Patent ID: 6044153
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A hand adaptive telephone comprising:a glove member adapted to be worn on a hand of a person; anda user interface mechanism, carried by the glove member and adapted to be coupled to telephone circuitry including a receiver and a transmitter, having:a first earpiece transducer adapted to be coupled to the receiver and carried by the glove member at a location on an inside of the hand when the glove member is worn on the hand;a first microphone transducer adapted to be coupled to the transmitter and carried by the glove member at a location on the inside of the hand when the glove member is worn on the hand; anda first connector having a first set of contacts electrically coupled to the first earpiece transducer and the first microphone transducer, the first connector being adapted to electrically couple the first earpiece transducer to the receiver and being adapted to electrically couple the first microphone transducer to the transmitter;wherein the telephone circuitry comprises:a second earpiece transducer coupled to the receiver;a second microphone transducer coupled to the transmitter;a second connector having a second set of contacts electrically coupled to the second earpiece transducer and the second microphone transducer, the first connector being adapted to be mechanically coupled to the second connector to permit the first set of contacts to be electrically coupled to the second set of contacts; anda switch, adapted to electrically enable the first earpiece transducer and the first microphone transducer and to electrically disable the second earpiece transducer and the second microphone transducer when the first connector is mechanically coupled to the second connector, and adapted to electrically disable the first earpiece transducer and the first microphone transducer and electrically enable the second earpiece transducer and the second microphone transducer when the first connector is mechanically decoupled from the second connector.