Wearable electronic device with hardware secured camera

    公开(公告)号:US11431890B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US16808155

    申请日:2020-03-03

    Applicant: Snap Inc.

    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems for electronic wearable devices such as smart glasses are described. The wearable device can comprise a housing, an image capture component, a locking component, and a control component. The housing defines an imaging aperture. The image capture component is coupled to the housing and aligned with the imaging aperture. The image capture component is configured to capture image data of a field of view aligned with the imaging aperture. The locking component is coupled to the image capture component. The locking component modifies a capture state of the image capture component to selectively enable image capture in response to a selection releasing the locking component. The control component is coupled to the locking component. Interaction with the control component comprises the selection releasing the locking component and triggering modification of the capture state of the image capture component.

    IMAGE AND POINT CLOUD BASED TRACKING AND IN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20210174578A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US17248833

    申请日:2021-02-10

    Applicant: Snap Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for image based location estimation are described. In one example embodiment, a first positioning system is used to generate a first position estimate. Point cloud data describing an environment is then accessed. A two-dimensional surface of an image of an environment is captured, and a portion of the image is matched to a portion of key points in the point cloud data. An augmented reality object is then aligned within one or more images of the environment based on the match of the point cloud with the image. In some embodiments, building façade data may additionally be used to determine a device location and place the augmented reality object within an image.

    Eyewear with integrated heads-up display

    公开(公告)号:US10816805B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16123853

    申请日:2018-09-06

    Applicant: Snap Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for eyewear devices with integrated heads-up displays are provided. In one embodiment, an eyewear device provides an integrated heads-up display having a partially reflective element carried by an eyeglass lens to reflect towards the user computer-generated imagery projected on to it, while permitting the passage of light through the reflective surface in the direction of view of the user. The display mechanism further includes a cooperating projector assembly housed by a frame of the eyewear device in an overhead configuration relative to the partially reflective element. The projector assembly is housed by a top bar of the eyewear frame, with the reflective surface being housed wholly within the lens.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEARABLE INITIATED HANDSHAKING

    公开(公告)号:US20250088963A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18954651

    申请日:2024-11-21

    Applicant: Snap Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for device handshaking are described. Embodiments for client device and associated wearable device initiated handshaking are described. In certain embodiments, a device such as wearable camera eyeglasses having both high-speed wireless circuitry and low-power wireless circuitry communicates with a client device. The low-power wireless circuitry is used for signaling and to manage power on handshaking for the high-speed circuitry in order to reduce power consumption. An analysis of a high-speed connection status may be performed by a client device, and used to conserve power at the glasses with signaling from the client device to indicate when the high-speed circuitry of the glasses should be powered on.

    Systems and methods for DSP fast boot

    公开(公告)号:US12022184B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US18119142

    申请日:2023-03-08

    Applicant: Snap Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04N23/617 H04N23/65 H04N23/71 H04N23/73

    Abstract: System, methods, devices, and instructions are described for fast boot of a processor as part of camera operation. In some embodiments, in response to a camera input, a digital signal processor (DSP) of a device is booted using a first set of instructions. Capture of image sensor data is initiated using the first set of instructions at the DSP. The DSP then receives a second set of instructions and the DSP is programmed using the second set of instructions after at least a first frame of the image sensor data is stored in a memory of the device. The first frame of the image sensor data is processed using the DSP as programmed by the second set of instructions. In some embodiments, the first set of instructions includes only instructions for setting camera sensor values, and the second set of instructions includes instructions for processing raw sensor data into formatted image files.

    Image and point cloud based tracking and in augmented reality systems

    公开(公告)号:US10997783B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16824297

    申请日:2020-03-19

    Applicant: Snap Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for image based location estimation are described. In one example embodiment, a first positioning system is used to generate a first position estimate. Point cloud data describing an environment is then accessed. A two-dimensional surface of an image of an environment is captured, and a portion of the image is matched to a portion of key points in the point cloud data. An augmented reality object is then aligned within one or more images of the environment based on the match of the point cloud with the image. In some embodiments, building façade data may additionally be used to determine a device location and place the augmented reality object within an image.

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