US 2018/0284962 A1Published application

Systems and methods for look-initiated communication

AssigneeUpskill, Inc.

InventorsBrian Adams BALLARD, James Leighton ATHEY, Edward Robert ENGLISH, Todd Richard REILY, Harold Ronald Villanueva TAGUNICAR, Michael Anthony SCISCENTI

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Abstract

Systems and methods allow a user to interact with an augmented reality device. In one implementation, a wearable device establishes a communication path with a user of the wearable device and at least one individual. The wearable device includes a display; at least one sensor configured to provide an output indicative of a viewing direction of the user; and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device is configured to monitor the viewing direction of the user based on the output of the at least one sensor; determine, based on the monitored viewing direction, whether the user is looking in the direction of the at least one individual; and establish the communication path between the user and the at least one individual if the user is determined to be looking in the direction of the at least one individual.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A wearable device for establishing a communication path with a user of the wearable device and at least one individual, the wearable device comprising:

a display;
at least one sensor configured to provide an output indicative of a viewing direction of the user;
and
at least one processing device configured to:
monitor the viewing direction of the user based on the output of the at least one sensor;
determine, based on the monitored viewing direction, whether the user is looking in the direction of the at least one individual;
and
establish the communication path between the user and the at least one individual if the user is determined to be looking in the direction of the at least one individual,
wherein in determining, based on the monitored viewing direction, whether the user is looking in the direction of the at least one individual, the at least one processing device is configured to:
track a time duration during which the gaze of the user's eyes is in the direction of the at least one individual;
and
determine that the time duration is greater than a predetermined dwell threshold, and
wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to determine, based on a comparison of collected image data, including a representation of at least a portion of the at least one individual, with stored image data, whether the at least one individual is a recognized person and establish the communication path between the user and the at least one individual if the at least one individual is a recognized person.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/002,519Filed 7 Jun 2018
Priority: 1 Dec 2013
Published: 4 Oct 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification44 codes

G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
A45C 11/00
Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups a45c1/00-a45c9/00
G02B 27/0093
Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00: with means for monitoring data relating to the…
G02B 27/017
Head-up displays: head mounted

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