METHOD OF COMMUNICATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM OF GLASSES TYPE FOR A USER USING A VIEWING STATION

• US 20130070924A1
• Filed: 09/12/2012
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEMIA France (Advent International Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oberthur Technologies SA
• Inventors: BERTIN, Marc
• Granted Patent: US 9,628,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/211
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2013/403 the images being monoscopic
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/008 Aspects relating to glasses for viewing stereoscopic images

Abstract

A method for communicating between a user using a viewing device (2000) and the viewing device, includes the following steps: acquiring, at an acquisition interface (1400) integrated into a pair of glasses (1000) of the user, an item of information on utilization of the glasses; and generating and sending to the viewing device (2000), by a microcontroller (1100) integrated into the glasses, a data signal (DATA) depending on the acquired information. The acquired information enables in particular the authentication of the user, so as to send, to the viewing device, data that the latter will use to display a digital content.

Claims

1. A method for communicating between a user using a viewing device (2000) and said viewing device, comprising the following steps:

acquiring, at an acquisition interface (1400) integrated into a pair of glasses (1000) of the user, an item of information on utilization of the glasses,

generating and sending to the viewing device (2000), by a microcontroller (1100) integrated into the glasses, a data signal (DATA) depending on the acquired information.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the acquired information on utilization of the glasses is information for authentication of the user.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the acquired authentication information is an item of biometric information acquired with the use of at least one sensor integrated into the glasses.

4. A method according to claim 2, further comprising the authentication of the user at the microcontroller (1100) integrated into the glasses and on the basis of the acquired authentication information, before sending said data signal (DATA) to the viewing device (2000) only in case of successful authentication.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data signal (DATA) generated and sent comprises at least one cryptographic key for deciphering a digital content to display on the viewing device (2000).

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising, at the microcontroller (1100) of the glasses, the following steps:

obtaining an encrypted digital content;

obtaining a decryption key from the acquired information;

decrypting the encrypted digital content using the decryption key;

and in which method the data signal (DATA) sent to the viewing device (2000) comprises the digital content so decrypted.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein obtaining the encrypted digital content comprises reception, by a communication interface (1200) integrated into the glasses, of an encrypted digital content sent by the viewing device (2000).

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the continuous decryption of the encrypted digital content using the decryption key and the continuous sending of the decrypted content to the viewing device (2000) are dependent upon continuous detection, by at least one sensor (1400) integrated into the glasses (1000), of the wearing of the glasses by said user.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data signal generated and sent (DATA) comprises configuration data to configure the viewing device (2000).

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the configuration data belong to a profile specific to the user and obtained using said acquired information.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data signal generated and sent (DATA) comprises data to display by said viewing device (2000).

12. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data signal generated and sent (DATA) comprises a command signal of the viewing device (2000).

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the viewing device (2000) comprises a 3D display screen (2400) and the glasses (1000) are 3D glasses for viewing a 3D image on said screen.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein the viewing device (2000) and the glasses (1000) are distinct items of equipment.

16. A method according to claim 3, further comprising the authentication of the user at the microcontroller (1100) integrated into the glasses and on the basis of the acquired authentication information, before sending said data signal (DATA) to the viewing device (2000) only in case of successful authentication.

15. Glasses (1000) for a user using a viewing device (2000), integrating:

an acquisition interface (1400) configured to acquire an item of information on utilization of the glasses.

a microcontroller (1100) to generate and control the sending, to the viewing device (2000), of a data signal (DATA) according to the acquired information.