Eyeglass-type wearable device and front part of eyglass-type wearable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10025103-B2
Application number	US-201514680248-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2015
Priority date	Oct 24, 2012
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

An eyeglass-type wearable device includes a first temple part positioned along one temporal region of a user, a second temple part positioned along the other temporal region of the user, and a front part positioned in front of the face of the user, when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user. The front part includes an electrical unit including an imaging device, and a first and second connection sections to which the first and the second temple parts can be connected, and at least one of the first and the second temple parts includes a temple-side electrical unit. The first and second temple parts can be attached to and removed from the first and second connection sections of the front part. Information about an image captured by the imaging device included in the front part is transmitted from the front part to the temple-side electrical unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An eyeglass-type wearable device comprising:
a first temple part that is positioned along one temporal region of a user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user;
a second temple part that is positioned along the other temporal region of the user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user; and
a front part that is positioned in front of a face of the user when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user,
the front part including:
an electrical unit that includes at least an imaging device;
a first connection section to which the first temple part is detachably connected; and
a second connection section to which the second temple part is detachably connected,

wherein at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part including a temple-side electrical unit,
the first temple part and the second temple part being attachable to and detachable from the first connection section and the second connection section, respectively, of the front part,
image information about an image captured by the imaging device included in the front part being transmitted from the front part to the temple-side electrical unit included in the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part,
the first connection section of the front part being configured to be attachable to either the second temple part or the first temple part,
the second connection section of the front part being configured to be attachable to either the first temple part or the second temple part;
the first connection section including a first electrical contact with which the front part and the first temple part are electrically connected with each other when the first temple part is attached to the front part,
the second connection section including a second electrical contact with which the front part and the second temple part are electrically connected with each other when the second temple part is attached to the front part,
the first temple part and the second temple part being electrically connected to each other when the first temple part and the second temple part are attached to the front part, and
when the first temple part and second temple part are attached to the front part and the first temple part and the second temple part each include a battery as a temple-side electrical unit, the battery from the first temple part is not directly connected to the battery of the second temple part.

2. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 1 ,
the first temple part including a first temple-side electrical unit,
the second temple part including a second temple-side electrical unit, and
the image information from the imaging device being transmitted from the front part to at least one of the first temple-side electrical unit and the second temple-side electrical unit.

3. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 2 ,
the electrical unit included in the front part and at least one of the first temple-side electrical unit and the second temple-side electrical unit being electrically connected when the first temple part and the second temple part are connected to the first connection section and the second connection section of the front part.

4. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 2 ,
the image information from the imaging device being transmitted from the front part to the second temple-side electrical unit, the second temple-side electrical unit performing processing on the image information, and information obtained by the processing being transmitted from the second temple-side electrical unit to the first temple-side electrical unit.

5. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 4 ,
the first temple-side electrical unit including a display device, and
the image information from the imaging device being transmitted from the front part to the second temple-side electrical unit, the second temple-side electrical unit performing image processing on the image information, and the image information subjected to the image processing being transmitted from the second temple-side electrical unit to the first temple-side electrical unit, and displayed on the display device included in the first temple-side electrical unit.

6. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 2 ,
the image information from the imaging device being transmitted from the front part to the first temple-side electrical unit and the second temple-side electrical unit.

7. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 6 ,
the first temple-side electrical unit including a display device,
the image information from the imaging device being transmitted from the front part to the first temple-side electrical unit, and displayed on the display device included in the first temple-side electrical unit, and
the image information from the imaging device being transmitted from the front part to the second temple-side electrical unit, and the second temple-side electrical unit performing at least one of image processing, storage processing, and external communication processing on the image information.

8. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 1 ,
the temple-side electrical unit included in the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part including a display device, and
the image information from the imaging device being transmitted from the front part to the temple-side electrical unit included in the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part, and displayed on the display device included in the temple-side electrical unit included in the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part.

9. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 5 ,
the display device including:
a display section;
an eyepiece optical system that allows the user to observe an image displayed on the display section as a virtual image; and
a support section that supports an eye piece of the eyepiece optical system in front of the front part.

10. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 1 ,
wherein power supplied from the battery in at least one of the first temple part and second temple part being supplied from the temple-side electrical unit included in the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part to the imaging device included in the front part.

11. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 10 ,
the battery in at least one of the first temple part and second temple part being provided to a temple tip part of the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part.

12. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 11 ,
the at least one of the first temple part and the second temple part including:
the temple tip part that is provided with the battery in at least one of the first temple part and second temple part; and
a connection section to which the temple tip part is removably connected.

13. The eyeglass-type wearable device as defined in claim 1 ,
the first temple part being connected to the first connection section in a state in which a first side faces in a first direction, and a second side opposite to the first side faces in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and connected to the second connection section in a state in which the first side faces in the second direction, and the second side faces in the first direction, and
the second temple part being connected to the second connection section in a state in which a first side faces in the second direction, and a second side opposite

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Sugihara Ryohei
• Tatsuta Seiji
• Tomita Teruo

Classifications

• G02B27/0101

  characterised by optical features (G02B27/0172 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02C7/086

  Auxiliary lenses located directly on a main spectacle lens or in the immediate vicinity of main spectacles · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G02B27/0176 Primary

  characterised by mechanical features · CPC title

• G02B2027/0152

  involving arrangement aiming to get lighter or better balanced devices · CPC title