Patent ID: 7648236

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a frame having a plurality of lens openings defining an optical path; a display device mounted to said frame and configured to display an image to a user wearing said frame, wherein said image is located outside of said optical path; a transceiver mounted to said frame and configured to (i) receive said image in a first receive message from a device external to said frame, (ii) receive a plurality of hands-free commands, and (iii) transmit said hands-free commands in a first transmit message to said device external to said frame; a first accelerometer mounted to said frame, wherein said first accelerometer is configured to sense movement of a head of said user in relation to a vertical axis, wherein said first accelerometer is configured to generate a first of said hands-free commands; a second accelerometer mounted to said frame, wherein said second accelerometer is configured to sense movement of the head of said user in relation to a horizontal axis, wherein said second accelerometer is configured to generate a second of said hands-free commands, wherein said first of said hands-free commands and said second of said hands-free commands are (i) used to control said apparatus and (ii) presented to said device external to said apparatus; and a haptic device mounted to said frame configured to provide said user with haptic notifications from said device external to said apparatus regarding conditions external to said apparatus.