Head-up security display

• US 8,558,893 B1
• Filed: 08/03/2007
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Persson, Carl J., Wilson, Thomas H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Assistant Examiner(s): RICHARDSON, THOMAS W
• Application Number:
  US11/833,747
• Time in Patent Office: 2,265 Days
• Field of Search: 348/159, 348/151, 348/169
• US Class Current: 348/159
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A security system worn by an individual is provided for monitoring an adjacent area. The security system includes a mobile device in communication with an audio device, a camera, and a transparent display. The camera captures an image. The audio device inputs audio information associated with the image, wherein the information includes a priority. The transparent display displays images captured via other mobile devices and information associated with the images captured via the other mobile devices. The mobile device is associated with a location engine configured to determine a location of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A security system worn by an individual for monitoring an adjacent area, comprising:

a transparent display;

a camera to capture an image;

an audio device to input audio information associated with the image, wherein the audio information includes a priority associated with an individual in the image;

a mobile device in communication with the camera and the audio device and the transparent display, wherein the transparent display is configured to display images captured via other mobile devices and information associated with the images captured via the other mobile devices, wherein at least some of the information is retrieved from an external database based on an analysis of individuals in the images using facial recognition software and a comparison of the individuals in the images to images stored in the external database, and wherein the mobile device is configured to;

read, via a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag reader, an RFID tag associated with a tangible item,

determine information associated with the RFID tag, wherein the information comprises at least one of an owner and a purchaser of the tangible item,

output the information associated with the RFID tag to at least one of the audio device and the transparent display,

identify an item of interest to a user of the mobile device via the transparent display based on the information associated with the RFID tag, and

identify another, different item of interest based on comments input via the audio device; and

a location engine associated with the mobile device, wherein the location engine is configured to determine a location of the mobile device.

2. The security system of claim 1, wherein the audio device is further configured to output information associated with images captured via other mobile devices.

3. The security system of claim 1, wherein the transparent display comprises a user wearable lens and a projector to project images on the lens.

4. The security system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is further configured to promote speech recognition to convert information to text.

5. The security system of claim 1, wherein the location engine determines the location of the mobile device using at least one of a radio frequency identification technology, a global positioning system technology, a forward link triangulation technology, or a motion detector technology.

6. The security system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device further comprises a gestures engine, wherein the gestures engine executes a gesture recognition application, and wherein the gesture recognition application recognizes images of gestures captured by the camera.

7. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a motion detector associated with the mobile device, wherein the motion detector is configured to input location information associated with the image.

8. The security system of claim 1, further comprising at least one of a pointer or a keyboard to input information associated with the image.

9. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a digital compass to determine an orientation of the mobile device.

10. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a server in communication with the mobile device, wherein the server is configured to access a database of information associated with images.

11. The security system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is configured to display images in response to at least one of a request input by a user of the mobile device or a geographic location of one or more of the other mobile devices.

12. The security system of claim 1, wherein the information further comprises at least one of information input by a user of the mobile device or a location of an item shown in the image.

13. The security system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is further configured to receive additional information associated with the RFID tag, and wherein the additional information is input via at least one of the audio device, a pointer, or a camera associated with the mobile device.

14. The security system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is further configured to output the information associated with the RFID tag to at least one of an audio device or a transparent display associated with another mobile device.

15. The security system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is further configured to partition a view into sections, the audio device is configured to receive a verbal selection of at least one of the sections by the user of the mobile device, and the camera is configured to capture an image of the at least one of the sections in response to the verbal selection by the user, wherein the mobile device is further configured to associate information with the image of the at least one of the sections.

16. The security system of claim 15, wherein at least some of the information associated with the image of the at least one of the sections is retrieved from an external database based on an analysis of an individual in the image using facial recognition software and a comparison of the individual in the image to images stored in the external database.

17. The security system of claim 16, wherein at least some of the information associated with the image of the at least one of the sections is audio information input via the audio device that includes a priority associated with the individual in the image.

18. The security system of claim 17, wherein the mobile device is further configured to output the information associated with the image of the at least one of the sections and the image of the at least one of the sections to at least one of a transparent display or an audio device associated with another mobile device.