SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR WEARABLE COMPUTERS WITH HEADS-UP DISPLAYS
First Claim
1. A wearable computer system comprising:
- a peripheral wearable heads-up display (“
WHUD”
) that, in use, is worn on a head of a user, wherein the peripheral WHUD includes at least a first display element positioned within a field of view of at least a first eye of the user when the peripheral WHUD is worn on the head of the user and a wireless receiver communicatively coupled to the at least a first display element; and
a wearable electronic band that, in use, is worn on a limb of the user, wherein the wearable electronic band includes a processor, a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor, and a wireless transmitter communicatively coupled to the processor, and wherein the non-transitory processor-readable storage medium stores processor-executable display instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the wearable electronic band to define and wirelessly transmit display data to the peripheral WHUD and wherein, in response to wirelessly receiving the display data from the wearable electronic band, the peripheral heads-up display WHUD operates the at least a first display element to display information to the user.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for wearable computer systems are described. A wearable heads-up display (“WHUD”) is implemented as a peripheral to a wearable electronic band worn on a limb of the user. The majority (or all) of the application storage and processing is performed on the band instead of on the WHUD, and therefore the WHUD does not include all of the hardware infrastructure necessary for application storage and processing. This significantly reduces the bulk of the WHUD and enables more aesthetically pleasing WHUD designs. Graphics processing is also performed on the band instead of on the WHUD. In some implementations, rasterized display data is wirelessly transmitted from the band to the WHUD using an ultra-wideband wireless communication scheme. Gesture-based control of content displayed by the WHUD is enabled by sensors on-board the band itself or by a third wearable component in communication with the band.
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1. A wearable computer system comprising:
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a peripheral wearable heads-up display (“
WHUD”
) that, in use, is worn on a head of a user, wherein the peripheral WHUD includes at least a first display element positioned within a field of view of at least a first eye of the user when the peripheral WHUD is worn on the head of the user and a wireless receiver communicatively coupled to the at least a first display element; anda wearable electronic band that, in use, is worn on a limb of the user, wherein the wearable electronic band includes a processor, a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor, and a wireless transmitter communicatively coupled to the processor, and wherein the non-transitory processor-readable storage medium stores processor-executable display instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the wearable electronic band to define and wirelessly transmit display data to the peripheral WHUD and wherein, in response to wirelessly receiving the display data from the wearable electronic band, the peripheral heads-up display WHUD operates the at least a first display element to display information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating a wearable computer system, wherein the wearable computer system comprises a wearable electronic band worn on a limb of a user and a peripheral wearable heads-up display (“
- WHUD”
) worn on a head of the user, the method comprising;defining display data by a processor on-board the wearable electronic band; wirelessly transmitting the display data by a wireless transmitter on-board the wearable electronic band; wirelessly receiving the display data by a wireless receiver on-board the peripheral WHUD; and displaying information to the user based on the display data by at least a first display element of the peripheral WHUD. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- WHUD”
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