Eyewear tether
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorsYoav Ben-Haim, Varun Sehrawat, Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana
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Abstract
Eyewear devices including a tether and methods for identifying proper installation of the tether are disclosed. An eyewear device includes transmission lines extending through the temples to electrical and electronic components positioned adjacent to edges of a frame. A tether is attached to the temples to enable power and communication flow between the electrical and electronic components rather than through the frame. Proper installation is identified based on communications passing between the electrical and electronic components via the tether.
Claims20
An eyewear device comprising:
- a frame configured to support an optical element;
- a first temple coupled to the frame, the first temple including a first connector, a first transceiver, and a first processor;
- a second temple coupled to the frame, the second temple including a second connector, a second transceiver, and a second processor;
- and
- a tether including a first mating connector on a first end coupled to the first connector and a second mating connector on a second end coupled to the second connector;
- wherein the first processor is configured to:
- send, via the first transceiver and the first connector to the tether, a communication signal for delivery to the second processor;
- receive, from the tether via the first connector and the first transceiver, a responsive communication signal from the second processor via the second transceiver and the second connector;
- and
- process the responsive communication signal to identify proper installation of the tether to the first and the second temples.
A tether for use with an eyewear device including a frame configured to support an optical element, a first temple coupled to the frame, the first temple including a first connector, a first transceiver, and a first processor, a second temple coupled to the frame, the second temple including a second connector, a second transceiver, and a second processor, the tether comprising:
- a first mating connector on a first end coupled to the first connector;
- and
- a second mating connector on a second end coupled to the second connector;
- wherein the tether is configured to:
- receive, from the first connector via the first mating connector, a communication signal for delivery to the second processor;
- send, to the second connector via the second mating connector, the communication signal for delivery to the second processor via the second transceiver;
- receive, from the second connector via the second mating connector, a responsive communication signal for delivery to the first processor;
- and
- send, to the first connector via the first mating connector, the responsive communication signal for delivery to the first processor via the first transceiver for processing to identify proper installation of the tether to the first and the second temples.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for configuring an eyewear device that is configured to communicate via a tether, the eyewear device including a frame configured to support an optical element, a first temple coupled to the frame, the first temple including a first connector, a first transceiver, and a first processor, and a second temple coupled to the frame, the second temple including a second connector, a second transceiver, and a second processor, the tether including a first mating connector on a first end coupled to the first connector and a second mating connector on a second end coupled to the second connector, the instructions, when executed by at least one of the first processor or the second processor configuring the eyewear device to perform steps comprising:
- sending, via the first transceiver and the first connector to the tether, a communication signal for delivery to the second processor;
- receiving, from the tether via the first connector and the first transceiver, a responsive communication signal from the second processor via the second transceiver and the second connector;
- and
- processing, by the first processor, the responsive communication signal to identify proper installation of the tether to the first and the second temples.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.