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US 2009/0156128 A1Published application
Eyewear communications system
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsSteven J. Franson, Silviu Chiricescu, Derrick Lim
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Abstract
An eyewear apparatus (100) has a first plurality of antennas (144, 142, 158) disposed thereon for transmitting a signal in a narrow beam (402), for example, with a directivity greater than 10 dBi, the signal comprising at least one of data and video. A microcomputer (126) is coupled to the first plurality of antennas for providing the signal thereto.
Claims21
An eyewear apparatus comprising:
- a first plurality of antennas disposed on the eyewear apparatus for transmitting a signal in a narrow beam, the signal comprising at least one of data and video;
- and
- a microcomputer coupled to the first plurality of antennas for providing the signal thereto.
An eyewear apparatus comprising;
- a faceplate;
- a support member coupled to the faceplate;
- a first plurality of antennas disposed on the faceplate;
- a transmitter coupled to the first plurality of antennas;
- and
- circuitry coupled to the first plurality of antennas for configuring the antennas to transmit a signal therefrom in a limited direction.
3 more elements
A method for communicating from an eyewear apparatus, the apparatus including a plurality of antennas, comprising:
- configuring at least a portion of the antennas to transmit a signal;
- and
- transmitting the signal with a directivity greater than 10 dBi.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.