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US 10,509,466 B1Granted
Headwear with computer and optical element for use therewith and systems utilizing same
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorsErick Miller, Jonathan Rodriguez
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Abstract
An apparatus for mounting on a head including a frame, A face-wearable near-ocular optics and a micro-display for displaying data in front of the eyes is provided. A computing device is coupled to the micro-display. At least one sensor is coupled to the computing device for receiving biometric human information.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a support structure for mounting on the head of a user;
- a microcomputer carried by the support structure;
- an inwardly-facing camera mounted on the support structure, the inwardly-facing camera producing eye tracking video of an eye that is processed by the microcomputer, wherein the microcomputer processes the eye tracking video to track pupil position;
- an outwardly-facing camera mounted on the support structure, the outwardly-facing camera capturing images similar to images capturable by the left and right eyes of the user;
- a display mounted on the support structure, wherein the microcomputer generates an image stream from the captured images of the outwardly-facing camera and causes the image stream to be displayed on the display as displayed data, wherein the microcomputer further alters the displayed data to cause a rendered object in the displayed data to move according to an eye movement of the user, based on the tracked pupil position;
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- a transceiver coupled with the microcomputer, wherein the microcomputer executes a first part of a procedure to extract data from images captured by the outwardly-facing camera, and sends a second part of the procedure to a mobile computer via the transceiver for execution of the second part of the procedure on the mobile computer, the result of the second part of the procedure made available to the microcomputer.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a support structure for mounting on the head of a user:
- a microcomputer carried by the support structure;
- an inwardly-facing camera mounted on the support structure, the inwardly-facing camera producing eye tracking video of an eye that is processed by the microcomputer, wherein the microcomputer processes the eye tracking video to track pupil position;
- a sensor fusion controller to combine data from a plurality of sensors, wherein the sensor fusion controller combines the data from the plurality of sensors using a Kalman filter;
- an outwardly-facing camera mounted on the support structure, the outwardly-facing camera capturing images similar to images capturable by the left and right eyes of the user;
- a display mounted on the support structure, wherein the microcomputer generates an image stream from the captured images of the outwardly-facing camera and causes the image stream to be displayed on the display as displayed data, wherein the microcomputer further alters the displayed data to cause a rendered object in the displayed data to move according to an eye movement of the user, based on the tracked pupil position;
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- a transceiver coupled with the microcomputer, wherein the microcomputer executes a first part of a procedure to extract data from images captured by the outwardly-facing camera, and sends a second part of the procedure to a mobile computer via the transceiver for execution of the second part of the procedure on the mobile computer, the result of the second part of the procedure made available to the microcomputer.
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A method comprising:
- producing, using an inwardly-facing camera of an apparatus for mounting on the head of a user, an eye tracking video of an eye;
- processing, h a microcomputer of the apparatus, the eye tracking video to track pupil position;
- capturing, using an outwardly-facing camera of the apparatus, images similar to images captured by the left and right eyes of the user;
- generating, by the microcomputer of the apparatus, an image stream from the captured images of the outwardly-facing camera;
- causing, by the microcomputer of the apparatus, the image stream to be displayed on a display of the apparatus as displayed data;
- altering, by the microcomputer of the apparatus, the displayed data to cause a rendered object of the displayed data to move according to an eye movement of the user, based on the tracked pupil position;
- executing, by the microcomputer of the apparatus, a first part of a procedure to extract data from images captured by the outwardly-facing camera of the apparatus;
- determining, by the microcomputer of the apparatus, a mobile computer to execute a second part of the procedure;
- transmitting, by the microcomputer of the apparatus, the second part of the procedure to the mobile computer for execution of the second part of the procedure OD the mobile computer;
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- receiving, by the microcomputer of the apparatus, a result of the execution of the second part of the procedure from the mobile computer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.