Hands-free switch system
AssigneeFirst-Light USA, LLC
InventorJeremy B. Ross
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Abstract
A head-worn system has one or more illumination, imaging, communication, and/or other controlled elements electrically connected to a switch element (e.g., a piezo switch) positioned on the head-worn system so as to be overlying an area of a wearer's masseter muscle when worn on the wearer's person. The switch element is configured to be activated responsive to clenching of the wearer's jaw. The one or more controlled elements may be arranged to provide directional lighting/imaging from the point of view of the wearer, for example from the area of the wearer's zygomatic bones, when the head-worn system is worn on the wearer's person.
Claims15
A head-worn system, comprising:
- a switch element, said switch element positioned on the head-worn system so as to be overlying an area of a wearer's masseter muscle when worn on the wearer's person, and said switch element configured to be activated responsive to clenching of the wearer's jaw;
- a frame;
- a first boom attached to the frame, wherein the first boom is terminated with a hinged panel;
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- one or more illumination elements supported on the hinged panel and electrically connected to the switch element,
- wherein the first boom and hinged panel are sized so as to position the one or more illumination elements in an area below an eye of the wearer, and a hinge of the hinged panel is oriented so as to allow the one or more illumination elements to face a direction in which the wearer is looking.
A head-worn device comprising:
- a frame;
- a first boom attached to the frame, wherein the first boom is terminated with a hinged panel;
- one or more illumination and/or imaging units supported on the hinged panel;
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- a jaw clench-actuated interface configured for a wearer of the head-worn device to operate the one or more illumination and/or imaging units of the head-worn device, wherein the first boom and hinged panel are sized so as to position the one or more illumination and/or imaging units in an area below an eye of the wearer, and a hinge of the hinged panel is oriented so as to allow the one or more illumination and/or imaging units to face a direction in which the wearer is looking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.