Eyewear device with finger activated touch sensor
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorJulio Cesar Castañeda
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Abstract
An eyewear device includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, a processor, and an image display. The eyewear device further includes a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes an input surface and a sensor array that is coupled to the input surface to receive at least one finger contact inputted from a user. The sensor array can be a capacitive array or a resistive array. A sensing circuit is configured to measure voltage to track the at least one finger contact on the input surface. The processor of the eyewear device can identify a finger gesture based on at least one detected touch event, and adjust an image presented on the image display based on the identified finger gesture.
Claims20
An eyewear device including:
- a frame;
- an image display;
- a processor;
- a circuit board;
- a touch sensor disposed on the circuit board, the touch sensor including an input surface and a sensor array that is coupled to the input surface to receive at least one finger contact inputted from a user;
- a sensing circuit integrated into or connected to the touch sensor and connected to the processor, the sensing circuit configured to measure voltage to track the at least one finger contact on the input surface;
- a memory accessible to the processor;
- and
- programming in the memory, wherein execution of the programming by the processor configures the eyewear device to perform functions, including functions to:
- receive on the input surface of the touch sensor the at least one finger contact inputted from the user;
- track, via the sensing circuit, the at least one finger contact on the input surface;
- detect at least one touch event on the input surface of the touch sensor based on the at least one finger contact on the input surface;
- identify a finger gesture based on the at least one detected touch event on the input surface;
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- adjust an image presented on the image display based on the identified finger gesture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.