Animal-Wearable First Person View System
AssigneeCommand Sight, Inc.
InventorsAlan Robert Peper, JR., Nenad Nestorovic
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Abstract
An animal-wearable head-mountable display (AW-HMD) device comprises a head fitting designed to fit the head of an animal, and an output subsystem coupled to or integral with the head fitting and configured to output a signal to the animal. The device can comprise an optical module configured to project images into an eye of the animal, and various other modules, such as an audio module, a tactile module and/or an olfactory module. An animal-wearable first person view (AW-FPV) system may be used separately or in conjunction with the AW-HMD device, to enable a remote human user to view the animal's real-world environment from the animal's point of view.
Claims20
A head-mountable display device comprising:
- a frame designed to fit against the head of an animal;
- a rigid member coupled to the frame;
- and
- an output subsystem coupled to the rigid member, the output subsystem including a display generation element and a passive optical element optically coupled to the display generation element, the display generation element and the passive optical element collectively arranged to project an image into an eye of the animal when the head-mountable display device is mounted to the animal and in operation, wherein at least one of the display generation element or the passive optical element is aligned with a line of sight of the animal when the head-mountable display device is mounted to the head of the animal.
A head-mountable display device, comprising:
- a head piece including a frame designed to fit against the head of an animal that has a plurality of eyes;
- the frame designed to surround the plurality of eyes of the animal when fitted against the head of the animal;
- a rigid member coupled to the frame;
- and
- an output subsystem coupled to the rigid member, the output subsystem including an display generation element and a beamsplitter/combiner optically coupled to the display generation element, the display generation element and the beamsplitter/combiner collectively arranged to project an image into an eye of the animal when the head-mountable display device is mounted to the animal and in operation, wherein at least one of the display generation element or the beamsplitter/combiner is aligned with the line of sight of the animal when the head-mountable display device is mounted to the head of the animal.
A sensor module comprising:
- a housing;
- at least a portion of a fastener;
- the housing and the fastener being configured to enable the sensor module to be removably attached to a head piece that is designed to fit the head of a particular animal or a particular species of animal;
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- a first camera at least partially contained within the housing and positioned to acquire image data of a real world environment of the animal from a perspective of the animal when the sensor module is in operation while the sensor module is attached to the head piece and the head piece is worn by the animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.