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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vijay L. Asrani, Round Lake, IL (US);
Peter Nanni, Algonquin, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
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.