Wearable device

• US 10,474,191 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2015
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motionvirtual Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motionvirtual Inc.
• Inventors: Park, Jun Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Yang, Nan-Ying
• Application Number:
  US15/517,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20170308117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,490 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0331 Finger worn pointing device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/14 Vascular patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113

Abstract

Disclosed is a wearable device. The wearable device includes an optical signal transmission unit configured to transmit optical signals, an optical signal sensing unit configured to receive reflected optical signals generated upon reflection of the optical signals by an object, a data processing unit configured to process the received reflected optical signals, and a key determination unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s key input motion based on data acquired by processing the reflected optical signals and to generate an input value matching the key input motion.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

an optical signal transmitter configured to transmit optical signals including a first optical signal having a first wavelength and a second optical signal having a second wavelength;

an optical signal sensor configured to receive reflected optical signals generated upon reflection of the optical signals by blood vessels of an object, wherein the reflected optical signals include;

a first reflected optical signal caused by the first optical signal, and

a second reflected optical signal caused by the second optical signal;

one or more processors configured to;

process the received reflected optical signals and generate pattern information regarding the blood vessels of the object based on the first reflected optical signal and the second reflected optical signal;

determine a user'"'"'s key input motion based on data acquired by processing the reflected optical signals, and

generate an input value matching the key input motion; and

a depth sensor configured to generate 3D scan information based on 3-dimensionally sensing the object, wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate a 3D model of the object based on the 3D scan information and to add a pattern representing the blood vessels to the 3D model based on the pattern information.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to acquires blood vessel data by subtracting second data from first data, wherein the second data is acquired by processing the second reflected optical signal and the first data is acquired by processing the first reflected optical signal.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are configured to generates the pattern information regarding blood vessels using the blood vessel data.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein

the one or more processors are configured to determine the user'"'"'s key input motion by comparing the information regarding blood vessels changed according to the user'"'"'s key input motion with the pattern added to the 3D model.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the pattern information regarding the blood vessels are acquired by sensing distribution of at least one of color, chroma and brightness due to the blood vessels of the object through the optical signal sensing unit.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the optical signal sensor respectively senses the first reflected optical signal and the second reflected optical signal by separating a received reflected optical signal according to wavelengths.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the optical signal sensor respectively senses the first reflected optical signal and the second reflected optical signal separately received according to time domain or frequency domain multiplexing.

15. The device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

determine a position of the object relative to a reference point; and

generate the pattern information including one or more positions of the blood vessels relative to the reference point.

16. The device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

generate 3D positions of one or more points on the object based on 3-dimensionally sensing the object;

generate a 3D model of the object based on the on the 3D positions; and

add the pattern information representing the arrangement of the blood vessels to the 3D model of the object.

17. The device according to claim 1, wherein:

the object is a hand of a user interfacing with the device; and

the one or more processors are configured to determine a 3D shape of the hand based on the pattern information.

18. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is a wearable device.

6. A device comprising:

an optical signal transmitter configured to transmit optical signals including a first optical signal having a first wavelength and a second optical signal having a second wavelength;

an optical signal sensor configured to receive reflected optical signals generated upon reflection of the optical signals by blood vessels of an object, wherein the reflected optical signals include;

a first reflected optical signal caused by the first optical signal, and

a second reflected optical signal caused by the second optical signal;

one or more processors configured to;

process the received reflected optical signals and generate pattern information regarding the blood vessels of the object based on the first reflected optical signal and the second reflected optical signal;

determine a user'"'"'s key input motion based on data acquired by processing the reflected optical signals,

determine 3D positions of a first joint and a second joint of the object, wherein the first joint represents a connection between a palm and a first phalange of a finger and the second joint represents a connection between the first phalange and a second phalange of the finger, and

generate an input value based on the 3D positions of the first joint and the second joint, wherein the input value matches the key input motion.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine bending angles of the first joint and the second joint,

calculate a 3D position of a tip, wherein the tip represents a distal end of the finger, and

determine the key input motion according to the 3D positions of the tip, the first joint, and the second joint, along with the angles of the first and second joints.

10. A wearable device comprising:

an optical signal transmitter configured to transmit optical signals;

an optical signal sensor configured to receive reflected optical signals generated upon reflection of the optical signals by blood vessels of an object;

one or more processors unit configured to;

process the received reflected optical signals; and

calculate the distance and angle of the wearable device with the object based on data acquired by processing the reflected optical signals; and

an image display configured to output an image to the outside, wherein;

the optical signal transmitter transmits a first optical signal and a second optical signal having different first and second wavelengths;

the optical signal sensor receives a first reflected optical signal caused by the first optical signal and a second reflected optical signal caused by the second optical signal;

the one or more, processors are configured to;

generates pattern information regarding the blood vessels of the object based on the first reflected optical signal and the second reflected optical signal; and

calculate the distance and angle of the wearable device with the object by comparing the pattern information with pre-stored blood vessel information; and

the image display outputs the image of a fixed size to a fixed position based on the distance and angle.

11. The wearable device according to claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are configured to acquires blood vessel data generated by subtracting data, acquired by processing the second reflected optical signal, data, acquired by processing the first reflected optical signal.

12. The wearable device according to claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured to generates the pattern information regarding blood vessels of the object using the blood vessel data.

13. The wearable device according to claim 10, wherein the optical signal sensor respectively senses the first reflected optical signal and the second reflected optical signal by separating a received reflected optical signal according to wavelengths.

14. The wearable device according to claim 10, wherein the optical signal sensor respectively senses the first reflected optical signal and the second reflected optical signal separately received according to time domains or frequency domains.