Apparatus and method for enhancing face-to-face communication
First Claim
1. A wearable electronic display unit to be worn by a first person, comprising:
- a display capable of displaying text in a first display mode adapted for viewing at a distance by a second person, and in a second display mode adapted for being read nearby by the first person, the display having access to stored identifications of people who were within the first person'"'"'s social network prior to a receipt or an activation of the display unit by the first person;
when the display is operating in the second mode, the text being oriented in one orientation relative to vertical, andwhen the display is operating in the first mode, the text being larger than the text when the display is operating in the second mode and the text being oriented in a different orientation relative to vertical,the wearable electronic display unit having the capability to(1) add, to the stored identifications, an identification of the second person as being within the first person'"'"'s social network; and
(2) receive stored identifications of people who are within the second person'"'"'s social network,”
further including an interface.
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Abstract
A wearable electronic tag for displaying graphics and text images and for communicating with other similar tags. Each tag includes a visible, graphical display adapted to be worn by a user. The tag also includes a short range, substantially unidirectional electronic communication channel, such as an infrared transmitter-receiver, located on the display unit so that, when the display unit is worn, the interface faces in a direction of the desired communication with another person who also is wearing a similar tag. This arrangement makes possible automatic data exchange and comparison of the interchanged data and display of the results of the comparison on the tags worn by the two wearers. The tags also have a longer range wireless communication system to receive and transmit data.
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9 Claims
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1. A wearable electronic display unit to be worn by a first person, comprising:
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a display capable of displaying text in a first display mode adapted for viewing at a distance by a second person, and in a second display mode adapted for being read nearby by the first person, the display having access to stored identifications of people who were within the first person'"'"'s social network prior to a receipt or an activation of the display unit by the first person; when the display is operating in the second mode, the text being oriented in one orientation relative to vertical, and when the display is operating in the first mode, the text being larger than the text when the display is operating in the second mode and the text being oriented in a different orientation relative to vertical, the wearable electronic display unit having the capability to (1) add, to the stored identifications, an identification of the second person as being within the first person'"'"'s social network; and (2) receive stored identifications of people who are within the second person'"'"'s social network,”
further including an interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A wearable electronic display unit to be worn by a first person, comprising:
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a display capable of displaying text and graphics in a first display mode adapted for viewing at a distance by a second person, and in a second display mode adapted for being read nearby by the first person, the display having access to stored identifications of people who were within the first person'"'"'s social network prior to a receipt or an activation of the display unit by the first person, and when the display is operating in the first mode, the text has one orientation relative to vertical, and is larger than the text when the display is operating in the second mode and when the display is operating in the second mode, the text has a different orientation relative to vertical; and an information transmitting and receiving interface located on the display so that, when the interface faces in a direction of a short-range substantially unidirectional communication, electronic communication is possible between the display unit and a second display unit worn by a second person, the display unit having the capability to (1) add, to the stored identifications, an identification of the second person as being within the first person'"'"'s social network, (2) receive stored identifications of people who are within the second person'"'"'s social network, (3) without wearer intervention, analyze the social network of the first person and the social network of the second person, and (4) display a measure expressing a result of the analysis of the social network of the first person and the social network of the second person. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A wearable electronic display unit to be worn by a first person, comprising:
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a display capable of displaying text and graphics in a first display mode adapted for viewing at a distance by a second person, and in a second display mode adapted for being read nearby by the first person, the display having access to stored identifications of people who were within the first person'"'"'s social network prior to a receipt or an activation of the display unit by the first person, and when the display is operating in the first mode, the text is larger than and is in a different orientation to vertical than the text when the display is operating in the second mode; and an information transmitting and receiving interface located on the display so that, when the interface faces in a direction of a short-range substantially unidirectional communication, electronic communication is possible between the display unit and a second display unit worn by a second person, the display unit having the capability to (1) add, to the stored identifications, an identification of the second person as being within the first person'"'"'s social network, (2) receive stored identifications of people who are within the second person'"'"'s social network, (3) without wearer intervention, analyze the social network of the first person and the social network of the second person, and (4) display a measure expressing a result of the analysis of the social network of the first person and the social network of the second person. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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