Patent Publication Number: US-2009219710-A1

Title: Wearable colored light signaling apparatus

Description:
Continuation in Part for patent application/control Ser. No. 11/510,458 
    
    
     BACKGROUND-FIELD OF INVENTION 
     This invention relates to a remote controlled colored light array, specifically to a colored light array that is wearable and remotely controllable. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Colored light arrays have been used for automotive traffic signaling. The traffic signals are big, power intensive, and are on preset pattern output. This invention is interactive in that the lights in the array can be manually controlled or modulated individually at the same time. 
     SUMMARY 
     This invention relates to a wearable colored light array that is remotely controlled with a simple user interface that will allow manual interactive control of each light in the light array by the user wearing the light array. 
     OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES 
     Accordingly, several objects and advantages of the present invention are a small and light weight array of colored light emitting diodes (hereafter L.E.D. lights) that can be worn and remotely operated and interactively controlled by the user. This invention provides a simple user interface that allows remote manual interactive control over each L.E.D. light in the lightweight wearable colored light array. Each individual L.E.D. light in the colored light array can be manually modulated with the interactive controller. 
    
    
     
       DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a general perspective of the apparatus showing a remote controller base, interactive buttons, battery terminal, connecting wire (hereafter patch cord), remote colored light array base, L.E.D. colored lights, and ear hook. 
         FIG. 2  shows a wiring diagram of the remote colored light array L.E.D. lights with the wiring jack. 
         FIG. 3  shows a wiring diagram of the remote controller interactive buttons, battery terminal, and wiring jack in the remote controller base. 
     
    
    
     REFERENCE NUMERALS IN DRAWING 
     
         
           1  EAR HOOK 
           2  REMOTE COLORED LIGHT ARRAY BASE 
           3  BLUE L.E.D. LIGHT 
           4  ORANGE L.E.D. LIGHT 
           5  GREEN L.E.D. LIGHT 
           6  YELLOW L.E.D. LIGHT 
           7  RED L.E.D LIGHT 
           8  FEMALE WIRE JACK 
           9  MALE WIRE CONNECTOR 
           10  CONNECTING WIRE 
           11  MALE WIRE CONNECTOR 
           12  FEMALE WIRE JACK 
           13  REMOTE CONTROLLER BASE 
           14  BLUE L.E.D. LIGHT INTERACTIVE BUTTON 
           15  ORANGE L.E.D LIGHT INTERACTIVE BUTTON 
           16  GREEN L.E.D. LIGHT INTERACTIVE BUTTON 
           17  YELLOW L.E.D. LIGHT INTERACTIVE BUTTON 
           18  RED L.E.D. LIGHT INTERACTIVE BUTTON 
           19  BATTERY TERMINAL 
           20  CONNECTING SCREWS 
       
    
     DESCRIPTION 
       FIG. 1  shows the preferred embodiment of the present invention. A remote colored light array base  2  is used to hold colored L.E.D. lights  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6 , and  7  in an array. An ear hook  1  is mounted onto the remote colored light array base  2  with connecting screws  20 . A female wire jack is secured onto the remote colored light array base  2 . A male wire connector  9  is plugged into the female wire jack  8 . The male wire connector  9  is connected to a connecting wire  10 . The other end of the connecting wire  10  is connected to a male wire connector  11 . The male wire connector  11  is plugged into a female wire jack  12 . The female wire jack  12  is secured onto a remote controller base  13 . The remote controller base  13  is used to hold the interactive controller buttons  14 ,  15 ,  16 ,  17 , and  18 . A battery terminal  19  is secured onto the remote controller base  13 . 
       FIG. 2  shows a wiring diagram of L.E.D. lights  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6  and  7  in the remote colored light array base  2  to the female wire jack  8 . 
       FIG. 3  shows a wiring diagram of the remote controller interactive buttons  14 ,  15 ,  16 ,  17 , and  18  in the remote controller base  13  to the female wire jack  12  and the battery terminal  19 . 
     OPERATION 
     The operation of the present invention starts with the user wearing the colored light array by securing the ear hook around the ear. Holding the remote controller in one hand and placing fingers on interactive remote controller buttons  14 ,  15 ,  16 ,  17 , and  18 , the user can remotely control the colored light array in an interactive way by pushing down on the interactive remote controller buttons  14 ,  15 ,  16 ,  17 , and  18  to correspondingly activate L.E.D. lights  3 ,  4 ,  5 ,  6 , and  7  in the colored light array respectfully. A battery is connected to the battery terminal  19  in the remote controller base  13  to provide power. The manual interactive control gives the operator the opportunity to utilize a wearable array of colored lights. 
     CONCLUSION 
     Thus the reader with see that the present invention will allow a user a way to remotely operate a colored light array that is worn. While the above description contains many spesifities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the present invention, but rather as an exemplification of one preferred embodiment thereof. Many other variations are possible. For example, there can be different number of lights on an array. The securing means can be incorporated into other wearable devices such as eyeglasses, audio headset, or phone headsets. Accordingly, the scope of this invention should be determined not by the embodiment illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.