# US 11,451,707 B2 · Image capture eyewear with auto-send > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,707 B2 - Document ID: US11451707B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/218,824 - Filed: 2021-03-31 - Published: 2021-07-15 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-01 - Assignees: Snap Inc. - Applicants: Snap Inc. - Inventors: Yu Jiang Tham; Mitchell Bechtold; Antoine Ménard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451707B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G02B 27/017: {Head mounted} - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 3/0304: {Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042)} - G09G 3/32: semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] - H04B 1/385: {Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets} - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - H04N 23/617: Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - H04N 23/80: Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof - G02B 2027/0141: {characterised by the informative content of the display} - G02B 2027/0178: {Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C)} - H04B 2001/3866: {carried on the head} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A system including image capture eyewear, a processor, and a memory. The image capture eyewear includes a support structure, a selector connected to the support structure, a display system (e.g., LEDs or a display) connected to the support structure to distinctly display assignable recipient markers, and a camera connected to the support structure to capture an image of a scene. The processor executes programming in the memory to assign recipients to the assignable recipient markers, receive a captured image of the scene, receive an indicator associated with the assignable recipient markers distinctly displayed at the time the image of the scene was captured, and transmit the captured image to the recipient assigned to the distinctly displayed assignable recipient markers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Image capture eyewear comprising: a support structure; a display system supported by the support structure, the display system configured to present a first recipient indicator and a second recipient indicator; a selector connected to the support structure, the selector configured to select one of the first recipient indicator or the second recipient indicator; a camera connected to the support structure to capture an image of a scene; and a processor configured to assign one or more recipients to each of the first recipient indicator and the second recipient indicator, distinctly present one of the first recipient indicator or the second recipient indicator by the display system responsive to the selector, capture the image of the scene with the camera when the first recipient indicator or the second recipient indicator is distinctly presented by the display system; and transmit the captured image for delivery to the one or more of the recipients assigned to the first recipient indicator or to the second recipient indicator that was distinctly presented when the image was captured. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image capture eyewear of claim 1, wherein the display system includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) supported by the support structure and wherein the first recipient indicator is a first LED on the support structure and the second recipient indicator is a second LED on the support structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image capture eyewear of claim 1, wherein the display system includes a screen having a display area configured to present the first recipient indicator and the second recipient indicator. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image capture eyewear of claim 3, wherein the first recipient indicator is a first symbol presented on the screen and the second recipient indicator is a second symbol presented on the screen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The image capture eyewear of claim 4, wherein the image capture eyewear is configured to sequentially present the first symbol and the second symbol in response to receiving a trigger signal initiated by the selector. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image capture eyewear of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the captured image along with an indicator corresponding to the distinctly presented indicator for use in identifying the one or more of the recipients assigned to the first recipient indicator or to the second recipient indicator that was distinctly presented when the image was captured. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The image capture eyewear of claim 6, further comprising: a wireless module configured to transmit the captured image and the indicator to a personal computing device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The image capture eyewear of claim 7, further comprising: a memory configured to store the captured image and the indicator until communication is established between the wireless module and the personal computing device. ### Claim 9 A method for sending images captured with image capture eyewear, the image capture eyewear including a support structure, a display system, a selector, and a camera, the method comprising: assigning one or more recipients to each of a first recipient indicator and a second recipient indicator; distinctly presenting one of the first recipient indicator or the second recipient indicator by the display system responsive to the selector; capturing an image of a scene with the camera when the first recipient indicator or the second recipient indicator is distinctly presented by the display system; and transmitting the captured image for delivery to the one or more of the recipients assigned to the first recipient indicator or to the second recipient indicator that was distinctly presented when the image was captured. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the display system includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) supported by the support structure, the first recipient indicator is a first LED on the support structure and the second recipient indicator is a second LED on the support structure, and the distinctly presenting comprises: illuminating the first LED or illuminating the second LED. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the display system includes a screen, the first recipient indicator is a first symbol presented on the screen and the second recipient indicator is a second symbol presented on the screen, and the distinctly presenting comprises: displaying at least one of the first symbol or the second symbol on the screen. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the image capture eyewear is configured to sequentially display the first symbol and the second symbol in response to receiving a trigger signal initiated by the selector. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the image capture eyewear further includes a processor and wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the captured image along with an indicator corresponding to the distinctly presented recipient indicator for use in identifying the one or more of the recipients assigned to the first recipient indicator or to the second recipient indicator that was distinctly presented when the image was captured. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the transmitting comprises: transmitting the captured image and the indicator to a personal computing device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: storing the captured image and the indicator until communication is established between a wireless module and the personal computing device. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for execution by a processor to configure image capture eyewear including a support structure, a display system, a selector, and a camera, the instructions, when executed by the processor configure the image capture eyewear to perform functions comprising: assigning one or more recipients to each of a first recipient indicator and a second recipient indicator; distinctly presenting one of the first recipient indicator or the second recipient indicator by the display system responsive to the selector; capturing an image of a scene with the camera when the first recipient indicator or the second recipient indicator is distinctly presented by the display system; and transmitting the captured image for delivery to the one or more of the recipients assigned to the first recipient indicator or to the second recipient indicator that was distinctly presented when the image was captured. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the display system includes a screen, the first recipient indicator is a first symbol presented on the screen and the second recipient indicator is a second symbol presented on the screen, and the distinctly presenting comprises: displaying at least one of the first symbol or the second symbol on the screen. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the image capture eyewear is configured to sequentially display the first symbol and the second symbol in response to receiving a trigger signal initiated by the selector. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the captured image along with an indicator corresponding to the distinctly presented recipient indicator for use in identifying the one or more of the recipients assigned to the first recipient indicator or to the second recipient indicator that was distinctly presented when the image was captured. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the captured image and the indicator to a personal computing device and the functions further comprise: storing the captured image and the indicator until communication is established with the personal computing device.