User Interface for a Head Mounted Display

• US 20090128448A1
• Filed: 11/15/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Riechel, Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 8,072,393 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A headset comprises an arrangement and a display. The arrangement is situated at least partially on a head of a user. The display is coupled to the arrangement and capable of displaying a pointing device to the user. The headset is coupled to a mobile device which includes a sensor. When the mobile device is moved, the sensor detects a direction of the movement to generate corresponding direction data. The display displays to the user a corresponding movement of the pointing device which is determined as a function of the corresponding direction data.

Claims

1. A headset, comprising:

an arrangement situated at least partially on a head of a user; and

a display coupled to the arrangement, the display capable of displaying a pointing device to the user,

wherein the headset is coupled to a mobile device which includes a sensor, when the mobile device is moved, the sensor detects a direction of the movement to generate corresponding direction data, the display displaying to the user a corresponding movement of the pointing device which is determined as a function of the corresponding direction data.

2. The headset of claim 1, wherein the headset is coupled to the mobile device through one of a wired connection and a wireless connection.

3. The headset of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is coupled through one of a wired connection and a wireless connection to an accessory which includes an accessory sensor, the accessory sensor detecting a second direction in which the accessory is moved to generate second corresponding direction data, the display displaying to the user a second corresponding movement of the pointing device which is determined as a function of the second corresponding direction data.

4. The headset of claim 3, wherein the accessory is a data capture device including a scanner, an imager, a camera, and a radio frequency identification reader.

5. The headset of claim 3, wherein an activation of the accessory sensor deactivates the sensor of the mobile device.

6. The headset of claim 1, wherein the display is oriented to be over an eye of the user.

7. The headset of claim 1, wherein the sensor is one of a motion sensor and an inertial sensor.

8. The headset of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes an accelerometer.

9. The headset of claim 1, wherein the display is coupled to an extender extending from the headband.

10. The headset of claim 9, wherein when the extender is moved in an upright position, the display is deactivated.

11. The headset of claim 1, further comprising:

an audio input receiving voice data, the voice data including voice commands one of activating and deactivating the display.

12. A mobile device, comprising:

an input/output arrangement coupled to a headset that includes a display, the display capable of displaying a pointing device to a user; and

a sensor detecting a direction corresponding to a movement of the mobile device to generate corresponding direction data, the display displaying to the user a corresponding movement of the pointing device which is determined as a function of the corresponding direction data.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the mobile device is coupled to the headset through one of a wired connection and a wireless connection.

14. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the mobile device is coupled through one of a wired connection and a wireless connection to an accessory which includes an accessory sensor, the accessory sensor detecting a second direction in which the accessory is moved to generate second corresponding direction data, the display displaying to the user a second corresponding movement of the pointing device which is determined as a function of the second corresponding direction data.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the accessory is a data capture device including a scanner, an imager, a camera, and a radio frequency identification reader.

16. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein an activation of the accessory sensor deactivates the sensor of the mobile device.

17. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the mobile device is fixedly mounted.

18. The mobile device of claim 12, further comprising:

a portable power supply providing energy to the mobile device and the headset.

19. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the sensor is one of a motion sensor and an inertial sensor.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the sensor includes an accelerometer.

21. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the sensor is manually activated.

22. A system, comprising:

a headset including an arrangement situated at least partially on a head of a user and a display coupled to the arrangement, the display capable of displaying a pointing device to the user; and

a mobile device coupled to the headset, the mobile device including an input/output arrangement establishing the coupling and a sensor detecting a direction in which the mobile device is moved to generate corresponding direction data, the display displaying to the user a corresponding movement of the pointing device which is determined as a function of the corresponding direction data.