WEARABLE ULTRA-THIN MINIATURIZED MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20140308987A1
• Filed: 01/09/2014
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tessera, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tessera, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Wilson, Stuart E., Mohammed, Ilyas, White, Charles, Chakravarthula, Hari
• Granted Patent: US 9,319,499 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/026 Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0279 Improving the user comfort or ergonomics
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

A device is provided with a housing adapted to engage a portion of a head of a user, such as the ear of the user. The device includes a camera component adapted to face in the same direction as the user when engaged with the portion of the head of the user. The device may be adapted to be controlled using voice commands from the user

Claims

1. A wireless device operative to be coupled to a wireless communications circuit, the wireless device comprising:

a housing adapted to engage a portion of a head a user;

an audio output component communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit to receive signals from the communications circuit and deliver audio output to the user representing the received signals;

an audio input component communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit to supply audio signals representing the user'"'"'s voice to the communications circuit; and

a camera component mounted in the housing and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit for supplying image signals representing images captured by the camera to the wireless communications circuit, the camera configured to face in the same direction as the user when the housing is engaged with the portion of the head of the user.

2. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera further comprises an imaging chip adapted to sense light on the chip.

3. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera is a video camera.

4. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera is a digital still camera.

5. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless device is Bluetooth-enabled.

6. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an audio processing circuit mounted in the housing.

7. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless communications circuit is configured to provide communication with a wireless network.

8. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a window through which the camera receives images.

9. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the portion of the head is the ear of the user.

10. The wireless device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the housing includes a portion that extends forwardly from the ear of the user when the housing is engaged with the user'"'"'s ear.

11. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing is adapted to lie along one side of the user'"'"'s head with the audio output adjacent an auditory canal of the user.

12. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the audio input component or the wireless communications circuit is configured to interpret voice commands from the user.

13. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the audio input component or the wireless communications circuit is configured to interpret voice commands from the user without other input from the user.

14. A system comprising:

a wireless communications circuit;

a housing adapted to engage a portion of a head a user;

an audio output component mechanically mounted in the housing and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit to receive signals from the wireless communications circuit and deliver sound to the user representing the received signals;

an audio input component mechanically mounted in the housing and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit to supply audio signals representing the user'"'"'s voice to the wireless communications circuit; and

a camera component mounted in the housing and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit for supplying image signals representing images captured by the camera to the communications circuit, the camera configured to face in the same direction as the user when the housing is engaged with the portion of the head of the user.

15. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the audio output component is an earphone.

16. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the audio input component is a microphone.

17. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the wireless communications circuit receives input from at least one of the audio input component, the audio output component, or the camera component through wireless communication.

18. The system as claimed in claim 14, wherein at least one of the audio input component or the wireless communications circuit is configured to receive and interpret voice commands without other input from the user.

19. A wireless device operatively coupled to a wireless communications circuit, the wireless device comprising:

a housing adapted to engage a portion of a head a user;

an audio input component; and

a camera component adapted to face in the same direction as the user when the housing is engaged with the head of the user.

20. The wireless device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the portion of the head is the ear of the user.

21. The wireless device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the device is adapted to be controlled using one or more voice commands from the user.

22. The wireless device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the device is adapted to be controlled using one or more voice commands without other input from the user.

23. A device comprising:

a housing adapted to engage a portion of a head a user;

an audio input component; and

a camera component adapted to face in the same direction as the user when the housing is engaged with the portion of the head of the user.

24. The device as claimed in claim 23, wherein the device is adapted to be controlled using one or more voice commands from the user.

25. The device as claimed in claim 23, wherein the device is adapted to be controlled using one or more voice commands without other input from the user.

26. The device as claimed in claim 23, wherein the portion of the head is the ear of the user.

27. The device as claimed in claim 26, wherein the housing includes a portion that extends forwardly from the ear of the user when the housing is engaged with the ear.

28. The device as claimed in claim 23, further comprising an audio output component, wherein the housing is adapted to lie along one side of the user'"'"'s head with the audio output component adjacent an auditory canal of the user.