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Wearable device with input and output structures

  • US 9,529,197 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2012
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A head-wearable device, comprising:

  • a center support extending in generally lateral directions, the center support being supported over a brow of a user;

    a first side arm extending from a first end of the center support, the first side arm having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being adjacent to the center support and the second portion being coupled to the first portion, the second portion including a first free end remote from the center support, the first free end being enlarged relative to the first portion, wherein at least a portion of the first side arm houses electronic circuitry configured to operate the head-wearable device;

    a second side arm extending from a second end of the center support, the second side arm having a second free end remote from the center support, the first free end of the first side arm being enlarged relative to the second free end of the second side arm; and

    an extension arm configured to present information to the user via a display element, the extension arm being coupled to the first portion of the first side arm;

    wherein the electronic circuitry of the first side arm is arranged within the first and second portions thereof so as to provide a balancing weight distribution of the first side arm and the extension arm between a first weight of the first side arm and the extension arm carried by only a first ear of the user supporting the first side arm and a second weight of the first side arm and the extension arm carried by a nose of the user, wherein only the first ear of the user and the nose of the user carry the respective first and second weights of the first side arm and the extension arm, andwherein the center support and the first and second side arms are configured as a band extending between the first and second free ends respectively positioned on the first and second side arms, the first and second free ends being remote from the center support and spaced apart from each other at a first distance, and wherein the band is resiliently deformable to selectively increase the first distance and to secure the band to a head of the user, and wherein the band includes a compliant inner portion defining the inner surface of the band extending continuously from the first free end to the second free end through the center support and a resilient outer portion defining the outer surface of the band extending continuously from the second free end to a portion adjacent to the first free end, the resilient outer portion being a substantially uniform structure.

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