Patent ID: 8001623

Claim:
An electronic helmet, comprising: a helmet body having (i) a hard outer shell, (ii) a hard inner shell mounted to the outer shell such that a cavity is defined between the outer and the inner shells, the inner shell including rf-shielding material integrated therein and disposed substantially throughout for the protection of a wearer of the helmet, and (iii) shock-absorbent structure disposed between the inner shell and the head of the wearer; and an integrated electronic system disposed in the cavity defined between the outer and the inner shells; including a central controller for controlling a plurality of subsystems disposed in the cavity, the plurality of subsystems including (i) a digital image subsystem disposed in the cavity between the outer and the inner shells, the digital image recording subsystem having a camera mounted with a field of view projecting from a front side of the helmet and having an image recording device in communication with the camera, (ii) a rechargeable battery disposed in the cavity between the outer and the inner shells, (iii) an audio subsystem disposed in the cavity between the outer and the inner shells, (iv) a global positioning subsystem disposed in the cavity between the outer and the inner shells, and (v) a communications subsystem disposed in the cavity between the outer and the inner shells such that the head of the wearer is effectively shielded from transmissions by the inner shell.