Universal earphones: earphones with automatic side and shared use detection

Authors:
Kohei Matsumura;Daisuke Sakamoto;Masahiko Inami;Takeo Igarashi
Affiliations:
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology & JST ERATO, Ishikawa, Japan;The University of Tokyo & JST ERATO, Bunkyo, Japan;Keio University & JST ERATO, Tokyo, Japan;The University of Tokyo & JST ERATO, Bunkyo, Japan
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2012 ACM international conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
Year:
2012

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Abstract

We present universal earphones that use both a proximity sensor and a skin conductance sensor and we demonstrate several implicit interaction techniques they achieve by automatically detecting the context of use. The universal earphones have two main features. The first involves detecting the left and right sides of ears, which provides audio to either ear, and the second involves detecting the shared use of earphones and this provides mixed stereo sound to both earphones. These features not merely free users from having to check the left and right sides of earphones, but they enable them to enjoy sharing stereo audio with other people.