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Wearable apparatus and methods for processing images to identify contextual situations

AssigneeOrCam Technologies Ltd.

InventorsYonatan Wexler, Amnon Shashua

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Abstract

A wearable apparatus is provided for capturing and processing images from an environment of a user. In one implementation, the wearable apparatus is used for identifying a contextual situation related to a wearer. The wearable apparatus includes a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of the wearer. The wearable apparatus further includes at least one processing device. The at least one processing device is programmed to analyze the plurality of images to identify the contextual situation related to the wearer; determine information associated with the contextual situation; and cause the transmitter to transmit the determined information to a device paired with the wearable apparatus to cause the paired device to provide at least one alert to the wearer based on the determined information associated with the contextual situation.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A wearable apparatus for identifying contextual situations related to a user wearing the wearable apparatus, the wearable apparatus comprising:

a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of the user wearing the wearable apparatus;
a transmitter;
and
at least one processing device programmed to:
analyze the plurality of images to identify a first contextual situation related to the user wearing the wearable apparatus;
use the plurality of images to determine information associated with the first contextual situation related to the user wearing the wearable apparatus;
use at least of one image-information from previously obtained images and additional information from one or more sources to improve a certainty level in the identification of the first contextual situation;
cause the transmitter to transmit the determined information to a device paired with the wearable apparatus through a short-range communication link to cause the paired device to provide at least one alert to the user wearing the wearable apparatus based on the determined information associated with the first contextual situation identified in the plurality of images;
analyze at least one image captured by the wearable image sensor to identify a second contextual situation related to the user wearing the wearable apparatus;
determine a time difference between the first contextual situation and the second contextual situation;
and
based on the first contextual situation, image-information associated with the second contextual situation, and a comparison of the determined time difference with a predetermined threshold associated with the first contextual situation, withhold transmission to the paired device of alerts associated with the second contextual situation.

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Facts

Application: 15/495,650Filed 24 Apr 2017 · continuation
Priority: 6 Jan 2016
Published: US 2017/0193304 A110 Aug 2017
Granted: 13 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification51 codes

G06F 3/167
Sound input; Sound output: audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
G05B 15/02
Systems controlled by a computer: electric
G06F 1/163
For portable computers: wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
G06F 3/002
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: specific…

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Application62/275,531Us provisional application · filed 6 Jan 2016
Application15/399,310Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Jan 2017
US 2017/0228596 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Aug 2017
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US 2017/0193304 A1Published application
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