Apple Inc., maker of the iPad and iPhone, patented a technology that would make it possible for two people who are sharing a set of ear buds to hear different music tracks at the same time.
Presently, when a pair of ear buds is shared, typically the content is in stereo with the signal different in each bud’s channel. The result is that one user may miss information conveyed only to the other bud.
Patent 9,049,508, issued Tuesday, covers earphones with cable orientation sensors. Apple said the earphones will contain sensors to determine if they are being shared by multiple users.
The invention includes a sensor at the earphone cable’s Y- juncture. The sensor, with a strain gauge, measures the angle of that juncture, which will be different if there is more than one user.
If there is a single user, music can be delivered in a stereophonic stream. Multiple users will get monaural signals.
Cupertino, California-based Apple applied for the patent in November 2012, with the assistance of San Francisco’s Treyz Law Group.
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Bloomberg
Thu Jun 04 2015
Apple has patented a technology that would make it possible for a set of ear buds to hear different music tracks at the same time.
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