Head-Worn Stereo Sensing Layout for Wearable Computing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computing devices, such as desktop computers, lack the ability to capture relevant environmental images and audio due to their fixed positioning, limiting the quality and type of computer-implemented services they can provide to users.
Innovation Solution
A body wearable computing device is designed to be worn on the user's head, featuring integrated sensing and interaction components, including cameras and microphones, to capture stereo images and audio, process this data, and interact with remote entities for enhanced service provision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed desktop computer is used, then the device structure is simple and stable, but the ability to capture environmental images and audio is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the computing device from a fixed desktop configuration to a wearable form factor that moves with the user. The device includes a head-mounted structure with adjustable components that can be positioned on different parts of the user's body, enabling dynamic capture of environmental images and audio from various perspectives and locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds the dimension of personal wearability to the computing device. By integrating cameras, microphones, and processing capabilities into a wearable format, the device captures environmental data from the user's unique perspective and position in space, transforming the static capture capability into a dynamic, person-centered system.
2Measurement precision
If sensing components are added to capture environmental data, then the quality of computer-implemented services improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple sensing components (cameras, microphones, processors) into an integrated wearable unit. By combining these components in a unified structure that can be worn on the user's body, the device achieves high-quality environmental data capture while managing complexity through integration rather than separate discrete components.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable computing device is designed to perform multiple functions including image capture, audio recording, data processing, and service provision. This multi-functionality allows a single integrated device to replace multiple separate systems, improving measurement precision while controlling overall device complexity through consolidation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the device is positioned to capture environmental data effectively, then the service quality improves, but the device may obstruct facial features
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates adjustable and repositionable components that can be dynamically configured. The sensing components can be adjusted to optimal positions for environmental capture while being repositioned or angled to avoid obstructing the user's facial features, allowing the device to adapt to different usage scenarios and user preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The device design considers different spatial zones and their specific requirements. Sensing components are strategically positioned and oriented to capture environmental data effectively in certain directions while maintaining clear visibility and unobstructed access to facial features in other critical areas, creating a balanced local quality distribution across the device and user interface.
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AI summary
A body wearable computing device for providing computer-implemented services is disclosed. The body wearable computing device may include components adapted to perform various functions. To obtain inputs (e.g., images, audio, etc.) of at least a portion of a scene that the user is present, the body wearable computing device may include an integrated sensing and interaction component. The integrated sensing and interaction component may be adapted to be positioned symmetrically, between ears and eyes, on two portions of the user's head and may include cameras that capture stereo images of at least the portion of the scene in a field of view of the user. The body wearable computing device may also include an integrated computing, powering, and securing portion and an adjustment member. The body wearable computing device may perform actions (e.g., that may assist the user) based at least on the inputs obtained.