Systems and methods for maintaining directional wireless links of motile devices

A wearable computing device comprising:

• at least one antenna array capable of spatial selectivity;
• a data source that generates first data;
• a simultaneous localization and mapping sensor;
• a sensor subsystem configured to:
• use the simultaneous localization and mapping sensor to determine a position and orientation of the wearable computing device relative to a map of an environment of the wearable computing device;
• use the simultaneous localization and mapping sensor to continuously measure how a wearer changes the position or the orientation of the wearable computing device;
• a directional-communication subsystem configured to:
• perform a sector-sweep operation to detect a position within the map of the environment of a signal path between the wearable device and an additional wearable device;
• focus a directional wireless beam of the at least one antenna array of the wearable computing device towards the position of the signal path;
• transmit, via the at least one antenna array focused towards the position of the signal path, the first data to the additional wearable device;
• use the map of the environment to refocus, in response to each of the wearer's changes to the position or the orientation of the wearable computing device, the directional wireless beam of the at least one antenna array of the wearable computing device towards the position of the signal path and
• receive, via the directional wireless beam of the at least one antenna array of the wearable computing device, second data from the additional wearable device;
• and an output device for displaying the second data to the wearer.

A system comprising:

• a wearable device comprising:
• at least one antenna array capable of spatial selectivity;
• a data source that generates first data;
• a simultaneous localization and mapping sensor;
• a sensor subsystem configured to:
• use the simultaneous localization and mapping sensor to determine a position and orientation of the wearable device relative to a map of an environment of the wearable device;
• use the simultaneous localization and mapping sensor to continuously measure changes, caused by a wearer, to the position or the orientation of the wearable device;
• a directional-communication subsystem configured to:
• perform a sector-sweep operation to detect a position within the environment of a signal path between the wearable device and an auxiliary processing device;
• focus a directional wireless beam of the at least one antenna array of the wearable device towards the position of the signal path;
• transmit, over the at least one antenna array focused towards the position of the signal path, the first data from the wearable device to the auxiliary processing device;
• use the map of the environment to refocus, in response to each of the wearer's changes to the position or the orientation of the wearable device, the directional wireless beam of the at least one antenna array of the wearable device towards the position of the signal path;
• and
• receive, over the at least one antenna array refocused towards the position of the signal path, second data from the auxiliary processing device;
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• an output device for displaying the second data to the wearer;
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• the auxiliary processing device configured to:
• receive the first data from the had mountcd displaywearable device;
• generate the second data by processing the first data;
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• transmit the second data to the wearable device.