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US 9,247,779 B1Granted
Enhanced global positioning system (GPS) based functionality for helmets
OwnerPeter Aloumanis, Elias W. Aloumanisinventors
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Abstract
A motorcycle helmet can include electronic components operating within the motorcycle helmet. At least a portion of the electronic components is embedded within an outer shell of the helmet or an inner shell of the helmet. The electronic components include an internally mounted Global Positioning System (GPS) transceiver that is part of a GPS subsystem of the electronic components.
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A motorcycle helmet comprising:
- a plurality of electronic components operating within the motorcycle helmet, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of electronic components is embedded within an outer shell of the helmet or an inner shell of the helmet, wherein the plurality of electronic components comprises an internally mounted Global Positioning System (GPS) transceiver that is part of a GPS subsystem of the electronic components;
- a software program executing within the electronic components receiving processed output based on data from the GPS subsystem;
- a heads up display on a visor of the motorcycle helmet, said heads up display being an output mechanism integrated into the motorcycle helmet that is electronically coupled to the plurality of electronic components for presenting the processed output to a wearer of the helmet, wherein the heads up display visually presents maps that utilize the GPS subsystem to guide the wearer using the maps given a current known position of the wearer;
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- at least one camera internal to the motorcycle helmet that captures images and presents the captured images in real-time or near real-time within the heads up display, wherein the at least one camera comprises a rear facing camera, wherein the heads up display shows images from the rear facing camera, wherein the software program executing within the electronic components analyzes video from the at least one camera to detect objects outside of a viewpoint of a rider wearing the motorcycle helmet such that the detected objects includes vehicles in a blind spot of the rider, wherein responsive to the detection, a warning notification is presented to the rider to apprise the rider of the detected vehicle in the blind spot of the rider.
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A method comprising:
- enabling an in-helmet global positioning system (GPS) subsystem;
- continuously determining position and time information for a wearer of a helmet using the GPS subsystem;
- capturing images using at least one camera internal to the helmet;
- detecting objects related to the high likelihood of a problem within video captured by the at least one camera;
- analyzing the images using a software program executing within electronic components of the helmet to detect objects outside of a viewpoint of a person wearing the helmet such that the detected objects includes vehicles in a blind spot of the person, wherein the high likelihood of a problem is specific to the detected objects in the blind spot of the person;
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- presenting within a heads up display of a visor of the helmet an overlay positioned proximate to the detected object as viewed out of the visor wherein said overlay is a warning related to the determined high likelihood of the existence of the problem.
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A method comprising:
- enabling an in-helmet global positioning system (GPS) subsystem;
- continuously determining position and time information for a wearer of a helmet using the GPS subsystem;
- capturing images using at least one camera internal to the helmet;
- detecting objects related to the high likelihood of a problem within video captured by the at least one camera;
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- presenting within a heads up display of a visor of the helmet an overlay positioned proximate to the detected object as viewed out of the visor wherein said overlay is a warning related to the determined high likelihood of the existence of the problem;
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- showing images from the at least one camera in the heads up display, wherein the shown images include objects to a right and left of the wearer of the helmet, wherein the wearer of the helmet is unable to see the objects to the right and left by looking out the visor of the helmet without moving their head in absence of the images being presented within the heads up display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.