WEARABLE APPARATUS WITH WIDE VIEWING ANGLE IMAGE SENSOR
First Claim
1. A wearable apparatus for capturing image data, the wearable apparatus comprising:
- at least one image sensor for capturing image data of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes at least a portion of a chin of the user;
two or more microphones;
an attachment mechanism configured to enable the at least one image sensor and the two or more microphones to be worn by the user; and
at least one processing device programmed to;
capture at least one image using the at least one image sensor;
identify the chin of the user in the at least one image to obtain a location of the chin of the user in the at least one image;
select at least one microphone from the two or more microphones based on the location of the chin of the user in the at least one image; and
process input from the selected at least one microphone using a first processing scheme, and process input from at least one of the two or more microphones that are not selected using a second processing scheme.
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Abstract
A wearable apparatus and method are provided for capturing image data. In one implementation, a wearable apparatus for capturing image data is provided. The wearable apparatus includes at least one image sensor for capturing image data of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes a chin of the user. The wearable apparatus includes two or more microphones, and an attachment mechanism configured to enable the image sensor and microphones to be worn by the user. The wearable apparatus includes a processing device programmed to capture at least one image, identify the chin of the user to obtain a location of the chin, select a microphone from the two or more microphones based on the location, process input from the selected microphone using a first processing scheme, and process input from a microphone that is not selected using a second processing scheme.
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48 Claims
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1. A wearable apparatus for capturing image data, the wearable apparatus comprising:
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at least one image sensor for capturing image data of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes at least a portion of a chin of the user; two or more microphones; an attachment mechanism configured to enable the at least one image sensor and the two or more microphones to be worn by the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; capture at least one image using the at least one image sensor; identify the chin of the user in the at least one image to obtain a location of the chin of the user in the at least one image; select at least one microphone from the two or more microphones based on the location of the chin of the user in the at least one image; and process input from the selected at least one microphone using a first processing scheme, and process input from at least one of the two or more microphones that are not selected using a second processing scheme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wearable apparatus for capturing image data, the wearable apparatus comprising:
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at least one image sensor for capturing image data of an environment of a user; at least one microphone; an attachment mechanism configured to enable the at least one image sensor and the at least one microphone to be worn by the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; identify a direction of sound received by the at least one microphone; identify a portion of at least one image captured by the at least one image sensor based on the direction of the sound received by the at least one microphone; and process the identified portion of the at least one image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A wearable apparatus for capturing image data, the wearable apparatus comprising:
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at least one image sensor for capturing image data of an environment of a user, wherein a field of view of the image sensor includes at least a portion of a chin of the user; an attachment mechanism configured to enable the at least one image sensor to be worn by the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; capture at least one image using the at least one image sensor; identify the chin of the user the in at least one image to obtain a location of the chin of the user in the at least one image; identify a portion of the at least one image captured by the at least one image sensor based on the location of the chin of the user; and process the identified portion of the at least one image. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method comprising:
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processing at least one image captured using a wearable camera to identify a chin of a user in the at least one image to obtain a location of the chin of the user in the at least one image; selecting at least one microphone from two or more microphones attached to the wearable camera based on the location of the chin of the user in the at least one image; and processing input from the selected at least one microphone using a first processing scheme, and processing input from at least one of the two or more microphones that are not selected using a second processing scheme. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method comprising:
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identifying a direction of sound received by at least one microphone attached to a wearable camera to obtain a sound direction; capturing at least one image using a wearable camera; identifying a portion of the at least one image based on the sound direction; and processing the identified portion of the at least one image. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. A method comprising:
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capturing at least one image using a wearable camera; identifying a chin of a user in the at least one image to obtain a location of the chin of the user in the at least one image; identifying a portion of the at least one image captured by the at least one image sensor based on the location of the chin of the user; and processing the identified portion of the at least one image. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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