SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN USERS OF AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICES

• US 20150156028A1
• Filed: 12/01/2014
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Upskill, Inc. (TeamViewer AG)
• Original Assignee: APX Labs LLC (TeamViewer AG)
• Inventors: Ballard, Brian Adams, Kim, Wonjae, Jenkins, Jeffrey Edward, Reily, Todd Richard
• Application Number:
  US14/556,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156028A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• 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 21/71 to assure secure computing or processing of information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 : Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 : Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 : using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 : for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 : Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 : Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 : Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 : specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 : according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 : Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 : based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 : Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 : Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 : using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 : User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup

Abstract

Systems and methods allow a user to share information with an augmented reality device. In one implementation, a system for interacting with and sharing information between a plurality of users of a corresponding plurality of wearable devices includes a network interface and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device is configured to receive, via the network interface, information from a first wearable device; select from the plurality of wearable devices one or more designated wearable devices to receive the information; and send, via the network interface, the information to the one or more designated wearable devices.

Claims

1. A system for interacting with and sharing information between a plurality of users of a corresponding plurality of wearable devices, the system comprising:

a network interface; and

at least one processing device associated with the system, the at least one processing device being configured to;

receive, via the network interface, information from a first wearable device;

select from the plurality of wearable devices one or more designated wearable devices to receive the information; and

send, via the network interface, the information to the one or more designated wearable devices.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the network interface includes one or more of an Internet connection, a cellular connection, a WAN connection, or a LAN connection.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the information includes image data retrieved from at least one image capture device associated with the first wearable device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to cause the information sent to the designated devices to be shown on a display associated with each of the designated devices.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the display associated with each of the designated devices includes glasses, and the glasses include one or more lenses configured to display the information in a semi-transparent form.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the information includes audio data retrieved from at least one audio device associated with the first wearable device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more designated wearable devices are selected based on a predetermined setting retrieved over the network interface.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more designated wearable devices are selected based on an analysis of user profiles of the plurality of users.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the analysis of user profiles includes identifying a commonality of the plurality of users.

10. A method for interacting with and sharing information between a plurality of users of a corresponding plurality of wearable devices, the method comprising:

receiving, via a network interface, information from a first wearable device;

selecting from the plurality of wearable devices one or more designated wearable devices to receive the information; and

sending, via the network interface, the information to the one or more designated wearable devices.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the network interface includes one or more of an Internet connection, a cellular connection, a WAN connection, or a LAN connection.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the information includes image data retrieved from at least one image capture device associated with the first wearable device.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising causing the information sent to the designated devices to be shown on a display associated with each of the designated devices.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein comprising causing the information sent to the designated devices to be shown on a display associated with each of the designated devices includes displaying the information in a semi-transparent form.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the information includes audio data retrieved from at least one audio device associated with the first wearable device.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more designated wearable devices are selected based on a predetermined setting retrieved over the network interface.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more designated wearable devices are selected based on an analysis of user profiles of the plurality of users.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the analysis of user profiles includes identifying a commonality of the plurality of users.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions executable by at least one processor to perform a method for interacting with and sharing information between a plurality of users of a corresponding plurality of wearable devices, the method comprising:

receiving information from a first wearable device;

selecting from the plurality of wearable devices one or more designated wearable devices to receive the information; and

sending the information to the one or more designated wearable devices.