Visual Cortex Thought Detector Interface

• US 20140267401A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OTOY, Inc.
• Original Assignee: OTOY, Inc.
• Inventors: Urbach, Julian Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,773,332 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• 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 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A wearable computing device comprises one or more eye pieces each of which further comprises a flexible frame surrounding a display screen and tactile elements arranged on the perimeter of the display screen. The tactile elements provide tactile feedback to the user that is synchronous with the display on the display screen. A detection system is also included in the flexible frame to monitor the movements of a wearer'"'"'s eyes and the eye sockets and to execute various tasks in response to the detected movements. A visual cortex thought detector also coupled to the wearable computing device obtains information regarding the wearer'"'"'s thoughts and manipulates a display on the display screen based on the obtained information.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a wearable eye piece comprising;

a flexible frame configured for shape-mating engagement with an eye socket of a human wearer such that ambient light transmission is substantially blocked between the frame and the eye socket;

a display screen fixed to an aperture in the frame;

a visual cortex input detecting component attached to the flexible frame, the visual cortex input detecting component detects input from the visual cortex of the wearer;

a first processor in communication with the visual cortex input detecting component that facilitates processing the input and generating a display on the display screen based on the input; and

a processor readable storage medium for storing program logic.

2. The system of claim 1, the programming logic comprising:

a visual cortex display generating logic, executed by the first processor, for generating a display on the display screen based on the input from the visual cortex of the wearer.

3. The system of claim 2, the visual cortex display generating logic further comprises:

avatar manipulation logic, executed by the first processor, for manipulating an avatar displayed on the display screen based on the input from the visual cortex of the wearer.

4. The system of claim 2, the programming logic comprising:

a visual cortex input storage logic, executed by the first processor, for storing the input from the visual cortex in a computer readable storage medium.

5. The system of claim 2, the visual cortex display generating logic further comprises:

a secondary display generating logic, executed by the first processor, for generating the display based on stored input obtained from a visual cortex of a second user different from the wearer.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of tactile elements attached to the flexible frame, the tactile elements are communicatively coupled with the first processor and are selectively activated by the first processor in response to the display on the display screen.

7. The system of claim 6, the programming logic further comprising:

tactile element manipulation logic, executed by the first processor, for manipulating the tactile elements based on the input from the visual cortex of the wearer.

8. A method of providing content comprising:

obtaining, by a first processor as electrical signals, input from a visual cortex of a first user;

interpreting, by the first processor, the electrical signals to generate a representation of the input from the visual cortex of the first user;

displaying, by the first processor to the first user, visual content based on the representation on a display screen fixed to a flexible frame of a wearable computing device, the flexible frame is engaged in a shape mating arrangement with at least one of the first user'"'"'s eye.

9. The method of claim 8, the visual content is the representation.

10. The method of claim 8, displaying the visual content to the first user based on the representation further comprises:

manipulating, by the first processor, using the input, a display shown to the first user prior to obtaining the input from the visual cortex.

11. The method of claim 10, the display comprises an avatar.

12. The method of claim 10, manipulating a display further comprises:

changing, by the first processor, a visual attribute of an element comprised in the display based on the input from the visual cortex.

13. The method of claim 8, the visual content comprises a pattern obtained as input from the visual cortex of the first user.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

activating, by the first processor, a tactile element attached to the flexible frame based on the input from the visual cortex.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

storing, by the first processor, the visual content based on the representation.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting, by a second processor, the visual content to a second user different from the first user.

17. The method of claim 16, the second processor is different from the first processor.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving, by the second processor, input from a visual cortex of the second user;

generating, by the second processor, new visual content by altering the visual content based on the input from the visual cortex of the second user; and

storing, by the second processor, the new visual content in a processor readable storage medium.

19. A computer readable storage medium, comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

obtain input from a visual cortex of a first user as electrical signals;

generate a representation of the input from the visual cortex of the first user by interpreting the electrical signals;

display visual content based on the representation on a display screen fixed to a flexible frame of a wearable computing device, the flexible frame is engaged in a shape mating arrangement with at least one of the first user'"'"'s eye.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 wherein the visual content is the representation.