Wearable computing device
AssigneeMotiv Inc.
InventorsCurt C. von Badinski, Michael J. Strasser, Peter Twiss
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a wearable computing device (WCD) in the form of a ring that can be worn on the finger of a human user.
Claims20
A method of identifying an authorized user of a wearable computing device (WCD) configured as an intelligent ring for being worn around a finger of the user, the WCD having a housing formed at least by an exterior bounding member, the exterior bounding member defining an interior cavity, the interior cavity retaining an illumination source and an image capturing device, a surface of the exterior bounding member including an opening positioned proximate the image capturing device, the method comprising:
- engaging the WCD to activate the illumination source;
- illuminating, via the illumination source, a portion of a skin surface of the finger of the user, the finger having a plurality of capillaries therein;
- imaging, via the image capturing source, an interior portion of the finger of the user to generate at least one first image;
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- generating a reference capillary map of the plurality of capillaries within the finger, the capillary map identifying the user based at least in part on a configuration of the capillaries derived from the at least one first image.
A method of identifying an authorized user of a wearable computing device (WCD) configured as an intelligent ring for being worn around a finger of the user, the WCD comprising a microprocessor, the method comprising:
- providing a WCD, the WCD comprising:
- a housing formed at least by an exterior bounding member, the exterior bounding member defining an interior cavity, the interior cavity retaining an illumination source and an image capturing device, a surface of the exterior bounding member including an opening positioned proximate the image capturing device;
- illuminating, via the illumination source, a plurality of capillaries present in a portion of skin of a finger of the user;
- imaging, via the image capturing source, the plurality of capillaries present in the portion of the skin of the finger of the user to generate one or more first images;
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- generating, via one or more of the imaging device or the microprocessor, a reference capillary map of the plurality of capillaries within the finger, the capillary map identifying the user based at least in part on a configuration of the capillaries derived from the one or more first images.
A method of identifying an authorized user of a wearable computing device (WCD) configured as an intelligent ring for being worn around a finger of the user, the WCD comprising a microprocessor, the method comprising:
- providing a WCD, the WCD comprising:
- a housing formed at least by an exterior bounding member, the exterior bounding member defining an interior cavity, the interior cavity retaining an Infra-Red lighting source and a CMOS camera, a surface of the exterior bounding member including an opening positioned proximate the CMOS camera;
- illuminating, via the Infra-Red lighting source, a plurality of capillaries present in a portion of skin of a finger of the user;
- imaging, via the CMOS camera, the plurality of capillaries present in the portion of the skin of the finger of the user to generate one or more images;
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- generating, via one or more of the imaging device or the microprocessor, a reference capillary map of the plurality of capillaries within the finger, the capillary map identifying the user based at least in part on a configuration of the capillaries derived from the one or more images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.