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Title: US6929365: Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing bluetooth enable apparatus
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Country: US United States of America

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Inventor: Swab, Gregory; Tulsa, OK, United States of America
Malackowski, James E.; Chicago, IL, United States of America
Greaves, Mikal; Mountain View, CA, United States of America
Milesi, Rolf; Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America
Ligtenberg, Christne; San Carlos, CA, United States of America
Meier, Thomas; San Jose, CA, United States of America

Assignee: Q.R. Spex, Inc., Tulsa, OK, United States of America
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Published / Filed: 2005-08-16 / 2003-07-01

Application Number: US2003000611125
IPC Code: Advanced: B07C 5/34; G01N 15/14; G02C 11/00; G02C 11/02; G02C 11/06; G06F 1/16; G21K 1/00; H04B 7/00; H04L 12/28; H04M 1/00; G01N 30/02;
IPC-7: G02C 3/00;

ECLA Code: G02C11/00; G02C11/06; S01N30/02;

U.S. Class: 351/153; 351/158; 016/228;

Field of Search: 351/158,41,153 704/271,270 455/343,344,347,351 381/381,370,375 016/228

Priority Number:
2003-07-01  US2003000611125
2001-04-30  US2001000845425

Abstract:     A wireless ad hoc pico network is formed by eyewear and other devices such as a computer, a bracelet and a telephone having similar transceivers mounted on them. Master slave relationships are configurable. Other devices, such as a radio, a CD player, a hand held global positioning satellite system and a heart rate monitor, having similar transceivers, can also be connected with the transceiver of the eyewear. The transceivers operate on globally available, unlicensed radio band, 2.45 gigahertz (GHz) and conforms to the Bluetooth standard. The power consumption of Bluetooth enabled devices is less than three percent of the power consumption of a mobile phone. The eyewear includes a frame and connected to the frame are two temples. Temples are connected to frame via hinges. Temples have a male portion of a connector incorporated in them. Female portion of the connector is made integral with the hinges. When the male portion is inserted in the female portion the temple is attached to the frame. The temples can be removed by pulling the connector apart, and a temple with different apparatus within it can be inserted in place of the removed temples. The temple may have co-molded within its body, an apparatus such as an audio device, a camera, a speaker, and a microphone, and a display device such as liquid crystal or an alarm. In another embodiment, eyewear constitutes a distance alarm to monitor the movement of, for example, a child. A device in form of, for example, a bracelet is worn by the child. The transceivers in the eyewear and the bracelet form a small-range wireless network, i.e., piconet, wherein the eyewear and the bracelet communicate using signals conforming to the Bluetooth technology. The transceiver in the eyewear is configured to generate an alarm when the bracelet exceeds a predetermined distance from eyewear.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lutzker, Joel ; Glanz, Reine H. ; Schulte Roth & Zabel ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Dang, Hung Xuan;

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Application Number Filed Patent Pub. Date  Title
US2001000845425 2001-04-30    2004-08-03  Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a transceiver forming ad hoc networks with other devices


       
Parent Case: CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
    This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/845,425 filed Apr. 30, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,769,767 and claims all rights of priority thereto.

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First Claim:
Show all 6 claims		     1. An eyewear comprising:

a frame;

at least two hinges, each hinge further comprising an electrical insert and a receiver; and

at least two temples,

wherein said electrical insert is removably insertable into said receiver and securable within said receiver without a hinge pin, such that the insertion of said electrical insert into said receiver both releasably attaches one of said temples to said frame and establishes an electrical connection between said frame and said one temple, and wherein each of said temples could be replaced by a second temple.



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Foreign References: None

Other References:
  • German Search Report dated Aug. 19, 2004.


    • Continuity Data:
    Application Number Filed Notes
    US2003000611125 2003-07-01  is a related to the prior publication
         US20040029582A1 issued 2004-02-12  Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing bluetooth enabled apparatus
    US2003000611125 2003-07-01  is a related to the prior publication
         US20050239502A1 issued 2005-10-27  Eyewear with a mounted radio frequency transceiver
    US2005000121544 2005-05-04  is a continuation of
    US2004000884153  2004-07-02   (pending)
         US20040239874A1 issued 2004-12-02   Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a radio frequency transceiver
    11121544   is a continuation of
    US2004000884153  2004-07-02   (pending)
         US20040239874A1 issued 2004-12-02   Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a radio frequency transceiver
    US2005000121544 2005-05-04  is a continuation of
    >US2003000611125<  2003-07-01   (granted)
         US6929365 issued 2005-08-16   Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing bluetooth enable apparatus
    US2004000884153 2004-07-02  is a continuation of
    >US2003000611125<  2003-07-01   (pending) [presumed granted]
         US6929365 issued 2005-08-16   Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing bluetooth enable apparatus
    US2004000884153   is a continuation of
    >US2003000611125<  2003-07-01
         US6929365 issued 2005-08-16   Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing bluetooth enable apparatus
    US2005000121544 2005-05-04  is a continuation of
    US2003000608321  2003-06-27   (granted)
         US6911172 issued 2005-06-28   Method of manufacturing eyewear
    US2004000884153 2004-07-02  is a continuation of
    US2003000608321  2003-06-27   (pending) [presumed granted]
         US6911172 issued 2005-06-28   Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing bluetooth enabled apparatus
    >US2003000611125<   is a continuation of
    US2003000608321  2003-06-27
         US6911172 issued 2005-06-28   Method of manufacturing eyewear
    >US2003000611125<   is a division of
    US2001000845425  2001-04-30
         US6769767 issued 2004-08-03   Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a transceiver forming ad hoc networks with other devices
    US2003000608321   is a continuation of
    US2001000845425  2001-04-27
         US6769767 issued 2004-08-03   Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a transceiver forming ad hoc networks with other devices
    US2005000121544 2005-05-04  is a continuation of
    US2001000845245  2001-04-27   (pending)
         US20030007894A1 issued 2003-01-09   Methods and apparatus for use of optical forces for identification, characterization and/or sorting of particles
    US2004000884153 2004-07-02  is a continuation of
    US2001000845245  2001-04-27   (pending)
         US20030007894A1 issued 2003-01-09   Methods and apparatus for use of optical forces for identification, characterization and/or sorting of particles
    >US2003000611125< 2003-07-01  is a division of
    US2001000845245  2001-04-27   (pending)
         US20030007894A1 issued 2003-01-09   Methods and apparatus for use of optical forces for identification, characterization and/or sorting of particles


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