Systems and methods for remembering held items and finding lost items using wearable camera systems
First Claim
1. A wearable apparatus for providing information related to objects associated with a hand of a user, the wearable apparatus comprising:
- a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of the user; and
at least one processing device programmed to;
process at least one image in the plurality of images to detect the hand of the user in at least one of the plurality of images;
process the at least one image to detect an object that is associated with the hand of the user;
process the at least one image to identify at least one action of the hand associated with the object;
in response to identification of the at least one action of the hand associated with the object;
identify a last known location of the object; and
store information related to the object, the information including the last known location;
subsequently, in response to a query from the user indicating that the object is lost, retrieve the stored information including the last known location related to the object; and
transmit the retrieved information for display.
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are provided for storing information related to objects associated with a hand of a user via a wearable camera system. In one implementation, a wearable apparatus for storing the information is provided comprising a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from the environment of the user, and at least one processing device programmed to process the images. The processing device may detect the hand of the user, and an object associated with the user'"'"'s hand. The processing device may proceed to store information related to the object. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, the stored information may be used for various purposes, such as warning the user of dangers, catering advertising to the user, and helping the user find objects when they are lost.
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24 Claims
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1. A wearable apparatus for providing information related to objects associated with a hand of a user, the wearable apparatus comprising:
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a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; process at least one image in the plurality of images to detect the hand of the user in at least one of the plurality of images; process the at least one image to detect an object that is associated with the hand of the user; process the at least one image to identify at least one action of the hand associated with the object; in response to identification of the at least one action of the hand associated with the object; identify a last known location of the object; and store information related to the object, the information including the last known location; subsequently, in response to a query from the user indicating that the object is lost, retrieve the stored information including the last known location related to the object; and transmit the retrieved information for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wearable apparatus for determining a last known location of an object, the wearable apparatus comprising:
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a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; process at least one image in the plurality of images to detect the hand of the user in at least one of the plurality of images; process the plurality of images to identify at least one action of a hand associated with the object of interest; in response to identification of the at least one action of the hand associated with the object of interest; identify a location associated with the detected image and produce location information related to the location, wherein the location information includes an image showing the last known location of the object of interest; and store, in a memory, the location information with information associated with the object of interest; subsequently, in response to a query from the user indicating that the object is lost, retrieve the stored information including the last known location related to the object; and transmit the retrieved information for display. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method for providing information related to objects associated with a hand of a user of a wearable device, the method comprising:
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processing a plurality of images captured by a wearable image sensor included in the wearable device to detect the hand of the user in at least one of the plurality of images; processing at least one of the plurality of images to detect an object associated with the hand of the user; processing at least one of the plurality of images to identify at least one action of the hand of the user; in response to identification of the at least one action of the hand of the user; identifying a last known location of the object associated with the hand of the user; and storing information related to the object, the information including the last known location; subsequently, in response to a query from the user indicating that the object is lost, retrieving the stored information including the last known location related to the object; and transmitting the retrieved information for display. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A software product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising data and computer implementable instructions for carrying out a method, the method comprising:
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processing a plurality of images captured by a wearable image sensor included in the wearable device to detect the hand of the user in at least one of the plurality of images; processing at least one of the plurality of images to detect an object associated with the hand of the user; processing at least one of the plurality of images to identify at least one action of the hand of the user; in response to identification of the at least one action of the hand of the user; identifying a last known location of the object associated with the hand of the user; and storing information related to the object, the information including the last known location; subsequently, in response to a query from the user indicating that the object is lost, retrieving the stored information including the last known location related to the object; and transmitting the retrieved information for display.
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