Wearable personal computer system having flexible battery forming casing of the system
First Claim
1. An electronic computing device, comprising:
- a plurality of operably connected microcomputer elements, the microcomputer elements including a processor for performing computer processing functions and at least one input and/or output device; and
a power supply operably coupled to the plurality of microcomputer elements to provide power to the plurality of microcomputer elements, the power supply comprising a flexible battery that forms a casing of the electronic computing device to protect the plurality of microcomputer elements.
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Abstract
A portable computer having elements for computing comprising a plurality of microcomputer elements, at least one flexible wearable member, structures for mounting a plurality of said microcomputer elements on said wearable member, and flexible signal relaying for electrically connecting said microcomputer elements in a user determined sequence. The computer preferably includes a plurality of PC card connectors receiving PC cards for performing a desired computing function. The wearable member includes a plurality of enclosures, with at least one of the PC card connectors being disposed within each enclosure. According to one embodiment, the portable computer includes a power supply to provide power to the microcomputer elements, the power supply including a flexible battery that forms a casing of the computer to protect the plurality of microcomputer elements.
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23 Claims
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1. An electronic computing device, comprising:
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a plurality of operably connected microcomputer elements, the microcomputer elements including a processor for performing computer processing functions and at least one input and/or output device; and a power supply operably coupled to the plurality of microcomputer elements to provide power to the plurality of microcomputer elements, the power supply comprising a flexible battery that forms a casing of the electronic computing device to protect the plurality of microcomputer elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electronic computing device for determining information regarding the location of the electronic computing device, the electronic computing device comprising:
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a plurality of operably connected microcomputer elements, the microcomputer elements including a processor for performing computer processing functions and at least one input device for sensing location information, at least two of the microcomputer elements including flexibly interconnected PC cards disposed within separate enclosures, at least one of the microcomputer elements being constructed to perform multi-directional sensing analysis, at least one of the microcomputer elements being constructed to perform navigational analysis; and structure for mounting the electronic computing device on the body of a human wearer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wearable electronic computing device, the computing device comprising:
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a wearable support member supportable by the body of the wearer of the computing device; a processor supported by the wearable support member for performing computer processing functions; a plurality of PC card connectors supported by the wearable support member, the PC card connectors being shaped to collectively mateably receive a plurality of PC cards; a plurality of PC cards slidably received within and mateably secured to the PC card connectors to form a computing configuration for performing at least one desired computing function, the PC cards further being readily insertable into and removable from the PC card connectors to perform different computing functions; a signal transmission system interconnecting the processor and the PC card connectors to transmit signals between the processor and the PC cards; and a plurality of enclosures supported by the wearable support member, at least one of the PC card connectors being disposed within each of the plurality of enclosures. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An electronic computing device for determining information regarding the location of the electronic computing device, the electronic computing device comprising:
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a plurality of operably connected microcomputer elements, the microcomputer elements including a processor for performing computer processing functions and at least one input device for sensing location information, at least two of the microcomputer elements including flexibly interconnected PC cards, at least one of the microcomputer elements being constructed to perform multi-directional sensing analysis, at least one of the microcomputer elements being constructed to perform navigational analysis; structure for mounting the electronic computing device on the body of a human wearer; and a power supply operably coupled to the plurality of microcomputer elements to provide power to the plurality of microcomputer elements, the power supply comprising a flexible battery that forms a casing of the electronic computing device to protect the plurality of microcomputer elements against environmental contamination. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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