EXTERNAL USER INTERFACE FOR HEAD WORN COMPUTING
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to external user interfaces used in connection with head worn computers (HWC). Embodiments relate to an external user interface that has a physical form intended to be hand held. The hand held user interface may be in the form similar to that of a writing instrument, such as a pen. In embodiments, the hand held user interface includes technologies relating to writing surface tip pressure monitoring, lens configurations setting a predetermined imaging distance, user interface software mode selection, quick software application launching, and other interface technologies.
1 . An optical pen, comprising:
A hand-held housing including a user interface mode selection interface;
wherein upon activation of the user interface mode selection interface, the optical pen is adapted to cause a HWC to launch a software application and to select a user interface mode for the optical pen that is adapted to interoperate with the software application.
2 . The optical pen of claim 1 , wherein the software application is a communication application and the selected user interface mode is a writing mode.
3 . The optical pen of claim 2 , wherein the communication application is an email application.
4 . The optical pen of claim 2 , wherein the communication application is a messaging application.
5 . The optical pen of claim 2 , wherein the communication application is a texting application.
6 . The optical pen of claim 1 , wherein the software application is a note application and the selected user interface mode is a writing mode.
7 . The optical pen of claim 1 , wherein the software application is a social networking application and the selected user interface mode is a writing mode.
8 . The optical pen of claim 1 , wherein the software application is a social networking application and the selected user interface mode is a wand mode.
9 . A method, comprising:
receiving, at a hand-held user interface, an indication that a quick application launch button has been activated;
launching a predetermined application that correlates with the launch button settings; and
causing the hand-held user interface to activate a predetermined user interface mode in accordance with the predetermined application.
10 . A method, comprising:
receiving, at a hand-held user interface, an indication that a quick application launch button of an optical pen has been activated;
presenting, in a display of a head-worn computer, a plurality of applications; and
causing, upon receipt of a selection command at the hand-held user interface, the head-worn computer to launch an application from the plurality of applications.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the selection command is based on a force detected by a force monitor at a writing surface end of the hand-held user interface.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the hand-held user interface operates in a wand mode following the activation of the quick application launch button.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the hand-held user interface operates in a mouse mode following the activation of the quick application launch button, wherein the hand-held user interface images a writing surface to provide an indication of a desired cursor movement.