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.
Claims21
A system comprising a switch element and a controlled element, said switch element configured to be worn adjacent an exterior of a wearer's face and activated/deactivated by movement of muscles associated with the wearer's jaw, said switch element configured for electrical communication with said controlled element.
An actuator element for a hand-free switch system, said actuator element comprising a moveable portion and a switch having a control element responsive to movement of said moveable portion to effect a change in an output of said switch, said switch configured to be worn adjacent an exterior of a wearer's face and activated/deactivated by movement of the moveable portion in response to flexing of muscles associated with the wearer's jaw and being sealed against an environment in which the actuator element is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.