Wearable device with input and output structures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9766482-B2
Application number	US-201615010818-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2016
Priority date	Mar 30, 2012
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

A head-wearable device includes a center support extending in generally lateral directions, a first side arm extending from a first end of the center frame support and a second side arm extending from a second end of the center support. The device may further include a nosebridge that is removably coupled to the center frame support. The device may also include a lens assembly that is removably coupled to the center support or the nosebridge. The lens assembly may have a single lens, or a multi-lens arrangement configured to cooperate with display to correct for a user's ocular disease or disorder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A head-wearable device, comprising:
a center frame support;
a first side arm extending from a first end of the center frame support;
a second side arm extending from a second end of the center support;
a nosebridge including a crosspiece, the crosspiece being removably coupled to the center frame support;
at least one lens attached to the crosspiece; and
a display element attached to at least one of the first side arm or the second side arm and positionable adjacent the at least one lens.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the center frame support comprises a connection section, and the crosspiece of the nosebridge is removably coupled to the connection section of the center frame support.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one frame attached to the crosspiece, the at least one frame securing the at least one lens.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the nosebridge further comprises a pair of nose pads.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lens is positionable between the display element and an eye of a user when the device is worn on the user's head.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display element is positionable between at least one lens and an eye of a user when the device is worn on the user's head.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an extension arm configured to present information to the user via the display element, the extension arm extending at least partially along the first side arm on a first side of the center frame support and further extending from the first side arm to a display end that supports the display element in a position on a second side of the center support, the extension arm including a joint therein configured for movement of the display element at least in a direction having a lateral component relative to the center frame support.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the center frame support and the first and second side arms are configured as a band extending between first and second ends respectively positioned on the first and second side arms, the first and second ends being remote from the center frame support and spaced apart from each other at a first distance, and wherein the band is resiliently deformable to selectively increase the first distance.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the end of the first side arm is elongated relative to the free of the second side arm to form an asymmetric U shape.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the end of the first side arm is enlarged relative to the end of the second side arm, the enlarged end housing at least one of circuitry and a power source employed by the display element.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein:
the asymmetric U shape provides multiple points of contact for the user's head; and
the enlarge end of the first side arm provides a balancing weight relative to the extension arm.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the enlarged end includes a plurality of electrical contacts to connect an external device with the at least one of the circuitry and the power source.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Cazalet Peter Michael
• Hebenstreit Joseph John
• Martin Matthew Wyatt
• Olsson Maj Isabelle
• Heinrich Mitchell Joseph
• Raffle Hayes Solos
• Kim Eliot

Classifications

• G02C11/10 Primary

  Electronic devices other than hearing aids · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0156

  with optionally usable elements · CPC title

• G02B27/0176 Primary

  characterised by mechanical features · CPC title

• G02C2200/08

  Modular frames, easily exchangeable frame parts and lenses · CPC title