AR glasses and AR glasses kit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12449657-B2
Application number	US-202017770467-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2020
Priority date	Oct 23, 2019
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

The AR glasses include a power supply unit, a computing processing unit, a communication unit and a wired connector. The wired connector is connected to a host: when the host is not connected, the power supply unit supplies power to the AR glasses, the computing processing unit may receive and process AR glasses data, and the communication unit is configured to perform data communication with an external device; when the host is connected, a host power supply supplies power to the AR glasses and charges the power supply unit, and the computing processing unit is configured to receive AR glasses data, send the data to a processor of the host through the wired connector for processing, and receive the processed AR glasses data through the wired connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. AR glasses, comprising:
a power supply unit;
a computing processing unit;
a communication unit;
a control unit; and
a wired connector, wherein
the power supply unit is respectively connected to the computing processing unit and the wired connector, the computing processing unit is respectively connected to the communication unit and the wired connector, and the wired connector is configured to be connected to a host,
when the wired connector is not connected to the host, the power supply unit is configured to supply power to the AR glasses, the computing processing unit is configured to receive and process AR glasses data, and the communication unit is configured to perform data communication with an external device, and
when the wired connector is connected to the host, a host power supply supplies power to the AR glasses and charges the power supply unit, and the computing processing unit is further configured to:
receive the AR glasses data; and
send the data to a processor of the host through the wired connector for processing, and receive the processed AR glasses data through the wired connector,
wherein the control unit is further configured to control a data processing unit to perform data processing in a preset low-power-consumption scene and not perform data processing in a preset high-power-consumption scene while recognizing that the wired connector is not connected to the host,
wherein the preset low-power-consumption scene comprises at least one of motion prompt, information prompt, call, music playing, navigation prompt and voice recognition, and the preset high-power-consumption scene comprises at least one of a SLAM, an infinite screen display, an AR game, a 2D/3D movie and an image recognition processing,
wherein the AR glasses further comprise at least one of a camera, an inertial measurement unit, a microphone, optical machines and a loudspeaker which are connected to the computing processing unit, and
wherein the AR glasses data comprises data acquired by at least one of the camera, the inertial measurement unit, the microphone and the communication unit, and the computing processing unit is configured to correspondingly output the processed AR glasses data to the optical machines, the loudspeaker and the communication unit.

2. The AR glasses of claim 1 , wherein,
the inertial measurement unit comprises at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer.

3. The AR glasses of claim 1 , wherein
the power supply unit comprises a small-capacity battery and a charging and discharging management unit,
a volume of the small-capacity battery does not exceed 7 cubic centimeters,
a weight of the small-capacity battery does not exceed 10 grams, and
the charging and discharging management unit is configured to control charging and discharging of the small-capacity battery.

4. The AR glasses of claim 3 , wherein,
the small-capacity battery forms counterweight balance with the optical machines installed on a front portion of the AR glasses.

5. The AR glasses of claim 1 , wherein,
the computing processing unit is a lightweight computing processing unit, selected from an SoC, an MCU, an FPGA, and a CPLD.

6. The AR glasses of claim 1 ,
wherein, the optical machines comprise a first optical machine and a second optical machine,
wherein the first optical machine is configured for left-eye imaging, the second optical machine is configured for right-eye imaging,
wherein a monocular working mode refers to that only one of the first optical machine and the second optical machine works, and a binocular working mode refers to that the first optical machine and the second optical machine work simultaneously.

7. The AR glasses of claim 1 , wherein,
the communication unit is in data communication with the external device through WIFI, BT, UWB, 4G or 5G, and
the external device comprising a mobile device and a base station.

8. An AR glasses kit, comprising:
AR glasses and a host, wherein the host comprises a processor and a host power supply;
the AR glasses comprise:
a power supply unit;
a computing processing unit;
a communication unit;
a control unit; and
a wired connector, wherein
the host is connected to the AR glasses through a wired connector,
when the wired connector is not connected to the host, the power supply unit is configured to supply power to the AR glasses, the computing processing unit is configured to receive and process AR glasses data, and the communication unit is configured to perform data communication with an external device,
when the wired connector is connected to the host, a host power supply supplies power to the AR glasses and charges the power supply unit, and the computing processing unit is further configured to:
receive the AR glasses data;
send the data to a processor of the host through the wired connector for processing, and receive the processed AR glasses data through the wired connector,

wherein the control unit is further configured to control a data processing unit to perform data processing in a preset low-power-consumption scene and not perform data processing in a preset high-power-consumption scene while recognizing that the wired connector is not connected to the host,
wherein the preset low-power-consumption scene comprises at least of motion prompt, information prompt, call, music playing, navigation prompt and voice recognition, and the preset high-power-consumption scene comprises at least one of SLAM, infinite screen display, AR game, 2D/3D movie and image recognition processing,
wherein the AR glasses further comprise at least one of a camera, an inertial measurement unit, a microphone, optical machines and a loudspeaker which are connected to the computing processing unit,
wherein the AR glasses data comprises data acquired by at least one of the camera, the inertial measurement unit, the microphone and the communication unit, and the computing processing unit is configured to correspondingly output the processed AR glasses data to the optical machines, the loudspeaker and the communication unit.

Assignees

• Yutou Tech Hangzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhou Sen

Classifications

• H02J7/865

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• H04B1/385

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title