Method and head-mounted unit for assisting a user
AssigneeArm Limited
InventorsDaren CROXFORD, Laura Johanna LÄHTEENMÄKI, Sean Tristram LeGuay ELLIS
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Abstract
A head-mounted unit for assisting a user, such as a hearing-impaired user, is provided. The head-mounted unit comprises tracking sensors for monitoring a user wearing the head-mounted unit in order to determine a gaze direction which the user is looking. A sensor detects a sound source located in the identified gaze direction. Sound from the sound source may be recognised using speech recognition on captured audio from the sound source or computer vision on images of the sound source. A user interface provides information to the user to assist the user in recognising sound from the sound source.
Claims18
A method, performed by head-mounted unit, for assisting a user, the method comprising:
- monitoring a user wearing the head-mounted unit in order to determine a gaze direction in which the user is looking;
- detecting a sound source located in the identified gaze direction;
- and
- providing information to the user to assist the user in recognising sound from the sound source.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a head-mounted display, causes the head-mounted display to perform a method for assisting a user, the method comprising:
- monitoring a user wearing the head-mounted unit in order to determine a gaze direction in which the user is looking;
- detecting a sound source located in the identified gaze direction;
- and
- providing information to the user to assist the user in recognising sound from the sound source.
A head-mounted unit for assisting a user, the head-mounted unit comprising:
- tracking sensors configured to monitor a user wearing the head-mounted unit in order to determine a gaze direction which the user is looking;
- a sensor configured to capture information to detect a sound source located in the identified gaze direction;
- and
- a user interface configured to provide information to the user to assist the user in recognising sound from the sound source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.