Spatial location presentation in head worn computing

• US 9,401,540 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2014
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Haddick, John D., Lohse, Robert Michael, Osterhout, Ralph F., Border, John N.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, NICHOLAS J
• Application Number:
  US14/451,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20150229019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/276 for mounting on helmets

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to the stabilization of head-worn micro-Doppler antennas.

Claims

1. A head-worn micro-Doppler system, comprising:

a. a helmet mount adapted to be removably attached to a helmet; and

b. a micro-Doppler antenna securely mounted on the helmet mount, wherein the micro-Doppler antenna is stabilized with respect to the environment such that the micro-Doppler antenna position is moved to compensate for helmet movements.

2. The head-worn micro-Doppler system of claim 1, wherein the micro-Doppler antenna is stabilized with a piezo-electric motor.

3. The head-worn micro-Doppler system of claim 2, wherein motions of the helmet mount are monitored with an inertial sensor and the inertial sensor outputs control signals to operate the piezo-electric motor.

4. A head-worn micro-Doppler system, comprising:

a. a helmet mount adapted to be removably attached to a helmet; and

b. a first micro-Doppler antenna attached to the helmet mount; and

c. a second micro-Doppler antenna attached to the helmet mount,

d. wherein each of the first and second micro-Doppler antenna are independently stabilized with respect to the helmet such that each of the first and second micro-Doppler antenna'"'"'s positions are compensated independently to maintain fixed positions relative to the environment as the helmet mount moves.

5. A head-worn micro-Doppler system, comprising:

a. a helmet mount adapted to be removably attached to a helmet;

b. a micro-Doppler antenna mounted on the helmet mount, wherein the micro-Doppler antenna is stabilized relative to the environment such that the micro-Doppler antenna is held in a fixed position as the helmet moves during a radar pulse; and

c. an inertial measurement unit (IMU) mounted on the micro-Doppler antenna adapted to monitor movements from the fixed position and generate an error statistic relating to movements from the fixed position, wherein the error statistic is used to determine compensating movements of the micro-Doppler antenna relative to the helmet mount to return the micro-Doppler antenna to the fixed position.