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Patent US20030184575 - Wearable projector and intelligent clothing - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe invention relates to a wearable display means (202) of projector type and to a garment (700). The invention relates specifically to a miniature projector (202), which is worn by the user and whose application is compatible with wearable electronic data processing systems (220, 222, 224). One concept...http://www.google.com/patents/US20030184575?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20030184575 - Wearable projector and intelligent clothingAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20030184575 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 10/343,858PCT numberPCT/FI2001/000455Publication dateOct 2, 2003Filing dateMay 11, 2001Priority dateMay 11, 2000Also published asEP1305698A1, US6830344, WO2001086398A1Publication number10343858, 343858, PCT/2001/455, PCT/FI/1/000455, PCT/FI/1/00455, PCT/FI/2001/000455, PCT/FI/2001/00455, PCT/FI1/000455, PCT/FI1/00455, PCT/FI1000455, PCT/FI100455, PCT/FI2001/000455, PCT/FI2001/00455, PCT/FI2001000455, PCT/FI200100455, US 2003/0184575 A1, US 2003/184575 A1, US 20030184575 A1, US 20030184575A1, US 2003184575 A1, US 2003184575A1, US-A1-20030184575, US-A1-2003184575, US2003/0184575A1, US2003/184575A1, US20030184575 A1, US20030184575A1, US2003184575 A1, US2003184575A1InventorsAkseli Reho, Jussi ImpioOriginal AssigneeAkseli Reho, Jussi ImpioExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManReferenced by (20), Classifications (12), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetWearable projector and intelligent clothing
[0028] Preferred embodiments of the invention are explained in further detail in the following sections, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which [0029]FIG. 1 shows a flow diagram of a method for projecting an image in accordance with the invention, [0030]FIG. 2 shows an arrangement of the invention for connecting portable data processing systems to the projector of the invention, [0031]FIG. 3 shows a projector in accordance with the invention, [0032]FIG. 4 shows a projector in accordance with the invention, in which the projector electronics can be detached from the projector optics, [0033]FIG. 5 shows a method of the invention for projecting an image by means of the projector of the invention, [0034]FIG. 6 shows another method of the invention for projecting an image by means of the projector of the invention, and [0035]FIG. 7 shows a garment in accordance with the invention. [0036]FIG. 1 shows a flow diagram of a method 100 of the invention for projecting an image by means of a wearable projector equipped with a matrix consisting of RC LEDs or micro-mirrors. In step 102, at least one external electronic data processing system, such as a mobile phone, a GPS positioning device or a PDA device, is connected to the projector. The external device may be connected for instance by means of a cable or optionally by wireless means, such as for instance with Blue-Tooth techniques. The projector preferably includes a separate adapter for the connection of an external device, the projector communicating over the adapter with the external device. The adapter may also be integrated in the projector electronics. [0037] In step 104, the external device generates information, which may consist e.g. of an SMS received by the mobile phone, a direction or position indicated by the GPS positioning device, or an electronic message or reminder from the PDA device. The information may also consist of electronic information generated by some other electronic device connected to the projector. After it has generated electronic information. such as for instance an SMS received in the mobile phone, the external device may advantageously transmit a signal to the projector, which in step 106 can select the device that emitted the signal and connect itself to project the display of this particular device in the user's field of vision. Optionally, in step 106, the user may pick the projector he desires among the connected devices, the display of this device being subsequently projected in the user's field of vision. [0038] When the particular device has been selected whose display one wants to project. the information generated by the device is transferred to the projector in step 108, with the aid of a cable or an optical fibre or a wireless connection, for instance. In step 110, the imaging unit of the projector forms an image to be projected from the electronic information generated by the external device that it has received, and the electronic image formed in step 112 is projected in the user's field of view. The image can be projected and focussed to the desired location, as for instance a location indicated by the user. the user's hand. a table, a sheet of paper held by the user, or any other plate-like means. a wall, or on the ground in front of the user. The image may comprise any information generated by an external device, such as for instance various texts, menus, signal arrows, dates and hours. [0039]FIG. 2 shows an arrangement 200 of the invention for connecting portable data processing systems to the projector 202 of the invention. The devices to be connected to the projector 202 may be any electronic devices, such as for instance a mobile station 204. a GPS positioning device 206 or a PDA device 208. The user may typically connect a device of the type mentioned above to the projector 202 for instance by connecting the device to the Input/Output gate of the projector 202, or to a wire 212, 214, 216 connected to a separate adapter 210, and then the projector 202 may adapt its data transmission system to this particular device. Various drivers corresponding to the devices connected to the projector may also be installed in the projector 202. In addition, the adapter 210 can be connected to the projector 202 for instance by a cable 218 or optically or over a wire-less radio connection. [0040] Optionally, the portable data processing systems connected to the projector 202 may be modules. such as for instance a GSM module 220 a GPS module 222 or a PDA module 224. The modules may be without a display and a keyboard, or even without a power source, and then the control of the module is performed lot instance with a separate control unit 226, such as a key 228. a joystick 230, a sound control unit 232 or a mouse plate 234, and the display of the module can be projected in the user's field of vision with the projector 202 of the invention. The control unit 226 can be connected to the projector 202 or the adapter 210 for instance over a wire 236, optically or by wireless means, such as e.g. with Blue-Tooth techniques. The power supply to the module can be performed for instance over a cable, and then the garment may have a separate power source, or then the power required is also supplied from the power source of the projector. The modules can also be integrated in the user's garment in advance. [0041] The modules can be connected to the projector 202 in the same way as the devices mentioned above by means of fibre-like cables, which may be integrated in the user's garment. The modules or the other portable electronic devices of the kind mentioned above can also be connected to the projector by optical or wireless means, such as e.g. with Blue-Tooth techniques, allowing the projector to connect to the device when the device is brought into the vicinity of the projector 202 and has been identified by the projector. [0042] The device connected to the projector may be any electronic device, such as a pulsometer or any other sensor determining the user's body functions, such as his pulse, temperature, energy consumption, or any similar information. The device connected to the projector may also be an external device with which the user may be in data transmission communication, receiving information about his environment or himself or carry out certain actions. [0043]FIG. 3 shows a projector 202 of the invention, which typically comprises an electronics part 300, a matrix 304 consisting of at least one RC LED or a micro-mirror 302, and optics for focussing the projecting ray 306. The optics may consist for instance of a diffractive means 308 and at least one lens 310. The projector may also comprise orientation devices 312. [0044] The projector 202 of the invention has the typical feature of the electronic part 300 of the projector 202 being removably attachable to the optics and the matrix 304 of the projector 200, allowing the electronics part 300 to be positioned apart from the optics and the matrix. Thus the optics and the matrix can be formed as an integrated and very compact display unit, i.e. a projecting means 314. In addition, the projector 202 typically comprises means 316 for fixing the projector removably on the user, as for instance to his garment. [0045]FIG. 4 shows the projector 202 of the invention, where the electronics part 300 of the projector has been detached from the projecting means 314 comprising the optics and the matrix of the projector 202. The projecting means 314 can be fixed discretely from the electronics part 300. e.g. to the front of the user's garment. such as a button, collar, tiepin, hat, belt, shoe or any similar suitable location. The projecting means 314 can be connected to the electronics part 300 for instance by wire-less radio connection, optically or over a cable 400. The wire-less radio connection may be e.g. a Blue-Tooth connection. [0046] The electronics part 300 and the projecting means 314 of the projector 202 comprise fixing means 316 for fixing this part or means removably on the user, as for instance to his garment. The fixing means 316 may be e.g. means such as a belt, a press stud, an adhesive tape, a magnet or the like. The electronics part 300 and the projecting means 314 of the projector 202 may comprise separate fixing means. [0047] The electronics part 300 of the projector typically comprises at least one memory unit 402, which comprises both a Random Access Memory (RAM) and a Read Only Memory (ROM), and also some kind of cache. The electronics part 300 may also comprise a processor 404 for data processing, a display control unit 406 for forming an image to be projected and controlling the matrix 304, and also a sensing system 408, which controls the orientation device 312 of the projecting means 314. [0048] The electronics part 300 may also comprise at least one connector 410 for connecting an external device. such as an electronic data processing system or a charger. The electronics part 300 typically also comprises an adapter 412 for identifying an external device and for adapting the electronics part 300 to the external device to be connected, and a power source 414. The electronics part 300 may also comprise means, such as a radio transceiver 416, an aerial 418 and e.g. an IR transceiver 420 for connecting an external data processing system, a projecting means 314 and a control unit 226 to the electronics part 300 by wireless radio connection or optically. [0049]FIG. 5 shows the method of the invention for projecting an image 500 with the projector of the invention on the ground in front of the user. Optionally, the image 500, which may be e.g. the display of a device connected to the projector, can also be projected on a wall. a sheet of paper or any surface of sufficient size and evenness, and of suitable colour. [0050] The image 500 can be projected on the ground in front of the user for instance in a situation where the user is walking with his eyes at least occasionally focused on the ground immediately in front of him. The image 500 to be projected may be e.g. information on the position, direction and distance Generated by the positioning device. speed data, display of the remaining time, the date or the hour. The image may also be the display of information generated by a mobile station or a PDA device, such as an SMS received by the mobile station or an electronic message. reminder or other information from the PDA device. The image may also represent information generated by a system determining the user's physiological properties, such as his pulse, blood pressure, respiratory frequency or energy consumption. The image may also be the information generated by any electronic device that can be connected to the projector. [0051]FIG. 6 shows a method of the invention for projecting an image 600 on the user's hand 602 with the projector of the invention. Whenever the user so desires, the image 600 can be projected on the user's hand 602 for instance in situations where no suitable surface is otherwise available, or when the user does not want an SMS or similar information to be seen on the ground, where other people can read it as well. [0052]FIG. 7 shows a garment 700 of the invention, comprising the projector 202 of the invention exploded with the projecting means 314 fixed to the front of the garment 700 and the electronics part 300 placed elsewhere in the garment 700. The garment 700 also contains various integrated electronic modules for various data processing purposes, such as e.g. a GSM module 220, a GPS module 222 and a PDA module 224. The garment 700 also comprises a fibre-like wire net 702 integrated in the garment 700, the wire net being connected to the electronics part 300 of the projector and with external electronic devices being connectable to the wire net 702. [0053] The garment 700 may also have an integrated separate power source 704 or a solar panel 706, which may be connected to the projector 202 and the modules 220, 222. 224 over the fibre-like wire net 702 integrated in the garment 700. The garment 700 may additionally comprise means 708 for charging the power source 704, allowing the user to charge the power sources 704 in his garment by connecting the charging wire for instance to an electric plug 710 in the wire net 702 in the garment 700. Optionally. the power sources in the garment 700 can be charged also by means of a solar panel system 706 provided in the garment. [0054] The garment 700 may also comprise at least one loudspeaker 712 and a microphone 714, allowing the user to receive an incoming call for instance in a mobile station or similar module in the garment 700. The loudspeaker 712 and the microphone are typically connected to the electronics part 300 of the projector. The garment 700 may additionally comprise an integrated means for receiving radio programmes, and then the radio programme can preferably be announced over the loudspeaker 712. The user may also speak in his mobile station over the microphone 714, and dictate messages in a device integrated in the garment 700, such as a PDA device or module. [0055] The garment 700 may further comprise at least on aerial 716, which may project slightly from the garment 700, or optionally the aerial 716 may be integrated in the garment 700. The aerial 716 may be connected to the electronics part 300 of the projector and over the electronics part 300 to modules integrated in the garment 700, e.g. over a wire net 702 in the garment 700. The aerial 716 may preferably act as an aerial for all the devices or integrated modules in the garment 700, such as e.g. GPS or GSM modules. [0056] The garment 700 or the electronic part 300 of the projector may also have an interface. such as an optical or wireless connection or a cable connection. by means of which the garment 700 or the projector can be connected for instance to a personal computer for data updating. [0057] Only a number of preferred embodiments of the invention have been described above. The principle of the invention can naturally be varied within the scope of protection defined by the claims, regarding for instance details of the embodiment and the fields of use. Specifically, most varied electronic devices can be connected to the projector. The devices, control units and various projector components can be interconnected with a cable, e.g. a direct optical connection or with an optical fibre, by wireless radio connection, or by any other similar data transmission method. [0058] Moreover, it should be noted that the projector component, the components integrated in the garment and the power sources can be positioned arbitrarily all over the user's body, and that the garment of the invention may be e.g. a shirt, a coat. a pair of trousers, a shoe. a glove or a hat. or any other similar piece of clothing. The piece of clothing may also be a small bag or belt fixed at the user's waist or elsewhere on his body. [0059] The projector of the invention may be e.g. a laser projector, a video projector, a micro-mirror projector equipped with a micro-mirror matrix (304), the matrix (304) comprising at least one micro-mirror (302) or a projector equipped with an RC LED matrix (304), the matrix (304) comprising at least one resonance cavity LED (302). 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BOX 26FIN-38701, KANKAANPAA,Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:REHO, AKSELI /AR;REEL/FRAME:014006/0784;SIGNING DATES FROM 20030417 TO 20030422Aug 23, 2005CCCertificate of correctionJun 23, 2008REMIMaintenance fee reminder mailedDec 14, 2008LAPSLapse for failure to pay maintenance feesFeb 3, 2009FPExpired due to failure to pay maintenance feeEffective date: 20081214RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services