Communications system and control unit suitable therefor
First Claim
1. A communication system configured to be carried by a user without using hands, comprising:
- one or more signal receiving modules that each receive signals from surroundings of the communication system and convert received signals into digital data; and
one or more signal emitting modules that each convert digital data into signals configured to be emitted into the surroundings of the communication system and at least certain of the signals are perceivable by the user through sense organs, the modules each having a device radio interface;
a control unit with a device radio interface by which radio device interface data from the modules are receivable in the control unit and by which radio device interface data are transmittable by the control unit selectively to the modules, the control unit comprising registration means to automatically register, or respectively deregister, said modules that have been dynamically added to, or respectively removed from, the communication system by the user, wherein the control unit further comprises a store in which a configuration table is stored in which selection of at least certain signal receiving modules as data sources and assignment of at least certain signal emitting modules as data sinks for certain signal receiving modules are configurable, the control unit further comprises means for forwarding data received from a particular signal receiving module according to indications in the configuration table to a signal emitting module assigned to the particular signal receiving module.
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Abstract
A communication system, in particular a mobile communication system that can to be carried by a user without using hands, which includes a control unit as well as one or more signal receiving modules and signal emitting modules that each have a radio device interface. The control unit includes a registration device to automatically register, or respectively deregister, modules dynamically added to, or respectively removed from, the communication system by the user. Data can be received in the control unit from the modules by the radio device interface, or respectively transmitted selectively to the modules by the radio device interface, it being possible to configure from which signal receiving modules data is supposed to be conducted to which signal emitting modules. The control unit also includes configurable functional units that process data before their transmission to a signal emitting module, as well as a command unit that examines data from signal receiving modules for commands contained therein, in particular user commands, and executes predefined function blocks in accordance with a recognized command.
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23 Claims
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1. A communication system configured to be carried by a user without using hands, comprising:
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one or more signal receiving modules that each receive signals from surroundings of the communication system and convert received signals into digital data; and
one or more signal emitting modules that each convert digital data into signals configured to be emitted into the surroundings of the communication system and at least certain of the signals are perceivable by the user through sense organs, the modules each having a device radio interface;
a control unit with a device radio interface by which radio device interface data from the modules are receivable in the control unit and by which radio device interface data are transmittable by the control unit selectively to the modules, the control unit comprising registration means to automatically register, or respectively deregister, said modules that have been dynamically added to, or respectively removed from, the communication system by the user, wherein the control unit further comprises a store in which a configuration table is stored in which selection of at least certain signal receiving modules as data sources and assignment of at least certain signal emitting modules as data sinks for certain signal receiving modules are configurable, the control unit further comprises means for forwarding data received from a particular signal receiving module according to indications in the configuration table to a signal emitting module assigned to the particular signal receiving module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A control unit for a communication system, which communication system and which control unit are carried by a user without using hands, which communication system comprises one or more signal receiving modules that each receive signals from surroundings of the communication system and convert received signals into electrical/optical signals and digital data, and which communication system comprises one or more signal emitting modules that each convert digital data into signals configured to be emitted into the surroundings of the communication system and of which at least certain of the signals are perceivable by the user through sense organs,
the control unit comprising at least one device radio interface, and the control unit further comprising registration means to automatically register, or respectively deregister, modules that have been dynamically added to, or respectively removed from, the communication system by the user, wherein the control unit further comprises a store in which a configuration table is stored in which selection of at least certain signal receiving modules as data sources and assignment of at least certain signal emitting modules as data sinks for certain signal receiving modules are configurable, and the control unit further comprises means for forwarding data received from a particular signal receiving modules according to indications in the configuration table to a signal emitting module assigned to the particular signal receiving module.
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