VIDEO DISPLAY MODIFICATION BASED ON SENSOR INPUT FOR A SEE-THROUGH NEAR-TO-EYE DISPLAY

• US 20130127980A1
• Filed: 09/26/2012
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Haddick, John D., Osterhout, Ralph F.
• Granted Patent: US 8,964,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.08
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/113 for determining or recording eye movement
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0112 comprising device for genereting colour display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0118 comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2207/113 Fluorescence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2207/115 Electrowetting
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/366 using viewer tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

This disclosure concerns a near field communication (NFC) device which includes a wrist-worn NFC-enabled electronics device, wherein the wrist-worn NFC enabled electronics device includes a first communications link for communicating with a second NFC-enabled electronics device via NFC protocols, and a second communications link for communicating with an eyepiece via a medium-range communications protocol and receiving control commands. The wrist-worn NFC-enabled electronics device facilitates the transfer of data between the eyepiece and the second NFC-enabled electronics device. The eyepiece comprises optics enabling a see-through display on which is displayed the data.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an interactive head-mounted eyepiece worn by a user, wherein the eyepiece includes an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and displayed content,

an integrated processor for handling content for display to the user,

an integrated image source for introducing the content to the optical assembly;

the processor adapted to modify the content, wherein the modification is made in response to a sensor input.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the content is a video image.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the modification is at least one of adjust brightness, adjust color saturation, adjust color balance, adjust color hue, adjust video resolution, adjust transparency, adjust compression rate, adjust frames per second rate, isolate part of the video, stop the video from playing, pause the video, or restart the video.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein sensor input is derived from at least one of a charge-coupled device, a black silicon sensor, an IR sensor, a acoustic sensor, a induction sensor, a motion sensor, an optical sensor, an opacity sensor, a proximity sensor, an inductive sensor, an Eddy-current sensor, a passive infrared proximity sensor, a radar, a capacitive displacement sensor, a hall-effect sensor, a magnetic sensor, a GPS sensor, a thermal imaging sensor, a thermocouple, a thermistor, a photoelectric sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared laser sensor, an inertial motion sensor, a MEMS internal motion sensor, an ultrasonic 3D motion sensor, an accelerometer, an inclinometer, a force sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, a rotary encoder, a linear encoder, a chemical sensor, an ozone sensor, a smoke sensor, a heat sensor, a magnetometer, a carbon dioxide detector, a carbon monoxide detector, an oxygen sensor, a glucose sensor, a smoke detector, a metal detector, a rain sensor, an altimeter, an activity sensor, an object detector, a marker detector, a laser rangefinder, a sonar, a capacitive sensor, a heart rate sensor, and an RF/micropower impulse radio (MIR) sensor.

5. The system of claim 3 wherein the content is stopped from playing in response to an indication from an accelerometer input that the user'"'"'s head is moving.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein an audio sensor input is generated by the speaking of at least one participant of a video conference.

9. The system of claim 4 wherein a visual sensor input is a video image of at least one participant of a video conference.

10. The system of claim 4 wherein the visual sensor input is a video image of a visual presentation.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the modification is at least one of making the video image more or less transparent in response to an indication from a sensor that the user is moving.

12. A system comprising:

an interactive head-mounted eyepiece worn by a user, wherein the eyepiece includes an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and displayed content,

an integrated processor for handling content for display to the user,

an integrated image source for introducing the content to the optical assembly;

the processor adapted to modify the content, wherein the modification is made in response to a sensor input; and

further comprising, an integrated video image capture facility that records an aspect of the surrounding environment and provides the content for display.