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US 7,512,414 B2Granted
Wireless interactive headset
AssigneeOakley, Inc.
InventorsJames Jannard, Davin Saderholm, Carlos Reyes, Colin Baden, Sumner Lane Bruns
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Abstract
A wearable audio interface includes a support for positioning the plurality of speakers juxtaposed to and spaced from the ears of a wearer. The audio device can include wireless networking electronics so as to allow the device to interact with other wireless network devices.
Claims24
A wearable wireless audio interface, comprising:
- a support configured to support at least one lens in a field of view of a wearer, said support comprising a first ear stem and a second ear stem, the support being configured to be worn on the wearer's head;
- a microphone supported by the support, said microphone configured to output a microphone signal in response to detected sound;
- a cellular telephone interface supported by the support, said cellular telephone interface being configured to wirelessly transmit a first signal from the cellular telephone interface to a cellular telephone, wherein said first signal corresponds to the microphone signal, wherein said cellular telephone interface is further configured to wirelessly receive a second signal from the cellular telephone and to output a telephone output based upon said second signal;
- a stereo wireless receiver supported by the support, said stereo wireless receiver being configured to wirelessly receive a stereo audio signal from an audio device, wherein said stereo wireless receiver is further configured to output a stereo output based upon said stereo audio signal;
- at least one speaker supported by at least one of said first and second ear stems, wherein said at least one speaker is configured to provide an audio signal to the wearer based upon said telephone output and said stereo output;
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- an antenna extending along at least one of said first and second ear stems of said support and including a coil wrapped helically about a rod, said antenna being operative to at least receive said second signal and said stereo audio signal and to transmit at least said first signal to said cellular telephone.
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A wearable wireless audio interface, comprising:
- a support configured to support at least one lens in a field of view of a wearer, said support comprising a first ear stem and a second ear stem, the support being configured to be worn on the wearer's head;
- a microphone supported by the support, said microphone configured to output a microphone signal in response to detected sound;
- a cellular telephone interface supported by the support, said cellular telephone interface being configured to wirelessly transmit a first signal from the cellular telephone interface to a cellular telephone, wherein said first signal corresponds to the microphone signal, wherein said cellular telephone interface is further configured to wirelessly receive a second signal from cellular telephone and to output a telephone output based upon said second signal;
- an audio device supported by the support, said audio device comprising a storage device configured to store compressed audio files and configured to decompress the compressed audio files and output an audio signal based on said decompressed audio file;
- at least one speaker supported by at least one of said first and second ear stems, wherein said at least one speaker is configured to provide an output audible to the wearer based upon said telephone output and said audio signal;
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- interface electronics including a speech recognition engine for receiving said microphone signal and controlling at least one of said cellular telephone and said audio device in response to said microphone signal, said interface electronics being operative to recognize speech from the wearer and to convert the speech to AT commands.
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A speech recognition interactive device comprising:
- a support configured to support at least one lens in a field of view of a wearer, the support comprising a first ear stem and a second ear stem, the support being configured to be worn on the wearer's head;
- a microphone supported by the support, the microphone configured to output a microphone signal in response to detected sound;
- interface electronics comprising a receiver and a transmitter to communicate with at least one of a cellular telephone and an audio device, the interface electronics further comprising a speech recognition engine for receiving the microphone signal and converting a speech command of the wearer to an electronic signal for transmission to the at least one of a cellular telephone and an audio device, the interface electronics being operative to control at least one of the cellular telephone and the audio device using an AT command protocol;
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- at least one speaker supported by at least one of the first and second ear stems.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.