DESIGNER CONTROL DEVICES

• US 20090007596A1
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Published: 01/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Diablo Canyon Collective LLC
• Original Assignee: Personics Holdings, Inc.
• Inventors: Usher, John, Goldstein, Steven Wayne
• Granted Patent: US 8,788,077 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 63/1.110
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6817 Ear canal
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link

Abstract

At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a control device comprising: an input; an output; and a processor, where the processor is configured to receive an input signal through the input, where the input signal is generated from a user interface on media device, where the processor sends a control signal through the output to a sound reproduction device, where the output signal controls audio generated by the sound reproduction device, and where the input, output, and processor are not included in the media device and are not included in the sound reproduction device.

Claims

1. A control device comprising:

an input;

an output; and

a processor, where the processor is configured to receive an input signal through the input, where the input signal is generated from a user interface on media device, where the processor sends a control signal through the output to a sound reproduction device, where the output signal controls audio generated by the sound reproduction device, and where the input, output, and processor are not included in the media device and are not included in the sound reproduction device.

2. The control device according to claim 1, where the control device is a piece of jewelry.

3. The control device according to claim 2, where the input is sent via a wire from the media device to the control device.

4. The control device according to claim 2, where the output is sent from the control device to the sound reproduction device via a wire.

5. The control device according to claim 1 where the processor generates a plurality of control signals for a plurality of sound reproduction devices.

6. The control device in accordance with claim 1, where the processor receives a first plurality of input signals from a second plurality of media devices, where the processor generates third plurality of control signals to send to a fourth plurality of sound reproduction devices.

7. The control device according to claim 6, where the first and second plurality are numerically equal, and the third and fourth plurality are numerically equal.

8. A method of facilitating third party control comprising:

receiving an input signal from a media device, where the input signal is generated by the user interface of the media device;

generating a control signal, where the control signal is generated by a processor to control an audio device; and

transmitting the control signal to the audio device, where the audio device is configured to use the control signal to modify the emission of audio content from the audio device.