Lips blockers, headsets and systems

• US 20120095768A1
• Filed: 10/11/2011
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guy Mcclung
• Original Assignee: Guy Mcclung
• Inventors: McClung, Guy L. III
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,382 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/272
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/227 of the speaker; Human-factor methodology
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 2203/12 for acoustic communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 2203/14 for the transfer of light or images, e.g. for video-surveillance, for television or from a computer screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 2203/16 for telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/68 using passive jamming, e.g. by shielding or reflection shielding of apparatus or components against electric or magnetic field H05K9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/825 by jamming
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/083 Special constructions of mouthpieces
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/086 Protective screens, e.g. all weather or wind screens
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

Systems and methods for inhibiting access to the lips of speaking person including a sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks, a blocker connected to the device for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking; and, in some aspects, such a blocker with a material addition apparatus to provide added material for the breath of a person speaking, e.g., for preventing the spread of disease or to freshen a speaker'"'"'s breath. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).

Claims

1-46. -46. (canceled)

47. A system for inhibiting access to the lips of a speaking person comprising

a sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks,

a blocker positioned adjacent the lips of the person speaking for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking.

48. The system of claim 47 wherein the blocker is movably connected to a part of the sound receiving device for movement to and from a lips blocking position.

52. The system of claim 47 wherein the blocker includes a viewable screen, the viewable screen viewable by one of the person speaking and a person other than the person speaking.

54. The system of claim 47 wherein the sound receiving device includes a housing and the blocker is movably storeable within the housing for selective movement therefrom from a stored position within the housing to a position outside the housing in a lips blocking position.

56. The system of claim 47 further comprising

material addition apparatus adjacent the blocker for adding added material to breath of the person speaking

wherein the added material is one of:

killing material for killing living things in the breath of the person speaking; and

breath freshening material.

57. The system of claim 47 further comprising

a headgear comprising

a body,

the sound receiving device connected to the headgear for receiving speech of a person speaking and wearing the headgear,

the blocker connected to a part of the headgear or to the sound receiving device, the blocker for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking.

58. The system of claim 57 wherein the headgear is one of:

hat, cap, helmet, flexible head covering, and solid head covering.

60. The system of claim 47 further comprising

communication system for communication with the blocker, the communication system being one of wired communication system or wireless communication system.

61. The system of claim 60 further comprising

the communication system for communicating with a network,

the network being one of a local network and the Internet.

50. The system of claim 471 further comprising

movement apparatus for moving the blocker to and from a lips blocking position.

51. The system of claim 50 further comprising

activation apparatus for activating the movement apparatus,

the activation apparatus being one of:

device locally activatable by the person speaking, device locally activatable by a person other than the person speaking, pushbutton device locally or remotely activatable, device remotely activatable by a person other than the person speaking, device remotely activatable by a remote activation device, device voice activatable by voice activation apparatus in communication with the movement apparatus, and device voice activatable by voice activation apparatus connected to the sound receiving device.

59. The system of 1 wherein the blocker has thereon information viewable by a person other than the person speaking.

62. A system for inhibiting access to the lips of a speaking person comprising

a sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks, the sound receiving device comprising one of microphone, webcam, computer, helmet, headset, and cellphone,

a blocker positioned adjacent the lips of the person speaking for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking,

the sound receiving device including one of:

wired communication apparatus for wired communication with the sound receiving device; and

wireless communication apparatus for wireless communication with the sound receiving device.

63. A method for blocking lips of a speaker, the method comprising

positioning a system with a sound receiving device adjacent lips of a speaking person, the sound receiving device for receiving speech of the person speaking, the person'"'"'s lips moving when the person speaks, and

positioning in front of the lips of the person speaking a blocker connected to the system for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking.

64. The method of claim 63 further comprising

the system including material addition apparatus adjacent the blocker for adding added material to breath of the person speaking,

the method further comprising, with the material addition apparatus, adding material to the breath of the person,

wherein the added material is one of killing material for killing living things in the breath of the person speaking, and breath freshening material.

65. The method of claim 63 wherein the sound receiving device comprises one of microphone, webcam, computer, helmet, headset, and cellphone.