Automatic turn-on and turn-off control for battery-powered headsets

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APP PUB NO 20040258253A1
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10796526

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Some workers wear headsets to protect their hearing from loud persistent noises, such as airplane engines and construction equipment. These headsets are generally passive or active, with the active ones including ear speakers and automatic noise-reduction (ANR) circuitry to cancel or suppress certain types of loud persistent noises. One problem with active headsets, particulary those that are battery-powered, concerns battery life. Workers often take the headset off or store them without turning them off and thus wasting costly battery life. Accordingly, the inventor devised active headsets with automatic turn-on and/or turn-off circuits. One exemplary embodiment senses a condition of the headsets, for example, the light, pressure, or temperature within one earcup, and then turns the headset on or off in response to the sensed condition.

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THE TIMAO GROUP INC15954 S W 72ND AVENUE PORTLAND OR 97224

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Wurtz, Michael St. Paul, MN 7 137

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