US2016004688A1PendingUtilityA1

Voice communication device with foreign language translation

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Dec 13, 2001Filed: Jul 31, 2015Published: Jan 7, 2016
Est. expiryDec 13, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Peter Vincent Boesen
H04R 2420/07A61B 5/14552G06F 40/58A61B 5/14551A61B 5/01H04R 1/10G10L 15/26H04R 2460/01G06F 40/40G10L 15/005H04R 2460/09A61B 5/024H04B 1/385H04R 1/406H04R 2460/13H04R 1/1016G06F 17/28
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Abstract

An earpiece adapted for being worn by a user includes an earpiece housing, at least one microphone within the earpiece housing, a speaker within the earpiece housing, and a pulse oximeter associated with the earpiece housing. The device may further include an intelligent control operatively connected to the pulse oximeter, a short range transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control, and a temperature sensor.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An earpiece adapted for being worn by a user, the earpiece comprising:
 an earpiece housing;   at least one microphone within the earpiece housing;   a speaker within the earpiece housing;   a pulse oximeter associated with the earpiece housing.   
     
     
         2 . The earpiece of  claim 1  further comprising an intelligent control and wherein the pulse oximeter is operatively connected to the intelligent control. 
     
     
         3 . The earpiece of  claim 2  further comprising a short range transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing, the short range transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control. 
     
     
         4 . The earpiece of  claim 3  further comprising a temperature sensor associated with the earpiece housing, the temperature sensor operatively connected to the intelligent control. 
     
     
         5 . The earpiece of  claim 1  wherein the microphone comprises a bone conduction sensor. 
     
     
         6 . The earpiece of  claim 2  wherein the intelligent control is configured to perform foreign language translation of voice input from the at least one microphone to produce a translation at the speaker. 
     
     
         7 . The earpiece of  claim 1  wherein the earpiece allows for ambient sound to be heard by the user. 
     
     
         8 . The earpiece of  claim 1  wherein the earpiece is non-occlusive to allow ambient sound to be heard by the user. 
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 providing a device comprising an earpiece housing, at least one microphone within the earpiece housing, a speaker within the earpiece housing, and a pulse oximeter associated with the earpiece housing;   obtaining measurements with the pulse oximeter, the pulse oximeter positioned at an ear;   communicating data from the ear piece over a wireless communication channel, the data including the measurements.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the device further comprises an intelligent control operatively connected to the pulse oximeter. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the device further comprises a short range transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the device further comprises a temperature sensor. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the data further comprises measurements from the temperature sensor. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the at least one microphone comprises a bone conduction sensor. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the at least one microphone comprises an air conduction sensor. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the earpiece allows for ambient sound to be heard by the user. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the earpiece is non-occlusive to allow ambient sound to be heard by the user. 
     
     
         18 . An earpiece adapted for being worn by a user, the earpiece comprising:
 an earpiece housing;   at least one microphone within the earpiece housing;   a speaker within the earpiece housing;   a sensor for providing physiological monitoring of the user, the sensor associated with the earpiece housing.   
     
     
         19 . The earpiece of  claim 18  wherein the sensor is a pulse oximeter. 
     
     
         20 . The earpiece of  claim 18  wherein the sensor is a temperature sensor.

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