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Wearable eyeglasses for providing social and environmental awareness

  • US 9,922,236 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2014
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wearable computing device having an eyeglasses form and designed to be worn by a user, comprising:

  • a body having a frame, a left lens, and a right lens;

    an inertial measurement unit (IMU) attached to the body and configured to detect inertial measurement data corresponding to a positioning, velocity, or acceleration of the body;

    a global positioning system (GPS) sensor attached to the body and configured to detect global positioning data corresponding to a global position of the body;

    at least one camera attached to the body and configured to detect image data corresponding to a surrounding environment of the body and a moving object or person in the surrounding environment;

    a memory attached to the body and configured to store object data regarding previously determined objects, previously determined user data associated with the user, and a preferred distance between the body and the moving object or person;

    a processor attached to the body and electrically coupled to the IMU, the GPS sensor, the at least one camera, and the memory, and configured to;

    determine a current location of the body based on at least one of the inertial measurement data, the global positioning data, or the image data,recognize an object in the surrounding environment by limiting an object identification search based on the current location of the body and by analyzing the image data based on the stored object data and the limited object identification search,determine an event or action to be performed based on the recognized object, the previously determined user data, and a current time or day,determine a destination based on the determined event or action to be performed,determine a navigation path from the current location of the body to the destination based on the determined destination, the image data, and at least one of the inertial measurement data or the global positioning data,determine a current distance between the body and the moving object or person,determine that a current speed of the body should increase when the current distance between the body and the moving object or person is greater than the preferred distance, anddetermine that the current speed of the body should decrease when the current distance between the body and the moving object or person is less than the preferred distance; and

    a speaker attached to the body, electrically coupled to the processor, and configured to;

    provide audio information to the user based on at least one of the recognized object, the determined event or action to be performed, or the navigation path,provide audio information to the user to increase a current walking speed when the processor determines that the current speed of the body should increase, andprovide audio information to the user to decrease the current walking speed when the processor determines that the current speed of the body should decrease.

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