thefanboy Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 How many times we have seen people falling asleep while listening to their walkman.be it in airplane,bus or train. Having music on right in your ears is a kind of irritation for many(if not all).How about a walkman(any dap ofcourse) which detects if you are asleep and slowly turns down the music. Add noise cancelling to this and you will be able to have a peacefull sleep. The system will also detect when you are awake and start your music again.After getting this idea(if I can call so), I googled and found this patent(http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4297685.html) filed long ago in the late 70s.According to this patent,The brain temperature drops by 0.5 degree celsius when you are sleep which can be used for sleep detection. This drop in temperature can be measured by having some minuscule thermometer kind of thing added to your headphones, which will send the data to your music player. This data can be used by processor inside walkman to turn on/off the player.I dont know how ridiculous/silly/unnecessary this idea sounds, but please let me know your thoughts(drawbacks,usefulness,uselessness...).Patent is obviuosly not mine but integrating that with a music player is 100% mine and so all rights reserved If I can claim so :)(disclaimer: I did not go through the patent in detail, I could be wrong as well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Usefulness:Will protect our ears from undue sound Drawbacks :I'm not sure ,but I think that minuscule thermometer will definitely detects outer temperature as well and it will shut of Walkman,even when we are not sleeping . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pata2001 Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 A sleep-timer? Old tech that works.On the topic, having the sensor on the earbud makes it propietary. I don't like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefanboy Posted October 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) Drawbacks :I'm not sure ,but I think that minuscule thermometer will definitely detects outer temperature as well and it will shut of Walkman,even when we are not sleeping .Good point, thank you.Adding some kind of inexpensive touch sensor could solve this problem. But it is getting complex, isn't it ?A sleep-timer? Old tech that works.Sure that is a simpler solution.On the topic, having the sensor on the earbud makes it propietary. I don't like that.Following standards may not always give room for innovation.I like my s703 for its integrated noise cancelling capability, excellent innovation yet proprietary.And I guess this will rank among one of the most useful innovation in otherwise gimmicks dominated DAP market.Thanks for your feedbacks. Nice points. Edited October 30, 2007 by theFanboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuge Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Good point, thank you.Adding some kind of inexpensive touch sensor could solve this problem. But it is getting complex, isn't it ?Yes ,It is .What if you touch earphones after drinking soft drink or eating ice-cream or on a clod day ..heheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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