US 12,242,065 B2
Eyewear having unsynchronized rolling shutter cameras
Branislav Micusik, St. Andrae-Woerdern (AT); and Georgios Evangelidis, Vienna (AT)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/223,686.
Application 18/223,686 is a continuation of application No. 17/021,023, filed on Sep. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,726,327, issued on Aug. 15, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0359038 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06V 10/42 (2022.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G06V 10/42 (2022.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Eyewear, comprising:
a frame;
a first camera and a second camera coupled to the frame and configured to capture a respective first image and a second image, wherein the first and second cameras are unsynchronized; and
an electronic processor configured to:
receive the first image and the second image from the unsynchronized cameras;
process the first image and the second image based on a characteristic of the first image relative to the second image, wherein the characteristic is a rotation of the second image with respect to the first image; and
calculate gravity on the eyewear as a function of the characteristic.