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 a plurality of images 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 attach the at least one image sensor and the two or more microphones to the user; and
at least one processing device programmed to;
identify the chin of the user in at least one of the plurality of images to obtain a direction the chin of the user is facing with respect to a body of the user;
based on the direction the chin of the user is facing, activate at least one microphone of the two or more microphones to record sound in the direction the chin is facing; and
process input from the activated 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 activated 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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35 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 a plurality of images 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 attach the at least one image sensor and the two or more microphones to the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; identify the chin of the user in at least one of the plurality of images to obtain a direction the chin of the user is facing with respect to a body of the user; based on the direction the chin of the user is facing, activate at least one microphone of the two or more microphones to record sound in the direction the chin is facing; and process input from the activated 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 activated using a second processing scheme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. 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 attach the at least one image sensor to the user; and at least one processing device programmed to; capture at least one first image using the at least one image sensor; identify the chin of the user in the at least one first image to obtain a direction the chin of the user is facing; select an image area from at least one second image captured by the at least one image sensor based on the direction the chin of the user is facing; and process the selected image area of the at least one second image and discard one or more image areas of the at least one second image outside of the selected image area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method comprising:
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processing at least one of a plurality of images captured using a wearable camera to identify a chin of a user in the at least one of the plurality of images to obtain a location of the chin of the user; based on the location of the chin of the user, activating at least one microphone of two or more microphones attached to the wearable camera from a state in which the at least one microphone is turned on but not recording sound to a state in which the at least one microphone records sound; processing input from the activated at least one microphone using a first processing scheme; processing input from at least one of the two or more microphones that are not activated using a second processing scheme; estimating a direction the chin is facing; identifying a portion of at least one of the plurality of images captured by the at least one image sensor based on the estimated direction the chin is facing; and processing the identified portion. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method comprising:
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capturing at least one first image using a wearable camera; identifying a chin of a user in the at least one first image to obtain a direction the chin of the user is facing; selecting an image area from at least one second image captured by the wearable camera based on the direction the chin of the user is facing; and processing the selected image area of the at least one second image and discarding one or more image areas of the at least one second image outside of the selected image area. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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