US 10,732,721 B1Granted

Mixed reality glasses used to operate a device touch freely

OwnerSigmund Lindsay Clementsinventor

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Abstract

Mixed reality glasses allow, a user to input into the glasses, to operate a device sanitarily. The glasses are connected, to the device wirelessly. The user views holograms in mid-aid air, while looking through the glasses. The holograms are input buttons, for the device. The user's input into the glasses, activates the holographic input buttons. User input devices in the glasses detect the user's input. User input devices include, an eye tracker, a voice recognition device, an eye gaze and hand gesture input device, a touch input device, and a thought input device. The devices operated by the glasses, may include, an elevator, a smart toilet, and a medical device. The user operates the device, touch freely, without touching the device's physical input buttons. Contact with harmful bacteria is deceased by operating the device, touch freely, which avoids bacteria, that may be on the device's input buttons.

Claims18

Dependent claims

Glasses connected to a device, the glasses being mixed reality glasses comprising,

the glasses have a glasses computer,
the device has a device computer,
the glasses computer is wirelessly connected to the device computer,
the device has a plurality of operations that are different from each other,
a touch system comprising a plurality of transducers,
the transducers create a haptic touch feel in midair,
the haptic touch feel is located at a predetermined distance from the transducers,
the glasses display input icons in midair,
the glasses are configured to position the input icons at the same location as the midair touch,
the input icons are positioned to be contacted by a finger of a user,
the glasses display information about the operation of the device in midair,
the input icons and information are viewable by the user while the user wears the glasses,
the glasses have a sensor,
the sensor is positioned to detect contact of the finger of the user with one of the input icons,
a detection of a touch of one of the input icons is associated to an activation of the input icon detected being touched,
each input icon displays one of the operations of the device,
each of the displayed operations is associated to the operation of the device that is displayed,
an activation of one of the input icons is associated to an activation of the operation of the device that the input icon is associated to,
the activated operation of the device is displayed by the information.

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A method for operating a device with glasses, the glasses being mixed reality glasses, comprising,

displaying information about an operation of the device in midair, with the glasses configured to display information about an operation of the device in midair, the information viewable by a user,
creating a haptic touch in midair, with a plurality of transducers producing the haptic touch in midair, the haptic touch is located at a predetermined distance from the transducers,
displaying input icons at the location of the haptic touch, with the glasses configured to locate the input icons at the location of the haptic touch,
labeling one the of the input icons with an operation of the device that an activation of the input icon is associated to activating, with the device having operations that are different from each other,
touching one of the input icons, with the input icons positioned to be able to be touched,
detecting the touch of one of the input icons by the user, with a sensor in the glasses positioned to view the touch of the input icons, the glasses configured to detect the touch of one of the input icons,
connecting the glasses wirelessly to the device, with a wireless connection between the glasses and the device,
activating the input icon detected being touched, with an association of the detection of the touch of one of the input icons to an activation of the input icon detected being touched,
activating the device operation associated to the activated input icon, with an association of the activation of the input icon to an activation of the operation of the device that is labeled by the input icon,
displaying the activated operation of the device by the displayed information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/253,913Filed 1 Sep 2016 · continuation in part
Priority: 28 Feb 2015
Granted: 4 Aug 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification32 codes

G06F 3/017
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a…
B66B 1/468
Adaptations of switches or switchgear: call registering systems
G02B 27/0093
Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00: with means for monitoring data relating to the…
G02B 27/0172
Head mounted: characterised by optical features