阅读说明：本技术 用于tws耳机防丢失的方法、设备与系统 (Method, device and system for preventing TWS earphone from being lost ) 是由 邓志清 杜军红 葛振纲 于 2021-07-30 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请的目的是提供一种TWS耳机防丢失的方法、设备与系统。与现有技术相比,本申请通过与所述TWS耳机建立的连接确定所述光传感器是否处于未遮挡状态；当所述光传感器处于未遮挡状态,且处于未遮挡状态的时长达到预设时长,呈现提示信息,以对用户进行提醒,其中,所述TWS耳机的头部装有光传感器,当所述头部处于耳机盒内或者人耳内时,光传感器处于遮挡状态,否则,所述光传感器处于未遮挡状态。这种方式,能够及时提醒用户进行耳机收纳,从而防止用户耳机丢失。(The application aims to provide a method, equipment and a system for preventing a TWS earphone from being lost. Compared with the prior art, the method and the device have the advantages that whether the optical sensor is in an unblocked state or not is determined through the connection established with the TWS headset; when the optical sensor is in an unshielded state, and the duration in the unshielded state reaches preset duration, prompt information is presented to remind a user, wherein the head of the TWS earphone is provided with the optical sensor, when the head is positioned in the earphone box or in the ear of a person, the optical sensor is in the unshielded state, otherwise, the optical sensor is in the unshielded state. This kind of mode can in time remind the user to carry out the earphone and accomodate to prevent that user's earphone from losing.)

1. A method for anti-loss of a TWS headset, wherein a head of the TWS headset houses a light sensor that is in a shielded state when the head is in a headphone case or in a human ear and is in an unshielded state otherwise, the method comprising:

determining whether the light sensor is in an unobstructed state through a connection established with the TWS headset;

when the light sensor is in the non-shielding state, and the duration of the non-shielding state reaches the preset duration, prompt information is presented to remind a user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the light sensor is in an unobstructed state comprises:

acquiring an electric signal value converted by the optical sensor;

and when the electric signal value exceeds a preset threshold value, determining that the optical sensor is in an unblocked state.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring the position information of the TWS earphones and/or earphone boxes to find the TWS earphones and/or earphone boxes based on the position information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the TWS headset and/or headphone case emits a sound or vibration or flashing light prompt while the position information of the TWS headset and/or headphone case is transmitted.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation mode of the prompt message comprises any one of:

prompting by text popup information;

vibration prompting;

and voice broadcasting prompt.

6. A system for TWS headset loss prevention, wherein the system comprises:

the TWS earphone is provided with an optical sensor, when the head is positioned in the earphone box or in the ear of a person, the optical sensor is in a shielding state, otherwise, the optical sensor is in an unshielded state;

and the user equipment is connected with the TWS earphone and used for determining whether the optical sensor is in an unshielded state or not through the connection established with the TWS earphone, and when the optical sensor is in the unshielded state and the duration of the unshielded state reaches the preset duration, presenting prompt information so as to remind a user.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the TWS headset or headset case comprises a positioning means, wherein the user equipment finds the TWS headset and/or headset case based on the position information by obtaining the position information of the TWS headset and/or headset case.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the TWS headset and/or earphone pod further comprises a reminder device that sounds or vibrates or flashes a reminder while the location information of the TWS headset and/or earphone pod is being sent to the user device.

9. An apparatus for TWS headset loss prevention, wherein the apparatus comprises:

one or more processors; and

memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the operations of the method of any of claims 1 to 5.

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of TWS earphones, in particular to a technology for preventing the TWS earphones from being lost.

Background

With the vigorous development of mobile communication technology, in order to get rid of the restriction of the traditional earphone on wires, TWS (True Wireless Stereo) is further developed, but because TWS earphones are easy to lose and expensive, in order to better protect the user's assets and ensure that the TWS earphones are not easy to lose, the size of the TWS earphones is usually increased in the prior art, but in this way, when the user does not put the earphones into a storage box, the earphones are easy to lose, and therefore, the existing way cannot remind the user to prevent the user earphones from losing.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims to provide a method, equipment and a system for preventing a TWS headset from being lost.

According to one aspect of the application, there is provided a method for TWS headset loss prevention, wherein a head of the TWS headset houses a light sensor that is in a shielded state when the head is in a headphone case or in a human ear, and is otherwise in an unshielded state, the method comprising:

determining whether the light sensor is in an unobstructed state through a connection established with the TWS headset;

when the light sensor is in the non-shielding state, and the duration of the non-shielding state reaches the preset duration, prompt information is presented to remind a user.

Preferably, wherein determining whether the light sensor is in an unobstructed state comprises:

acquiring an electric signal value converted by the optical sensor;

and when the electric signal value exceeds a preset threshold value, determining that the optical sensor is in an unblocked state.

Preferably, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring the position information of the TWS earphones and/or earphone boxes to find the TWS earphones and/or earphone boxes based on the position information.

Preferably, wherein the TWS headset and/or headset case emits a sound or vibration or flashing prompt while the positional information of the TWS headset and/or headset case is being transmitted.

Preferably, the presentation mode of the prompt message includes any one of the following: prompting by text popup information; vibration prompting; and voice broadcasting prompt.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is also provided a system for TWS headset loss prevention, wherein the system comprises:

the TWS earphone is provided with an optical sensor, when the head is positioned in the earphone box or in the ear of a person, the optical sensor is in a shielding state, otherwise, the optical sensor is in an unshielded state;

and the user equipment is connected with the TWS earphone and used for determining whether the optical sensor is in an unshielded state or not through the connection established with the TWS earphone, and when the optical sensor is in the unshielded state and the duration of the unshielded state reaches the preset duration, presenting prompt information so as to remind a user.

Preferably, the TWS headset or headset case comprises a positioning device, wherein the user equipment searches for the TWS headset and/or headset case based on the position information by acquiring the position information of the TWS headset and/or headset case.

Preferably, the TWS headset and/or the headset case further comprises a reminding device, and when the position information of the TWS headset and/or the headset case is sent to the user equipment, the reminding device of the TWS headset and/or the headset case gives out a sound or a vibration or a flashing prompt.

According to still another aspect of the present application, there is also provided an apparatus for TWS headset loss prevention, wherein the apparatus includes:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations of the method as previously described.

Compared with the prior art, the method and the device have the advantages that whether the optical sensor is in an unblocked state or not is determined through the connection established with the TWS headset; when the optical sensor is in an unshielded state, and the duration in the unshielded state reaches preset duration, prompt information is presented to remind a user, wherein the head of the TWS earphone is provided with the optical sensor, when the head is positioned in the earphone box or in the ear of a person, the optical sensor is in the unshielded state, otherwise, the optical sensor is in the unshielded state. This kind of mode can in time remind the user to carry out the earphone and accomodate to prevent that user's earphone from losing.

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Other features, objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent upon reading of the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments made with reference to the following drawings:

fig. 1 illustrates a flow diagram of a method for TWS headset loss prevention according to an aspect of the subject application;

fig. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a TWS headset according to an aspect of the present application.

The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements.

Detailed Description

The present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures.

In a typical configuration of the present application, the terminal, the device serving the network, and the trusted party each include one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

The memory may include forms of volatile memory in a computer readable medium, Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, computer readable media does not include non-transitory computer readable media (transient media), such as modulated data signals and carrier waves.

To further illustrate the technical means and effects adopted by the present application, the following description clearly and completely describes the technical solution of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments.

Fig. 1 illustrates a flowchart of a method for TWS headset loss prevention provided in one aspect of the present application. Wherein the head of the TWS headset is equipped with a light sensor, the light sensor being in a shielded state when the head is in a headphone jack or in a human ear, otherwise the light sensor being in an unshielded state, the method being performed at the device 1, the method comprising the steps of:

s11 determining whether the light sensor is in an unobstructed state through the connection established with the TWS headset;

s12, when the light sensor is in the non-shielding state and the duration of the non-shielding state reaches the preset duration, presenting prompt information to remind the user.

In the present application, the device 1 includes, but is not limited to, a computer, a network host, a single network server, a plurality of network server sets, or a cloud of a plurality of servers; here, the Cloud is composed of a large number of computers or web servers based on Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing), which is a kind of distributed Computing, one virtual supercomputer consisting of a collection of loosely coupled computers. Alternatively, the device 1 further comprises a user device, wherein the user device includes, but is not limited to, any mobile electronic product capable of human-computer interaction with a user through a touch panel, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, and the like, and the mobile electronic product may employ any operating system, such as an android operating system, an iOS operating system, and the like. Here, the apparatus 1 is merely an example and is not particularly limited.

In this embodiment, in said step S11, the device 1 determines whether said light sensor is in an unobstructed state through a connection established with said TWS headset. Here, the device 1 establishes a wireless connection with the TWS headset, for example, the wireless connection is established through bluetooth or wifi, and a specific connection establishing manner is not particularly limited. The head of the TWS earphone is provided with the optical sensor, the head of the earphone can be plugged into an ear when a user uses the earphone, and whether the earphone is in an unshielded state or not can be judged according to the size of light received by the optical sensor. Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a TWS headset according to an aspect of the present application. Where 1 and 2 are the body of the TWS headset, the location of the light sensor is located at the head of the TWS headset.

Preferably, wherein determining whether the light sensor is in an unobstructed state comprises: acquiring an electric signal value converted by the optical sensor; and when the electric signal value exceeds a preset threshold value, determining that the optical sensor is in an unblocked state.

In this embodiment, the light sensor converts the sensed light into an electrical signal value, a preset threshold is additionally set, and when the electrical signal value exceeds the preset threshold, it is determined that the light sensor is in an unshielded state.

In this embodiment, in the step S12, when the light sensor is in the non-shielding state and the duration of the non-shielding state reaches the preset duration, a prompt message is presented to remind the user. Specifically, when the device 1 detects that the TWS headset is not located in the headset box or in the ear of a person, the TWS headset is in an unshielded state, and when the unshielded state reaches a preset duration, the device 1 presents prompt information to remind the user. Here, the preset time period may be set by itself, for example, 1 minute, 2 minutes, or the like.

Preferably, the presentation mode of the prompt message includes, but is not limited to, any one of the following: prompting by text popup information; vibration prompting; and voice broadcasting prompt. Here, the device 1 may establish connection with the TWS headset according to a corresponding application, and when the device 1 reminds a user, the user may be reminded in a manner of text popup information prompting in the application, or prompted in a manner of vibration or voice broadcasting. The presentation of the prompting message is merely an example, and other existing or future presentations that may appear in the application, such as the application to which the present invention pertains, are also intended to be included within the scope of the present application and are hereby incorporated by reference.

Preferably, wherein the method further comprises: s13 (not shown) obtains location information of the TWS headset and/or headset case to find the TWS headset and/or headset case based on the location information. In this embodiment, when the user does not find the TWS headset and/or the headset box, the position information of the TWS headset and/or the headset box may also be acquired, so as to facilitate the search by the user. Here, a corresponding navigation prompt may also be presented on the device 1 to quickly find the corresponding location.

Preferably, wherein the TWS headset and/or headset case emits a sound or vibration or flashing prompt while the positional information of the TWS headset and/or headset case is being transmitted. In this way, the user can be reminded to quickly find the TWS headset and/or headset case.

Compared with the prior art, the method and the device have the advantages that whether the optical sensor is in an unblocked state or not is determined through the connection established with the TWS headset; when the optical sensor is in an unshielded state, and the duration in the unshielded state reaches preset duration, prompt information is presented to remind a user, wherein the head of the TWS earphone is provided with the optical sensor, when the head is positioned in the earphone box or in the ear of a person, the optical sensor is in the unshielded state, otherwise, the optical sensor is in the unshielded state. This kind of mode can in time remind the user to carry out the earphone and accomodate to prevent that user's earphone from losing.

There is also provided in accordance with another aspect of the present application a system for TWS headset loss prevention, wherein the system comprises:

the TWS earphone is provided with an optical sensor, when the head is positioned in the earphone box or in the ear of a person, the optical sensor is in a shielding state, otherwise, the optical sensor is in an unshielded state;

and the user equipment is connected with the TWS earphone and used for determining whether the optical sensor is in an unshielded state or not through the connection established with the TWS earphone, and when the optical sensor is in the unshielded state and the duration of the unshielded state reaches the preset duration, presenting prompt information so as to remind a user.

Preferably, the TWS headset or headset case comprises a positioning device, wherein the user equipment searches for the TWS headset and/or headset case based on the position information by acquiring the position information of the TWS headset and/or headset case.

Preferably, the TWS headset and/or the headset case further comprises a reminding device, and when the position information of the TWS headset and/or the headset case is sent to the user equipment, the reminding device of the TWS headset and/or the headset case gives out a sound or a vibration or a flashing prompt.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a device for preventing the TWS headset from being lost, where the device includes:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the operations of the foregoing method.

For example, the computer readable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: determining whether the light sensor is in an unobstructed state through a connection established with the TWS headset;

when the light sensor is in the non-shielding state, and the duration of the non-shielding state reaches the preset duration, prompt information is presented to remind a user.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned. Furthermore, it is obvious that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. A plurality of units or means recited in the apparatus claims may also be implemented by one unit or means in software or hardware. The terms first, second, etc. are used to denote names, but not any particular order.