Apple came up with "smart" headphones for lovers to listen together, but different music

Apple's corporation has patented the technology of “smart” headphones, which change the parameters of reproduction of audio recordings, depending on how many people use them - one or two. The patent for "headphones with cable orientation sensors" was published on June 2.

As stated in the documentation, if the headphones “understand” that they put them on more than one person, but two, then each of the listeners will include their own music (or other content) through a monochanal - instead of a stereo intended for one user, writes Slashgear .

To determine the number of users, as indicated in the patent, you can use different types of sensors. One of the options is to measure the tension of the “cable” (a cable element in which one wire from the player is disconnected by two wires to the headphones) - a resistive or capacitive sensor. In another performance, they propose to integrate the fiber, the curvature of which is measured by the persecution, the elephant .

Recall, a year ago, Apple agreed to buy a manufacturer of headphones and speakers of Beats Electronics for $ 3 billion.