Wearable Wirelessly Controlled Enigma System

• US 20170280228A1
• Filed: 03/27/2017
• Published: 09/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lloyd Douglas Manning
• Original Assignee: Lloyd Douglas Manning
• Inventors: Manning, Lloyd Douglas
• Granted Patent: US 10,057,676 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/01 Skateboards A63C17/02 - A63C17/28 take precedence; rolling devices on skis A63C5/035
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/12 with driving mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/18 Measuring a physical parameter, e.g. speed, distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/22 Radio waves emitting or receiving, e.g. remote control, RFID
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 32/10 Motor-propelled water sports boards power-driven personal watercraft B63B34/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5838 using colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/25 Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/021 incorporating only one transducer
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1091 Details not provided for in groups H04R1/1008 - H04R1/1083
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/00 Circuits for transducers , loudspeakers or microphones

Abstract

The present invention relates to an enigma system comprising wearable universal control (WUC), a hearable, and an electronic device associated with a data source. The WUC is activated using hand/finger movements and/or voice commands that signal the electronic device to select an item in the user'"'"'s environment and perform predefined information searches in the database and transfer such information to said hearable. The WUC is configured to control any number of devices selected by a user without the need for hardware or software changes. The enigma system can monitor the user'"'"'s environment and automatically provide selectable information about the user'"'"'s environment allowing a user to better “decoded” his environment as well as provide warnings.

Claims

1. A hearable device configured for communication with an external data source, said hearable device comprising:

a ear interface comprising a cone shaped housing defining an cone void there through configured with an audio funnel;

an electronic module defining a module void and comprising a processing device electrically associated with a power source, memory, communication elements, audio elements, and a venturi adjustor wherein said electronic module is one of (a) integral to and (b) mechanically associated with said ear interface so that said module void is in audio communication with said cone void;

wherein said processing device is configured to receive information from an external data source and generate sound data in response to said information where said sound data is transferred to said audio funnel; and

wherein said processing device is configured to manipulate said audio funnel to create a desired venturi effect.

2. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 1, wherein said external data source is an electronic control module associated with a user.

3. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 2, wherein said electronic control module is a smart phone.

4. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 3, wherein said smart phone is controlled by a wearable universal controller associated with said user.

5. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 4, wherein said smart phone comprises at least one imaging element configured to generate an environment-image of the smart phone'"'"'s environment and wherein said smart phone is configured to search a database for item-information about an item of interest depicted in said environment image and transfer at least part of said item-information to said hearable.

6. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 5, wherein said item of interest is one of (a) automatically selected by said smart phone and (b) manually selected by said user.

7. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 5, wherein audio funnel defines a resilient hollow cylinder where at least the center section of said audio funnel is flexible so that the center section flexes inward in response to a pressure on the outside of said center section thereby creating an adjustable venturi.

8. A hearable device configured for communications as in claim 1, wherein the hearable is configured to provide a mute function by creating vacuum barrier between said audio void and said cone void.

9. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment, said enigma system comprising:

a control module comprising a processing device associated with a memory, a power source and feature elements comprising at least one of (i) a sensor array, (ii) a plurality of communication circuits, (iii) a location determining circuit, (iv) an imaging circuit, and (v) an audio circuit and wherein said features elements are at least one of;

(a) integral to said control module and (b) electrically associated with said control module;

a control-signal-generator in communication with said control module, said control-signal-generator comprising a structure configured for being associated with a user'"'"'s hand and configured to generate a control-signal in response to at least one of (a) user hand movements and (b) user finger movements; and

wherein said control module is configure to store a plurality item-control-data in said memory wherein said item-control-data contains information on signal parameters for controlling an item;

wherein said control module is configured to receive a control-signal from said control-signal-generator and use said item-control-data and said control-signal and at least one of said plurality of communication circuits to transmit an item-control-signal; and

wherein said control module is configured to generate an environment-image using said imaging circuit and select an item of interest image from said environment-image, use the item of interest image to search at least one of said memory and a remote database and generate at least one of a plurality of notifications comprising;

(a) person identified notification, (b) device identified notification, and (c) warning notification.

10. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 9, wherein the control module automatically scans its environment and automatically selects an item of interest based on predefined criteria.

11. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 9, wherein said notification is an device identified notification, and, in response to a control-signal generated in response to a user movement, said control-module performs at least one of the following actions:

(a) accesses the appropriate item-control-data stored in said memory using said item of interest image and said control-signal and uses and at least one of said plurality of communications circuits to generate an item-control-signal, and (b) accesses a remote database using said item of interest image and downloads the appropriate item-control-data into said memory and uses at least one of said plurality of communications circuits to generate an item-control-signal.

12. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 9, further comprising a hearable in communication with said control module.

13. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 12, wherein said notification is a person identified notification and wherein information about the identified person is retrieved from one of said memory and a remote database and transferred to said hearable.

14. An enigma system for decoding items in a user'"'"'s environment as in claim 12, wherein said notification is a warning notification transferred to said hearable and comprising at least one of:

electromagnetic field detected, police, human profile, air quality, inertia, and terrain warning.