Wearable apparatus with wide viewing angle image sensor
First Claim
1. A wearable apparatus for capturing image data, the wearable apparatus comprising:
- at least one image sensor for capturing a plurality of images of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes at least a portion of a head of the user; and
at least one processing device programmed to;
identify a head of a user in a first captured image to obtain a direction the head of the user is facing;
select an image area from a second captured image based on the direction the head of the user is facing; and
process the selected image area of the second captured image and discard one or more image areas of captured second image outside of the selected image area.
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Abstract
A wearable apparatus and method are provided for capturing image data. In one implementation, a wearable apparatus for capturing image data is provided. The wearable apparatus includes at least one image sensor for capturing image data of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes a chin of the user. The wearable apparatus includes two or more microphones, and an attachment mechanism configured to enable the image sensor and microphones to be worn by the user. The wearable apparatus includes a processing device programmed to capture at least one image, identify the chin of the user to obtain a location of the chin, select a microphone from the two or more microphones based on the location, process input from the selected microphone using a first processing scheme, and process input from a microphone that is not selected using a second processing scheme.
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22 Claims
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1. A wearable apparatus for capturing image data, the wearable apparatus comprising:
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at least one image sensor for capturing a plurality of images of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes at least a portion of a head of the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; identify a head of a user in a first captured image to obtain a direction the head of the user is facing; select an image area from a second captured image based on the direction the head of the user is facing; and process the selected image area of the second captured image and discard one or more image areas of captured second image outside of the selected image area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wearable apparatus, the wearable apparatus comprising:
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at least one image sensor for capturing image data of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes at least a portion of a head of the user; at least one microphone; an attachment mechanism configured to attach the at least one image sensor and the at least one microphone to the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; identify a head of the user in the image data to obtain a direction the head of the user is facing with respect to a body of the user; based on the direction the head of the user is facing, activate the at least one microphone to record sound in the direction the head is facing; identify a direction of sound received by the at least one microphone; and after identifying the direction of the sound, adjust a pixel resolution for capturing subsequent image data at a higher resolution. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for capturing image data, the method comprising:
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identifying a head of a user in a first captured image to obtain a direction the head of the user is facing; selecting an image area from a second captured image based on the direction the head of the user is facing; and processing the selected image area of the second captured image and discarding one or more image areas of captured second image outside of the selected image area. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method for capturing image data, the method comprising:
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capturing image data of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes at least a portion of a head of the user; identifying a head of the user in the image data to obtain a direction the head of the user is facing with respect to a body of the user; based on the direction the head of the user is facing, activating the at least one microphone to record sound in the direction the head is facing; identifying a direction of sound received by the at least one microphone; and after identifying the direction of the sound, adjusting a pixel resolution for capturing subsequent image data at a higher resolution. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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