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US 7,481,531 B2Granted
Eyeglasses with user monitoring
AssigneeIpVenture, Inc.
InventorsThomas A. Howell, David Chao, C. Douglass Thomas, Peter P. Tong
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Abstract
In one embodiment, eyewear having user monitoring capabilities is disclosed. In one example, the user monitoring can pertain to activity monitoring. In another example, the user monitoring can pertain to physical or emotional characteristics monitoring of a user. The measured activity/characteristics can then be used in providing related information to a user of the eyewear. Advantageously, the user of the eyewear is able to easily monitor their activity/characteristics.
Claims20
A pair of eyeglasses comprising:
- an eyeglass frame having at least a pair of temples;
- and
- a user monitoring system at least partially embedded in the frame and operable to monitor at least a physical or emotional characteristic of a user of the pair of eyeglasses.
A pair of glasses comprising:
- an eyeglass frame having at least a pair of temples;
- and
- a functional module including a substrate and a plurality of electrical components that are electrically interconnected via the substrate and that can monitor a physical or emotional characteristic of a user wearing the pair of glasses,
- wherein the eyeglass frame includes a cavity within the at least one of the temples for receiving the functional module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.