Patent ID: 8855719

Claim:
A headset computer (HSC) comprising: a microdisplay operatively attached to the HSC for displaying visual information received from a local HSC processor; a motion detector for detecting a physical movement of a body part of a user and providing a user motion input to the local HSC processor; one or more peripheral ports located on the HSC, wherein each of the one or more peripheral ports includes a mechanical and electrical accessory mount to operatively couple to and physically support one or more peripheral devices that provide one or more peripheral input signals indicating a peripheral sensor input or that respond to a user command, the one or more peripheral devices removably attached to the peripheral port; the local HSC processor located in the HSC and further comprising: one or more receivers, for receiving the motion and the peripheral inputs; one or more transmitters, for transmitting one or more user commands to control the one or more peripheral devices; a translator, for translating user motion and/or peripheral sensor input from the one or more peripheral ports into the one or more user commands, the user command controlling the peripheral device or being executable by a host processor; a communication interface, for forwarding the user command to a host processor, and for receiving a reply from the host processor; a display controller, for forwarding information to be displayed on the one or more microdisplays in response to the reply, including at least an audible and/or visual confirmation of the local processor having processed the user commands and wherein at least one of the one or more peripheral devices is a second microdisplay for displaying information received from the local HSC processor in concert with the operatively attached microdisplay.