Display eyewear with adjustable camera direction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11533443-B2
Application number	US-202016915985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2020
Priority date	Jun 29, 2020
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

Some embodiments provide display eyewear with adjustable camera direction. In general, one aspect disclosed features an electronic device, comprising: a structure configured to be worn on the head of a user; a camera movably coupled to the structure and arranged to capture images in a field of view of the user; and a display panel fixedly coupled to the structure and arranged to display, to the user, the images captured by the camera.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a structure configured to be worn on the head of a user;
a camera non-rotatably coupled to the structure and configured to capture images in the field of view of the user;
a pair of display panels coupled to the structure; and
a controller configured to electronically shift a portion of the captured images by a number of pixels determined according to a vergence distance between eyes of the user and an object in the field of view of the user, a display center distance between centers of the displays, a pupillary distance between pupils of the user, a vertex distance between the pupils of the user and the display panels, and an estimated pixel size of the display panels;
wherein the pair of display panels is configured to display, to the user, the shifted images.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
a field of view displayed by the display panels is smaller than a field of view captured by the camera; and
the controller is further configured to shift a portion of the captured images from outside the field of view of the display panels to within the field of view of the display panels.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
an angle of the shift exceeds 10°.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
an angle of the shift is a fixed angle.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a user input device, wherein an angle of the shift is determined by inputs received by the user input device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is further configured to shift a portion of the captured images prior to displaying the captured images.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the structure comprises at least one of:
a frame configured to be worn on the head of a user, the frame including a nose rest configured to rest on the nose of the user, and an ear rest configured to rest on an ear of the user; and
a frame front.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display panels are occluded or transparent.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to electronically shift the portion of the captured images horizontally.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to electronically shift the portion of the captured images vertically.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by one or more hardware processors of an electronic device configured to be worn on the head of a user, the machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
capturing images in a field of view of the user using a camera non-rotatably coupled to the electronic device and configured to capture images in the field of view of the user;
displaying the captured images to the user on a pair of display panels coupled to the electronic device within a resting line of sight of the user;
electronically shifting a portion of the captured images by a number of pixels determined according to a vergence distance between eyes of the user and an object in the field of view of the user, a display center distance between centers of the displays, a pupillary distance between pupils of the user, a vertex distance between the pupils of the user and the display panels, and an estimated pixel size of the display panels; and
wherein displaying the captured images to the user comprises displaying the shifted images to the user on the display panels.

12. The storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device comprises at least one of:
a frame configured to be worn on the head of a user, the frame including a nose rest configured to rest on the nose of the user, and an ear rest configured to rest on an ear of the user; and
a frame front.

13. The storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the display panels are occluded or transparent.

14. The storage medium of claim 11 , wherein electronically shifting the portion of the captured images comprises:
electronically shifting the portion of the captured images vertically.

15. The storage medium of claim 11 , wherein electronically shifting the portion of the captured images comprises:
electronically shifting the portion of the captured images horizontally.

Assignees

• Innovega Inc

Inventors

• Legerton Jerome A
• Marsh Jay

Classifications

• H04N23/61

  based on recognised objects · CPC title

• H04N23/695 Primary

  Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects · CPC title

• G02C11/10 Primary

  Electronic devices other than hearing aids · CPC title

• H04N23/54

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N23/80

  Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof · CPC title