Video call routing with presence determination
    1.
    发明授权
    Video call routing with presence determination 有权
    带存在确定的视频通话路由

    公开(公告)号:US07243123B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-10

    申请号:US10045672

    申请日:2001-10-22

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    CPC分类号: H04N7/147

    摘要: A request to establish video communication with a recipient associated with multiple communication devices is received. The recipient is identified using information contained within the request. A set of communication devices associated with the recipient is determined. A first communication device with a highest probability of being accessible to the recipient is selected from the set. The video communication request is forwarded to the first selected communication device.

    摘要翻译: 接收与与多个通信设备相关联的接收者建立视频通信的请求。 使用请求中包含的信息识别收件人。 确定与接收者相关联的一组通信设备。 从集合中选择对接收者可访问的最高概率的第一通信设备。 视频通信请求被转发到第一选择的通信设备。

    Sampled chamber transducer with enhanced low frequency response
    2.
    发明授权
    Sampled chamber transducer with enhanced low frequency response 失效
    采样腔传感器具有增强的低频响应

    公开(公告)号:US5687245A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-11

    申请号:US482759

    申请日:1995-06-07

    申请人: James H. Boyden

    发明人: James H. Boyden

    摘要: A wearable portable entertainment and personal communication system which provides high quality sound, particularly at low audio frequencies, and which does not block or attenuate environmental sounds is disclosed. In a first embodiment, a transducer or transducer array is positioned on a wall in a sampling chamber between two cavities. One of the cavities is sealed and the other has one or more conduit members which direct the acoustic signals to one or both of the wearer's ears. In a second embodiment, both cavities have conduits, one directed to each of the wearer's ears. With either embodiment, the sampling chamber optionally can be combined with separate high frequency transducers. With both embodiments, the chambers are incorporated into a wearable garment and the transducers are connected to a source of audio signals.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种提供高质量声音,特别是在低音频下并且不阻挡或衰减环境声音的可穿戴便携式娱乐和个人通信系统。 在第一实施例中,换能器或换能器阵列位于两个空腔之间的取样室中的壁上。 一个空腔被密封,另一个具有一个或多个管道构件,其将声学信号引导到佩戴者的耳朵中的一个或两个。 在第二实施例中,两个空腔具有导管,一个引导到佩戴者的耳朵中的每一个。 在任一实施例中,采样室可选地与单独的高频换能器组合。 在两个实施例中,这些室被并入可穿戴的衣服中,并且换能器连接到音频信号源。

    Personal wearable communication system with enhanced low frequency
response
    3.
    发明授权
    Personal wearable communication system with enhanced low frequency response 失效
    具有增强的低频响应的个人穿戴式通信系统

    公开(公告)号:US5617477A

    公开(公告)日:1997-04-01

    申请号:US400901

    申请日:1995-03-08

    申请人: James H. Boyden

    发明人: James H. Boyden

    摘要: A personal wearable portable communication and entertainment system which provides improved quality audio response and which does not interfere with the wearer's activities or block environmental sounds is disclosed. Transducers or speakers, which preferably are provided in arrayed pairs, are situated in a wearable structure, such as a garment for the wearer's torso or a headband for the wearer's head. The transducers are positioned on opposite sides of the wearer's torso or head, adjacent the ears. In one embodiment, the transducers share a common closed enclosure and are driven 180.degree. out of phase, so that back pressures cancel. In another embodiment, two hollow enclosures are provided, each with its own transducer and acoustic aperture. In a further embodiment, the transducers are positioned in a common hollow enclosure with at least one acoustic aperture between them. The speaker system is connected to or in communication with a conventional source of audio signals, such as a radio, tape player, CD player, cellular telephone or the like. With the invention, low frequency response in particular is enhanced.

    摘要翻译: 公开了提供改善的音质响应并且不干扰佩戴者的活动或阻止环境声音的个人穿戴式便携式通信和娱乐系统。 优选以阵列对设置的传感器或扬声器位于可穿戴的结构中,例如用于穿着者躯干的衣服或用于佩戴者头部的头带。 传感器位于佩戴者的躯干或头部的相邻侧面上,与耳朵相邻。 在一个实施例中,换能器共享共同的封闭外壳并且相位驱动180°,从而抵消背压。 在另一个实施例中,提供两个中空的外壳,每个具有其自身的换能器和声孔。 在另一个实施例中,换能器定位在共同的中空外壳中,在它们之间具有至少一个声孔。 扬声器系统连接到常规音频信号源或与传统的音频信号源通信,诸如无线电,磁带播放器,CD播放器,蜂窝电话等。 通过本发明,特别提高了低频响应。

    Methods and systems for providing human/computer interfaces
    4.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for providing human/computer interfaces 有权
    提供人机界面的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US06540141B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-01

    申请号:US10177738

    申请日:2002-06-20

    IPC分类号: G06K710

    摘要: The present invention teaches a variety of methods and systems for providing computer/human interfaces. According to one method, the user interfaces with an electronic device such as a computer system by engaging a sensor with desired regions of an encoded physical medium. The encoded physical medium is preferably chosen to provide intuitive meaning to the user, and is thus an improved metaphor for interfacing with the computer system. Suitable examples of the encoded physical medium include a data-linked book magazine, globe, or article of clothing. Some or all of the selected regions have had certain information encoded therein, information suitable for interfacing and controlling the computer system. When the user engages the sensor with a region having a certain encoded information, the certain encoded information is interpreted and an appropriate action taken. For example, the sensor or the computer system may provide suitable feedback to the user. The encoded physical medium may have test and/or graphic illustrations that draw the user in or provide meaningful clues or instructions perhaps related to the encoded information. The sensor may have at least one identification number (ID) providing information such as user identity, sensor type, access type, or language type. The sensor can transmit the certain decoded information together with the at least one ID to the computer system.

    摘要翻译: 本发明教导了用于提供计算机/人类接口的各种方法和系统。 根据一种方法,用户通过将传感器与编码的物理介质的期望区域接合而与诸如计算机系统的电子设备接口。 编码的物理介质优选地被选择以向用户提供直观的含义,因此是用于与计算机系统接口的改进的比喻。 编码物理介质的合适实例包括数据链接的书籍杂志,地球仪或服装。 部分或全部所选择的区域已经在其中编码了某些信息,适合于连接和控制计算机系统的信息。 当用户使用具有特定编码信息的区域接合传感器时,解释特定编码信息并采取适当的动作。 例如,传感器或计算机系统可以向用户提供合适的反馈。 编码的物理介质可以具有绘制用户的测试和/或图示,或提供可能与编码信息相关的有意义的线索或指令。 传感器可以具有提供诸如用户身份,传感器类型,访问类型或语言类型之类的信息的至少一个标识号(ID)。 该传感器可以将该解码信息与该至少一个ID一起发送到该计算机系统。

    Portable speakers with phased arrays
    5.
    发明授权
    Portable speakers with phased arrays 失效
    带相控阵的便携式扬声器

    公开(公告)号:US5815579A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-29

    申请号:US565951

    申请日:1995-12-01

    申请人: James H. Boyden

    发明人: James H. Boyden

    摘要: A wearable speaker system which provides improved quality audio response and which does not interfere with the wearer's activities or block environmental sounds is disclosed. Transducer arrays, e.g. pairs of speakers, are situated in a wearable garment, headband, or the like and positioned on opposite sides of the wearer's head. In one embodiment, the transducer arrays share a common enclosure and are driven 180.degree. out of phase, so that back pressures cancel and low frequency response is enhanced. In another embodiment, two open-ended enclosures are provided, each with its own transducer array. In another embodiment, linear arrays of transducers are provided with appropriate time-delays between the audio signals. The speaker system is connected to or in communication with a conventional source of audio signals, such as a radio, tape player, CD player, cellular telephone or the like.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种可佩带式扬声器系统,其提供改善的质量音频响应并且不干扰佩戴者的活动或阻止环境声音。 传感器阵列,例如 成对的扬声器位于穿戴式服装,头带等中并且位于穿戴者的头部的相对侧上。 在一个实施例中,换能器阵列共享共同的外壳并且相位驱动180°,从而抵消背压并提高低频响应。 在另一个实施例中,提供两个开放式封闭件,每个具有其自身的换能器阵列。 在另一个实施例中,换能器的线性阵列在音频信号之间具有适当的时间延迟。 扬声器系统连接到常规音频信号源或与传统的音频信号源通信,诸如无线电,磁带播放器,CD播放器,蜂窝电话等。

    Headband audio system with acoustically transparent material
    6.
    发明授权
    Headband audio system with acoustically transparent material 失效
    头戴式音响系统,具有透声材料

    公开(公告)号:US5680465A

    公开(公告)日:1997-10-21

    申请号:US417310

    申请日:1995-04-05

    申请人: James H. Boyden

    发明人: James H. Boyden

    摘要: A device with a speaker system and adapted to wear on the head of a wearer, such as a headband, is provided. Transducers are situated in a wearable device and positioned on opposite sides of the wearer's head, adjacent the ears. In one embodiment, the transducers share a common enclosure and are driven 180.degree. out of phase, so that back pressures cancel and low frequency response is enhanced. In another embodiment, two vented enclosures are provided, each with its own transducers. In other embodiments, acoustic concentrators can be incorporated to direct the audio more directly toward the wearer's ears. The speaker system is connected to or in communication with a conventional source of audio signals, such as a radio, tape player, CD player, cellular telephone or the like.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种具有扬声器系统并适于佩戴佩戴者头部(例如头带)的装置。 传感器位于穿戴式装置中,并位于佩戴者头部的相邻两侧,与耳朵相邻。 在一个实施例中,传感器共享共同的外壳并且相位驱动180°,从而抵消背压并提高低频响应。 在另一个实施例中,提供两个通气的外壳,每个具有其自己的换能器。 在其他实施例中,可以集成声音集中器以更直接地将音频引向佩戴者的耳朵。 扬声器系统连接到常规音频信号源或与传统的音频信号源通信,诸如无线电,磁带播放器,CD播放器,蜂窝电话等。

    Camera positioning system and method for eye-to-eye communication
    7.
    发明授权
    Camera positioning system and method for eye-to-eye communication 有权
    摄像机定位系统和眼睛通信方法

    公开(公告)号:US06798457B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-09-28

    申请号:US09964285

    申请日:2001-09-26

    IPC分类号: H04N5225

    摘要: Eye-to-eye videoconferencing may be carried out through the use of a motion coupling that positions a strut at least partially across a screen, near the eye level of the viewer. A camera may be mounted on a camera portion of the strut to obtain a video image of the viewer. The motion coupling may permit translation or rotation of the strut to reposition the camera. The motion coupling may be selectively lockable through internal,friction or through the use of a locking device. The camera may be movable along the camera portion via a camera translational coupling.

    摘要翻译: 可以通过使用在观察者的眼睛水平附近至少部分地横跨屏幕定位支柱的运动耦合来执行眼对视频会议。 照相机可以安装在支柱的照相机部分上,以获得观看者的视频图像。 运动联接可以允许支柱的平移或旋转以重新定位相机。 运动联接可以通过内部,摩擦或通过使用锁定装置来选择性地锁定。 照相机可以通过照相机平移耦合沿相机部分移动。

    Acoustically transparent earphones
    9.
    发明授权
    Acoustically transparent earphones 失效
    透声耳机

    公开(公告)号:US5694475A

    公开(公告)日:1997-12-02

    申请号:US531176

    申请日:1995-09-19

    申请人: James H. Boyden

    发明人: James H. Boyden

    IPC分类号: H04R25/00 H04R1/10 H04R5/033

    摘要: A portable, wearable personal audio system which includes an acoustic sample chamber and an acoustically transparent ear insert member. A tubular member transmits the audio from the sample chamber and module to the ear canal. The ear insert stabilizes and secures the tubular member in the ear canal. One or more surfaces of the ear insert member can be coated with a perforated flexible material. An additional transducer, preferably made from a piezoelectric material, can be provided in the ear insert member or at the outer end of the tubular member. An electronics mechanism is preferably supplied as part of a behind-the-ear module or as part of the temple of a pair of eyeglasses. Stereo systems require separate systems for each ear.

    摘要翻译: 一种便携式可穿戴式个人音响系统,其包括声学样本室和声学透明的耳塞构件。 管状构件将来自样品室和模块的音频传输到耳道。 耳塞稳定并将管状构件固定在耳道中。 耳插入构件的一个或多个表面可以用穿孔柔性材料涂覆。 优选地由压电材料制成的另外的传感器可以设置在耳塞插件部件中或管状部件的外端。 电子机构优选地作为耳后模块的一部分或作为一对眼镜的镜腿的一部分提供。 立体声系统需要为每只耳朵分开的系统。

    Apparatus for reducing erosion due to cavitation in ink jet printers
    10.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for reducing erosion due to cavitation in ink jet printers 失效
    用于在喷墨打印机中减少由于气穴引起的侵蚀的装置

    公开(公告)号:US4528574A

    公开(公告)日:1985-07-09

    申请号:US479785

    申请日:1983-03-28

    申请人: James H. Boyden

    发明人: James H. Boyden

    CPC分类号: B41J2/14129 B41J2/17

    摘要: A novel structure which reduces stress due to cavitation in a thermal ink jet head is disclosed. A jetting resistor is formed on a thin membrane and suspended in contact with an acoustic absorber such as silicon oil on its back surface. The pressure wave created by the collapsing bubble which occurs in the ink on the membranes front surface each time the resistor is fired is thus absorbed by the silicon oil. The failure rate of such a jetting resistor is thus substantially reduced.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种在热喷墨头中减少由气穴引起的应力的新型结构。 喷射电阻器形成在薄膜上并悬浮在其后表面上与诸如硅油之类的吸声器接触。 由于每次电阻器被烧制时在膜前表面上的油墨中发生的塌陷气泡产生的压力波被硅油吸收。 因此,这种喷射电阻器的故障率显着降低。