Patent Application
20230010286
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The disclosure relates to wireless devices and more particularly pertains to a new wireless device for remotely capturing digital imagery and streaming audio. The device includes a housing that has a speaker and a camera integrated into the housing. A transceiver is integrated into the housing for communicating with a personal electronic device. In this way the speaker can stream audio from the personal electronic device and the camera can broadcast imagery to the personal electronic device.
The prior art relates to wireless devices including a wireless speaker and digital camera that includes a rectangular housing. The prior art discloses a variety of wireless speaker devices that can receive an audio signal from a personal electronic device. The prior art discloses a wireless camera device that includes a pair of displays and a video camera that is in communication with a personal electronic device. In no instance does the prior art disclose a wireless speaker and digital camera that includes a tubular housing.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a remote control for storing data comprising a remote control program. A housing is included and a speaker is integrated into the housing to emit audible sound outwardly therefrom. A camera is integrated into the housing to capture images of the environment in which the housing is positioned. A transceiver is integrated into the housing and the transceiver is in communication with the speaker and the camera. Additionally, the transceiver is in remote communication with the remote control to send and receive audio data and image data with respect to the remote control thereby facilitating the speaker to stream audio received from the remote control.
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 housing 14 has a tubular shape to facilitate sound waves to propagate through the housing 14. The housing 14 has a first end 16, a second end 18 and an outer wall 20 extending between the first end 16 and the second end 18, and the housing 14 is substantially hollow. The outer wall 20 is continuously arcuate about an axis extending through the first end 16 and the second end 18, and the outer wall 20 has a pair of grooves 22 each extending inwardly on the outer wall 20. Each of the grooves 22 extends around a full circumference of the outer wall 20 and each of the grooves 22 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of the first end 16 and the second end 18. Additionally, the outer wall 20 is chamfered at an intersection between each of the first end 16 and the second end 18.
A speaker 24 is integrated into the housing 14 to emit audible sound outwardly therefrom and a camera 26 is integrated into the housing 14 to capture images of the environment in which the housing 14 is positioned. The camera 26 is integrated into the outer wall 20 of the housing 14 and the camera 26 includes a lens 28 that is exposed with respect to the outer wall 20. The speaker 24 may comprise an electronic speaker of any conventional design and the camera 26 may comprise a digital camera of any conventional design that can record video and capture still images.
A transceiver 30 is integrated into the housing 14 and the transceiver 30 is in communication with the speaker 24 and the camera 26. The transceiver 30 is in remote communication with the personal electronic device 12 to send and receive audio data and image data with respect to the personal electronic device 12. In this way the speaker 24 can stream audio received from the personal electronic device 12. Additionally, the transceiver 30 receives a control signal from the personal electronic device 12 comprising operational commands for controlling operational parameters of the speaker 24 and the camera 26. The transceiver 30 may comprise a radio frequency transceiver or the like and the transceiver 30 may employ Bluetooth communication protocols.
A control circuit 32 is integrated into the housing 14 and the control circuit 32 is electrically coupled to each of the camera 26, the speaker 24 and the transceiver 30. The control circuit 32 receives the control signal from the transceiver 30 and the control circuit 32 controls each of the speaker 24 and the camera 26 according to the operational commands in the control signal. An electronic timer 34 is integrated into the housing 14 and the electronic timer 34 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 32. The electronic timer 34 is in communication with the camera 26 to facilitate the camera 26 to take time delayed images.
An electronic memory 36 is integrated into the housing 14 and the electronic memory 36 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 32. The electronic memory 36 stores data comprising images captured by the camera 26. Additionally, the data in the electronic memory 36 is downloadable into the personal electronic device 12 to facilitate the images to be viewed. The electronic memory 36 may comprise solid state memory such as random access memory or the like. A plurality of control buttons 38 is each movably integrated into the outer wall 20 of the housing 14 and each of the control buttons 38 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 32. Each of the control buttons 38 controls respective operational parameters of the speaker 24, the camera 26 and the transceiver 30. The operational parameters may include, but not be limited to, volume increase, volume decrease, play/pause, power on and off, pairing and timer duration.
A power supply 40 is integrated into the housing 14 and the power supply 40 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 32. The power supply 40 comprises at least one battery 42 that is positioned in the housing 14 and the at least one battery 42 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 32. The power supply 40 includes a charge port 44 that is recessed into the housing 14 to receive a charge cord. The charge port 44 is electrically coupled to the at least one battery 42 for charging the at least one battery 42. Additionally, the charge port 44 may comprise a micro universal serial bus port or other similar type of charge port.
In use, the housing 14 is positioned in a location that a user wishes to capture video footage or still images while also listening to music, for example. The location might be a golf course on which the user is playing golf, a family gathering or any other occasion the user might deem appropriate. The transceiver 30 is synched with the personal electronic device 12 to facilitate the speaker 24 to stream audio from the personal electronic device 12. Additionally, the camera 26 and the speaker 24 can be controlled with the personal electronic device 12, and imager stored in the electronic memory 36 can be downloaded into the personal electronic device 12 for subsequent viewing or editing.
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.
