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Spatial location presentation in head worn computing

  • US 9,286,728 B2
  • Filed: 05/29/2014
  • Issued: 03/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A head-worn display apparatus adapted to present an indication of another person'"'"'s (“

  • other person”

    ) known location with respect to a user wearing the head-worn display apparatus, comprising;

    a. a see-through electronic display adapted to display digital content and providing a see-through view for the user; and

    b. a processor receiving global position system (“

    GPS”

    ) data indicative of the other-person'"'"'s known location and in communication with the see-through electronic display, the processor adapted to generate a virtual target line indicative of a distance and angle between the see-through display and the other person and to cause digital content to be displayed along the virtual target line on the see-through display, wherein the processor is adapted to identify that the other person is obstructed from view by identifying at least one actual obstacle in the field of view that interferes with the user'"'"'s view of the other person'"'"'s known-location, wherein the identification of the obstructed view is determined based on a comparison of a GPS location of the user and the GPS location of the other person in relation to a pre-stored mapped instance of the actual object, wherein the processor is adapted to generate, in the field of view, digital content in-line with the virtual target line, wherein the digital content comprises an indicator of the other person'"'"'s known location, and wherein the indicator is modified if the known location is obstructed from view by the at least one actual object.

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