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US20080058023A1 - Modular ear-piece/microphone (headset) operable to service voice activated commands - Google Patents
US20080058023A1
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1. U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 11/120,900, entitled “MODULAR EAR-PIECE/MICROPHONE (HEADSET) OPERABLE TO SERVICE VOICE ACTIVATED COMMANDS,” (Attorney Docket No. BP4046), filed May 3, 2005, pending.
This Application is related to the following applications: application Ser. No. 10/981,418 entitled “UNIVERSAL WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA DEVICE,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed on Nov. 4, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/856,430 entitled “PROVIDING A UNIVERSAL WIRELESS HEADSET,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed May 28, 2004 which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/473,967 filed on May 28, 2003; and application Ser. No. 10/981,418 is also a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/856,124 filed May 28, 2004 which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/473,675 filed May 28, 2003; application Ser. No. 10/976,300 entitled “MODULAR WIRELESS MULTIMEDIA DEVICE,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed on Oct. 27, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/856,124 entitled “MODULAR WIRELESS HEADSET AND/OR HEADPHONES,” filed May 28, 2004 which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/473,675, filed on May 28, 2003; and application Ser. No. 10/976,300 is also a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/856,430 filed May 28, 2004 which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/473,967 filed May 28, 2003; application Ser. No. 11/120,765 entitled “MODULAR EARPIECE/MICROPHONE THAT ANCHORS VOICE COMMUNICATIONS,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed on May 3, 2005, which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/656,828 filed on Feb. 25, 2005; application Ser. No. 11/122,146 entitled “HANDOVER OF CALL SERVICED BY MODULAR EARPIECE/MICROPHONE BETWEEN SERVICING BASE PORTIONS,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed on May 3, 2005, which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/653,234 filed on Feb. 15, 2005; application Ser. No. 11/120,903 entitled “BATTERY MANAGEMENT IN A MODULAR EARPIECE MICROPHONE COMBINATION,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed on May 3, 2005, which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/646,270 filed on Jan. 24, 2005; application Ser. No. 11/120,904 entitled “PAIRING MODULAR WIRELESS EARPIECE/MICROPHONE (HEADSET) TO A SERVICED BASE PORTION AND SUBSEQUENT ACCESS THERETO,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed on May 3, 2005, which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/646,437 filed on Jan. 24, 2005; application Ser. No. 11/120,902 entitled “MANAGING ACCESS OF MODULAR WIRELESS EARPIECE/MICROPHONE (HEADSET) TO PUBLIC/PRIVATE SERVICING BASE STATION,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed on May 3, 2005, which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/646,235 filed on Jan. 24, 2005; application Ser. No. 11/120,676 entitled “EARPIECE/MICROPHONE (HEADSET) SERVICING MULTIPLE INCOMING AUDIO STREAMS,” by Nambirajan Seshadri, et al., filed on May 3, 2005, which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/646,272 filed on Jan. 24, 2005; application Ser. No. 11/120,455 entitled “INTEGRATED AND DETACHABLE WIRELESS HEADSET ELEMENT FOR CELLULAR/MOBILE/PORTABLE PHONES AND AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES,” by Josephus A. Van Engelen, et al., filed on May 3, 2005, which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to Provisional Application No. 60/646,465 filed on Jan. 24, 2005, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for all purposes.
Devices 30-37 may further include a wireless LAN (WLAN) RF interface 39. The wireless LAN RF interfaces 39 may be constructed in accordance with one or more versions of IEEE 802.11(a), (b), and/or (g) or other WLAN protocol known to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, each of the WLAN RF interfaces 39 include an RF transceiver that may operate in the 2.4 gigahertz range and/or in the 5.25 or 5.75 gigahertz range and further includes baseband processing to modulate and demodulate data that is transceived over the corresponding wireless communication link.
Transmitter module 40 accepts voice communications or unmodulated streamed audio, video, data or text from a servicing network or playback device 44 (e.g., DVD player, MP3 player, CD player, cassette player, or other like devices known to those skilled in the art). Playback device 44 may be integrated within base unit 16. Transmitter module 40 then modulates the streamed audio into low intermediate frequency (IF) signal. In the case where two earpieces are employed, multiple transmitter modules or time separation may be employed to modulate the streamed audio into low IF signals for the earpieces for each channel (i.e. left and right channels of stereo transmissions. These multiple signals are synchronized in their presentation to a user. Similarly, receiver module 42 accepts modulated streamed audio, video, data or text from multimedia device 10. Receiver module 42 recovers signals from the received low IF signals. The recovered signals are then relayed to the servicing network or presentation device 45. Note that the generation of low IF signals and subsequent demodulation to recapture audio signal may be done in accordance with a particular wireless communication standard. For example, the Bluetooth specification may be used, IEEE 802.11(a), (b), and/or (g) may also be used, etc. when base unit 16 couples to a telephone network (PSTN, cellular, satellite, WLAN, VOIP, etc.). Base unit 16 may receive data associated with the command as well. For example, caller ID information may be passed to user interface 22 or enhanced call operations may be initiated based on input received at the user interface.
Digital channel filter 60 receives the digital low IF signals 72 and filters these signals. Demodulator 61 recovers audio signals 74 from the filtered low IF signals. Note that the generation of RF signal 68 and subsequent demodulation to recapture audio signal 74 may be done in accordance with a particular wireless communication standard. For example, the Bluetooth specification may be used; IEEE 802.11(a), (b), and/or (g) may also be used, etc.
1. A modular wireless headset operable to support voice communications over at least one servicing network, wherein the modular wireless headset comprises:
a wireless earpiece operable to receive radio frequency (RF) signals and render the received RF signals audible, wherein the at least one earpiece further comprises:
a digital to analog converter (DAC) operably coupled to the wireless interface and first processing circuit; and
a speaker module coupled to the DAC, wherein the speaker module is operable to render audio signals audible;
a wireless microphone operable to capture audio signals and convert the audio signals into transmitted RF signals, wherein the at least one wireless microphone further comprises:
an analog to digital converter (ADC) operably coupled to the microphone transducer, wherein the ADC is operable to produce digital audio signals from the analog audio signals:
a voice recognition software (VRS) coder decoder (CODEC) operable to produce command signals when the ADC operates in a voice command mode; and
a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the wireless microphone, wherein the processing circuit is operable to implement command signals.
2. The modular wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the user selects the voice command mode to process user voice commands.
3. The modular wireless headset of claim 2, wherein the user selects the voice command mode with a one touch button.
4. The modular wireless headset of claim 2, wherein the user selects the voice command mode with a one touch button.
5. The modular wireless headset of claim 2, wherein the ADC is located within the wireless earpiece communicatively coupled to the wireless microphone.
6. A modular wireless headset operable to support voice communications over at least one servicing network, wherein the modular wireless headset comprises:
a first wireless interface operable to receive and transmit RF signals containing digital audio signal;
a digital to analog converter (DAC) operably coupled to the wireless interface, wherein the DAC is operable to produce analog audio signals from the digital audio signals; and
at least one analog to digital converter (ADC) communicatively coupled to the microphone transducer, wherein the at least one ADC is operable to produce digital audio signals from analog audio signals:a voice recognition software (VRS) coder decoder (CODEC) operable to produce command signals when the ADC operates in a voice command mode; and a voice CODEC operable to support voice communications when the ADC operates in a voice mode;
7. The modular wireless headset of claim 6, wherein the at least one ADC is located within the wireless earpiece communicatively coupled to the wireless microphone.
8. The modular wireless headset of claim 6, wherein the at least one ADC further comprises:
9. The modular wireless headset of claim 8, wherein:
10. The modular wireless headset of claim 8, wherein:
the second ADC is located within a base unit of the modular wireless headset communicatively coupled to the wireless microphone and/or wireless earpiece.
11. The modular wireless headset of claim 8, wherein the user selects the voice command mode to process user voice commands.
12. The modular wireless headset of claim 11, wherein the user selects the voice command mode with a one touch button.
13. The modular wireless headset of claim 12, wherein the user selects the voice command mode with a one touch button.
14. The modular wireless headset of claim 10, wherein the base unit couples the modular wireless headset to a servicing network selected from the group consisting of:
15. The modular headset of claim 10, wherein the modular headset is operable to switch servicing networks while servicing a voice communication.
16. The modular wireless headset of claim 10, wherein the voice commands implement at least one function selected from the group consisting of:
17. The modular headset of claim 10, wherein the user voice commands are operable to validate and/or authenticate a servicing network.
18. A method to service voice communications between a servicing network and a modular wireless headset, wherein the method comprises:
rendering the inbound analog voice communications audible with the at least one modular wireless earpiece;
capturing user voice commands with at least one wireless microphone wherein the user voice commands are processed with voice recognition software (VRS) coder decoder (CODEC);
initiating wireless headset commands based on the digital commands.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising coupling the modular wireless headset to the servicing network selected from the group consisting of:
20. The method of claim 18, wherein the modular headset is operable to switch servicing networks while servicing a voice communication.
21. The method of claim 18, wherein the wireless headset commands comprise at least one function selected from the group consisting of:
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