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US 11,700,475 B2Granted
Earpiece with GPS receiver
AssigneeBRAGI GmbH
InventorsDarko Dragicevic, Peter Vincent Boesen
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Abstract
An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a processor disposed within the earpiece, a speaker operatively connected to the processor, a microphone operatively connected the processor, and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver disposed within the earpiece. A system may include a first earpiece having a connector with earpiece charging contacts, a charging case for the first earpiece, the charging case having contacts for connecting with the earpiece charging contacts, and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver disposed within the charging case.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a first earpiece having a connector with earpiece contacts for charging the first earpiece and communicating data to and from the first earpiece, the first earpiece having an earpiece housing shaped to fit into an ear of a user, the first earpiece having a processor disposed within the earpiece housing, an inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor configured to detect movement of the user, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor;
- a charging case for the first earpiece, the charging case separate from a wireless phone and having a case housing with a first earpiece area for receiving the first earpiece and a second earpiece area for receiving a second earpiece and contacts for connecting with the contacts of the first earpiece for charging the first earpiece and communicating data to and from the first earpiece;
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- wherein the system is configured to convey a geospatial location to the processor of the first earpiece;
- wherein the processor of the first earpiece is configured to update the location using data from the inertial sensor of the first earpiece.
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A system comprising:
- a first earpiece having a connector with contacts for charging the first earpiece and communicating data to and from the first earpiece, the first earpiece having an earpiece housing shaped to fit into an ear of a user, the first earpiece having a processor disposed within the earpiece housing, an inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the processor;
- a second earpiece having a connector with contacts for charging the second earpiece and communicating data to and from the second earpiece, the second earpiece having an earpiece housing shaped to fit into an ear of a user, the second earpiece having a processor disposed within the second earpiece housing;
- a charging case for the first earpiece and the second earpiece, the charging case separate from a wireless phone and having a case housing, a receptacle configured to hold the first earpiece and the second earpiece, first contacts for connecting with the earpiece contacts of the first earpiece for charging the first earpiece and communicating data to and from the first earpiece, second contacts for connecting with the earpiece contacts of the second earpiece for charging the second earpiece and communicating data to and from the second earpiece;
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- wherein the system is configured to convey a geospatial location from the charging case through the contacts of the charging case and the contacts of the first earpiece to the processor disposed within the first earpiece,
- wherein the processor of the first earpiece is configured to set a current location using the geospatial location and then update the current location using data from the inertial sensor disposed within the first earpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.