Wireless connected jewellry device

• US 10,735,842 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2017
• Issued: 08/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blyngz Luxury Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Teanizan Incorporated
• Inventors: Prasad, Rama, Anderson, Marlyn
• Primary Examiner(s): Mooney, James K
• Application Number:
  US15/854,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20190222914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 15/0015 Illuminated or sound-producing jewellery
• CPC Class Codes: A44C 7/003 Ear-studs or their catch devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1008 Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones

Abstract

A wireless connected device is disclosed. The wireless connected device includes one or more earrings, each earring includes one or more CASINGS coupled with an earlobe of an ear through a hook or a post with backing. The one or more casings in the one or more earrings includes a sound production system located outside a first ear canal and proximate to an intertragical notch of the ear. The one or more casings in the one or more earrings also includes a microphone device located proximate to the mouth and configured to receive voice signals. The one or more casings in the one or more earrings further includes a transceiver antenna located proximate to the ear and configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The one or more casings in the one or more earrings further includes a plurality of transducers. Each of the plurality of transducer is configured to perform a corresponding function. The casings are metallized or decoratively treated to provide the jewellery aesthetics, but not interfere with the antenna or transducer function. The casings are interconnected with structurally robust and conductive, wire and flex sub-assembly.

Claims

1. A wireless connected jewellery device comprising:

a pair of earrings comprising at least one of a pair of dangler earrings and a pair of drop earrings wherein the pair of earrings further comprises;

a first earring comprising;

a first casing physically coupled with a first earlobe of a first ear, wherein the first casing comprises a sound production system located outside a first ear canal on the first earlobe and proximate to an intertragical notch of the first ear and wherein the first casing further comprises an audio channel design that is configured to direct a plurality of sound waves generated by the sound production system to the intertragical notch and towards the ear canal;

a second casing operatively coupled with the first casing using a first litz wire as conducting material;

wherein the second casing further comprises;

a first microphone device located proximate to the first ear and configured so as to be forward facing to receive voice signals;

a transceiver antenna proximate to the first ear and configured to transmit and receive wireless signals;

a second earring, wherein the second earring comprises;

a third casing coupled with a second earlobe of a second ear; and

a fourth casing coupled with the third casing using a second litz wire as a conducting material, wherein the third casing and the fourth casing comprise a plurality of transducers configured to perform a corresponding one or more functions;

wherein the first earring and the second earring are different in that they do not contain identical circuitry; and

wherein the first and second casings are configured so as to be arranged on the front side of the first ear and the third and fourth casings are configured so as to be arranged on the front side of the second ear.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the transceiver antenna is enclosed in one or more of the first, second, third, or fourth casings.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the transceiver antenna located proximate to the first ear is located at a distance of at least 1 inch from the brain.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second casing of the first earring comprises a second microphone device configured for noise cancellation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second casing of the first earring comprises a rechargeable battery and an onboard charging circuit.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the rechargeable battery is further configured so as to be recharged independent of the first earring.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the second casing of the first earring comprises a Bluetooth device (chip) configured for wireless connectivity.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the Bluetooth device is further communicatively coupled to an external wearable communication device.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the external wearable communication device further comprises at least one of a smart watch, a custom wearable recharger device with computing, and/or a Bluetooth mesh.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the second earring comprises a memory configured to store short term or medium-term data obtained from the plurality of transducers.

11. The of claim 1, wherein the second earring comprises a processor configured to process data obtained from the plurality of transducers.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of transducers comprises one or more biometric sensor of a face recognition sensor, a fingerprint sensor, an Iris recognition sensor, a voice recognition sensor, or a heart rate monitor.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of transducers comprises one or more environmental sensors such as temperature sensor, humidity sensor, CO₂ level sensor and an accelerometer.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of transducers comprises a tap sensor located at any of the casings of the pair of earrings.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the fourth casing of the second earring comprises a Bluetooth device.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the first casing and the second casing of the first earring and the third casing and the fourth casing of the second earring composed of a plastic with custom optimized coatings and one or more openings for jewellery aesthetics and permeability to wireless waves like bluetooth.