Earpiece with cellular connectivity
First Claim
1. An earpiece comprising:
- an ear bud housing;
a processor disposed within the ear bud housing;
a speaker operatively connected to the processor;
at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor;
a cellular transceiver, for direct cellular communications disposed within the ear bud housing and operatively connected to the processor;
a short range transceiver disposed within the ear bud housing and operatively connected to the processor; and
an inertial sensor disposed within the ear bud housing and operatively connected to the processor;
wherein the short range transceiver is configured to wirelessly communicate with a second earpiece; and
wherein the earpiece is configured to receive user input from a user based on head movement of the user detected with the inertial sensor and to take or ignore an incoming call to the cellular transceiver based on the user input.
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Abstract
An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, and a cellular transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor. The cellular transceiver may be a low energy long term evolution (LTE) cellular transceiver. The ear piece may include an inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor. The earpiece may further include a short range transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing. The short range transceiver may be a Bluetooth transceiver. The earpiece may also include a slot within the earpiece housing for receiving an identity module.
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16 Claims
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1. An earpiece comprising:
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an ear bud housing; a processor disposed within the ear bud housing; a speaker operatively connected to the processor; at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor; a cellular transceiver, for direct cellular communications disposed within the ear bud housing and operatively connected to the processor; a short range transceiver disposed within the ear bud housing and operatively connected to the processor; and an inertial sensor disposed within the ear bud housing and operatively connected to the processor; wherein the short range transceiver is configured to wirelessly communicate with a second earpiece; and wherein the earpiece is configured to receive user input from a user based on head movement of the user detected with the inertial sensor and to take or ignore an incoming call to the cellular transceiver based on the user input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a pair of wireless earpieces comprising a left ear piece and a right ear piece, each of the wireless earpieces comprising an ear piece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, a cellular transceiver, for direct cellular communications with a cellular network, disposed within the ear piece housing and operatively connected to the processor, a short range transceiver operatively connected to the processor for wirelessly communicating with the other wireless earpiece, and an inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor; wherein each of the wireless earpieces is configured to receive user input from a user based on head movement of the user detected with the inertial sensor and to take or ignore an incoming call to the cellular transceiver based on the user input. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a pair of wireless earpieces comprising a left ear piece and a right ear piece, each of the wireless earpieces comprising an ear piece housing, a processor disposed within the ear piece housing, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, at least one microphone operatively connected to the processor, a first cellular transceiver, for direct cellular communications over a cellular network, disposed within the ear piece housing and operatively connected to the processor, a first short range transceiver operatively connected to the processor and configured to wirelessly communicate with the other wireless earpiece, and an inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor, wherein each of the wireless earpieces is configured to receive user input from a user based on movement of a user'"'"'s head detected with the inertial sensor and to take or ignore an incoming call to the first cellular transceiver based on the user'"'"'s head movement; and a charging case comprising a case housing, a second short range transceiver disposed therein and a second cellular transceiver disposed therein; wherein each first short range transceiver of the pair of wireless earpieces is configured to communicate with the second short range transceiver of the charging case. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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