Patent Application
20220321763
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The disclosure relates to wireless earpiece devices and more particularly pertains to a new wireless earpiece device for handsfree camera operation during video calls. The present device includes a camera to send video signal to a cellphone. A Bluetooth transceiver transmits video signal while receiving audio from the cellphone.
The prior art relates to wireless earpiece devices. Most earpiece devices do not include cameras and are used only for audio signal. Of those existing devices that include a camera, the camera is often not flush mounted within the housing of the earpiece.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing having a housing front side, a housing back side, a housing left side, a housing right side, a housing top side, and a housing bottom side. A microcontroller is coupled within the housing. A speaker is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the microcontroller. A microphone is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the microcontroller. A plurality of controls is coupled to the housing. The plurality of controls is in operational communication with the microcontroller. A camera is coupled to the housing and is flush mounted with the housing front side. The camera is in operational communication with the microcontroller. A Bluetooth transceiver is coupled within the housing. The Bluetooth transceiver is in operational communication with the microcontroller and is configured to be in wireless communication with a smartphone.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of controls 32 is coupled to the housing 12. The plurality of controls is in operational communication with the microcontroller 26. A camera 34 is coupled to the housing 12. The camera 34 is flush mounted with the housing front side 14. The camera 34 is in operational communication with the microcontroller 26.
A Bluetooth transceiver 36 is coupled within the housing 12. The Bluetooth transceiver 36 is in operational communication with the microcontroller 26. The Bluetooth transceiver being is to be in wireless communication with a smartphone 38 to send video and audio signal from the camera 34 and the microphone 30 to the smartphone 38.
An earpiece embodiment of the invention 40 shown in
A headset embodiment 50 of the invention shown in
An over-ear headphone embodiment of the invention 60 shown in
A bodycam embodiment of the invention 70 shown in
In use, the Bluetooth transceiver 36 is paired with the smartphone 38. During video calls, sound from the call can be reproduced through the speaker 28 and video feed captured by the camera 34 can be sent to the smartphone 38. The user may thus provide hands-free video coverage of his or her field of vision.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
