Eyeglasses with wireless communication features

Abstract

A microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, all mounted to an eyeglasses frame, for sending and receiving signals wirelessly to and from a remote cell phone or other electronic device. The microphone and the transmitter can be mounted to extension arms that can be extended, pivoted, or otherwise moved to a position for use, and then moved to a stored position when not in use. Alternatively, the microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, can be mounted onto a clip-on or other attachment member that mounts onto a conventional eyeglasses frame, or to a hat or other article worn on the head.

1 . Eyeglasses for audio communication, comprising: 
 an eyeglass frame comprising a lens holder configured to support at least one lens in a line of sight of a wearer when a wearer wears the eyeglass frame, at least a first support arm extending from a forward portion of the frame, and at least a second support arm extending from the forward portion of the eyeglass frame, the first and second support arms configured to extend rearwardly from the forward side of the eyeglass frame toward a back of a head of a wearer when a wearer wears the eyeglass frame;    at least a first microphone, the first microphone being supported by the eyeglass frame at a position at which the first microphone can detect sounds emitted from a mouth of a wearer when a wearer wears the eyeglass frame;    at least one speaker supported by the eyeglass frame and being configured to be positionable in an orientation that faces toward an ear of a wearer when a wearer wears the eyeglass frame; and    a BLUETOOTH® transmitter supported by the frame and configured to transmit signals to a cell phone; and    wherein the eyeglasses are configured to wirelessly access and play music from an electronic device.    
     
     
         2 . The eyeglass for audio communication of  claim 1 , comprising a BLUETOOTH® receiver.