Locking mechanism based on unnatural movement of head-mounted display
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorDavid Petrou
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Abstract
A wearable computer determines unnatural movements of a head-mounted display (HMD) and triggers a locking mechanism. In one embodiment, the wearable computer receives movement data from one or more sensors and determines that the movement of the HMD is unnatural. In one embodiment, the wearable computer receives movement data from one or more sensors and determines that the HMD is being worn by an unauthorized user. In response to determining an unnatural movement and/or an unauthorized user wearing the HMD, the wearable computer triggers a locking mechanism, which can beneficially provide security measures for the wearable computer.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving movement data from a plurality of sensors of a head-mounted display (HMD), wherein the plurality of sensors includes a camera, and wherein the movement data corresponds to movement and a position of the HMD;
- determining that the movement data includes a data pattern corresponding to an unnatural movement of the HMD, wherein the unnatural movement is characteristic of an unintentional removal of the HMD from a wearer;
- and
- in response to determining that the movement data includes the data pattern, initiating an action that corresponds to the unnatural movement of the HMD, wherein the action secures the HMD.
A wearable-computing system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
- program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to:
- receive movement data from a plurality of sensors of a head-mounted display (HMD), wherein the plurality of sensors includes a camera, and wherein the movement data corresponds to an unnatural movement and an unnatural position of the HMD and wherein the unnatural movement is characteristic of an unintentional removal of the HMD from a wearer;
- determine that the movement data includes a data pattern that corresponds to an unnatural movement of the HMD;
- and
- in response to determining that the movement data includes the data pattern, initiate an action that corresponds to the unnatural movement of the HMD, wherein the action secures the HMD.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving movement data from a plurality of sensors of a head-mounted display (HMD), wherein the plurality of sensors includes a camera, and wherein the movement data corresponds to movement of the HMD;
- determining that the movement data includes a data pattern characteristic of the position of the HMD and the HMD being worn by an unauthorized user;
- and
- in response to determining that the movement data includes the data pattern, initiating an action that corresponds to the HMD being worn by an unauthorized user, wherein the action secures the HMD.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.