Methods and apparatuses for providing input for head-worn image display devices
Inventors
Pazmino, Lorena • MONTOYA, Andrea Isabel • Niles, Savannah • ROCHA, Alexander • BRAGG, Mario Antonio • Goel, Parag • Sommers, Jeffrey Scott • Lundmark, David Charles
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12449656-B2
Publication Date
2025-10-21
Expiration Date
Abstract
An apparatus for use with an image display device configured for head-worn by a user, includes: a screen; and a processing unit configured to assign a first area of the screen to sense finger-action of the user; wherein the processing unit is configured to generate an electronic signal to cause a change in a content displayed by the display device based on the finger-action of the user sensed by the assigned first area of the screen of the apparatus.
Core Innovation
An apparatus includes a touch-sensitive display, a feedback component configured to provide non-visual feedback, and one or more processors operatively coupled to the touch-sensitive display and the feedback component. The processors are communicatively coupled to a wearable device and receive data indicating whether the apparatus is within a field of view of a camera of the wearable device or not, and based on the data switch between a first mode and a second mode.
In the first mode, the processors convey one or more portions of a user interface to a user via the feedback component. In the second mode, the processors present the user interface on the touch-sensitive display without utilizing the feedback component of the apparatus. The processors switch to the second mode if the data indicates that the apparatus is within the field of view of the camera, and switch to the first mode if the data indicates that the apparatus is outside the field of view of the camera.
A processor-implemented method includes receiving, from a wearable device, data indicating whether an apparatus having a touch-sensitive display is within a field of view of a camera of the wearable device or not. Based on the data, the method switches between a first mode and a second mode, in which one or more portions of a user interface are conveyed to a user via a feedback component of the apparatus, or the user interface is presented on the touch-sensitive display without using the feedback component.
Claims Coverage
Two independent claims are provided, one for an apparatus and one for a processor-implemented method, each centered on switching between a first mode using non-visual feedback and a second mode presenting the user interface on the touch-sensitive display, based on whether the apparatus is within a wearable camera field of view.
Field-of-view based mode switching between feedback-conveyed UI and touch-display UI
An apparatus comprising a touch-sensitive display and a feedback component configured to provide non-visual feedback, with one or more processors configured to receive data indicating whether the apparatus is within a field of view of a camera of a wearable device or not, and to switch between a first mode and a second mode based on the data, wherein in the first mode the processors convey one or more portions of a user interface to a user via the feedback component, and wherein in the second mode the processors present the user interface on the touch-sensitive display without utilizing the feedback component, switching to the second mode when the apparatus is within the field of view and switching to the first mode when the apparatus is outside the field of view.
Processor-implemented mode switching using wearable camera field-of-view data
A processor-implemented method that includes receiving, from a wearable device, data indicating whether an apparatus having a touch-sensitive display is within a field of view of a camera of the wearable device or not, and based on the data switching between a first mode and a second mode, wherein in the first mode one or more portions of a user interface are conveyed to a user via a feedback component of the apparatus, and wherein in the second mode the user interface is presented on the touch-sensitive display without using the feedback component, wherein the second mode is switched to if the data indicates that the apparatus is within the field of view and the first mode is switched to if the data indicates that the apparatus is outside the field of view.
Across the independent apparatus and method claims, the core inventive coverage is the use of wearable camera field-of-view data to switch UI presentation between conveying UI portions via a non-visual feedback component and presenting the UI directly on the touch-sensitive display without using the feedback component.
Stated Advantages
Enables user interface conveyance via non-visual feedback when the apparatus is outside the wearable camera field of view.
Enables presenting the user interface on the touch-sensitive display without utilizing the feedback component when the apparatus is within the wearable camera field of view.
Documented Applications
VR/AR/MR head-worn image display contexts where a wearable device camera provides field-of-view data for switching between user interface conveyance via feedback and user interface presentation on a touch-sensitive display.
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