a microphone at one end and a transducer at the opposite end, an earhook, for attaching the apparatus to the ear of the operator, and a mechanism, contained within the body in a movable engagement, for holding the earhook in a frictional engagement that allows for movement of the earhook, with three degrees of freedom. The mechanism is located at a point within the body where upon adjustment of the earhook by the operator (i.e., rotated, tilted, pivoted) the headset apparatus remains properly balanced and within the sound envelope of an operator, for uninterrupted operation.