Earpiece with laser induced transfer of PVD coating on surfaces
An earpiece includes an earpiece housing having an external surface and an internal surface, a transceiver disposed within the earpiece, and an antenna deposited onto a surface of the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the transceiver, wherein the antenna is deposited onto the surface of the earpiece housing using a vapor deposition process. A method of manufacturing a wearable device includes loading a conductive substance into a vapor deposition system and depositing the conductive substance onto a surface of a wearable device using the vapor deposition system to form an antenna pattern.
1 . An earpiece comprising:
an earpiece housing having an external surface and an internal surface;
a transceiver disposed within the earpiece; and
an antenna deposited onto a surface of the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the transceiver, wherein the antenna is deposited onto the surface of the earpiece housing using a vapor deposition process.
2 . The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the antenna is selected from a group consisting of an omnidirectional antenna, a directional antenna, a monopole antenna, a dipole antenna, an inverted-F antenna, and a planar inverted-F antenna.
3 . The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the earpiece is a left earpiece within a set of earpieces comprising the left earpiece and a right earpiece.
4 . The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the surface is an internal surface of the earpiece housing.
5 . The earpiece of claim 1 wherein the surface is an external surface of the earpiece housing.
6 . The earpiece of claim 1 further comprising a processor disposed within the earpiece and operatively connected to the transceiver, and a gestural interface operatively connected to the processor.
7 . The earpiece of claim 1 further comprising at least one speaker and at least one microphone within the earpiece housing.
8 . A method of manufacturing a wearable device comprising:
loading a conductive substance into a vapor deposition system; and
depositing the conductive substance onto a surface of a wearable device using the vapor deposition system to form an antenna pattern.
9 . The method of claim 8 wherein the wearable device is an earpiece.
10 . The method of claim 9 further comprising connecting the antenna pattern to a transceiver of the earpiece.
11 . The method of claim 10 wherein at least one earpiece further comprises at least one additional component selected from a group consisting of an output device, a microphone, a processor, a sensor, an LED display, a battery, a gesture control interface, and a camera.
12 . The method of claim 8 wherein the conductive substance is a metallic substance.
13 . The method of claim 8 wherein the vapor deposition system is a physical vapor deposition system.
14 . The method of claim 13 wherein the antenna pattern is selected from a set consisting of an omnidirectional antenna pattern, a directional antenna pattern, a monopole antenna pattern, a dipole antenna pattern, and an inverted-F antenna.
15 . The method of claim 13 wherein the antenna pattern is an planar inverted-F antenna pattern.