Patent ID: 6912287

Claim:
A wearable communication device which includes at least receiving means for receiving voice signals wherein a user inserts the user's fingertip into the user's ear canal, or touches the user's fingertip to a part near the user's ear, or blocks the user's ear canal by putting the user's fingertip or nail on the user's ear canal when the user uses said wearable communication device, said wearable communication device comprising: a bone conduction actuator for contacting a contacting part of the user's wrist, back of the hand, base of the finger, finger joint or finger in order to transmit the voice signals, wherein vibrations converted from the voice signals by the bone conduction actuator are transmitted from the contacting part of the user's wrist, back of the hand, base of the finger, finger joint or finger to the user's fingertip or nail by bone conduction, and the vibrations are transmitted from the user's fingertip or nail to the user's ear canal or the part near the user's ear by bone conduction, and the vibrations are transmitted from the user's ear canal or the part near the user's ear to the user's ear so as to enable the user to hear the voice signals.