US 12,015,842 B2
Multi-purpose cameras for simultaneous capture and CV on wearable AR devices
Bo Ding, Los Angeles, CA (US); Chintan Doshi, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Alexander Kane, Vienna (AT); John James Robertson, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Dmitry Ryuma, Marina Del Rey, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,244.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/113,336, filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,215, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103757 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/65 (2023.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); H04N 5/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/651 (2023.01) [G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); H04N 5/04 (2013.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Eyewear, comprising:
a frame;
a display supported by the frame;
a plurality of cameras coupled to the frame and configured to generate images; and
a pipeline including an image signal processor (ISP) configurable to process the images for augmented reality (AR) and for computer vision (CV);
wherein each of the plurality of cameras are configured to operate in a first mode and provide the images having a first resolution operable in AR, and wherein each of the plurality of cameras are configured to operate in a second mode and provide the images having a second resolution operable in CV, wherein the first resolution is higher than the second resolution;
wherein the ISP is configured to stitch and synchronize the images from each of the plurality of cameras in the second mode in CV; and
wherein the ISP is configured to process the images and operate at a first power in the first mode and at a second power in the second mode, wherein the second power is lower than the first power.