Smart article visual communication based on facial movement
AssigneeNantWorks, LLC
InventorsNicholas James Witchey, Patrick Soon-Shiong
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Abstract
A smart mask includes a first material layer, at least one display, a first sensor, and a control module. The first material layer is configured to cover a portion of a face of a person. The at least one display is connected to the first material layer and configured to display images over a mouth of the person. The first sensor is configured to detect movement of the mouth of the person and generate a signal indicative of the movement of the mouth. The control module is configured to receive the signal and display the images on the display based on the movement of the mouth.
Claims18
A smart mask system comprising:
- a first material layer configured to cover a portion of a face of a person;
- at least one display connected to the first material layer and configured to display images;
- a location sensor configured to obtain location data associated with the smart mask system;
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- a computer-based control module comprising:
- at least one non-transitory memory storing a plurality of indexed image sets and software instructions, wherein each of the plurality of image sets are indexed based on location data;
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- at least one processor coupled with the at least one non-transitory memory and that performs the following operations upon execution of the software instructions:
- determining a context based on a location derived from the location data obtained from the location sensor;
- selecting an indexed image set from the plurality of indexed image sets based on at least the determined context and the location data, wherein selecting the indexed image set includes selecting the indexed image set via at least one of a look up or a mapping of location data to a defined area, selecting a formal image when the determined context is a formal context, and selecting an informal image when the determined context is an informal context;
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- rendering at least one image from the location-based selected image set on the display, wherein the display comprises multiple light emitting diodes configured to render a visual digital image covering at least a portion of the first material layer,
- wherein a first indexed image set of the plurality of indexed image sets comprises actual face images of the person, and the actual face images of the person are selected for rendering on the display in response to the determined context being the formal context.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.