Patent ID: 6594370
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: H01Q,H04B,H04M,H04R

Abstract:
An improvement in a wireless personal communication system having an earpiece suitable for being worn at the head of a user, and a processor unit,said earpiece having, a microphone responsive to a first sound from the environment, present at the input of said microphone, to provide a first electrical signal, a first wireless transmitter to provide a first wireless transmission in response to said first electrical signal, a first wireless receiver to receive a second wireless transmission to generate a second electrical signal, said second electrical signal being an enhanced version of said first electrical signal, a speaker transducer responsive to said, second electrical signal to convert said second electrical signal into a second sound; said processor unit comprising a form fitting article worn about the neck of a user having, a second wireless receiver responsive to said first wireless transmission to provide a third electrical signal that is a replica of said first electrical signal, a signal processor responsive to said third electrical signal to provide a fourth electrical signal, said fourth electrical signal being an enhanced version of said third electrical signal, a second wireless transmitter responsive to said fourth, electrical signal to provide said second wireless transmission of said fourth electrical signal, said second electrical signal being a replica of said fourth electrical signal.