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US 12,216,821 B2Granted
External user interface for head worn computing
AssigneeMentor Acquisition One, LLC
InventorsNicholas Benjamin Pelis, Preston Douglas Brown, Sean Thomas Mostajo O'Hara, Robert Michael Lohse, Andrew Carl Heisey
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a wearable device;
- a projector;
- one or more sensors;
- and
- one or more processors configured to communicate with the wearable device, the projector, and the one or more sensors;
- wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform a method comprising:
- projecting, by the projector, a structured light pattern;
- determining, via the one or more sensors, a tilt angle of the wearable device;
- in accordance with a determination that the tilt angle is within a predefined angle range, projecting a visible light pattern, the visible light pattern aligned with the structured light pattern;
- in accordance with a determination that the tilt angle is not in the predefined angle range, forgoing projecting the visible light pattern;
- and
- determining a position of the user's finger based on structured light, of the structured light pattern, reflected by the user's finger and received by the one or more sensors.
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A method comprising:
- projecting, by a projector, a structured light pattern;
- determining, via one or more sensors, a tilt angle of a wearable device;
- in accordance with a determination that the tilt angle is within a predefined angle range, projecting a visible light pattern, the visible light pattern aligned with the structured light pattern;
- in accordance with a determination that the tilt angle is not in the predefined angle range, forgoing projecting the visible light pattern;
- and
- determining a position of the user's finger based on structured light, of the structured light pattern, reflected by the user's finger and received by the one or more sensors.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- projecting, by a projector, a structured light pattern;
- determining, via one or more sensors, a tilt angle of a wearable device;
- in accordance with a determination that the tilt angle is within a predefined angle range, projecting a visible light pattern, the visible light pattern aligned with the structured light pattern;
- in accordance with a determination that the tilt angle is not in the predefined angle range, forgoing projecting the visible light pattern;
- and
- determining a position of the user's finger based on structured light, of the structured light pattern, reflected by the user's finger and received by the one or more sensors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.