Speaker assembly for headworn computer

• US 10,101,588 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2017
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Haddick, John D., Lohse, Robert Michael, Shams, Nima L., Osterhout, Ralph F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Martinez, Joseph P
• Application Number:
  US15/488,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20170219831A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0169 Supporting or connecting means other than the external walls
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/13 Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/15 Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to speaker assemblies for head worn computers.

Claims

1. A head-worn computer, comprising:

a temple portion mechanically secured to a computer display and adapted to position the computer display in front of an eye of a user;

the temple portion including a speaker securely positioned in the temple portion and electrically associated with electronics internal to the head-worn computer; and

a haptics vibration system mounted in the temple portion adapted to be controlled by the head-worn computer, wherein the vibration system includes a piezo circuit.

2. The head-worn computer of claim 1, wherein the haptic feedback is associated with a game being presented in the computer display.

3. The head-worn computer of claim 1, wherein the haptic feedback is associated with an application executing on the head-worn computer.

4. The head-worn computer of claim 1, wherein a second vibration system is provided proximate a second ear of the user.

5. The head-worn computer of claim 1, further comprising an ear horn portion, wherein the ear horn portion is mechanically adapted to be positioned on top of an ear of the user, wherein the ear horn portion is mounted on the temple portion and user removable from the temple portion.

6. The head-worn computer of claim 5, wherein the ear horn section is secured to the temple section with a position lockable fastener.

7. The head-worn computer of claim 6, wherein the position lockable fastener comprises a rotatable fastener.