Apple has to sophisticate everything to the most unsuspected limits. Even on in-ear headphones like AirPods, such a small device that it only serves to reproduce sound, it has a lot of functions and sensors.
The latest patent that refers to a possible novelty regarding AirPods, explains in detail a system to vary the sound that the device reproduces depending on the movement and posture detected by its motion sensors. What a fabric.
A new patent has just been granted, the number 10.715.902 Entitled 'Wireless Posture Sensing Headset System'. The title says it all: vary the sound depending on the movement and position in space of the device.
In the text of said patent, Apple engineers explain with this system can provide greater freedom of movement to the user. Apple wants its AirPods and AirPods Pro to be able to gather information about the behavior and movements of a user and adjust the audio accordingly.
For example, you could adjust volume based on whether the user is answering a phone call, doing a yoga stretch, engaging in strenuous exercise such as running or dancing.
They also explain that such in-ear headphones may have sensors to collect orientation information, such as measurements of the accelerometer during user movements.
An electronic device such as a iPhoneFor example, it can communicate wirelessly with the headphones and can be part of a monitoring system that provides the user with training and feedback while evaluating the user's performance of a head movement routine or other exercise routine in real time .
They add that during operation, the headphones can collect data from its integrated accelerometer and send it in real time to the iPhone, which can process this data in different ways, from modifying some parameter of the sound emitted by the headphones, to using said data for the function from activity from iOS.