Systems and methods for wearable initiated handshaking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12185244-B2
Application number	US-202318195572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2023
Priority date	May 14, 2015
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

Systems and methods for device handshaking are described. Embodiments for client device and associated wearable device initiated handshaking are described. In certain embodiments, a device such as wearable camera eyeglasses having both high-speed wireless circuitry and low-power wireless circuitry communicates with a client device. The low-power wireless circuitry is used for signaling and to manage power on handshaking for the high-speed circuitry in order to reduce power consumption. An analysis of a high-speed connection status may be performed by a client device, and used to conserve power at the glasses with signaling from the client device to indicate when the high-speed circuitry of the glasses should be powered on.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable device comprising: lower-power circuitry coupled to a memory; and, higher-power circuitry coupled to the lower-power circuitry, wherein the lower-power circuitry is configured to: receive from a client device, via a lower-power wireless connection, a new data message, wherein the new data message is a camera data query from an application on the client device; and wherein the higher-power circuitry is configured to: communicate to the client device, via a high-speed wireless connection, new camera data stored on the wearable device.

2. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein if the wearable device determines that there is no new camera data on the wearable device upon receiving the camera data query from the client device, the wearable device sends a message to the client device indicating that there is new data on the wearable device.

3. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the lower-power circuitry is further configured to:
determine there is new camera data that has not been transmitted to the client device.

4. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the lower-power circuitry is further configured to:
receive, a communication from the client device, the communication indicating the wearable device is to activate the higher-power circuitry.

5. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the higher-power circuitry is further configured to:
before communicating to the client device, establishing, using the higher-power circuitry, a higher-speed wireless connection with the client device.

6. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the lower-power circuitry is further configured to:
receive, via the lower-power wireless connection, a sleep-state communication from the client device, the sleep-state communication instructing the wearable device to power down the higher-power circuitry.

7. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the higher-speed connection is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi) connection.

8. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the lower-power circuitry is further configured to:
send, prior to establishing the higher-speed wireless connection, a connection unsuccessful communication to the client device; and
receive, via the lower-power circuitry connection, a network adjustment command from the client device.

9. The wearable device of claim 8 , wherein the higher-power circuitry is further configured to:
adjust one or more parameters for establishing the higher-speed wireless connection based on the network adjustment command.

10. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the lower-power circuitry is further configured to:
establish, using the lower-power circuitry, the lower-power connection with the client device.

11. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the lower-power connection is a Bluetooth low energy (LE) connection.

12. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the lower-power circuitry is further configured to:
establish the lower-power connection using a background process.

13. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the lower-power circuitry is further configured to:
receive, from the client device, via the lower-power wireless connection, a sleep-sleep state communication instructing the wearable device to power down the higher-power circuitry without sending the new data, in response to the higher-power circuitry failing to establish the higher-power connection.

14. The wearable device of claim 1 wherein the data is an image captured by an image capturing device.

15. The wearable device of claim 1 further comprising:
an image capturing device coupled with the memory, wherein the image capturing device is configured to:
capture the new data using the image capturing device.

16. A method performed on a wearable device, the method comprising: receiving from a client device, via a lower-power wireless connection, a new data message, wherein the new data message is a camera data query from an application on the client device; and communicating to the client device, via a high-speed wireless connection, new camera data stored on the wearable device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein if the wearable device determines that there is no new camera data on the wearable device upon receiving the camera data query from the client device, the wearable device sends a message to the client device indicating that there is new data on the wearable device.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wearable device, cause the wearable device to perform operations comprising: receiving from a client device, via a lower-power wireless connection, a new data message, wherein the new data message is a camera data query from an application on the client device; and communicating to the client device, via a high-speed wireless connection, new camera data stored on the wearable device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein if the wearable device determines that there is no new camera data on the wearable device upon receiving the camera data query from the client device, the wearable device sends a message to the client device indicating that there is new data on the wearable device.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Bamberger Alex
• Brook Peter
• Dahlquist Nicolas
• Hanover Matthew
• Patton Russell Douglas
• Rodriguez Ii Jonathan M

Classifications

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W52/383

  power control in peer-to-peer links · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W36/14

  Reselecting a network or an air interface · CPC title

• H04W52/0229 Primary

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title