Wearable wirelessly controlled enigma system

• US 10,057,676 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2017
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lloyd Douglas Manning
• Original Assignee: Lloyd Douglas Manning
• Inventors: Manning, Lloyd Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Gay, Sonia
• Application Number:
  US15/470,861
• Publication Number:
  US 20170280228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/01 Skateboards A63C17/02 - A63C17/28 take precedence; rolling devices on skis A63C5/035
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/12 with driving mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/18 Measuring a physical parameter, e.g. speed, distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/22 Radio waves emitting or receiving, e.g. remote control, RFID
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 32/10 Motor-propelled water sports boards power-driven personal watercraft B63B34/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/25 Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/021 incorporating only one transducer
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1091 Details not provided for in groups H04R1/1008 - H04R1/1083
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/00 Circuits for transducers , loudspeakers or microphones

Abstract

The present invention relates to an enigma system comprising wearable universal control (WUC), a hearable, and an electronic device associated with a data source. The WUC is activated using hand/finger movements and/or voice commands that signal the electronic device to select an item in the user'"'"'s environment and perform predefined information searches in the database and transfer such information to said hearable. The WUC is configured to control any number of devices selected by a user without the need for hardware or software changes. The enigma system can monitor the user'"'"'s environment and automatically provide selectable information about the user'"'"'s environment allowing a user to better “decoded” his environment as well as provide warnings.

Claims

1. A hearable device configured for communication with an external data source, said hearable device comprising:

an ear interface comprising a cone shaped housing defining a cone void there through configured with an audio funnel;

an electronic module defining a module void and comprising a processing device electrically associated with a power source, memory, communication elements, audio elements, and a venturi adjustor wherein said electronic module is one of (a) integral to and (b) mechanically associated with said ear interface so that said module void is in audio communication with said cone void;

wherein said processing device is configured to receive information from a smartphone and generate sound data in response to said information where said sound data is transferred to said audio funnel; and

wherein said smartphone is associated with at least one imaging element configured to generate an environment-image of the smartphone'"'"'s environment and wherein said smartphone is configured to search a database for item-information about an item of interest depicted in said environment-image and transfer at least part of said item-information to said processing device and wherein said smartphone is controlled by a wearable universal controller; and

wherein said audio funnel defines a resilient hollow cylinder where at least the center section of said audio funnel is flexible so that the center section flexes inward in response to a pressure on the outside of said center section thereby creating an adjustable venturi and wherein said processing device is configured to manipulate said audio funnel to create a desired venturi effect.

2. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 1, wherein said item of interest is one of (a) automatically selected by said smartphone and (b) manually selected by said user.

3. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 1, wherein the hearable device is configured to provide a mute function by creating vacuum barrier between said module void and said cone void.

4. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment, said enigma system comprising:

a control module comprising a processing device associated with a memory, a power source and feature elements comprising at least one of (i) a sensor array, (ii) a plurality of communication circuits, (iii) a location determining circuit, (iv) an imaging circuit, and (v) an audio circuit and wherein said features elements are at least one of;

(a) integral to said control module and (b) electrically associated with said control module;

a control-signal-generator in communication with said control module, said control-signal-generator comprising a structure configured for being associated with a user'"'"'s hand and configured to generate a control-signal in response to at least one of (a) user hand movements and (b) user finger movements;

wherein said control module is configured to store a plurality of item-control-data in said memory wherein said item-control-data contains information relating to signal parameters for controlling a plurality of items;

wherein said control module is configured to generate an environment-image using said imaging circuit and select an item of interest image from said environment-image, use the item of interest image to search at least one of said memory and a remote database and generate at least one of a plurality of notifications comprising;

(a) person identified notification, (b) device identified notification, and (c) warning notification; and

wherein said control module is further configured to perform at least one of the following actions when the notification is a device identified notification;

(1) access the appropriate item-control-data stored in said memory using said item of interest image and said control-signal, (b) access a remote database using said item of interest image and said control-signal and download the appropriate item-control-data into said memory; and

(c) use at least one communication circuit from said at least one of said plurality of communications circuits and generate an item-control-signal.

5. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 4, wherein the control module automatically scans its environment and automatically selects an item of interest based on predefined criteria.

6. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 4, further comprising a hearable device in communication with said control module.

7. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 6, wherein said notification is a person identified notification and wherein information about the identified person is retrieved from one of said memory and a remote database and transferred to said hearable device.

8. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 6, wherein said notification is a warning notification transferred to said hearable device and comprising at least one of:

electromagnetic field detected, police, human profile, air quality, inertia, and terrain warning.

9. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment, said enigma system comprising:

a control module comprising a processing means configured to execute predefined commands and interface with module components;

a memory associated with said processing means;

at least one sensor electrically associated with said processing means;

a plurality of communication circuits electrically associated with said processing means;

an imaging means configured to generate image-data;

an audio means configured to do at least one of (a) detect sound based signals and (b) generate sound based signals;

wherein a plurality of item-control-data are stored in said memory and wherein said item-control-data contains information related to signal parameters for controlling a plurality of items;

wherein said control module is configured to receive a control-signal from at least one of (a) a control-signal-generator associated with a user, said control-signal-generator in communication with said control module and configured to generate said control-signal in response to a said user movement and (b) said audio circuit means configured to generate said control-signal in response to a detected sound;

wherein said control module is configured to generate an environment-image using said imaging means and select an item of interest image from said environment-image, use the item of interest image to search at least one of said memory and a remote database and generate at least one of a plurality of notifications comprising;

(a) person identified notification, (b) device identified notification, and (c) warning notification; and

wherein said control module is further configured to perform at least one of the following actions when the notification is a device identified notification;

(1) access the appropriate item-control-data stored in said memory using said item of interest image and said control-signal, (b) access a remote database using said item of interest image and said control-signal and download the appropriate item-control-data into said memory; and

(c) use at least one communication circuit from said at least one of said plurality of communications circuits and generate an item-control-signal.

10. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 9, wherein said control-signal-generator comprises a structure configured for being associated with said user'"'"'s hand and configured to generate said control-signal in response to at least one of (a) user hand movements and (b) user finger movements.

11. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 9, wherein the control module automatically scans its environment and automatically selects an item of interest based on predefined criteria.

12. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 9, further comprising a hearable device in communication with said control module.

13. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 9, wherein said notification is a person identified notification and wherein information about the identified person is retrieved from at least one of said memory and a remote database and transferred to said hearable device.

14. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 9, wherein said notification is a warning notification based on data detected by said at least one sensor and wherein said at least one sensor comprises at least two of a temperature sensor, an acceleration sensor, a speed detection sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a light sensor, and a RF signal sensor.

15. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 14, wherein said warning notification comprises at least one of an electromagnetic field detected, police detected, human of interest detected, air quality information, item inertia warning, and terrain warning and wherein said warning notification is transferred to said hearable device.