Object shadowing in head worn computing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9547465-B2
Application number	US-201615047712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2016
Priority date	Feb 14, 2014
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a secure data transfer method, including identifying a second head worn computing system (“HWC”) in close proximity to a first HWC, wherein the step of identifying the HWC includes comparing a geo-spatial location of each of the first and second HWCs, determining that the first and second HWCs have viewing angles that are substantially aligned, of opposite direction and positioned such that they are predicted to be facing each other, wherein the substantial alignment is determined by a comparison of sensor data from each of the first and second HWCs, and causing information to be shared between the first and second HWC.

First claim

We claim:

1. A secure data transfer method, comprising:
identifying a second head worn computing system (“HWC”) in close proximity to a first HWC, wherein the step of identifying the HWC includes comparing a geo-spatial location of each of the first and second HWCs;
determining that the first and second HWCs have viewing angles that are substantially aligned, of opposite direction and positioned such that they are predicted to be facing each other, wherein the substantial alignment is determined by a comparison of sensor data from each of the first and second HWCs; and
causing information to be shared between the first and second HWC.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, obtaining device information from the first and second HWCs such that the information is shared based on the device information.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, obtaining user information for the first and second HWCs such that the information is shared based on the user information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information is shared based on a user-initiated command, wherein the user-initiated command is communicated following determination of the proximity and the viewing angles.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user-initiated command is based on an interaction with an external user interface.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user-initiated command is based on a user gesture.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user-initiated command is based on eye image data.

Assignees

• Osterhout Group Inc

Inventors

• Border John N
• Lohse Robert Michael
• Osterhout Ralph F
• Nortrup Edward H

Classifications

• G02B27/017

  Head mounted · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G09G5/12

  Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players · CPC title

• G06F3/013

  Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title