SIGHT INFORMATION COLLECTION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING

• US 20150287048A1
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Nortrup, Edward H., Border, John N.
• Granted Patent: US 11,227,294 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/00 Details of sighting or aiming apparatus; Accessories tools for adjustment of sights F41G1/545
• 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 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/003 Light absorbing elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/285 comprising deposited thin solid films G02B5/281 - G02B5/289 take precedence; multilayered film filters for fibre optic multiplexing G02B6/29361
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• 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 3/03542 Light pens for emitting or receiving light
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0383 Signal control means within the pointing device
• 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 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for collecting an using eye heading and sight heading information in head worn computing.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

a. Collecting eye heading information from a plurality of head-worn computers that come into proximity with an object in an environment, wherein the eye heading information is collected from each of the plurality of head-worn computers by capturing an image of an eye of a wearer of the head-worn computers through an optical path internal to content display optics of each head-worn computer;

b. Developing a crowd profile based on the eye heading information such that a perception of the crowd'"'"'s interest for the object is described; and

c. Providing feedback of the crowd'"'"'s interest to an entity that has an interest in the object.

2. A method, comprising:

a. Collecting eye heading information from a plurality of head-worn computers that come into proximity with an object in an environment, wherein the eye heading information is collected from each of the plurality of head-worn computers by capturing an image of an eye of a wearer of the head-worn computers through an optical path internal to content display optics of each head-worn computer; and

b. Providing a map of the environment with an indication of how many of the plurality of head-worn computers apparently looked at the object, as understood by examining the eye heading information from the plurality of head-worn computers.

3. A method, comprising:

a. Collecting a plurality of eye headings from a head-worn computer, wherein each of the plurality of eye headings is associated with a different pre-determined object in an environment, wherein the eye heading information is collected from each of the plurality of head-worn computers by capturing an image of an eye of a wearer of the head-worn computers through an optical path internal to content display optics of each head-worn computer;

b. Examining the plurality of eye headings to determine if the eye heading aligned with a pre-determined object; and

c. Developing a wearer observation preference profile based on the examination.

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