US 10,948,717 B1Granted

Reducing boot time and power consumption in wearable display systems

AssigneeSnap Inc.

InventorsAlex Bamberger, Peter Brook, Nicolas Dahlquist, Matthew Hanover, Russell Douglas Patton, Jonathan M Rodriguez, II

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Abstract

One aspect disclosed is a method including determining a location from a positioning system receiver, determining, using a hardware processor and the location, that the location is approaching a path of direction of visual direction information, displaying the visual direction information on a display of a wearable device in response to the determining, determining, using the positioning system receiver, whether the turn of the visual direction information has been made, determining, by the hardware processor, a first period of time for display of the content data based on whether the turn of the visual direction information has been made, powering on the display and displaying, using the display, content data for the first period of time, turning off the display and the hardware processor following display of the content data.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A first device, comprising:

first wireless circuitry on the first device configured to:
establish a wireless connection using the first wireless circuitry with a client device;
receive, from the client device via the wireless connection, an instruction to display content data on the first device;
receive the content data from the client device via the wireless connection;
in response to receiving the content data, communicate a power-on query to the client device via the wireless connection;
receive a response from the client device comprising instructions to power on processing circuitry and second wireless circuitry on the first device;
initiate booting the processing circuitry in response to the response from the client device, and the
processing circuitry on the first device being configured to:
power on the second wireless circuitry in response to the response from the client device;
determine a first period of time to display the content data;
power on a display on the first device and display, using the display on the first device, the content data received from the client device for the first period of time;
turn off the display following display of the content data for the first period of time;
and
turn off the processing circuitry following display of the content data for the first period of time.

11 more elements

A method comprising:

establishing, by a first device using first wireless circuitry, a wireless connection with a client device;
receiving, from the client device via the wireless connection, an instruction to display content data on the first device;
receiving, by the first device, the content data from the client device via the wireless connection;
in response to receiving the content data, communicating a power-on query to the client device via the wireless connection;
receiving a response from the client device comprising instructions to power on processing circuitry and second wireless circuitry on the first device;
booting the processing circuitry in response to the response from the client device;
powering on the second wireless circuitry in response to the response from the client device;
determining a first period of time to display the content data;
powering on a display on the first device and displaying, using the display, the content data received from the client device for the first period of time;
turning off the display following display of the content data for the first period of time;
and
turning off the processing circuitry following display of the content data for the first period of time.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/288,041Filed 27 Feb 2019 · continuation
Priority: 23 Mar 2015
Granted: 16 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification23 codes

G02B 27/01
Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00: head-up displays
G02C 11/10
Non-optical adjuncts; Attachment thereof: electronic devices other than hearing aids
G06F 1/163
For portable computers: wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
G06F 1/32
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: means for saving power

Family

Application14/665,964Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Mar 2015
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