Solar-Powered Mobile Telephone
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Abstract
A mobile telephone apparatus is disclosed in which a solar power source is used to supplement battery power. A solar cell array is positioned on the surface of the telephone and supplies electric current to the telephone. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is equipped with speech recognition software that allows the user to issue commands (such as dialling the telephone) verbally to the telephone. In addition, this speech recognition may be used to operate an integrated AM/FM broadcast radio to allow the telephone to double as a radio. In an alternative embodiment, the solar mobile telephone is integrated into a headset to allow for convenient hands-free operation.
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22 Claims
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12. A headset apparatus comprising:
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a headband member adapted to confirm to a user'"'"'s head;
at least one earpiece associated with the headband member;
a microphone adapted to be positioned so as to allow a user to talk into the microphone;
a wireless telephone transceiver physically incorporated into the headset apparatus and adapted to place telephone calls in a wireless telephone network, wherein the wireless telephone transceiver receives an audio input signal from the microphone and outputs an audio output signal from the at least one earpiece; and
a solar power source associated with the wireless telephone transceiver such that the solar power source supplies power to the wireless telephone transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22)
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14. A headset apparatus comprising:
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a headband member adapted to conform to a user'"'"'s head;
at least one earpiece associated with the headband member;
a microphone adapted to be positioned so as to allow a user to talk into the microphone;
a wireless telephone transceiver physically incorporated into the headset apparatus and adapted to place telephone calls in a wireless telephone network, wherein the wireless telephone transceiver receives an audio input signal from the microphone and outputs an audio output signal from the at least one earpiece; and
a solar power source associated with the wireless telephone transceiver such that the solar power source supplies power to the wireless telephone transceiver, wherein the solar power source comprises an array of solar cells, and the array of solar cells is positioned on a surface of the headband member so as to provide exposure of the array of solar cells to an external light source, and wherein the array of solar cells is positioned on at least one surface of a lid associated with the headband member, and wherein the lid is configured such that opening the lid reveals a control panel for operating the wireless telephone transceiver.
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20. A solar mobile telephone headset apparatus comprising:
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a headband member adapted to conform to a user'"'"'s head;
at least one earpiece associated with the headband member;
a microphone adapted to be positioned so as to allow a user to talk into the microphone;
a wireless telephone transceiver physically incorporated into the headset apparatus and adapted to place telephone calls in a wireless telephone network, wherein the wireless telephone transceiver receives an audio input signal from the microphone and outputs an audio output signal from the at least one earpiece;
an array of solar cells forming at least a potion of a surface of the headband member;
a processor;
speech recognition software executed by the processor, wherein the speech recognition software identifies verbal commands in audio information obtained from the microphone, and wherein the processor performs actions in response to the identified verbal commands; and
a broadcast radio receiver module, wherein the broadcast radio receiver module is configured to be controlled by the processor, wherein the processor controls the broadcast radio receiver in accordance with the verbal commands, and wherein, under the direction of the processor, the broadcast radio receiver presents a broadcast radio audio signal to the at least one earpiece. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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