WEARABLE WORKSPACE

• US 20100315329A1
• Filed: 06/12/2009
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
• Inventors: SAYLOR, Kase J., COUVILLION, Warren Carl JR., SEEGMILLER, Ray D., PREVIC, Fred Henry
• Application Number:
  US12/483,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20100315329A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• 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 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a wearable workspace system which may include an input device and a head worn display coupled to a wearable computer. The input device may be configured to detect user input data wherein the user input data is provided by a user hands-free. The computer may be configured to: store an electronic technical manual, receive the detected user input data and generate an output based on the recognized user input data. The head worn display may be configured to display at least a portion of the electronic technical manual to the user while allowing the user to simultaneously maintain a view of a work piece. The display may be further configured to receive the output from the computer and to adjust the at least a portion of the electronic technical manual displayed to the user based on the output.

Claims

1. A wearable workspace system comprising:

an input device configured to be worn by a user and configured to detect user input data wherein said user input data is provided by said user, hands-free;

a wearable computer coupled to the input device, said wearable computer configured to;

store an electronic technical manual,

receive said detected user input data,

recognize said detected user input data and

generate an output based on said recognized user input data; and

a head worn display coupled to said computer and configured to display at least a portion of said electronic technical manual to said user while allowing said user to simultaneously maintain a view of a work piece, said display further configured to receive said output from said computer and to adjust said at least a portion of said electronic technical manual displayed to said user based on said output.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said input device is a microphone and said user input data is speech.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said input device is a motion sensor and said user input data comprises an orientation of said user'"'"'s head.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer is configured to store a list of predefined speech elements.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer is configured to store a list of predefined gestures wherein a gesture comprises a change in orientation of said user'"'"'s head.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer is an ultra-mobile personal computer, a mobile internet device, or a portable media player.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer is further configured to store said output.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said input device and said display are coupled to said computer wirelessly.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein said output comprises test data.

10. A method for a wearable workspace comprising:

providing an electronic technical manual wherein said electronic technical manual is stored on a wearable computer;

displaying at least a portion of said electronic technical manual to a user on a head worn display wherein said head worn display is configured to allow said user to simultaneously maintain a view of a work piece; and

adjusting said displayed portion of said electronic technical manual based at least in part on a user input wherein said user input is hands-free.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

detecting said user input using an input device,

recognizing said detected user input using a recognition module stored in said computer, and

providing an output corresponding to said recognized user input to a translator module or a data entry module wherein said translator module and said data entry module are stored on said computer.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising translating said recognized user input using said translator module.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising storing data corresponding to said user input using said data entry module.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein said user input comprises speech.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein said user input comprises a gesture.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising training said user wherein said training comprises displaying a command to said user on said head worn display and detecting a user response to said command wherein said user response is hands-free.

17. An article comprising a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine result in the following operations:

receiving a detected user input wherein said detected user input is provided hands-free;

determining an action corresponding to said detected user input wherein said action corresponds to adjusting a displayed portion of an electronic technical manual or to storing said detected user input; and

providing an output corresponding to said action to a translator module or a data entry module based at least in part on said action wherein said translator module is configured to translate said output into an instruction to a display program to adjust said displayed portion of said electronic manual based on said instruction and said data entry module is configured to receive and store said detected user input.

18. The article of claim 17 wherein said determining said action comprises:

comparing said detected user input to a list of predefined user inputs, and

selecting an action associated with a predefined user input that most closely matches said detected user input.

19. The article of claim 17 wherein said instructions further result in the following operations:

training a user wherein said training comprises displaying a command to said user on a head worn display and detecting a user response to said command.