Eyeglasses with high flexibility in use

• US 9,304,331 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marco Carrara
• Original Assignee: Marco Carrara
• Inventors: Carrara, Marco
• Primary Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG XUAN
• Application Number:
  US14/436,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20150248025A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 351/158, 351/41, 351/121, 600/500
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0462 Apparatus with built-in sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02427 Details of sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6814 Head
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6821 Eye
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2270/041 Controlled or regulated
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 3/003 Arrangements for fitting and securing to the head in the position of use
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 5/001 specially adapted for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for or not fully classifiable according to technical characteristics, e.g. therapeutic glasses

Abstract

The eyeglasses (1) with high flexibility in use comprise a system for measuring the wearer'"'"'s heart rate, the measuring system comprising a microcontroller (11), at least one heart rate sensor (12), means (13) for generating a visual and/or audible signal correlated to the measured heart rate, and an autonomous electrical power source (14), the measuring system further comprising adjustable means for positioning the sensor (12) against an anatomical area suitable for measuring the heart rate.

Claims

1. Eyeglasses with high flexibility in use comprising a system for measuring a heart rate of a wearer, said system comprising:

a microcontroller,

at least one heart sensor,

means for generating a visual or audible signal correlated to the measured heart rate,

an autonomous electrical power source, and

adjustable means for positioning said at least one heart sensor against an anatomical area suitable for measuring the heart rate, said adjustable means comprising at least one elastically flexible support element for said at least one heart sensor, said support element being supported by a temple piece of a frame of the eyeglasses from and inner side of said temple piece and being configured to bend toward the inner side of said temple piece so as to generate a force of contact of the at least one heart sensor against said anatomical area which is of an entity at least sufficient to prevent the at least one heart sensor from moving relative to said anatomical area at least during a heart rate measurement.

2. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, wherein said measuring system is joined solely to the frame of said eyeglasses.

3. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, further comprising means for adjusting the rigidity of said support element.

4. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, wherein said at least one heart sensor is slidingly supported by said support.

5. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor is of the optical type.

6. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, wherein said support element is engaged by means of a hinge to said temple piece of the frame.

7. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, wherein said support element is formed by a longitudinal plate having at least a flat longitudinal section.

8. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, wherein said at least one sensor is supported along a translation guide fashioned from a body of said support element.

9. The eyeglasses according to claim 8, wherein said translation guide extends in a longitudinal direction of said support element.

10. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, wherein the at least one heart sensor comprises at least one sensor for each temple piece of the frame.

11. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, further comprising electrical wiring for connecting the autonomous electrical power source to the microcontroller, wherein the electrical wiring extends along an internal groove of said frame.

12. The eyeglasses according to claim 1, further comprising at least one interface port connected to the microcontroller, the at least one interface port for interfacing with an external electronic device.

13. The eyeglasses according to claim 12, wherein said at least one interface port is provided in a temple piece of the frame.