Invention Grant
US08019096B2 Electronic device and external equipment with configurable audio path circuitry
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电子设备和具有可配置音频路径电路的外部设备
- Patent Title: Electronic device and external equipment with configurable audio path circuitry
- Patent Title (中): 电子设备和具有可配置音频路径电路的外部设备
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Application No.: US12481556Application Date: 2009-06-09
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Publication No.: US08019096B2Publication Date: 2011-09-13
- Inventor: Wendell B. Sander , Jeffrey Terlizzi
- Applicant: Wendell B. Sander , Jeffrey Terlizzi
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; David C. Kellogg
- Main IPC: H02B1/00
- IPC: H02B1/00 ; H04R1/10 ; H04R1/02 ; H04R3/00

Abstract:
Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessories. An accessory may have an audio plug that connects to a mating audio jack in an electronic device, thereby establishing a wired communications path between the accessory and the electronic device. Path configuration circuitry may be used to selectively configure the path between the electronic device and accessory to support different operational modes. Analog audio lines in the wired path may convey left and right channel analog audio channels. When it is desired to convey power over the wired path, one of the analog audio channel lines may be converted to a power line. Audio functionality may be retained by simultaneously converting a unidirectional line into a bidirectional line using hybrids.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100260341A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT WITH CONFIGURABLE AUDIO PATH CIRCUITRY Public/Granted day:2010-10-14
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