User interface for a head mounted display

• US 8,681,074 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2011
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Liang, Regina
• Application Number:
  US13/221,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20110310012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• Field of Search: 345 7- 9, 345156-158
• 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:

a computing arrangement situated at least partially on a head of a user, the computing arrangement including a first processor; and

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

wherein the computing arrangement is coupled to a mobile device including a second processor and a motion sensor, the motion sensor detecting a direction of movement of the mobile device and the second processor generating direction data in response to the detected movement that is displayed as a movement of the pointing device on the display and further wherein the mobile device is coupled to an accessory including an accessory sensor wherein an activation of the accessory sensor deactivates the motion sensor of the mobile device.

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 the accessory and further wherein the accessory sensor detects a second direction in which the accessory is moved to generate second corresponding direction data, and the display displays 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 at least one of a scanner, an imager, a camera, and a radio frequency identification reader.

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

6. The headset of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor comprises an inertial sensor.

7. The headset of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor comprises an accelerometer.

8. The headset of claim 1, wherein the display is coupled to an extender extending from a frame of the headset.

9. The headset of claim 8, wherein when the extender is moved in an upright position, the display is deactivated.

10. 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.

11. A mobile device, comprising:

a computing arrangement having a second processor coupled to a headset that includes a display and a first processor, the display capable of displaying a pointing device to a user; and

a motion sensor coupled to the second processor, the motion sensor detecting a direction of movement of the mobile device and the second processor generating direction data in response to the detected movement that is displayed as a movement of the pointing device on the display wherein the mobile device is coupled to an accessory including an accessory sensor and further wherein the activation of the accessory sensor deactivates the motion sensor of the mobile device.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the mobile device is coupled to the headset through one of a wired connection and a wireless connection.

13. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the mobile device is coupled through one of a wired connection and a wireless connection to the accessory wherein the accessory sensor detects a second direction in which the accessory is moved to generate second corresponding direction data and the display displays to the user a second corresponding movement of the pointing device which is determined as a function of the second corresponding direction data.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the accessory is a data capture device including at least one of a scanner, an imager, a camera, and a radio frequency identification reader.

15. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the mobile device is fixedly mounted.

16. The mobile device of claim 11, further comprising:

a portable power supply providing energy to at least one of the mobile device and the headset.

17. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the motion sensor comprises an inertial sensor.

18. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the motion sensor comprises an accelerometer.

19. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the motion sensor is manually activated.

20. A system, comprising:

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

a mobile device coupled to the headset, the mobile device comprising a second processor and a motion sensor coupled to the second processor, the motion sensor detecting a direction of movement of the mobile device and the second processor generating direction data in response to the detected movement that is displayed as a movement of the pointing device on the display; and

an accessory coupled to the mobile device, wherein the accessory includes an accessory sensor and further wherein an activation of the accessory sensor deactivates the motion sensor of the mobile device.