Wearable ultra-thin miniaturized mobile communications
View Patent ↗A device is provided with a housing adapted to engage a portion of a head of a user, such as the ear of the user. The device includes a camera component adapted to face in the same direction as the user when engaged with the portion of the head of the user. The device may be adapted to be controlled using voice commands from the user.
1. A wireless device comprising:
a wireless communications circuit mounted in a wireless headset and adapted to provide control data used to wirelessly control a cellular telephone device separate from the wireless headset;
wherein the wireless headset is adapted to engage a portion of a head a user;
an audio output component communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit to receive signals from the wireless communications circuit and deliver audio output to the user representing the received signals;
an audio input component, mounted in the wireless headset, communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit to supply audio signals, representing the user's voice, to the wireless communications circuit;
wherein at least one of the audio input component mounted in the wireless headset or the wireless communications circuit mounted in the wireless headset is configured to interpret voice commands received from the user without other input from the user, and, based on the interpreted voice commands create the control data which is used to wirelessly control the cellular telephone device; and
a camera component, including an imaging chip adapted to sense light impinging on the imaging chip, mounted in the wireless headset and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit for supplying image signals representing images captured by the camera component to the wireless communications circuit, the camera component configured to face in the same direction as the user when the wireless headset is engaged with the portion of the head of the user.
2. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera component further comprises an imaging chip adapted to sense light on the imaging chip.
3. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera component is a video camera.
4. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera component is a digital still camera.
5. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is Bluetooth-enabled.
6. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an audio processing circuit mounted in the wireless headset.
7. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless communications circuit is configured to provide communication with a wireless network.
8. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a window through which the camera component receives images.
9. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the portion of the head is an ear of the user.
10. The wireless device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the wireless headset includes a portion that extends forwardly from the ear of the user when the wireless headset is engaged with the user's ear.
11. The wireless device a s claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless headset is adapted to lie along one side of the user's head with the audio output adjacent an auditory canal of the user.
12. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless communications circuit is configured to interpret the voice commands from the user.
13. The wireless device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the audio input component is configured to interpret the voice commands from the user without other input from the user.
14. A system comprising;
a wireless communications circuit mounted in a wireless headset and adapted to provide control data used to wirelessly control a cellular telephone device separate from the wireless headset;
the wireless headset adapted to engage a portion of a head of a user;
an audio output component mechanically mounted in the wireless headset and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit to receive signals from the wireless communications circuit and deliver sound to the user representing the received signals;
an audio input component, mounted in the wireless headset. mechanically mounted in the wireless headset and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit to supply audio signals representing the user's voice to the wireless communications circuit;
wherein at least one of the audio input component mounted in the wireless headset or the wireless communications circuit mounted in the wireless headset is configured to interpret voice commands received from the user without other input from the user, and, based on the interpreted voice commands create the control data which is used to wirelessly control the cellular telephone device; and
a camera component, including an imaging chip adapted to sense light impinging on the imaging chip, mounted in the wireless headset and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit for supplying image signals representing images captured by the camera component to the wireless communications circuit, the camera component configured to face in the same direction as the user when the wireless headset is engaged with the portion of the head of the user.
15. The system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the audio output component is an earphone.
16. The system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the audio input component is a microphone.
17. The system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the wireless communications circuit receives input from at least one of the audio input component, the audio output component, or the camera component through wireless communication.
18. The system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the audio input component is configured to receive and interpret the voice commands without other input from the user.
19. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:
providing control data, by a wireless communications circuit mounted in a wireless headset adapted to engage a portion of a head a user, the control data being used to wirelessly control a cellular telephone device separate from the wireless headset;
receiving signals from the wireless communications circuit and delivering audio output to the user representing the received signals, by an audio output component communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit;
supplying audio signals, representing the user' s voice, to the wireless communications circuit, by an audio input component mounted in the wireless headset and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit;
interpreting voice commands received from the user by at least one of the audio input component mounted in the wireless headset or the wireless communications circuit mounted in the wireless headset without other input from the user, and, based on the interpreted voice commands, creating, by the wireless communications circuit, control data which is used to wirelessly control the cellular telephone device; and
supplying image signals representing images captured by a camera component including an imaging chip adapted to sense light impinging on the imaging chip to the wireless communications circuit, by the camera component mounted in the wireless headset and communicatively coupled to the wireless communications circuit configured to face in the same direction as the user when the wireless headset is engaged with the portion of the head of the user.