Device for celestial object location relative to a user's gaze or its approximation
AssigneeWilliam Foster
InventorWilliam Foster
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Abstract
A device wearable or external to a user that determines and communicates what celestial objects a user's gaze or its approximation is directed at or near. The device is useful for guiding a user's gaze to a celestial object of interest or informing a user what objects their gaze or its approximation is directed towards or near. The device uses sensors to detect or approximate a user's gaze, a computer processor, computer memory, input/output devices, time keeping, software, a database of celestial objects with associated facts of interest, and a database of geographical objects with associated latitude and longitude.
Claims25
A device for identifying or approximating the celestial objects a user's gaze is directed to or near and for indicating that information to the user comprising:
- A means of detecting or approximating a user's gaze.
- A processing device, such as a microprocessor that receives and manipulates information from sensors, and input devices, performs calculations required to determine a user's gaze relative to celestial objects, retrieves information from memory about celestial objects, and outputs information to the user.
- An input device such as a handheld keypad or a microphone for voice input.
- Output devices such as graphical displays and speakers.
- A database of celestial objects, their names, celestial coordinates, and any other information of potential use or interest such as historical, scientific, or fictional information about the objects.
- A database of geographic locations and associated latitude and longitude.
- A means of time keeping.
- A power supply.
- Interconnections between physically distinct components for information flows and in some embodiments power flows.
- Software for directing the processor to interact with input/output, databases, sensors to fulfill the devices design goal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.