Wearable transmitting/receiving device

• US 20020140849A1
• Filed: 02/19/2002
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Hunter, Andrew Arthur, Slatter, David Neil, Kahn, Richard Oliver
• Application Number:
  US10/078,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20020140849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/375
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A wearable camera arranged to be worn on a user'"'"'s clothing comprises a lens section 28 which is disguised in a piece of jewellery 30. The piece of jewellery is connected to a rear electronics portion 26 by means of an electrically conducting pin 29. The rear electronics portion 26 houses control means including a semi-conductor memory 26a, power supply 26b, control circuitry 26c and circuitry 26d for controlling the gain setting of a CMOS sensor 28a in the lens section 28.

Claims

1. A wearable electromagnetic (EM) radiation transmitter/receiver comprises a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion includes a transmission/reception section and is adapted to be worn outside a wearer'"'"'s clothing, and wherein the rear portion includes a control section and is adapted to be worn inside at least part of the wearer'"'"'s clothing, in which the front and rear portions are operable to communicate electrically with one another, and are physically connected to one another.

2. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 1, in which the front portion is secured to the rear portion.

3. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 1, in which the front portion includes a radio transmitter.

4. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 1, in which the control section of the rear portion controls the transmission/reception section.

5. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 1, in which the front portion includes image capture means.

6. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 5, in which the rear portion includes control means for the image capture means.

7. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 5, in which the rear portion also includes storage means for storage of captured images.

8. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 1, in which the front and rear portions are electrically connected by means of an electrically conducting connection pin.

9. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 8, in which the electrically conducting connection pin is arranged to extend through a wearer'"'"'s clothing between the front and rear portions.

10. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 8, in which the electrically conducting connection pin projects from the rear portion to be received in a corresponding opening in the front portion.

11. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 8, in which the electrically conducting connection pin has multiple conduction paths.

12. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 8, which includes a plurality of electrically conducting connection pins arranged to connect the front and rear portions.

13. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 1, in which the front portion is disguised as a piece of jewellery, such as a brooch or badge.

14. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 1, in which the transmitter/receiver has a plurality of different front portions all being differently shaped to blend with, or be suitable with, a wearer'"'"'s clothing and all being operable to be used with the same rear portion.

16. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 15, in which the front portion is disguised to be less visible against clothing.

17. A wearable transmitter/receiver as claimed in claim 15, in which the front portion is disguised as a decorative feature.

15. A wearable transmitter/receiver comprises a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion is a control section and the front portion is one of a plurality of interchangeable transmission/reception sections adapted to be secured to the rear portion and to communicate electrically therewith, wherein the front portion is disguised to suit a wearer'"'"'s clothing.

18. A wearable electromagnetic (EM) radiation transmitter/receiver comprises a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion includes a transmission/reception section and is adapted to be worn outside a wearer'"'"'s clothing, and wherein the rear portion includes a control section and is adapted to be worn inside at least part of the wearer'"'"'s clothing, in which the front and rear portions are operable to communicate electrically with one another, and are physically connected to one another, in which the front and rear portions are electrically connected by means of an electrically conducting connection pin.

19. A wearable electromagnetic (EM) radiation transmitter/receiver comprises a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion includes a transmission/reception section and is adapted to be worn outside a wearer'"'"'s clothing, and wherein the rear portion includes a control section and is adapted to be worn inside at least part of the wearer'"'"'s clothing, in which the front and rear portions are operable to communicate electrically with one another, in which the front portion is secured to the rear portion.