Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a radio frequency transceiver
First Claim
1. An eyewear comprising:
- a frame; and
a radio frequency transceiver for short-distance wireless communication, wherein said radio frequency transceiver is embedded in said frame, and wherein said radio frequency transceiver is configured to form an ad hoc wireless network with a plurality of devices.
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Abstract
A wireless ad hoc pico network is formed by eyewear and other devices such as a computer, a bracelet and a telephone having similar transceivers mounted on them. Master slave relationships are configurable. Other devices, such as a radio, a CD player, a hand held global positioning satellite system and a heart rate monitor, having similar transceivers, can also be connected with the transceiver of the eyewear. The transceivers operate on globally available, unlicensed radio band, 2.45 gigahertz (GHz). The eyewear includes a frame and two temples connected to the frame via hinges. Temples have a male portion of a connector incorporated in them. Female portion of the connector is made integral with the hinges. When the male portion is inserted in the female portion the temple is attached to the frame. The temples can be removed by pulling the connector apart, and a temple with different apparatus within it can be inserted in place of the removed temples. The temple may have co-molded within its body, an apparatus such as an audio device, a camera, a speaker, and a microphone, and a display device such as liquid crystal or an alarm. In another embodiment, eyewear constitutes a distance alarm to monitor the movement of, for example, a child. A device in form of, for example, a bracelet is worn by the child. The transceivers in the eyewear and the bracelet form a small-range wireless network, i.e., pico-net. The transceiver in the eyewear is configured to generate an alarm when the bracelet exceeds a predetermined distance from eyewear.
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27 Claims
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1. An eyewear comprising:
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a frame; and
a radio frequency transceiver for short-distance wireless communication, wherein said radio frequency transceiver is embedded in said frame, and wherein said radio frequency transceiver is configured to form an ad hoc wireless network with a plurality of devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A distance alarm system comprising:
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an eyewear, further comprising a frame; and
a radio frequency transceiver for short-distance wireless communication embedded in said frame of said eyewear; and
a device, said device and said radio frequency transceiver being configured to form an ad hoc wireless network, wherein said device triggers generation of an alarm signal when said device exceeds a predetermined distance from said eyewear. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of generating an alarm comprising:
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providing an eyewear having a frame and a radio frequency transceiver for short-distance wireless communication, said radio frequency transceiver being embedded in said frame;
providing a device having a second transceiver for short-distance wireless communication;
forming an ad hoc wireless network between said device and said eyewear; and
generating an alarm when said device exceeds a predetermined distance from said eyewear.
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27. The method of claim 29 wherein said radio frequency transceiver communicates with said device within a frequency band of 2.45 gigahertz (GHz).
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