Apple patent filing shows how the headphone wearing experience could be improved

The USPTO today published a patent application made by Apple that reveals a way to improve the experience of wearing stereo headphones. The...

The USPTO today published a patent application made by Apple that reveals a way to improve the experience of wearing stereo headphones. The patent application carries the title "Electronic Devices With Configurable Capacitive Proximity Sensors," and it was submitted by Apple last November. The technology includes sensors that would recognize the "ear patterns" belonging to the headphone wearer, and could determine if the left and speakers are being worn correctly over the appropriate ear, or the speakers are reversed.

According to the patent application, if it turns ...

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