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Wearable apparatus with wide viewing angle image sensor

  • US 10,498,944 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2019
  • Issued: 12/03/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wearable apparatus, the wearable apparatus comprising:

  • at least one image sensor for capturing data plurality of images of an environment of a user of the wearable apparatus, 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 at least one of the plurality of images;

    determine, based on at least one of the plurality of images, a direction the head of the user is facing with respect to a body of the user; and

    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.

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