WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EARPIECE

摘要

A method and apparatus for a wireless communication earpiece. The wireless communication earpiece comprises an earbud and an electronics portion. A manual selection of one of a left ear and a right ear position of the earbud is conveyed to the electronics portion by one of an electrical and mechanical means. In some embodiments, a right antenna element is electrically coupled (activated) to a transceiver when the right ear position is selected and a left antenna element is activated when the left ear position is selected. In some embodiments, an antenna element is coupled to the transceiver and the antenna element is rotated to a right side (activated) of the earpiece when the right ear position is selected and the antenna element is rotated to a left side (activated) of the earpiece when the left ear position is selected.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
an earbud that is rotatably coupled to and projects from a low front end of an earpiece, wherein the earbud has at least two manually selectable rotational positions, wherein the two manually selectable rotational positions are a right ear position and a left ear position; and an electronics portion of the earpiece that comprises a housing, a transceiver, a right antenna element disposed proximate a right side of the housing, and a left antenna element disposed proximate a left side of the housing, wherein, in response to a manual selection of the right ear position, the right antenna element is at an outer side of the earpiece and selectively coupled to the transceiver, and in response to a manual selection of the left ear position, the left antenna element is at an outer side of the earpiece and selectively coupled to the transceiver.