Wearable Apparatus for Name Tagging

A wearable apparatus, the wearable apparatus comprising:

• a wearable image sensor;
• and
• at least one processor programmed to:
• receive, from the wearable image sensor, a facial image of an individual with whom a user of the wearable apparatus is interacting;
• receive sound data captured during the interacting;
• process at least a portion of the sound data to determine a spoken name of the individual;
• convert the spoken name to text;
• store, in memory, text associated with the spoken name in a manner associating the text with the facial image;
• after a subsequent encounter with the individual, receive, from the wearable image sensor, a subsequent facial image of the individual;
• perform a look-up of an identity of the individual based on the subsequent facial image;
• receive, from the memory the text of the spoken name of the individual;
• and
• cause a display in text of the name of the individual on a device paired with the wearable apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for use in a system employing a wearable image sensor pairable with a mobile communications device, the computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform steps, comprising:

• receiving from a wearable image sensor worn by a user, a facial image of an individual with whom the user is interacting;
• receiving a sound file captured during the interacting;
• processing at least a portion of the sound file to determine a spoken name of the individual;
• converting the spoken name to text;
• storing in memory, text associated with the spoken name in a manner associating the text with the facial image;
• upon a subsequent encounter with the individual, receiving from the wearable image sensor a subsequent facial image of the individual;
• performing a look-up of an identity of the individual based on the subsequent facial image;
• recalling from memory the text of the spoken name of the individual;
• and
• displaying in text on the mobile communications device of the user, the name of the individual.