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US20040239874A1:
Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a radio frequency transceiver
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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, Christiaan; San Carlos, CA, United States of America
Meier, Thomas; San Jose, CA, United States of America
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| Assignee: |
Q.R. Spex, Inc., Tulsa, OK
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| Published / Filed: |
2004-12-02
/ 2004-07-02
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| Application Number: |
US2004000884153
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| 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 5/14;
G02C 7/12;
H01S 1/00;
H01S 3/00;
H05H 3/02;
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| ECLA Code: |
G02C11/00; G02C11/06; S01N30/02;
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| U.S. Class: |
351/123;
250/251;
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| 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). The eyewear includes a frame and two temples connected to the 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., pico-net. The transceiver in the eyewear is configured to generate an alarm when the bracelet exceeds a predetermined distance from eyewear.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP ATTN: JOEL E. LUTZKER; 919 THIRD AVENUE
, NEW YORK
, NY
10022 United States of America
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| INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 09/845,425 (pending); 10/608,321 (pending) and 10/611,125 (pending) and claims all rights of priority thereto.
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We claim:
1. An eyewear comprising: a frame; and a radio frequency transceiver for short-distance wireless communication, wherein said radio frequency transceiver is embedded in said frame, and wherein said radio frequency transceiver is configured to form an ad hoc wireless network with a plurality of devices.
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