US 2014/0198034 A1 · MUSCLE INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH CONTENT DISPLAYED ON WEARABLE HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS

Abstract

There is disclosed a muscle interface device and method for interacting with content displayed on wearable head mounted displays. In an embodiment, the muscle interface device comprises a sensor worn on the forearm of a user, and the sensor is adapted to recognize a plurality of gestures made by a user's hand and or wrist to interact with content displayed on the wearable head mounted display. The muscle interface device utilizes a plurality of sensors, including one or more of capacitive EMG, MMG, and accelerometer sensors, to detect gestures made by a user. The detected user gestures from the sensors are processed into a control signal for allowing the user to interact with content displayed on the wearable head mounted display in a discreet manner.

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Dependent claims

A muscle interface device for interacting with content displayed on a wearable head mounted display, comprising:

a plurality of sensors that in use are worn on a portion of an arm of a user to detect signals generated by at least one muscle of the arm of the user;
and
a transmitter communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and which in use transmits communication signals indicative of muscle activity detected by the plurality of sensors to a receiver on the wearable head mounted display;
wherein the communication signals transmitted to the receiver on the wearable head mounted display cause one or more interactions with content displayed on the wearable head mounted display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/155,087Filed 14 Jan 2014

Priority

14 Jan 2013

Published

17 Jul 2014

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

G06F 3/015
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: input arrangements based on nervous system activity…
G02B 27/017
Head-up displays: head mounted
G06F 3/011
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for interaction with the…
G06F 3/014
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves

Muscle interface device and method for interacting with content displayed on wearable head mounted displays

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Muscle interface device and method for interacting with content displayed on wearable head mounted displays

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