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Granted Patent B2
US 11,039,053 · App. 16/659,190 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Remotely identifying a location of a wearable apparatus

Inventors: Yonatan Wexler (Jerusalem, IL); Amnon Shashua (Mevaseret Zion, IL)
Assignee: OrCam Technologies Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,039,053
App. No.
16/659,190
Filed
Oct 21, 2019
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2487
USPC
348/158
Abstract

A wearable apparatus and methods may analyze images. In one implementation, a wearable apparatus for capturing and processing images may comprise a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of a user of the wearable apparatus and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be programmed to: analyze the plurality of images to identify a plurality of people; analyze the plurality of images to determine an affinity level between the user and each of the plurality of people; obtain an image representation of each of the plurality of people; and generate, based on the affinity levels, a visualization comprising the image representations.

Claims (33)

1. A wearable apparatus, the wearable apparatus comprising:

a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images; and

at least one processor programmed to:

receive, from a mobile communications device wirelessly paired with the wearable apparatus, a command to provide location information for the wearable apparatus, the command having been transmitted in response to a user input at the mobile communications device to ping the wearable apparatus;

analyze, in response to the command, at least one image depicting an environment of the wearable apparatus to determine a location of the wearable apparatus; and

cause information about the location of the wearable apparatus to be transmitted to the mobile communications device.

2. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mobile communications device is configured to provide an audible description of the location of the wearable apparatus based on the information about the location of the wearable apparatus.

3. The wearable apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the audible description includes spoken words specifying the location of the wearable apparatus.

4. The wearable apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the spoken words include a specification that the wearable apparatus is located under a piece of furniture.

5. The wearable apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the spoken words include a specification that the wearable apparatus is located in a bag or a container.

6. The wearable apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the spoken words include a specification that the wearable apparatus is located in a pocket of a user of the mobile communications device.

7. The wearable apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the spoken words include a specification that the wearable apparatus is located in a direction relative to a user of the mobile communications device.

8. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mobile communications device is configured to provide text output of the location of the wearable apparatus based on the information about the location of the wearable apparatus.

9. The wearable apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the text includes a specification that the wearable apparatus is located under a piece of furniture.

10. The wearable apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the text includes a specification that the wearable apparatus is located in a bag or a container.

11. The wearable apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the text includes a specification that the wearable apparatus is located in a pocket of a user of the mobile communications device.

12. The wearable apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the text includes a specification that the wearable apparatus is located in a direction relative to a user of the mobile communications device.

13. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the location information is configured to cause the mobile communications device to provide at least one image representing the location of the wearable apparatus.

14. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a user of the mobile communications device is depicted in the at least one image, and the information includes a position of the user relative to the wearable apparatus.

15. The wearable apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the mobile communications device is configured to audibly output the position of the user relative to the wearable apparatus based on the information about the location of the wearable apparatus.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform steps, comprising:

establishing a wireless pairing between a wearable apparatus and a mobile communications device;

receiving, in a situation when the wearable apparatus is misplaced, a user input for pinging the wearable apparatus;

in response to the user input, wirelessly transmitting from the mobile communications device, a ping to the wearable apparatus, wherein the ping includes an instruction for the wearable apparatus to capture at least one image of surroundings of the wearable apparatus;

analyzing the at least one image to determine a location of the wearable apparatus; and

causing, based on the location of the wearable apparatus, the location information to be transmitted to the mobile communications device.

17. A method for locating a wearable apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving, from a mobile communications device wirelessly paired with the wearable apparatus, a command to provide location information for the wearable apparatus, the command having been transmitted in response to a user input at the mobile communications device to ping the wearable apparatus;

analyzing, in response to the command, at least one image depicting an environment of the wearable apparatus to determine a location of the wearable apparatus; and

causing information about the location of the wearable apparatus to be transmitted to the mobile communications device.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising analyzing, in response to the command, audio data indicative of the environment of the wearable apparatus to determine the location of the wearable apparatus.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising providing, by the mobile communications device, an audible description of the location of the wearable apparatus based on the information about the location of the wearable apparatus.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising providing, by the mobile communications device, text output of the location of the wearable apparatus based on the information about the location of the wearable apparatus.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2019
From: WEXLER, YONATAN; SHASHUA, AMNON
To: ORCAM TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Reel/Frame 051023/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2019
From: WEXLER, YONATAN; SHASHUA, AMNON
To: ORCAM TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Reel/Frame 050781/0326 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation PCTIB2018000474 · Apr 23, 2018
Provisional Application 62503034 · May 8, 2017
Provisional Application 62488791 · Apr 23, 2017
Provisional Application 62488789 · Apr 23, 2017
Related Publication 20200051271A1 · Feb 13, 2020
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