Intelligent wireless headset system

• US 10,405,081 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2018
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Original Assignee: Bragi GmbH
• Inventors: Hviid, Nikolaj, Pohl, Alex, Razouane, Mohamed Ali
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Tan X
• Application Number:
  US15/874,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20180227658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/117 Identification of persons methods or arrangements for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints, G06F18/00, G06V40/00; identification of persons by analysing their voice or speech G10L17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1008 Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/105 Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1083 Reduction of ambient noise active noise reduction per se G10K11/175; protective devices for the ear, e.g. providing acoustic protection A61F11/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/13 Hearing devices using bone conduction transducers

Abstract

An intelligent wireless headset system in embodiments of the present invention may have one or more of the following features: (a) a left ear portion having at least one microphone and at least one speaker associated therewith, (b) a right ear portion having at least one microphone and at least one speaker associated therewith, (c) a connecting band between the left ear portion and the right ear portion, (d) a wireless radio transceiver disposed within the intelligent wireless headset, (e) a cellular transceiver disposed within the intelligent wireless headset, (f) a headset network capable of operably coupling the intelligent wireless headset with at least one device in the headset network, (g) sensors to collect biometric information, (h) a camera for collecting video information, (i) outer speakers located on the housing, and (j) a memory for storing biometric information.

Claims

1. An intelligent wireless headset, comprising:

a left ear portion having at least one microphone and at least one speaker associated therewith;

a right ear portion having at least one microphone and at least one speaker associated therewith;

a connecting band between the left ear portion and the right ear portion;

at least one sensor operably coupled to the left or the right ear portion;

a left ear cushion on an interior portion of the left ear portion;

a right ear cushion on an interior portion of the right ear portion;

a left hard exterior surface at an exterior portion of the left ear portion;

a right hard exterior surface at an exterior portion of the right ear portion;

a gestural interface disposed within the left or the right ear portion wherein the gestural interface receives gestures from a user at the left hard exterior surface or the right hard exterior surface using optical detectors;

a processor disposed within the intelligent wireless headset and operatively connected to the at least one microphone of the left ear portion, the at least one speaker of the left ear portion, the at least one microphone of the right ear portion, the at least one speaker of the right ear portion, and the at least one sensor on the left or the right ear portion;

wherein the processor is configured to receive various external stimuli from the at least one sensor and process the ambient sound from the left ear portion and the ambient sound from the right ear portion and reproduce a processed version of the ambient sound from the left ear portion at the at least one speaker of the left ear portion and a processed version of the ambient sound from the right ear portion at the at least one speaker of the right ear portion based on the various external stimuli characterizing the ambient environment;

a wireless radio transceiver disposed within the intelligent wireless headset; and

a cellular transceiver disposed within the intelligent wireless headset.

2. The intelligent wireless headset of claim 1 wherein a first of the at least one microphone of the left ear portion is positioned to detect ambient sound.

3. The intelligent wireless headset of claim 2 wherein a first of the at least one microphone of the right ear portion is positioned to detect ambient sound.

4. The intelligent wireless headset of claim 1 further comprising at least one imaging sensor mounted on the right ear portion.

5. The intelligent wireless headset of claim 4 further comprising at least one imaging sensor mounted on the left ear portion.

6. The intelligent wireless headset of claim 4 wherein the at least one imaging sensor is a time of flight sensor.

7. The intelligent wireless headset of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of microphones arranged along the connecting band.

8. The intelligent wireless headset of claim 7 wherein the plurality of microphones are arranged along the connecting band in a beamforming array.