CN220108199U - Wearable equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of wearing products, and relates to a wearable device, which comprises a wearing body, wherein a containing cavity is arranged in the wearing body; a hearing aid housing; the audio component comprises a receiver, a loudspeaker, a radio microphone, an audio processor and a wireless signal transmission module; the receiver and the loudspeaker are arranged on the hearing-aid shell so as to form a hearing-aid device which is detachably arranged in the cavity together with the hearing-aid shell; the radio microphone, the audio processor and the wireless signal transmission module are arranged on the wearing body; after the sound receiving microphone receives the background sound, the audio processor can process an audio signal corresponding to the background sound and transmit the processed signal to the receiver through the wireless signal transmission module so as to be used for the loudspeaker to transmit sound; the wearable device has high universality, and the radio microphone and the loudspeaker are respectively arranged on the wearing body and the hearing aid device, so that the feedback wave between the radio microphone and the loudspeaker can be effectively cut off, and the hearing aid device is prevented from howling.

Description

Wearable equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of wearable products, in particular to wearable equipment.

Background

A wearable device is a portable device that is worn directly on the body, or integrated into the clothing or accessories of the user. While wearable devices bring about great transition to life, perception, etc. of people with continuous development of technology, the popularity of most wearable devices is still not high at present.

For example, brooch is used as a ornament to be worn on the coat, and although the brooch has a certain decoration effect on the corresponding position of the upper body, only a part of users with high requirements on life quality usually select to purchase and use because of not having excessive other functional effects, price, modeling, materials and other factors.

In addition, according to the second data of the sampling survey of the nationwide disabled people, hearing impairment can cover the whole population, wherein the old people are the people needing to pay attention to, specifically, the senile deafness occupies the first place of the disabled cause of the hearing disability in China, and the requirement of configuring hearing aids for the old is increasing in face of the current situation of increasing aging.

As is well known, a hearing aid is a small loudspeaker that amplifies an inaudible sound and then uses the residual hearing of the hearing impaired to deliver the sound to the brain auditory center to sense the sound. However, the existing hearing aids generally have the problem of howling (howling is also called echo amplification, and echo amplification refers to the phenomenon that amplified sound reaches a microphone to be amplified again due to leakage), and although various methods based on time and space processing have been developed to solve the problem of howling, these methods are limited by the size and power supply of the hearing aid, so that performance is limited, and the problem of howling cannot be effectively solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the utility model provides a wearable device, which aims to solve the technical problems that the conventional wearable device is low in universality and the howling problem of a hearing aid is difficult to solve.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the embodiments of the present utility model provide a wearable device, which adopts the following technical schemes:

the wearable device includes: the wearable body is internally provided with a containing cavity; a hearing aid housing; the audio component comprises a receiver, a loudspeaker, a radio microphone, an audio processor and a wireless signal transmission module; the receiver and the loudspeaker are arranged on the hearing aid shell so as to form a hearing aid device which is detachably arranged in the containing cavity together with the hearing aid shell; the radio microphone, the audio processor and the wireless signal transmission module are arranged on the wearing body; after the sound receiving microphone receives the background sound, the audio processor can process an audio signal corresponding to the background sound and transmit the processed signal to the receiver through the wireless signal transmission module so as to be used for the loudspeaker to transmit sound.

In the wearable device of an embodiment of the utility model, the accommodating cavity comprises a charging bin, the wearable device further comprises a charging module, and the hearing aid device is detachably arranged in the charging bin and can be charged through the charging module.

In the wearable device according to an embodiment of the present utility model, the hearing devices are provided with a pair; the charging bin is provided with two, so as to respectively accommodate the two adaptive hearing aid devices.

In the wearable device of an embodiment of the utility model, a charging port is provided at the bottom end of the wearable body, and the charging port is connected with the charging module.

In the wearable device of an embodiment of the present utility model, the charging module is a magnetic charging module with magnetism; the hearing aid device is magnetically accommodated in the charging bin.

In the wearable device according to an embodiment of the present utility model, the wearable device further includes a positioning component, where the positioning component includes a first GPS module and a second GPS module that are in signal connection with the wireless signal transmission module, the first GPS module is disposed on the wearable body, and the second GPS module is disposed on a hearing-aid housing of the hearing-aid device.

In the wearable device according to an embodiment of the present utility model, the audio component further includes a volume adjustment button and a control component, where the volume adjustment button is disposed on the wearable body in an exposed manner and connects the control component and the audio processor; the control component is arranged in the wearing body and is also connected with the audio processor and the wireless signal transmission module.

In the wearable device of an embodiment of the present utility model, the audio component further includes a noise reduction module, and the noise reduction module is disposed in the cavity and connected to the control component, so as to perform noise reduction processing on the background sound received by the radio microphone.

In the wearable device according to an embodiment of the present utility model, the wearable body is a brooch, and the brooch includes a bottom shell and a face shell, and the face shell and the bottom shell are mutually covered and jointly enclose the accommodating cavity; the shell wall of the side, facing away from the bottom shell, is provided with the sound receiving microphone, and the shell wall of the side, facing towards the bottom shell, is provided with the audio processor and the wireless signal transmission module; the charging bin is concavely arranged on the face shell and the bottom shell, and the charging module is arranged at a position corresponding to the charging bin.

In the wearable device according to an embodiment of the utility model, one side of the face shell is pivoted to the bottom shell in a rotating manner.

Compared with the prior art, the wearable equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model has the following main beneficial effects:

according to the wearable device, the receiver and the loudspeaker are arranged on the hearing aid shell, the radio microphone, the audio processor and the wireless signal transmission module are arranged on the wearing body, and the receiver, the loudspeaker and the hearing aid shell jointly form a hearing aid device for a user to detach from the wearing body; and the background sound of the surrounding environment is received through the radio microphone, the audio signal corresponding to the background sound is amplified, frequency modulated and the like through the audio processor, the processed signal is transmitted to a receiver in the hearing aid device through the wireless signal transmission module, and the sound is played through the loudspeaker, so that the hearing aid function of the hearing aid device is realized. Because the radio microphone and the loudspeaker are respectively arranged on the wearing body and the hearing aid shell, when in use, the radio microphone and the loudspeaker are positioned at different use parts of a user and are separated, so that feedback waves generated between the radio microphone and the loudspeaker are effectively cut off, amplified sounds are prevented from being amplified again by the microphone, the defect of cyclic superposition of the feedback waves generated between the radio microphone and the loudspeaker is further overcome, and the problem of howling generated by a hearing aid device is effectively prevented; meanwhile, as the hearing aid device has a certain audience group, and the wearable device has the functions of decoration and hearing aid, the wearable device has various functions, more audience groups and high universality.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the solution of the present utility model, a brief description will be given below of the drawings required for the description of the embodiments, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art. Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the perspective structure of a wearable device in one embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic and simplified illustration of the structure of the bottom shell of the wearable device of fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the mechanism of the face-piece of the wearable device of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a hearing aid device of the wearable apparatus of fig. 1.

The reference numerals in the drawings are as follows:

100. a wearable device;

1. wearing a body/brooch; 11. a face shell; 12. a bottom case; 121. a charging port; 13. a cavity; 131. a charging bin;

2. a hearing aid device; 21. a hearing aid housing;

3. an audio component; 31. a speaker; 32. a radio microphone; 33. an audio processor; 34. a wireless signal transmission module; 35. a volume adjustment button; 36. a control assembly; 37. a noise reduction module;

4. a charging module; 41. a second energy storage cell; 42. a charging contact post; 43. a charging hole;

5. a positioning assembly; 51. a first GPS module.

Detailed Description

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs; the terms used in the specification are used herein for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and are not intended to limit the present utility model, for example, the orientations or positions indicated by the terms "length", "width", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are orientations or positions based on the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description and are not to be construed as limiting the present utility model.

The terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description of the utility model and the claims and the description of the drawings above are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion; the terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims or in the above-described figures, are used for distinguishing between different objects and not necessarily for describing a sequential or chronological order. The meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more, unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description of the utility model and the claims and the above figures, when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "mounted" or "disposed" or "connected" to another element, it can be directly or indirectly on the other element. For example, when an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly or indirectly connected to the other element.

Furthermore, references herein to "an embodiment" mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present utility model. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a wearable device 100, as shown in fig. 1, the wearable device 100 comprises a wearable body 1, a hearing-aid shell 21 and an audio component 3, wherein a cavity 13 is formed in the wearable body 1.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the audio component 3 includes a receiver (not shown), a speaker 31, a radio microphone 32, an audio processor 33, and a wireless signal transmission module 34; the receiver and the speaker 31 are both disposed on the hearing aid housing 21, and the receiver is connected with the speaker 31, and forms a hearing aid device 2 together with the speaker 31 and the hearing aid housing 21, and the hearing aid device 2 is detachably mounted in the cavity 13. Correspondingly, the radio microphone 32, the audio processor 33 and the wireless signal transmission module 34 are all disposed on the wearing body 1. The wireless signal transmission module 34 is respectively connected to the radio microphone 32 and the audio processor 33.

It should be noted that the receiver may be disposed at an appropriate position in the hearing aid device 2 according to specific needs, and thus is not shown in the drawings.

In order to realize the hearing function of the hearing device 2, after the receiving microphone 32 receives the background sound, the audio processor 33 may process the audio signal corresponding to the background sound, and transmit the processed audio signal to the receiver through the wireless signal transmission module 34, so that the speaker 31 transmits the sound to the human ear, so as to realize that the background sound of the environment where the user is located is amplified, adjusted, etc. through the cooperation of the elements distributed on the hearing shell 21 and the wearing body 1, and is transmitted to the auditory center of the brain of the user, so that the user perceives the sound.

It can be understood that, in the wearable device of the present embodiment, the hearing device 2 mainly includes the hearing shell 21, the receiver and the speaker 32, and the hearing device 2 itself cannot realize the hearing function alone, such as the transmission and conversion of the sound cannot be completed, but the hearing function can be completed only by combining other components in the audio component 3 mounted on the wearable body 1.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the receiver may have the capability of demodulating the digital signal and mutually converting the digital signal and the audio signal; the audio processor 33 may have functions of audio amplification, frequency modulation, noise reduction, etc., and may be specifically determined according to actual needs. For example, the audio processor 33 may preferably be an audio amplifier. The wireless signal transmission module 34 may have a wireless signal transmission function, and may preferably be a bluetooth module, but may also be other wireless communication modules such as a Wi-Fi module, which can implement mutual conversion between audio signals and digital signals.

In summary, compared with the prior art, the wearable device has at least the following beneficial effects:

the wearable device 100 sets the receiver and the speaker 31 on the hearing aid housing 21, sets the radio microphone 32, the audio processor 33 and the wireless signal transmission module 34 on the wearing body 1, and enables the receiver, the speaker 31 and the hearing aid housing 21 to form a hearing aid device 2 together for a user to detach from the wearing body; the background sound of the surrounding environment is received by the sound receiving microphone 32, the audio signal corresponding to the background sound is amplified, frequency modulated and the like by the audio processor 33, the processed signal is transmitted to a receiver in the hearing aid device by the wireless signal transmission module 34, and the sound is played by the loudspeaker 31, so that the hearing aid function of the hearing aid device 2 is realized.

Because the radio microphone 32 and the loudspeaker 31 are respectively arranged on the wearing body 1 and the hearing aid shell 21, when in use, the radio microphone 32 and the loudspeaker 31 are positioned on different use parts of a user and are separated, so that feedback waves generated between the radio microphone 32 and the loudspeaker 31 are effectively cut off, amplified sound is prevented from being returned to be amplified again by the microphone, the defect of cyclic superposition of the feedback waves generated between the radio microphone 32 and the loudspeaker 31 is further overcome, and the problem that a hearing aid device generates howling is effectively prevented.

Meanwhile, the hearing aid device 2 has a certain audience group, and the wearable equipment 100 has the functions of decoration and hearing aid, so that the wearable equipment 100 has various functions, more audience groups and high universality.

In order to better understand the solution of the present utility model by those skilled in the art, the following description will clearly and completely describe the solution of the embodiment of the present utility model with reference to fig. 1 to 4.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, in order to facilitate charging the hearing device 2, the cavity 13 includes a charging bin 131, and correspondingly, the wearable apparatus 100 further includes a charging module 4, where the hearing device 2 is detachably mounted in the charging bin 131 and can be charged by the charging module 4. It will be appreciated that the user can take out the hearing aid device 2 from the charging bin 131 for use, and when the user does not need to use, the user can store the hearing aid device 2 into the charging bin 131 and charge the hearing aid device through the charging module 4 in the charging bin 131.

In particular, in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the hearing devices 2 are provided with a pair, and correspondingly, the charging bins 131 are provided in two, wherein the two hearing devices 200 can be accommodated in the corresponding charging bins 131, and the hearing housings 2 of the two hearing devices 2 are adapted to the corresponding charging bins 131 _。 Further, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4, in order to charge the hearing aid device 2 through the charging module 4, a charging port 121 is provided at the bottom end of the wearable body 1, wherein the charging port 121 is connected to the charging module 4.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the charging module 4 includes a first energy storage battery (not shown in the drawings, the first energy storage battery may be disposed at a suitable position in the hearing device 2 according to specific needs, and thus is not shown in the drawings) and a second energy storage battery 41, where the first energy storage battery is disposed in the hearing device 2, the second energy storage battery 41 is disposed in the cavity 13, and the second energy storage battery 41 is electrically connected to the charging port 121 and provides electric energy for the second energy storage battery 41 and the first energy storage battery through the charging port 121. Specifically, the first energy storage battery provides electric energy to the hearing device 2, and the second energy storage battery 41 can also provide electric energy to the first energy storage battery. Thus, when the hearing aid device 2 is placed in the charging bin 131, if the charging port 121 is connected with the mains supply, the first energy storage battery can be directly charged by the mains supply; if the charging port 121 is not connected to the mains supply, the first energy storage battery can also be directly charged through the second energy storage battery, so as to ensure that the hearing device 2 can be charged as soon as possible, and further ensure the cruising ability thereof.

Still further, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4, in order to ensure that the charging module 4 has a charging function, the charging module 4 further includes a charging contact post 44 and a charging hole 45, wherein the charging contact post 44 is disposed at the bottom end of the charging bin 131, the charging hole 45 is disposed at the bottom end of the hearing device 2 and corresponds to the charging contact post 44 one by one, and the charging contact post 44 is electrically connected with the charging hole 45. It should be noted that, the charging contact post 44 is electrically connected with the first energy storage battery through the charging hole 45, the second energy storage battery 41 is electrically connected with the charging contact post 44, and provides electric energy for the first energy storage battery through the charging contact post 44, so that when the hearing device 2 is accommodated in the charging bin 131, the second energy storage battery 41 can charge the first energy storage battery in the hearing device 2, so as to realize continuous power supply of the first energy storage battery to the hearing device 2, and ensure that the hearing device 2 can be used for a long time even without an external power supply.

In addition, for the better holding of convenient hearing aid device 2 is charged in the storehouse 131 that charges, and the module 4 that charges is inhaled for having magnetism to charge for magnetism, and the holding is inhaled to hearing aid device 2 magnetism and is placed in the storehouse 131 that charges, like this, hearing aid device 2 can be accomodate in the storehouse 131 that charges firmly, and can not drop at will.

Further, in order to make the wearable device 100 have an anti-lost function, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the wearable device 100 further includes a positioning assembly 5, where the positioning assembly 5 includes a first GPS module 51 and a second GPS module (not shown in the drawings, the second GPS module may be disposed at a proper position in the hearing device 2 according to the need, and therefore not shown in the drawings), the first GPS module 51 is disposed in the cavity 13, the second GPS module is disposed in the hearing device 2, and both the first GPS module 51 and the second GPS module are in signal connection with the wireless signal transmission module 34.

Thus, when the wearing body 1 and the hearing aid device 2 are lost, the wireless signal transmission module 34 can receive the positioning signals transmitted by the first GPS module 51 and the second GPS module and transmit the received positioning signals to the mobile equipment, and the lost wearing body 1 and the lost hearing aid device 2 are correspondingly found through the mobile equipment, so that the positioning function of the wearable equipment is realized.

It should be noted that, the first GPS module 51 and the second GPS module transmit positioning signals separately, for example, when the wearable body 1 is lost, the corresponding position can be found by the positioning signals transmitted by the first GPS module, or when the hearing device 2 is lost, the corresponding position can be found by the positioning signals transmitted by the second GPS module 52, so as to realize the positioning function of the positioning component 5.

Further, as a specific implementation manner in some embodiments of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 3, the audio component 3 further includes a volume adjusting button 35 and a control component 36, where the volume adjusting button 35 is disposed on a side wall of the wearing body 1 in an exposed manner, the control component 36 is disposed in the cavity 13, the volume adjusting button 35 is connected to the control component 36, and the control component 36 is in signal connection with the audio processor 33 and the wireless signal transmission module 34; the volume adjustment button 35 may control the audio processor 33 to amplify or reduce the audio signal delivered by the sound pickup microphone 32 through the control unit 36.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, the audio component 3 further includes a noise reduction module 37, the noise reduction module 37 is disposed in the cavity 13, and the noise reduction module 37 is connected with the radio microphone 32; the noise reduction module 37 performs noise reduction on the background sound collected by the sound receiving microphone 32 to eliminate or reduce noise interference in the original background sound, and transmits the processed audio signal to the audio processor 33 to enhance the hearing aid effect of the hearing aid device 2.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in particular, in this embodiment, the wearable device 100 has a body 1 that is a brooch 1, and it is understood that the brooch 1 is a carrier of a hearing device 2 in the wearable device 100 in addition to an ornament body of the wearable device 100. In other embodiments, the carrier of the hearing device 2, i.e. the wearing body 1, may also be the body of a wristwatch, the body of a bracelet, etc.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the brooch 1 includes a bottom shell 11 and a face shell 12, one side of the face shell 11 is pivoted on the bottom shell 12 in a rotating manner, and the face shell 11 and the bottom shell 12 are mutually covered and jointly enclose the accommodating cavity 13. Specifically, a part of the charging bin 131 is concavely arranged on the surface shell 11, and the other part is concavely arranged on the bottom shell 12, so that the surface shell 11 and the bottom shell 12 are combined together to form the completed charging bin 131. Of course, in other embodiments, the charging bin 131 may also be recessed directly on the face housing 11 or the bottom housing 12 to form the completed charging bin 131 directly on the face housing 11 or the bottom housing 12 alone.

Further, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, in the wearing body (specifically, brooch) 1, the charging contact post 44 is disposed at the bottom end of the charging bin 131 on the bottom shell 12, the radio microphone 32 is disposed on the wall of the side of the face shell 11 facing away from the bottom shell 12, and the audio processor 33 and the wireless signal transmission module 34 are disposed on the wall of the side facing toward the bottom shell 12.

In summary, in the present embodiment, the hearing device 2 operates according to the following principle: the receiving microphone 32 on the wearable body 1, such as a brooch, receives background sounds of surrounding environment, and transmits the received background sounds to the audio processor 33, the audio processor 33 amplifies, modulates and the like the audio signals transmitted by the receiving microphone 32 in real time, and transmits the processed audio signals to the wireless signal transmission module 34, the wireless signal transmission module 34 transmits the signals to a receiver in the hearing aid device 2 used by a user, and the receiver transmits the sounds to human ears through the loudspeaker 31 so as to realize hearing aid functions of the hearing aid device. In the process that the sound receiving microphone 32 transmits the background sound to the audio processor 33, the noise reduction module 37 performs noise reduction processing on the background sound collected by the sound receiving microphone 32, so as to reduce the influence of noise on the hearing aid device 2; in the process that the audio processor 33 transmits the processed audio signal to the wireless signal transmission module 34, the volume adjusting button 35 can be adjusted, so that the audio processor 33 is controlled to amplify or reduce the audio signal transmitted by the radio microphone 32 through the control component 36, and the hearing device 2 is more humanized. In addition, the charging module 4 provides electric energy for the hearing device 2 so as to ensure that the hearing device 2 can be used for a long time even if no external power supply exists; the positioning component 5 positions the wearing body 1 such as the brooch and the hearing aid device 2 in real time, so that the user cannot find the wearing body 1 such as the brooch and the hearing aid device 2 when the wearing body is lost.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the utility model and is not intended to limit the utility model. Various modifications and variations of the present utility model will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present utility model should be included in the scope of the claims of the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A wearable device, the wearable device comprising:

the wearable body is internally provided with a containing cavity;

a hearing aid housing;

the audio component comprises a receiver, a loudspeaker, a radio microphone, an audio processor and a wireless signal transmission module; the receiver and the loudspeaker are arranged on the hearing aid shell so as to form a hearing aid device which is detachably arranged in the containing cavity together with the hearing aid shell; the radio microphone, the audio processor and the wireless signal transmission module are arranged on the wearing body;

after the sound receiving microphone receives the background sound, the audio processor can process an audio signal corresponding to the background sound and transmit the processed signal to the receiver through the wireless signal transmission module so as to be used for the loudspeaker to transmit sound.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the cavity comprises a charging bin, the wearable device further comprises a charging module, and the hearing device is detachably mounted in the charging bin and can be charged through the charging module.

3. The wearable apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the hearing aid device is provided with a pair; the charging bin is provided with two, so as to respectively accommodate the two adaptive hearing aid devices.

4. The wearable device of claim 2, wherein a charging port is provided at the bottom end of the wearable body, and the charging port is connected with the charging module.

5. The wearable device according to claim 2, wherein the charging module is a magnetic charging module having magnetism; the hearing aid device is magnetically accommodated in the charging bin.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a positioning assembly comprising a first GPS module and a second GPS module in signal connection with the wireless signal transmission module, the first GPS module disposed in the wearable body, the second GPS module disposed in a hearing aid housing of the hearing aid device.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the audio component further comprises a volume adjustment button and a control component, the volume adjustment button being disposed on the wearable body in an exposed manner and connecting the control component and the audio processor; the control component is arranged in the wearing body and is also connected with the audio processor and the wireless signal transmission module.

8. The wearable device of claim 7, wherein the audio component further comprises a noise reduction module disposed in the cavity and connected to the control component to reduce noise of background sounds received by the sound receiving microphone.

9. The wearable device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the wearable body is a brooch, the brooch comprising a bottom shell and a face shell, the face shell and the bottom shell being mutually covered and jointly enclosing the cavity; the shell wall of the side, facing away from the bottom shell, is provided with the sound receiving microphone, and the shell wall of the side, facing towards the bottom shell, is provided with the audio processor and the wireless signal transmission module; the charging bin is concavely arranged on the face shell and the bottom shell, and the charging module is arranged at a position corresponding to the charging bin.

10. The wearable device of claim 9, wherein one side of the face housing is pivotally connected to the bottom housing.