Patent ID: 8620007

Claim:
A headset comprising: a signal receiver for receiving a signal from the outside; a speaker part, the speaker part having a speaker transducer; a hinge part corresponding to the speaker part, for changing the direction of the speaker part, the hinge part being located in close proximity to the speaker part, the hinge part including a switch which switches when the direction of the speaker part changes; an amplifier for amplifying the received signal, the amplifier being located between the signal receiver and the speaker part and; a controller for controlling the received signal to be transmitted from the signal receiver through the switch and the amplifier, to the speaker transducer when the switch is in a first state and to be transmitted through the switch directly to the speaker transducer bypassing the amplifier when the switch is in a second state, according to the direction of the speaker part which determines whether the switch is in the first state or in the second state.