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Abstract
Cellphones, headgear and devices with an added material ejector, with or without a blocker; and systems and methods for inhibiting access to the lips of speaking person including a sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks, a blocker connected to the device for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking; and, in some aspects, such a blocker with a material addition apparatus to provide added material for the breath of a person speaking, e.g., for preventing the spread of disease or to freshen a speaker's breath. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).
Description
- The benefit of priority, according to the U.S. Patent Laws, is claimed for this invention and application from and based on U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/455,090 filed Oct. 14, 2010 and U.S. application Ser. No. 13/317,155 filed Oct. 11, 2011 (of which this application is a Division), issued as U.S. Pat. No. ______ on ______, said applications incorporated fully herein for all purposes.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention is directed to systems and methods for blocking lips of a person speaking, blocking access, including visual and audio access, to what is being spoken by a person into a microphone, cellphone, or other sound receiver. In certain aspects, the present invention is directed to systems for adding material such as anti-viral material, anti-bacterial material, or breath-freshening material to a person's breath.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- In variety of situations and activities, a person communicates with another using a communication device with a microphone, cellphone, or sound receiver positioned adjacent, e.g. in front of, the person's mouth. To prevent the access of someone else to what is being said, often the person holds a hand or another object, e.g. a paper or a clipboard, in front of the mouth so that what is being said into the microphone, etc. cannot be overheard, monitored, or recorded by someone else and/or so that the lips of the person speaking cannot be seen, monitored, or filmed by someone else. For example, and not by way of limitation or by way of exhaustion of pertinent and included scenarios, a person speaks into a cellphone and covers his or her lips with a hand or other object, or a football coach with a microphone headset holds a playbook or clipboard in front of his face while speaking so that an opponent cannot read his lips and cannot hear or discern what is being said. If in such a situation a person or a coach forgets to block his or her mouth, or inadvertently lowers a blocking object or item during speaking, an outsider, third party, spy, or opponent can gain confidential information or valuable information, e.g., trade secrets or information about how to counter what is going to happen on a playing field or in a playing arena. There are various other situations in which it is desirable to prevent others from knowing what a person speaking into a microphone, cellphone, or other sound receiver is saying.
- There is a wide variety of known microphones, headsets, cellphones, and sound receivers used by a person in speaking to communicate information to another. Prior patents and applications disclose a variety of such apparatuses and devices, including, but not limited to, those in, and those referred to in or cited in, exemplary U.S. Patents: (all said patents incorporated fully herein for all purposes).
- There has long been a need, recognized by the present inventor, for an effective way to inhibit or prevent unauthorized persons from having access to spoken communications for reception by (and possibly for transmission therefrom) a microphone, cellphone, or similar device that are meant only for those intended to receive the communication.
- Injurious and/or deleterious living things can be present in a person's breath; for example, bacteria and viruses. There has long been a need, recognized by the present inventor, for an effective way to inhibit or prevent the air-borne transmission of these living things in a person's breath. There has also been a long-felt need for convenient and effective breath freshening of a person speaking.
- The present invention, in certain aspects, discloses cellphones, headgear, and other devices with a material ejector, with or without a lips blocker. In certain aspects, the ejected material is mouthwash, mouth freshener material, antiseptic material, sterilizing material, antifungal material, antibacterial material, antiviral material, and/or scent material (collectively “added material”). In certain aspects, an activator automatically operates in response to expelled breath to eject the added material around or adjacent a person's mouth.
- The present invention, discloses a sound receiver system, e.g., but not limited to a microphone system or headset, with a lips blocker connected thereto. In one aspect, the lips blocker is releasably connected thereto. In one aspect, the lips blocker is selectively movable so that it can be moved, as desired, into and out of a lips blocking position. In one aspect, a lips blocker according to the present invention has interconnected therewith a movement system which selectively moves the blocker into and away from a lips-blocking position. In one particular aspect, the movement system is activated by an activation device, e.g., a pushbutton or switch which can be on or near the person speaking for activation by the person or which can be remotely activated by someone else. In one particular aspect, the movement system is voice activated so that when the person begins to speak, the blocker is moved into a lips-blocking position. In one aspect, the movement system is remotely activatable so that another person can activate it instead of or in addition to activation by the person speaking.
- In one aspect, a lips blocking system according to the present invention includes wording, a logo, a sign, a signal, indicia, information, advertising, or symbol(s). In one particular aspect, the lips blocking system includes a screen (any suitable known screen) which conveys information, wording, a logo, a sign, a signal, indicia, advertising, and/or symbol(s). The screen may be any known screen used with any known system for providing information via a screen, including, but not limited to, an LCD screen, a cellphone screen, a digital screen, a plasma screen, a television screen, computer screen or other electronic display. In one particular aspect, the screen is used to convey specific information to someone who can see the screen.
- In one particular embodiment, a lips blocker system according to the present invention has at least a portion or all of it made of sound diffusing material and/or sound insulating material to inhibit or eliminate access to words spoken by a person using the system, e.g., but not limited to, access by voice eavesdropping devices. In one aspect, a system according to the present invention, includes a “white noise” generator to inhibit access to what is being said.
- In certain aspects, a blocker according to the present invention (as is true for any embodiment disclosed herein) may be made of plastic, wood, metal, fiberglass, composite, sound insulating material, cellulose, fabric, cloth, non-woven material, woven material, textile material, synthetic material, and natural material or fiber.
- In certain aspects, a system according to the present invention provides added material to a person's breath to kill injurious living things in the person's. In certain aspects, a system according to the present invention provides added material to a person's breath to refresh the breath and/or make it smell better.
- Accordingly, the present invention includes features and advantages which are believed to enable it to advance communication security technology and disease control technology. Characteristics and advantages of the present invention described above and additional features and benefits will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following description of preferred embodiments and referring to the accompanying drawings.
- Certain embodiments of this invention are not limited to any particular individual feature disclosed here, but include combinations of them distinguished from the prior art in their structures, functions, and/or results achieved. Features of the invention have been broadly described so that the detailed descriptions of embodiments preferred at the time of filing for this patent that follow may be better understood, and in order that the contributions of this invention to the arts may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional aspects of the invention described below and which may be included in the subject matter of the claims to this invention. Those skilled in the art who have the benefit of this invention, its teachings, and suggestions will appreciate that the conceptions of this disclosure may be used as a creative basis for designing other structures, methods and systems for carrying out and practicing the present invention. The claims of this invention are to be read to include any legally equivalent devices or methods which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
- What follows are some of, but not all, the objects of this invention. In addition to the specific objects stated below for at least certain embodiments of the invention, other objects and purposes will be readily apparent to one of skill in this art who has the benefit of this invention's teachings and disclosures. It is, therefore, an object of at least certain embodiments of the present invention to provide the embodiments and aspects listed above and:
- New, useful, unique, efficient, nonobvious lips blocking systems and methods to inhibit or prevent access (visual and/or audio)to speech and/or to the lips of a person speaking.
- New, useful, unique, efficient, nonobvious lips blocking systems and methods to muffle and/or dissipate the speech of a person speaking to inhibit or prevent efforts of unauthorized persons and/or devices to the speech.
- New, useful, unique, efficient, nonobvious material addition systems for adding material to a person's breath to kill living things, to combat the spread of disease, and/or to freshen a person's breath; and, in certain aspects, such a system used with a blocker according to the present invention.
- The present invention recognizes and addresses the problems and needs in this area and provides a solution to those problems and a satisfactory meeting of those needs in its various possible embodiments and equivalents thereof. To one of skill in this art who has the benefits of this invention's realizations, teachings, disclosures, and suggestions, various purposes and advantages will be appreciated from the following description of certain preferred embodiments, given for the purpose of disclosure, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The detail in these descriptions is not intended to thwart this patent's object to claim this invention no matter how others may later attempt to disguise it by variations in form, changes, or additions of further improvements.
- The Abstract that is part hereof is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and scientists, engineers, researchers, and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent terms or legal terms of phraseology to determine quickly, from a cursory inspection or review. the nature and general area of the disclosure of this invention. The Abstract is neither intended to define the invention, which is done by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting of the scope of the invention or of the claims in any way.
- It will be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention (including, but not limited to those described below) may include one, some, or all of the disclosed, described, and/or enumerated features, aspects, and/or improvements and/or technical advantages and/or elements in claims to this invention.
- Certain aspects, certain embodiments, and certain preferable features of the invention are set out herein. Any combination of aspects or features shown in any aspect or embodiment can be used except where such aspects or features are mutually exclusive.
- A more particular description of embodiments of the invention briefly summarized above may be had by references to the embodiments which are shown in the drawings which form a part of this specification. These drawings illustrate embodiments preferred at the time of filing for this patent and are not to be used to improperly limit the scope of the invention which may have other equally effective or legally equivalent embodiments.
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FIG. 1 is a side schematic—not to scale—of a prior art system. -
FIG. 2A is a side schematic—not to scale—of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2B is a front view of a blocker of the system ofFIG. 2A according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2C is a side schematic—not to scale—of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2D is a side schematic—not to scale—of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2E is a front view of various blocker shapes system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2F is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIGS. 2G and 2H are side cross-section views of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2I is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2J is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 3A is a perspective view of a prior art system. -
FIG. 3B is a perspective view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 4A is a side view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 4B is a side view of a system according to the present invention with the blocker ofFIG. 4A . -
FIG. 4C is a side view of the system ofFIG. 4B with the blocker ofFIG. 4A . -
FIG. 5A is a perspective view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 5B is a perspective view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 5C is a perspective view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 6A is a front view of a prior art helmet. -
FIG. 6B is a front view of a helmet according to the present invention. -
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a helmet according to the present invention. -
FIG. 8 is a side of a helmet according to the present invention. -
FIG. 9A is a side view of a cellphone according to the present invention. -
FIG. 9B is a top view of the cellphone ofFIG. 9A . -
FIG. 9C is a side view of part of the cellphone ofFIG. 9A . -
FIG. 9D is a side of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 10A is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 10B is a side view of the blocker ofFIG. 10A . -
FIG. 11A is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 11B is a side view of the blocker ofFIG. 11A . -
FIG. 12A is a side view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 12B is a front view of the blocker ofFIG. 12A . -
FIG. 13 is a side view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 14 is a side view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 15A is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 15B is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 15C is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 15D is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 15E is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 15F is a front view of a blocker according to the present invention. -
FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 17A is a perspective, partially schematic view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 17B is a perspective, partially schematic view of the system ofFIG. 17A . -
FIG. 18A is a schematic view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 18B is a side view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 18C is a side view of a phone according to the present invention. -
FIG. 18D is a perspective view of a system according to the present invention. -
FIG. 18E is a side view of headgear according to the present invention. - Certain embodiments of the invention are shown in the above-identified figures and described in detail below. Various aspects and features of embodiments of the invention are described below and some are set out in the dependent claims. Any combination of aspects and/or features described below or shown in the dependent claims can be used except where such aspects and/or features are mutually exclusive. It should be understood that the appended drawings and description herein are of certain embodiments and are not intended to limit the invention or the appended claims. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. In showing and describing these embodiments, like or identical reference numerals are used to identify common or similar elements. The figures are not necessarily to scale and certain features and certain views of the figures may be shown exaggerated in scale or in schematic in the interest of clarity and conciseness.
- As used herein and throughout all the various portions (and headings) of this patent, the terms “invention”, “present invention” and variations thereof mean one or more embodiments, and are not intended to mean the claimed invention of any particular appended claim(s) or all of the appended claims. Accordingly, the subject or topic of each such reference is not automatically or necessarily part of, or required by, any particular claim(s) merely because of such reference. So long as they are not mutually exclusive or contradictory any aspect or feature or combination of aspects or features of any embodiment disclosed herein may be used in any other embodiment disclosed herein. The drawing figures present the embodiments preferred at the time of filing for this patent.
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FIG. 1 , a prior art headset system H, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,242,765 (incorporated fully herein for all purposes) has a microphone M. No part of the system blocks a view of the lips of a person T using the system. This makes it possible for a person O to see the lips of the person T when the person T using the system is speaking; and this also makes it possible for the person O to read the lips of the person T when the person T speaks. An apparatus or device V for monitoring a speaking person's speech and/or for, in real time, monitoring the lips of the person T, can record the image of the lips while the person speaks, and/or transmit a video of the lips of the person speaking (either a real time image or a recording). An apparatus or device A for monitoring a speaking person's speech and/or for receiving an audio signal can, in real time, monitor the person T while the person T is speaking, record what is spoken by the person T, and/or transmit a real-time signal of what is being said and/or an audio recording of what is said. -
FIG. 2A shows asystem 10 according to the present invention used by a person P. Thesystem 10 has aheadset apparatus 18 with anarm 12 to which is connected a microphone 14 (or a housing for the microphone is formed integrally of the arm). Attached to themicrophone 14, or adjacent to themicrophone 14 is a lip blocker 16 (see alsoFIG. 2B ) according to the present invention (which may be any blocker disclosed herein according to the present invention-and this is true about any blocker disclosed herein according to the present invention). Theblocker 16 blocks lips L of the person P. The microphone may be any suitable known microphone and the headset apparatus may be any suitable known headset apparatus including, but not limited to, those that receive, amplify, and/or transmit what the person P says and/or convey to the person P sound and/or message(s) from another person or source (and this is true for any headset, any headset system, and any microphone of any system disclosed herein according to the present invention). - The
blocker 16 is permanently affixed or adhered to thesystem 10, releasably connected, affixed or adhered thereto, or formed integrally thereof (e.g., but not limited to formed integrally of the microphone, of a microphone cover or cushion, or of an arm like thearm 12—and this is true for any embodiment herein). As is true of any embodiment herein and any blocker herein, the blocker (or any blocker apparatus or structure) may be connected to a part of the sound receiving device or to a part of a headset, microphone, cellphone, computer, or screen with one of fastener, fasteners, adhesive, glue, friction fit, press fit, releasably cooperating structure, releasably cooperating fastener material, VELCRO (trademark) material, and welding; and/or with a clip structure. Also, for any embodiment that is used with any item that has a housing or enclosure, the blocker may be disposed within the housing or enclosure and be movable into and out of the enclosure between a stored position and a lips blocking position. - As shown in
FIG. 2A , a person N cannot view the lips of the person P due to the position of theblocker 16 and thus cannot read the lips of the person P when the person P is speaking. An apparatus or device V is prevented from visually monitoring what is said by the person P. An apparatus A used for audio monitoring and/or recording is inhibited or prevented from monitoring what the person P says and from recording it. Optionally thesystem 10 includes agenerator 17 for generating static and/or white noise to counter efforts at monitoring and/or recording the speech of the person P (and any system herein may have such a generator). -
FIG. 2C shows asystem 20 according to the present invention which has a headset apparatus 24 (shown schematically—e.g. like theheadset apparatus 18,FIG. 2A ) and arm 23 (e.g., like thearm 12,FIG. 2A ) on which or to which is mounted or connected a microphone 22 (e.g., like themicrophone 14, FIG. 2A). Ablocker 21 according to the present invention, connected to thearm 23, is located and sized so that it blocks a view of the lips of a person using thesystem 20. Theblocker 21 is curved viewed on end. -
FIG. 2D shows asystem 25 according to the present invention which has a headset apparatus 29 (shown schematically—e.g. like theheadset apparatus 18,FIG. 2A ) and arm 28 (e.g., like thearm 12,FIG. 2A ) on which or to which is mounted or connected a microphone 27 (e.g., like themicrophone 14,FIG. 2A ). A blocker 26 according to the present invention, connected to thearm 28, is located and sized so that it blocks a view of the lips of a person using thesystem 25. Theblocker 21 is flat. -
FIG. 2E shows various possible shapes (front or rear view) for a blocker according to the present invention. This is not an exhaustive listing. A blocker (any disclosed herein) according to the present invention may be any desired suitable shape, configuration, and size so long as it sufficiently blocks a system user's lips so that what the person is saying cannot be monitored or so that their lips cannot be read and/or so that speech of the person speaking is muffled and/or dissipated. It is within the scope of the present invention for any blocker according to the present invention to be any color or colors; and it is also within the scope of the present invention to provide one, two, three or any multiple number of blockers of different color(s) which can be serially or intermittently emplaced on a headset or part thereof to convey information, a signal, or a message. -
FIG. 2F shows ablocker 200 according to the present invention that has a body 201 with series of spaced-apartopenings 202. The body 201 is sized and theopenings 202 are sized and spaced so that in use theblocker 200 prevents the lips of a person using the blocker from being read or from being visually monitored. Also, use of theblocker 200 inhibits or prevents audio monitoring and recording of the speech of person using theblocker 200. -
FIG. 2G shows a blocker 203 according to the present invention that has abody 204 with series of spaced-apart holes 205. Thebody 204 is sized and theholes 205 are sized and spaced so that in use the blocker 203 prevents the lips of a person using the blocker from being read or from being visually monitored. Also, use of the blocker 203 inhibits or prevents audio monitoring and recording of the speech of person using the blocker 203. -
FIG. 2H shows ablocker 206 according to the present invention that has abody 207 with series of spaced-apartopenings 208. Thebody 207 is sized and theopenings 208 are sized and spaced so that in use theblocker 206 prevents the lips of a person using the blocker from being read or from being visually monitored. Also, use of theblocker 206 inhibits or prevents audio monitoring and recording of the speech of a person using theblocker 206. Theopenings 208 are slanted or inclined with respect to the sides of thebody 207, but they may be at right angles or any desired angle to the sides. -
FIG. 2I shows ablocker 209 according to the present invention with a body bearing a symbol, sign, signal, information, advertising, trademark, word(s), indicia, image or logo (all collectively indicated by “information” in some of the claims hereof). Any blocker according to the present invention may have such a symbol, etc. When such a blocker includes a display screen (see, e.g., the screen ofFIG. 15A ), different and/or alternating symbols, etc. can be displayed (and this is true for any blocker herein that has a screen and any blocker herein may have a screen or include a screen or be a screen). -
FIG. 12J shows a blocker according to the present invention that includes abody 212 that is in the shape of a symbol, word(s), trademark, sign, indicia, image or logo (“Logo”). Such a body is sized, shaped and configured so that it not only presents the symbol, etc, but it also blocks a view of the lips of a person using it. Such abody 212 may be produced in any suitable known way, e.g., but not limited to, by molding, casting, cutting, forming, laser cutting, sawing, drilling, etc. - Referring now to
FIG. 3A , a prior art headset system F, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. D 443,603 (incorporated fully herein for all purposes) has a headset apparatus G, an arm H and a microphone K. - As shown in
FIG. 3B , a system 30 according to the present invention has a headset apparatus 31, anarm 32, ablocker 33 according to the present invention, and a microphone within or connected to theblocker 33. Theblocker 33 is larger than the microphone K,FIG. 3A , and theblocker 33 is sufficiently large and appropriately located to block the view of the lips of a person using the system 30 while the person is speaking. -
FIG. 4A shows ablocker 40 with a body 41 having anotch 42 in an end thereof. Thenotch 42 is sized to receive and releasably hold (e.g., by friction fit and/or with adhesive and/or with a fastener) a portion of an arm of a headset and to rotate on such an arm. As shown inFIG. 4B theblocker 40 is in position on anarm 43 of a headset (shown partially). In the position ofFIG. 4B , theblocker 43 is in a “down” orientation and does not necessarily block the lips of a user of the headset. As shown inFIG. 4C , theblocker 40 has been turned on thearm 43, with theblocker 40 rotating on the arm, to an “up” position in which theblocker 40 will block the lips of a user of the headset. -
FIGS. 5A-5C illustrate headsets according to the present invention with a variety of microphones, arms, and parts and each with a lips blocker according to the present invention.FIG. 5A shows aheadset system 50 with anarm 52 having a microphone in an end thereof with ablocker 53 according to the present invention connected to thearm 52. A headset without the improvements of the present invention is shown in U.S. Pat. D589,492 (incorporated fully herein for all purposes). As is true for any blocker according to the present invention, theblocker 33 can be connected (or formed integrally of) the microphone or a microphone cover, housing, enclosure, support arm, or cushion. -
FIG. 5B shows aheadset system 54 with anarm 55 having a microphone “m” on an end thereof with ablocker 56 according to the present invention connected to thearm 55. A headset without the improvements of the present invention is shown in U.S. Pat. D 616,419 (incorporated fully herein for all purposes). -
FIG. 5C shows aheadset system 57 with anarm 58 having a microphone therein in an end thereof with ablocker 59 according to the present invention connected to thearm 58. A headset without the improvements of the present invention is shown in U.S. Pat. D 540,778 (incorporated fully herein for all purposes). -
FIG. 6A shows a prior art helmet H with a headset system having a microphone C on an arm thereof. U.S. Pat. No. 3,786,519 discloses such a helmet (said patent incorporated fully herein for all purposes). -
FIG. 6B shows ahelmet 60 according to the present invention which is like the helmet H, but with improvements according to the present invention. Thehelmet 60 has abody 61 and a headset system 62 (in some aspects like that of the helmet of U.S. Pat. No. 3,786,519 which is incorporated fully herein for all purposes, and in one aspect, but for the improvements according to the present invention, like the helmet of this patent). The headset system includes a microphone 63 and a blocker 64 according to the present invention connected to thearm 62. -
FIG. 7 shows ahelmet 70 according to the present invention with abody 71 and aface mask 72 attached to thebody 71. Ablocker 74 according to the present invention is attached to the face mask 72 (or formed integrally thereof). -
FIG. 8 shows ahelmet 80 according to the present invention with abody 81 and aheadset system 82 attached to the body 78. Theheadset system 82 has an arm with amicrophone 83. A blocker 84 according to the present invention is attached to themicrophone 83. - The blockers in
FIGS. 6B-8 are sized and located for blocking the view of the lips of a person wearing the helmets depicted in these figures. These blockers may be any blocker disclosed herein according to the present invention. -
FIGS. 9A and 9B show acellphone 90 according to the present invention which has a body “b” and aholder 91 attached thereto (or formed integrally thereof). Ablocker 92 according to the present invention is movably disposed in theholder 91. Anoptional end 94 of theblocker 92 projects from theholder 91 and can be pulled out, as shown inFIG. 9B , to a position in which theblocker 92 can block a view of the lips of a person using thecellphone 90. - It is within the scope of the present invention to provide a
system 95 with amovable blocker 96 therein that can be used with another item, e.g. but not limited to, with a cellphone. In one aspect, thesystem 95 is connected, permanently or releasably, to a cellphone in such a location that moving theblocker 96 out from the system 95 (e.g. as theblocker 92 is movable as shown inFIG. 9B ) moves theblocker 96 to a lips-view-blocking position. - It is within the scope of the present invention to provide a housing with a movable blocker therein.
FIG. 9D shows asystem 97 according to the present invention with ablocker 98 according to the present invention movably disposed therein. Anoptional end 99 of theblocker 98 projects from thesystem 97 and can be grasped by a person to move theblocker 98 into and out of thesystem 97. -
FIGS. 10A and 10B show ablocker 100 according to the present invention which has abody 104 and aclip structure 106 that includes twoarms clip structure 106 is releasably emplaceable on or around a part of a headset (e.g. on a aupport arm or on a microphone of a headset) or other item (e.g., but not limited to, a cellphone, a computer with a webcam and a microphone, or a computer with a microphone) in such a position that thebody 104 blocks a view of the lips of a person using theblocker 100. -
FIGS. 11A and 11B show ablocker 110 according to the present invention which has abody 113 and an amount of releasably cooperating structure or fastener material (e.g., but not limited to, VELCRO (trademark) material). Theblocker 110 is releasably connectible to a corresponding amount of releasable cooperating structure or fastener material on a part of a headset (e.g. on an arm or microphone of a headset) or other item (e.g., but not limited to, a cellphone) in such a position that thebody 113 blocks a view of the lips of a person using theblocker 110. As is true for any embodiment herein, theblocker 110 can be connected, adhered with adhesive, and/or connected with fastener(s) to another thing. -
FIGS. 12A and 12B show ablocker 120 according to the present invention which has abody 124 and anotch 122 which is releasably emplaceable on or around a part of a headset (e.g. on an arm or microphone of a headset) or other item (e.g., but not limited to, a cellphone, a computer with a webcam and a microphone, or a computer with a microphone) in such a position that thebody 124 blocks a view of the lips of a person using theblocker 120. Theblocker 120 can be rotated on the part on which it is emplaced with the part remaining within thenotch 122. Optionally, a part orshaft 125 is emplaced once theblocker 120 has been positioned on a thing to hold the blocker in place. -
FIG. 13 shows ablocker 130 according to the present invention which has abody 134 and arecess 132 which is releasably emplaceable on or around a part of a headset (e.g. on an arm or microphone of a headset) or other item (e.g., but not limited to, a cellphone a computer with a webcam and a microphone, or a computer with a microphone) in such a position that thebody 134 blocks a view of the lips of a person using theblocker 130. Optionally, a part orshaft 135 is emplaced once theblocker 130 has been positioned on a thing to hold the blocker in place. -
FIG. 14 shows ablocker 140 according to the present invention which has a body 144 and ahole 142 which is sized to receive a part of a headset (e.g. on an arm or microphone of a headset) or other item (e.g., but not limited to, a cellphone). Theblocker 140 is disposable in such a position that the body 144 blocks a view of the lips of a person using theblocker 140. Theblocker 140 can be rotated on the part on which it is emplaced with the part remaining within thehole 142. -
FIG. 15A shows a blocker 150 according to the present invention which is a screen for displaying information. Such a display may be simply an “On/Off” screen and the information is conveyed by turning the screen on or off or both; or such a display may be a screen that flashes one color, multiple colors, or alternating colors once or periodically. Optionally, the screen conveys information the way a television screen or cellphone screen or computer screen conveys information and the screen is the screen of any of these items (or the screen of any known item, apparatus or thing that displays information). -
FIG. 15B shows ablocker 151 according to the present invention that is a piece of translucent material, not transparent. -
FIG. 15C shows ablocker 152 according to the present invention that has a mirrored surface or that is a mirror. -
FIG. 15D shows ablocker 153 according to the present invention that has a frame “f” and ascreen mesh 154 covering the frame opening. -
FIG. 15E shows ablocker 155 that has a frame “g” and a piece of fabric, cloth, cardboard, membrane, orpaper 156 covering the frame opening. - It is within the scope of the present invention for any blocker according to the present invention to contain, be coated with, and/or to have therein or thereon one or more of sterilizing material, antifungal material, antibacterial material, antiviral material, mouthwash, mouth freshener material, and/or scent material (all of these collectively referred to as “added material”). For example, the blocker of
FIG. 2A , thescreen mesh 154, and the fabric etc. 156 and any blocker inFIGS. 2E-2H, 4A-8, 9A-17B may contain or have any of these materials therein and/or thereon. By way of example, themesh 154 is shown with addedmaterial 154 m (indicated by dots; not to scale). -
FIG. 15F shows ablocker 157 that has abody 159 and a plurality of spaced-apart projections 158 extending from thebody 159. -
FIG. 16 illustrates asystem 160 according to the present invention and the use of a blocker 163 according to the present invention. Any blocker according to the present invention may be used for the blocker 163. - A person R, as shown in
FIG. 16 , has a headset system 161 (may be any suitable headset system including, but not limited to, any referred to herein, that can receive and/or transmit the speech of the person R and receive signals and/or messages conveyed to the person R via one or more earphones 167). The person R can selectively activate theheadset system 161 using anoptional pushbutton device 166. Theheadset 161 has amicrophone 162 into which the person R can speak. The blocker 163 blocks the view of the lips of the person R when the person R is speaking so that an observer, e.g. a person T, cannot read the lips of the person R; but the person T can and does view the front of the blocker 163 and information or image(s) on the front of the blocker 163 can be viewed and seen by the person T; and the person T can see the blocker 163 (which has, is, or includes a screen) go On and/or Off and/or can see provide a display and/or blink and/or flash a color, colors, or different colors intermittently, alternately, and/or periodically. - Any person, entity or
device 169 within view of the person R can see the blocker 163 and can be in communication with theheadset 161 and with the blocker 163 via a suitable communication system 168 a. The person, etc. 169 can communicate information and/or messages to the person R (for the person R to hear via the headset 161) and/or the person, etc. 169 can send signals, images and/or information directly to the blocker 163 for display on the blocker 163 when the blocker 163 includes a display screen (see, e.g., the blocker ofFIG. 15A ). A person T can then view what is displayed on the blocker 163 that has been conveyed by the person, etc. 169. - The person R can respond to the person, etc. 169 with gestures and/or via the system 168 a by speaking into the
microphone 162 and vice-versa. Communication between any system according to the present invention and any other person, apparatus, device or system can be done via wires and/or cables, via a satellite communications systems ST, via a network IN (e.g. a local network and/or the Internet) and/or wirelessly. The arrows inFIG. 16 may indicate wires or cables or wireless communication. The systems inFIG. 16 may be wireless systems and/or may each include wireless communications devices and/or apparatuses. - A person, entity, or device 164 not within the view of the blocker 163 (and, in one aspect, remote from the person R and remote from the person, etc. 169) can communicate with the person R via a communication system 168 b and with the person, etc. 169 via a communication system 168 c (and via satellite ST and/or via network IN). The person, etc. 164 can communicate with the person R and/or with the blocker 163 in the same way as the person, etc. 169. The entity or device 164, when it is not a person, can include a
display 165 which presents a display of the blocker 163 so that the front of the blocker 163 can be viewed in real time. When it is a person 164, such a display can be provided on a display screen (e.g., a screen of the display 165) to the person so that the person can view the blocker 163 in real time. A real-time and/or time-delayed recording of the blocker 163 can also be provided. - Optionally, a blocker system according to the present invention has a blocker that is moved into and out of lip blocking position by a movement apparatus. Such a blocker may be moved selectively by a person using it or by someone else who has control of the movement apparatus (e.g., but not limited to, any person in
FIG. 16 ). In one aspect such a movement apparatus for a blocker according to the present invention is activated by a voice activation device so that whenever a person with a system according to the present invention with a blocker according to the present invention begins to speak, the movement apparatus moves the blocker into lip blocking position. -
FIGS. 17A and 17B show asystem 170 according to the present invention that has aheadset system 171, anearphone 172, asupport arm 173, amicrophone 174 on thesupport arm 173, ablocker 175, movement apparatus 176 (shown schematically) connected with theblocker 175, and, optionally,voice activation apparatus 177 connected to themovement apparatus 176. - The
movement apparatus 176 may be any suitable know movement apparatus for moving a thing like theblocker 175. In one aspect, the movement apparatus has ashaft 176 a that is selectively rotatable by the movement apparatus 176 (e.g., with a motor), from a lower non-lip-blocking position as shown inFIG. 17A to a raised lip-blocking position as shown inFIG. 17B . - Optionally, the
system 170 hasvoice activation apparatus 177 which controls themovement apparatus 176. When a person using thesystem 10 begins to speak, the voice activation apparatus signals the movement apparatus to move theblocker 175 into lip-blocking position. - Optionally, the
system 170 includes a wireless communication system 178 (shown schematically) and anantenna 179 for thesystem 178. Any headset according to the present invention may be equipped for wireless communication. - It is within the scope of the present invention, in at least some embodiments, to provide headgear with an added material system according to the present invention for providing added material around or adjacent a person's mouth and/or as an addition to a person's breath when breath is expelled, e.g., during speech, during a cough, or during a sneeze. Headgear may include helmets, protective head enclosures (flexible or solid), caps, and hats. Headgear may include any blocker disclosed herein. Headgear may have a blocker including a screen.
- The “added material” may be sterilizing material, antifungal material, antibacterial material, antiviral material, mouthwash, mouth freshener material, antiseptic material, and/or scent material (all of these collectively referred to as “added material”).
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system 180 according to the present invention as shown inFIG. 18A has anejector 182 from which addedmaterial 184 is ejected. Theejector 182 is located adjacent or near a person's mouth, e.g., with appropriate connection to part of a headset or other thing (e.g., cellphone, headgear), so that when breath exits the person's mouth, added material is added to the breath. - An
activator 186 connected to the ejector and/or in communication with the ejector activate theejector 182. Theactivator 186 may operate automatically in response to expelled breath and/or it may be activated by the person with the ejector and/or by another person near the person with the ejector or by another person observing the person with the ejector—observing in the presence of the person with the ejector or observing remotely, with or without a camera which provides real-time observation. - The
activator 186 may be voice activated, movement activated, temperature activated, or pressure activated. - Optionally, the
system 180 includes acontainer 188 of added material supplied to theejector 182. Thecontainer 188 may be connected to a thing 181; it may be carried on a person or on equipment near a person; and/or it may be in material communication with theejector 182 providing the added material as needed. - The
system 180 may be used as a stand-alone system near or adjacent a person's mouth; or as shown inFIG. 18A , thesystem 180 may be used with a thing 181 (which may be any thing disclosed herein according to the present invention with a blocker, optionally with the blocker deleted). -
FIG. 18B shows an embodiment of asystem 180 according to the present invention used with thesystem 10 shown inFIG. 2A . An added material ejector 182 b is connected to theblocker 16 and an activator 186 b is connected to thearm 12. Optionally, a container 188 b provides added material to the ejector 182 b. -
FIG. 18C shows an embodiment of asystem 180 according to the present invention used with thephone 90 shown inFIG. 9A . An addedmaterial ejector 182 c is connected to the phone and an activator 186 c is located within the phone. Optionally, a container 188 c within the phone provides added material to theejector 182 c. -
FIG. 18D shows an embodiment of asystem 180 according to the present invention used with the headset shown inFIG. 5C . An addedmaterial ejector 182 d and anactivator 186 d are connected to the headset. Optionally, acontainer 188 d connected to the headset provides added material to theejector 182 d. -
FIG. 18E shows an embodiment of asystem 180 according to the present invention used with the helmet shown inFIG. 8 . It is to be understood that such a system may be used with any headgear. An addedmaterial ejector 182 e and an activator 186 e may be connected to any suitable part of the helmet, or, as shown, they may be connected to the headset as shown. Optionally, acontainer 188 e connected to the helmet provides added material to theejector 182 d. An ejector for any embodiment of the present invention (including but not limited to those ofFIGS. 18A-18E ) may be any suitable known apparatus or device for providing a stream, mist, or spray of the added material. Known fluid spray systems, misters, and aerosol apparatuses and devices may be used. - The present invention, therefore, provides, in at least certain embodiments, systems for inhibiting access to the lips of a speaking person, such systems, in some aspects, including: a sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks, and a blocker adjacent to and/or connected to the system for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking. Such systems may have one or some, in any possible combination, of the following: the blocker releasably connected to a part of the sound receiving device; the blocker movably connected to a part of the sound receiving device; the blocker made of at least one of or a combination of plastic, metal, wood, composite, fiberglass, sound insulation material, cellulose, woven material, nonwoven material, synthetic material, natural material, fibrous material, fibers, sound muffling material, sound dissipating material; the sound receiving device is one of microphone, computer, headset, and cellphone; the blocker movably connected to the sound receiving device for movement to and from a lips blocking position, the blocker either connected exteriorly of the sound receiving device or the blocker located initially within a housing or enclosure and movable therefrom, and movement apparatus for moving the blocker to and from the lips blocking position; the movement apparatus is a shaft, the blocker connected to the shaft, and a motor for moving shaft to move the blocker to and from the lips blocking position; activation apparatus for activating the movement apparatus; the activation apparatus being one of device locally activatable by the person speaking, device locally activatable by a person other than the person speaking, pushbutton device locally or remotely activatable, device remotely activatable by a person other than the person speaking, device remotely activatable by a remote activation device, device voice activatable by voice activation apparatus in communication with the movement apparatus, and device voice activatable by voice activation apparatus connected to the sound receiving device, said devices and/or said devices and apparatuses being in wired communication with each other or in wireless comunication with each other; the blocker including a viewable screen; the screen viewable by a person other than the person speaking and/or by the person speaking; the blocker including two screens including a first screen viewable by the person speaking and a second screen viewable by a person other than the person speaking; the blocker having thereon information viewable by the person speaking and/or by a person other than the person speaking; the blocker including at least one screen and the at least one screen can display information; the blocker is in the shape of one of word, words, symbol, logo, trademark, sign, and indicia; the blocker has a shape as viewed from the front or rear of any shape disclosed herein for a blocker and/or is a square, diamond, rectangle, elllipse, octagon, hexagon, oval, triangle, pentagon, or shape of a logo; the blocker is connected to part of the sound receiving system by one of releasable connection, movable connection, or by being formed integrally thereof; the sound receiving device includes a support arm supporting the microphone and the blocker is on the support arm; the blocker has at least one opening therethrough or a series of spaced-apart openings therethrough; the blocker has at least one color thereon or different colors thereon or multiple areas of colors thereon, some the same some different; the part of the sound receiving device having a device shape and the blocker having a blocker opening with a blocker shape, a portion of the part of the device with the device shape receivable within the blocker opening; the blocker rotatable on the part of the sound receiving device; the blocker connected to the part of the sound receiving device with one of fastener, fasteners, adhesive, glue, friction fit, press fit, releasably cooperating structure, releasably cooperating fastener material, VELCRO (trademark) material, and welding; the sound receiving device including a housing or enclosure and the blocker movably storeable within the housing or enclosure for selective movement therefrom from a stored position within the housing or enclosure to an extended position outside the housing or enclosure in a lips blocking position; the sound receiving device including a helmet for wearing by the person speaking; the sound receiving device including one of wired communication apparatus for wired communication with the sound receiving device or wireless communication apparatus for wireless communication with the sound receiving device; and/or communication apparatus for communication with the blocker, the communication apparatus being one of wired communication apparatus or wireless communication apparatus, such communication apparatus in one aspect for communication with a screen or screens of the blocker.
- The present invention, therefore, in at least some embodiments, provides methods for blocking lips of a speaker, the methods including using any blocker disclosed herein and, in some aspects, including: positioning a system with a sound receiving device adjacent lips of a speaking person, the sound receiving device for receiving speech of the person speaking, the person's lips moving when the person speaks, and positioning in front of the lips of the person speaking a blocker connected to the system for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking.
- The present invention, therefore, in at least some embodiments, provides headsets, cellphones, computers, microphones, and sound receiving systems for receiving speech of a person speaking, such items including any blocker disclosed herein and, in one aspect, including: a sound receiving device for receiving speech of a person speaking, the person having lips that move when the person speaks, a blocker connected to the system for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking.
- The present invention, therefore, in at least some embodiments, provides helmets including any blocker disclosed herein and, in some aspects, a helmet including: a helmet body, a sound receiving device connected to the helmet for receiving speech of a person speaking and wearing the helmet, the person having lips that move when the person speaks, a blocker connected to a part of the helmet or to the sound receiving device, the blocker for blocking the lips of the person speaking while the person is speaking. Such a helmet may have a blocker including a screen.
- The present invention, therefore, in at least some embodiments, provides a headset, cellphone, or headgear with an added material system according to the present invention which according to the present invention provides added material around or adjacent a person's mouth and/or as an addition to a person's breath when breath is expelled, e.g., during speech, during a cough, or during a sneeze. Headgear may include helmets, protective head enclosures and coverings (flexible or solid, airtight or not), caps, and hats. Headgear may include any blocker disclosed herein. Headgear may have a blocker including a screen. Any headset, helmet, phone, or thing disclosed herein may have an added material system according to the present invention.
- In conclusion, therefore, it is seen that the present invention and the embodiments disclosed herein and those covered by the appended claims are well adapted to carry out the objectives and obtain the ends set forth. Certain changes can be made in the subject matter without departing from the spirit and the scope of this invention. It is realized that changes are possible within the scope of this invention and it is further intended that each element or step recited in any of the following claims is to be understood as referring to the step literally and/or to all equivalent elements or steps. The following claims are intended to cover the invention as broadly as legally possible in whatever form it may be utilized. The invention claimed herein is new and novel in accordance with 35 U.S.C. §102 and satisfies the conditions for patentability in §102. The invention claimed herein is not obvious in accordance with 35 U.S.C. §103 and satisfies the conditions for patentability in §103. The inventor may rely on the Doctrine of Equivalents to determine and assess the scope of the invention and of the claims that follow as they may pertain to apparatus and/or methods not materially departing from, but outside of, the literal scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims. All patents and applications identified herein are incorporated fully herein for all purposes. It is the express intention of the applicant not to invoke 35 U.S.C. §112, paragraph 6 for any limitations of any of the claims herein, except for those in which the claim expressly uses the words ‘means for’ together with an associated function. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be one and only one of the elements.
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91. A system, the system comprising a sound receiving system, the system comprising
a sound receiver positionable near the mouth of a person,
an added material system connected to the sound receiving system,
the added material system including an ejector for ejecting added material adjacent the mouth of the person.
92. The system of claim 91 wherein the sound receiving system comprises a cellphone.
93. The system of claim 91 wherein the system comprises a microphone system.
94. The system of claim 91 wherein the sound receiving system comprises a computer.
95. The system of claim 91 wherein the system comprises a headgear.
96. The system of claim 95 wherein the headgear is one of hat, cap, helmet, flexible head covering, headset, and solid head covering.
97. The system of claim 91 wherein the added material is one of mouthwash, mouth freshener material, antiseptic material, sterilizing material, antifungal material, antibacterial material, antiviral material, and scent material, or a combination thereof.
98. The system of claim 91 further comprising
an activator for activating the ejector.
99. The system of claim 98 wherein the activator is activatable automatically.
100. The system of claim 98 wherein the activator is activated by one of voice, movement, temperature, and pressure.
101. The system of claim 98 wherein the activator is activated when the person's breath is expelled.
102. The system of claim 98 wherein the activator is one of: device locally activatable by the person speaking, device locally activatable by a person other than the person speaking, pushbutton device locally or remotely activatable, device remotely activatable by a person other than the person speaking, device remotely activatable by a remote activation device, device voice activatable by voice activation apparatus.
103. The system of claim 91 further comprising
a container of added material in material communication with the ejector.
104. The system of claim 91 wherein the added material system ejects the added material as a stream, mist, or spray.
105. The system of claim 91 further comprising a lips blocker connected to the system.
106. A system comprising
a cellphone with a sound receiving system,
the sound receiving system having a sound receiver positionable near the mouth of a person,
an added material system connected to the cellphone,
the added material system including an ejector for ejecting added material adjacent the mouth of the person,
an activator for activating the ejector, and
a container of added material in material communication with the ejector for supplying added material to the ejector.
107. The system of claim 106 further comprising a lips blocker connected to the cellphone.
108. The system of claim 106 wherein the activator is activatable automatically, and wherein the activator is activated by one of voice, movement, temperature, and pressure.
109. The system of claim 106 wherein the activator is activated when the person's breath is expelled.
110. The system of claim 106 wherein the activator is one of: device locally activatable by the person speaking, device locally activatable by a person other than the person speaking, pushbutton device locally or remotely activatable, device remotely activatable by a person other than the person speaking, device remotely activatable by a remote activation device, device voice activatable by voice activation apparatus.
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