Eyewear device mode indication
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorMatthew Hanover
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Abstract
An electronics-enabled eyewear device includes a mode indicator comprising a series of light emitters arranged on a forward-facing surface of the eyewear device, for example being provided by a ring of LEDs arranged peripherally about a camera lens opening in a front surface of an eyewear frame. The mode indicator automatically displays different visual indications corresponding to different modes of operation or states of the eyewear device. One visual indication provides an animated pattern of circulating LEDs during video capture by the eyewear device.
Claims16
An eyewear device comprising:
- an eyewear frame;
- a camera incorporated in the eyewear frame;
- a mode indicator comprising a series of light emitters mounted on an outwardly-directed surface of the eyewear frame;
- and
- a controller incorporated in the eyewear frame in communication with the mode indicator, the controller being configured to:
- detect activation of a video capture mode of the camera;
- and
- during operation of the camera in the video capture mode, cause display by the mode indicator of a visual indication corresponding to the video capture mode of the camera, the visual indication comprising an animation pattern performed by the series of light emitters.
A method comprising:
- using one or more computer processing devices incorporated in an eyewear device, detecting activation of a video capture mode of a camera incorporated in the eyewear device;
- and
- during operation of the camera in the video capture mode, causing display of a visual indication corresponding to the video capture mode by a mode indicator comprising a series of light emitters mounted on an outwardly directed surface of the eyewear device, the visual indication comprising performance of an animation pattern by the series of light emitters.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a machine, when executing the instructions, to perform operations comprising:
- using one or more computer processing devices incorporated in an eyewear device, detecting activation of a video capture mode of a camera incorporated in the eyewear device;
- and
- during operation of the camera in the video capture mode, causing display of a visual indication corresponding to the video capture mode by a mode indicator comprising a series of light emitters mounted on an outwardly directed surface of the eyewear device, the visual indication comprising performance of an animation pattern by the series of light emitters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.