LINE-OF-SIGHT-BASED CONTENT-SHARING DYNAMIC AD-HOC NETWORKS

• US 20190042575A1
• Filed: 01/25/2017
• Published: 02/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Everysight LTD.
• Original Assignee: Everysight LTD.
• Inventors: ASHKENAZI, Asaf, SHAMIR, Hanan
• Granted Patent: US 11,106,721 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/0433 Detecting, signalling or lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/30 Mounting radio sets or communication 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 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/434 using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/00 Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

Methods, systems and wearable devices are provided, which are associated with users in communicating group(s). Devices receive or derive their position, calculate their device axis orientation with respect to an axis of a reference frame and a line of sight (LOS) of associated component(s) or user, and deliver specified data to other users according to their position with respect to the LOS and predefined rules. The systems may be configured to understand the nature of the situation and to enable automatic sharing of relevant digital information among the users within a dynamic network according to specified criteria (e.g., thresholds). Pictures and videos may be shared automatically with the relevant friends assuming that those friends are within the position and orientation of the taken image, linked within a private network to the user sharing the image, and approved to receive such data from the network.

Claims

1. A wearable device, associated with a user being a member of at least one communicating group of users with respective wearable devices, the wearable device comprising:

a position and orientation (P&

O) module configured to;

receive or derive a position of the wearable device,

calculate a device axis orientation of the wearable device with respect to an axis of a reference frame, and

calculate a line of sight (LOS) of at least one component associated with the wearable device with specified P&

O, the LOS calculation being carried out with respect to a scene, and based on the calculated device axis orientation of the wearable device and on the specified P&

O of the at least one component, and

a communication module configured to deliver specified data to at least one other wearable device of a respective at least one other user of the at least one communicating group,

wherein the delivering of the specified data is conditioned upon entering of the at least one of the other wearable devices to a region that was previously or is currently covered by a sector defined by the calculated LOS and predefined rules.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the predefined rules relate to at least one of:

a distance to the other wearable device, an angular relationship between the other wearable device and the calculated LOS, an identity of the other user, a status of the other user within the at least one communicating group of users, a priority of the other user, a priority related to the specified data, and temporal parameters relating to each thereof.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising an image capturing module configured to capture at least one image along the LOS, wherein the delivered specified data comprises the at least one image.

4. The wearable device of claim 3, further comprising an image processing software configured to enable processing of the at least one image prior to its delivery.

5. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the at least one component is a sensor and the LOS is calculated with respect to a specified sector of an angular range of the sensor.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the P&

O module is configured to derive the position of the wearable device.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the P&

O module comprises an inertial tracker.

8. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a display with a graphical user interface (GUI), configured to display a location of an at least one other wearable device and the specified data, and to enable selection of recipient users.

9. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the predefined rules are received from an application to which all wearable devices are connected.

10. The wearable device of claim 1, configured as a head-mounted device having the LOS parallel to a LOS of the user wearing the device.

11. The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising a tracker configured to track a LOS of the user, wherein the P&

O module is configured to use the tracked user'"'"'s LOS in place of the calculated component LOS.

12. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the delivering of the specified data with respect to the calculated LOS is carried out at a specified angle with respect to the LOS and/or at a specified distance with respect to a position of the wearable device.

13. A system comprising a plurality of the wearable devices of claim 1, and a management application in communication with the communication modules in the other wearable devices, which is configured to manage the sending of data streams comprising the specified data among the communication modules according to the predefined rules.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the devices further comprise respective image capturing modules configured to capture at least one image along the respective LOSs, and wherein the management application is further configured to compose a composite image or video from a plurality of the captured images received from one or more wearable devices according to tempo-spatial parameters of users that relate to the captured images.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the management application is further configured to compose the composite image or video with respect to at least one of:

a specified user, a specific captured image, a tempo-spatial trail, and a location.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the management application is further configured to provide editing and sharing abilities concerning parts of the composite image or video.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the management application is further configured to define and manage the users'"'"' predefined rules with respect to the delivering of the specified data.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the management application is further configured to evaluate spatial relations among multiple P&

O'"'"'s and LOS'"'"'s and send the data streams accordingly.

19. A method comprising:

receiving or deriving a position of a wearable device, which is associated with a user being a member of at least one communicating group of users with respective wearable devices,

calculating a device axis orientation of the wearable device with respect to an axis of a reference frame,

calculating a line of sight (LOS) of at least one component associated with the wearable device with specified position and orientation (P&

O), the LOS calculation being carried out with respect to a scene, and based on the calculated device axis orientation of the wearable device and on the specified P&

O of the at least one component, and

delivering specified data to at least one other wearable device of a respective at least one other user of the at least one communicating group,

wherein the delivering of the specified data is conditioned upon entering of the at least one of the other wearable devices to a region that was previously or is currently covered by a sector defined by the calculated LOS and predefined rules.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the predefined rules relate to at least one of:

a distance to the other wearable device, an angular relationship between the other wearable device and the calculated LOS, an identity of the other user, a status of the other user within the at least one communicating group of users, a priority of the other user, a priority related to the specified data, and temporal parameters relating to each thereof.

21-33. -33. (canceled)