Image Capture Eyewear with Auto-Send Recipient Markers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image capture eyewear lacks functionality for easily identifying and automatically sending captured images to intended recipients, limiting user convenience and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a display system with assignable recipient markers, such as LEDs, that allow users to select and visually indicate intended recipients, coupled with electronic components for automatic image transmission to associated recipients via a personal computing device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If image capture eyewear integrates basic camera and wireless transceiver functionality, then users can capture and transmit images, but users lack convenient functionality for identifying and selecting intended recipients
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the recipient selection process into distinct visual markers displayed on the eyewear itself, allowing users to quickly identify recipients without navigating complex menus or interfaces. Each recipient is represented by a distinct visual indicator that can be easily recognized and selected.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary display system on the eyewear that shows recipient markers, acting as a mediator between the camera function and the wireless transmission function. This intermediary layer simplifies the user interaction by providing visual cues for recipient selection without requiring direct access to complex communication protocols.
2Productivity
If image capture eyewear adds recipient selection and automatic sending functionality, then user convenience and efficiency improve, but the device requires additional display components and processing capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-displaying recipient markers on the eyewear before the actual image transmission occurs. Users can visually identify and select recipients in advance, and the system can pre-process the selection data, reducing the time and complexity required during the actual transmission process.
Solution Approach 2:
The eyewear device provides self-service functionality by displaying recipient information directly on the device itself, allowing users to select recipients without needing to pull out a smartphone or access external devices. The eyewear autonomously handles the display, selection, and transmission coordination.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to conveniently and efficiently send images to selected recipients by visually identifying markers and triggering automatic forwarding, enhancing user experience and operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
Integration of a display system with assignable recipient markers, such as LEDs
Data Source
AI summary
A system including image capture eyewear, a processor, and a memory. The image capture eyewear includes a support structure, a selector connected to the support structure, a display system (e.g., LEDs or a display) connected to the support structure to distinctly display assignable recipient markers, and a camera connected to the support structure to capture an image of a scene. The processor executes programming in the memory to assign recipients to the assignable recipient markers, receive a captured image of the scene, receive an indicator associated with the assignable recipient markers distinctly displayed at the time the image of the scene was captured, and transmit the captured image to the recipient assigned to the distinctly displayed assignable recipient markers.