EYEWEAR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

• US 20090156128A1
• Filed: 12/12/2007
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lim, Derrick, Chiricescu, Silviu, Franson, Steven J.
• Application Number:
  US11/954,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20090156128A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/66.100
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2291 used in bluetooth or WI-FI devices of Wireless Local Area Networks [WLAN] H01Q1/241 takes precedence; WLAN in general H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

An eyewear apparatus (100) has a first plurality of antennas (144, 142, 158) disposed thereon for transmitting a signal in a narrow beam (402), for example, with a directivity greater than 10 dBi, the signal comprising at least one of data and video. A microcomputer (126) is coupled to the first plurality of antennas for providing the signal thereto.

Claims

1. An eyewear apparatus comprising:

a first plurality of antennas disposed on the eyewear apparatus for transmitting a signal in a narrow beam, the signal comprising at least one of data and video; and

a microcomputer coupled to the first plurality of antennas for providing the signal thereto.

2. The eyewear apparatus of claim 1 wherein the eyewear comprises:

a first supporting member;

a second supporting member; and

a faceplate disposed between the first and second supporting member, wherein the first plurality of antennas are disposed on the faceplate.

3. The eyewear apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a second plurality of antennas disposed on the first and second supporting members.

4. The eyewear apparatus of claim 3 further comprising a receiver disposed within one of the first and second supporting members and coupled to the circuitry.

5. The eyewear apparatus of claim 1 further comprising manual controls disposed on one of the faceplate, the first supporting member, or the second supporting member.

6. The eyewear apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a display configured to show the direction of the transmitted signal.

7. The eyewear apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a display configured to show the strength of the transmitted signal.

8. An eyewear apparatus comprising;

a faceplate;

a support member coupled to the faceplate;

a first plurality of antennas disposed on the faceplate;

a transmitter coupled to the first plurality of antennas; and

circuitry coupled to the first plurality of antennas for configuring the antennas to transmit a signal therefrom in a limited direction.

9. The eyewear apparatus of claim 8 further comprising a receiver for receiving the signal prior transmitting information by the antennas.

10. The eyewear apparatus of claim 9 further comprising a frequency converter coupled between the receiver and the transmitter.

11. A method for communicating from an eyewear apparatus, the apparatus including a plurality of antennas, comprising:

configuring at least a portion of the antennas to transmit a signal; and

transmitting the signal with a directivity greater than 10 dBi.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the eyewear apparatus comprises a faceplate and the transmitting step comprises transmitting the signal substantially perpendicular to the faceplate.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the limited direction is determined by software.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the limited direction is determined by manual adjustment.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the configuring step comprises configuring the at least a portion of the antennas as an array.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the configuring step comprises configuring two of the antennas to have an overlapping beam.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the configuring step further comprises configuring the antennas to transmit the signal omnidirectionally.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the transmitting step comprises transmitting the signal in a series of bursts.

19. The method of claim 11 further comprising compressing the signal.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein the eyewear apparatus comprises a transmitter for performing the transmitting step, and a receiver for receiving the signal prior to the transmitting step, the method further comprising receiving the signal prior to transmitting the signal.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the receiving step comprises receiving the signal at a first frequency, and the transmitting step comprises transmitting at a second frequency.