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Granted Patent B2
US 11,933,974 · App. 17/429,979 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Glasses-type electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Ikeda (Kanagawa, JP); Hidetomo Kobayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Hideaki Shishido (Kanagawa, JP); Kiyotaka Kimura (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Nakagawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kosei Nei (Kanagawa, JP); Kentaro Hayashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G02B27/0093G02B27/0101G02B27/0172G02B27/0176G06T7/73G06V10/454G06V10/764G06V10/82G06V20/20G06V40/174G02B2027/0138G02B2027/014G02B2027/0178G06T2207/30201
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Patent No.
US 11,933,974
App. No.
17/429,979
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to provide an electronic device capable of recognizing a user's facial feature accurately. A glasses-type electronic device includes a first optical component, a second optical component, a frame, an imaging device, a feature extraction unit, and an emotion estimation unit. The frame is in contact with a side surface of the first optical component and a side surface of the second optical component. The imaging device is in contact with the frame and has a function of detecting part of a user's face. The feature extraction unit has a function of extracting a feature of the user's face from the detected part of the user's face. The emotion estimation unit has a function of estimating information on the user from the extracted feature.

Claims (53)

1. A glasses-type electronic device comprising:

a first optical component;

a second optical component;

a frame;

an imaging device;

a feature extraction unit; and

an emotion estimation unit,

wherein the frame is in contact with a side surface of the first optical component and a side surface of the second optical component,

wherein the imaging device is in contact with the frame,

wherein the imaging device is configured to detect part of a user's face,

wherein the feature extraction unit is configured to extract a feature of the user's face from the detected part of the user's face, and

wherein the emotion estimation unit is configured to estimate information on the user from the extracted feature.

2. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the information is the degree of fatigue or emotion of the user.

3. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a display device,

wherein the display device displays an image corresponding to the information.

4. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the display device comprises a light-emitting element, and wherein the light-emitting element is an organic electroluminescent element.

5. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the display device comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

6. A glasses-type electronic device comprising:

a first optical component;

a second optical component;

a frame;

an imaging device;

a feature extraction unit;

an emotion estimation unit; and

a display device,

wherein the imaging device comprises a photoelectric conversion element configured to detect an amount of received light,

wherein the frame is in contact with a side surface of the first optical component and a side surface of the second optical component,

wherein the imaging device is in contact with the frame,

wherein the imaging device is configured to detect part of a user's face,

wherein the feature extraction unit is configured to extract a feature of the user's face from the detected part of the user's face,

wherein the emotion estimation unit is configured to estimate information on the user from the extracted feature,

wherein the display device comprises a first layer and a second layer that are stacked,

wherein the first layer comprises a gate driver circuit and a source driver circuit,

wherein the second layer comprises a pixel array comprising a matrix of pixels,

wherein the gate driver circuit and the source driver circuit each comprise a region overlapping with some of the pixels, and

wherein the gate driver circuit comprises a region overlapping with the source driver circuit.

7. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the display device comprises a digital to analog converter circuit,

wherein the digital to analog converter circuit comprises a potential generator circuit and a pass transistor logic circuit,

wherein the potential generator circuit is placed outside the source driver circuit,

wherein the pass transistor logic circuit is placed in the source driver circuit,

wherein the potential generator circuit is configured to generate a plurality of potentials having different levels, and

wherein the pass transistor logic circuit is configured to receive image data and output any of the potentials generated by the potential generator circuit on the basis of a digital value of the image data.

8. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein each of the pixels comprises a light-emitting element, and

wherein the light-emitting element is an organic electroluminescent element.

9. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein each of the pixels comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises a metal oxide in a channel formation region.

10. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a transmitter and a receiver.

11. The glasses-type electronic device according to claim 6 , further comprising a transmitter and a receiver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; IKEDA, TAKAYUKI; KOBAYASHI, HIDETOMO; SHISHIDO, HIDEAKI; KIMURA, KIYOTAKA; NAKAGAWA, TAKASHI; NEI, KOSEI; HAYASHI, KENTARO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-030646 · Feb 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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