TWI672541B - Smart glasses - Google Patents

Abstract

A smart glasses, comprising: a lens; a frame connected to the lens; a display module, the display module being disposed in at least one of the lenses, the display module comprising a display matrix, the display matrix Formed by a plurality of display units, each display unit includes at least one micro-light-emitting diode module and at least one first photoelectric conversion module, and at least one of the first photoelectric conversion modules is configured to convert light energy into electrical energy. a battery, the battery is disposed on the frame and electrically connected to the display module; and a processing unit electrically connected to the display module and the battery.

Description

Smart glasses

The present invention relates to the field of smart wearable device technologies, and in particular, to smart glasses.

With the development of technology, wearable devices such as smart glasses are gradually entering people's lives. Smart glasses typically include various electronic components such as cameras, display units, processors, Bluetooth modules, and the like. The operation of these electronic components requires the use of a battery for power supply. Due to the presence of at least one power consuming component, especially the display unit, the battery of the smart glasses cannot be made extremely small, which easily affects the use effect and convenience of the smart glasses. Moreover, the batteries of the currently used smart glasses are generally disposed on the temples, and the frames and the frames need to be turned on by a connector. Thus, after a period of use, problems such as poor contact are likely to occur.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a smart glasses that is more convenient and has better endurance.

A smart eyeglass that includes:

lens;

a frame connected to the lens;

a display module, the display module is disposed in at least one of the lenses, the display module includes a display matrix, the display matrix is formed by a plurality of display units, and each display unit includes at least one miniature light emitting diode And the at least one first photoelectric conversion module is configured to convert light energy into electrical energy;

a battery disposed on the frame and electrically connected to the display module;

a processing unit electrically connected to the display module and the battery.

Each of the display glasses is provided with a first photoelectric conversion module for converting light energy into electrical energy, and can be transmitted to the battery of the smart glasses for storage to supply power to the smart glasses. In this way, the smart glasses can convert the absorbed light energy into electrical energy at any time and transmit it to the battery for storage, thereby ensuring the endurance capability without affecting normal use and convenience.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without the creative work are all within the scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "electrically connected" to another element, it can be directly on the other element or the element can be present. When an element is considered to be "electrically connected" to another element, it can be a contact connection, for example, a wire connection or a non-contact connection, for example, a non-contact coupling.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing the particular embodiments.

Some embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The features of the embodiments and examples described below may be combined with each other without conflict.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , a preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a smart glasses 100 including a frame 10 , a lens 20 disposed on the frame 10 , a display module 30 , a processing unit 40 , a battery 50 , and a battery . The control module 60 and the filter control module 70.

In the embodiment, the frame 10 includes a frame 11, a temple 13 and a connecting portion 15. The lens 20 is disposed on the frame 11. The temple 13 is connected to the frame 11 by the connecting portion 15 and is foldable relative to the frame 11. In this embodiment, the connecting portion 15 may be a connection structure such as a hinge.

Referring to FIG. 3 together, the display module 30 is disposed at least in one of the lenses 20. The display module 30 is arranged by a plurality of display units 31 to form a display matrix, thereby forming the display module 30.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 together, each display unit 31 includes a substrate (substrate) 311, at least one micro LED module 313, a photo sensor 315, and at least one first photocell. Conversion module 317. In the present embodiment, the substrate 311 refers to a target substrate (for example, a non-homogeneous substrate) for receiving a printable structure such as a semiconductor element. The substrate 311 is transparent including translucent, nearly transparent, and mostly transparent. In some embodiments, the material of the substrate 311 may be plastic, glass, metal or sapphire.

The Micro LED modules 313 are all disposed on the substrate 311. In this embodiment, each display unit 31 includes four Micro LED modules 313. Four of the Micro LED modules 313 are disposed on the edge of the substrate 311. Specifically, in the embodiment, the four micro LED modules 313 are respectively disposed on the four corners of the substrate 311. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the micro LED modules 313 in each display unit 31 is not limited to four, and the specific number thereof may be adjusted according to specific needs.

Each Micro LED module 313 includes at least three micro LEDs. For example, in this embodiment, each of the Micro LED modules 313 includes three adjacent micro LEDs. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the micro LEDs in each of the Micro LED modules 313 is not limited to three, and the specific number can be adjusted according to user requirements.

In this embodiment, the at least three micro LEDs are disposed adjacent to each other in a side-by-side arrangement, a diamond arrangement, a square arrangement, or a diamond shape. Each micro LED is elongated and mainly emits light in the axial direction. It can be understood that in one embodiment, each of the Micro LED modules 313 can emit three primary colors of light. That is to say, three of the micro LED modules 313 can respectively emit light of different primary colors. Specifically, each of the Micro LED modules 313 includes at least a micro LED 313R that emits red light (R), an LED 313G that emits green light (G), and a micro LED 313B that emits blue light (B).

It can be understood that each of the Micro LED modules 313 in the display unit 31 can emit three primary colors of light. Therefore, each of the Micro LED modules 313 can emit visible light, such as white light. Therefore, when the Micro LED module 313 in the display unit 31 emits visible light, the display unit 31 has a display function as a whole. Of course, each of the Micro LED modules 313 in the display unit 31 can also emit invisible light, such as infrared light, through the control of the filter control module 70. Therefore, the Micro LED module 313 in the display unit 31 can also serve as an infrared light source, and then illuminate the retina of the user's eyes, so that the Micro LED module 313 in the display unit 31 has the user's eyeball scanning function. In this embodiment, the Micro LED module 313 can emit 5%-10% white light and 90% invisible light.

Referring to FIG. 6, in another embodiment, each of the Micro LED modules 313 includes at least three micro LEDs. For example, in this embodiment, each of the Micro LED modules 313 includes three adjacent micro LEDs. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the micro LEDs in each of the Micro LED modules 313 is not limited to three, and the specific number can be adjusted according to user requirements.

In this embodiment, the at least three micro LEDs are disposed adjacent to each other in a side-by-side arrangement, a diamond arrangement, a square arrangement, or a diamond shape. Each micro LED is elongated and mainly emits light in the axial direction. It can be understood that, in this embodiment, each of the micro LEDs 313 can emit the same primary color light. That is to say, three of the micro LED modules 313 can emit light of the same primary color. For example, the Micro LED module 313 disposed in the upper left corner includes three micro LEDs 313R that both emit red light (R). The Micro LED module 313 disposed in the lower left corner includes three LEDs 313G that emit green light (G). The Micro LED module 313 disposed in the lower right corner includes three micro LEDs 313B each emitting blue light (B).

It can be understood that each of the micro LED modules 313 in the display unit 31 includes micro LEDs that can respectively emit light of the same primary color. Therefore, the plurality of the micro LED modules 313 can respectively emit red light (R), green light (G), and blue light (B), and then form RGB by mixing RGB. Therefore, when the Micro LED module 313 in the display unit 31 emits visible light, the display unit 31 has a display function as a whole. Of course, each of the Micro LED modules 313 in the display unit 31 can also emit invisible light, such as infrared light, through the control of the filter control module 70. Therefore, the Micro LED module 313 in the display unit 31 can also serve as an infrared light source, and then illuminate the retina of the user's eyes, so that the Micro LED module 313 in the display unit 31 has the user's eyeball scanning function. In this embodiment, the Micro LED module 313 can emit 5%-10% white light and 90% invisible light.

It can be understood that the photo sensor 315 is disposed at an intermediate position of the substrate 311 and electrically connected to the processing unit 40 and the battery 50. In this embodiment, the photo sensor 315 can be an infrared (IR) image sensor. When the Micro LED module 313 emits infrared light and illuminates the retina of the user's eyes, the photo sensor 315 can receive the infrared light reflected back from the user's eyes, and perform retinal imaging according to the reflected infrared rays. Determine the location of the user's eyes and eye activity. In this embodiment, the eye activity may include, but is not limited to, eye beating, gaze, smooth tracking, blinking, and the like.

It can be understood that the first photoelectric conversion module 317 is used to convert light energy into electrical energy. In this embodiment, the first photoelectric conversion module 317 is a solar cell. The first photoelectric conversion module 317 is disposed on the substrate 311 and is not provided with the micro LED module 313 and other regions of the photo sensor 315. In this embodiment, each of the display units 31 includes four first photoelectric conversion modules 317. Each of the first photoelectric conversion modules 317 is disposed between the two micro LED modules 313 and disposed around the photo sensor 315.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment, the overall area of the Micro LED module 313 in each of the display units 31 is less than 20% of the total area of the substrate 311, and the area of the photo sensor 315 is Approximately 30% of the total area of the substrate 311, the overall area of the first photoelectric conversion module 317 is approximately 50% of the total area of the substrate 311.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment, each of the display units 31 is set to be transparent. Thus, when the display module 30 is mounted on the lens 20, the lens 20 can be kept transparent, and the display unit 31 does not affect the user's line of sight.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, the processing unit 40 is disposed on the frame 10. Specifically, the processing unit 40 is disposed on the temple 13 . The processing unit 40 is electrically connected to the Micro LED module 313, the photo sensor 315, and the battery control module 60 in each display unit 31. The processing unit 40 is used to control and coordinate the operation of each functional module. In the embodiment, the processing unit 40 is configured to receive the data transmitted by the photo sensor 315 and determine the position of the user's eyes and the eye activity. In this way, the processing unit 40 can determine the operation instruction of the user according to the correspondence between the position of the user's eyes, the eye activity, and the pre-stored operation instructions. For example, when an operation of the eye to view an area is detected, the processing unit 40 may recognize the gaze operation as selecting the area. When a blink operation is detected, the processing unit 40 may identify the blink operation as returning to the previous level of the directory. In a specific implementation, the movement of the eyeball can be combined at the same time, and the current position on the display interface can be used as the selected area to determine the user's choice.

In this embodiment, the battery 50 is a polymer colloidal battery or a graphite thin material battery. The battery 50 is disposed on the frame 10. Specifically, the battery 50 is disposed under the frame 11 for supplying power to each module of the smart glasses 100.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment, the battery control module 60 is disposed on the frame 10. Specifically, the battery control module 60 is disposed on the temple 13 . The battery control module 60 is electrically connected to the first photoelectric conversion module 317 and the battery 50. The battery control module 60 is configured to control the storage of the power of the first photoelectric conversion module 317 to the battery 50.

It can be understood that, referring to FIG. 2 again, the filter control module 70 is disposed on the frame 10. Specifically, the filter control module 70 is disposed on the temple 13 . The filter control module 70 is electrically connected to the processing unit 40 and the Micro LED module 313. Since the Micro LED module 313 in the display unit 31 can emit visible light and invisible light. Therefore, the filter control module 70 can control the micro LED module 313 to output invisible light, such as infrared light, under the control of the processing unit 40, so that the display unit 31 has the user's eyeball scanning function.

For example, in one embodiment, the processing unit 40 can control all of the Micro LED modules 313 in one of the display units 31 to display images, and control another adjacent by the filter control module 70. All of the Micro LED modules 313 in the display unit 31 emit infrared light, and cooperate with the photo sensor 315 to implement the user's eyeball scanning function.

It can be understood that, in one embodiment, the processing unit 40 can control a part of the micro LED modules 313 in each display unit 31 to implement a display function, and control each display unit 31 by the filter control module 70. The remaining Micro LED module 313 emits infrared light and cooperates with the photo sensor 315 to implement the user's eyeball scanning function.

It can be understood that, in one embodiment, the processing unit 40 can first control each of the micro LED modules 313 in each of the display units 31 to implement a display function, and after a preset time point (for example, 1 millisecond) The filter control module 70 controls each of the micro LED modules 313 in each of the display units 31 to emit infrared light, and cooperates with the photo sensor 315 to implement the user's eyeball scanning function. .

It can be understood that, in this embodiment, the smart glasses 100 may further include a second photoelectric conversion module 80. The second photoelectric conversion module 80 is electrically connected to the processing unit 40 for converting light energy into electrical energy. In this embodiment, the second photoelectric conversion module 80 can be a solar cell disposed on the frame 10 . Specifically, the second photoelectric conversion module 80 is disposed above the frame 11 for supplying power to each functional module of the smart glasses 100.

It is obvious that each display unit 31 of the smart glasses 100 of the present invention is provided with a first photoelectric conversion module 317 for converting light energy into electrical energy and transmitting it to the battery 50 of the smart glasses 100 for storage. The smart glasses 100 are powered. In this way, the smart glasses 100 can convert the absorbed light energy into electrical energy at any time, and transmit the light to the battery 50 for storage, thereby ensuring the endurance of the smart glasses 100 without affecting normal use and convenience.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way. In addition, those skilled in the art can make other changes in the spirit of the present invention. Of course, the changes made in accordance with the spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

100‧‧‧Wisdom glasses

10‧‧‧ frames

11‧‧‧ Frame

13‧‧‧Mirror legs

15‧‧‧Connecting Department

20‧‧‧ lenses

30‧‧‧Display module

31‧‧‧Display unit

311‧‧‧Substrate

313‧‧‧Micro LED Module

315‧‧‧Light sensor

317‧‧‧First photoelectric conversion module

313R, 313G, 313B‧‧‧Micro LED

40‧‧‧Processing unit

50‧‧‧Battery

60‧‧‧Battery Control Module

70‧‧‧Filter Control Module

80‧‧‧Second photoelectric conversion module

1 is a schematic overall view of a smart eyeglass according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a functional block diagram of the smart glasses shown in FIG. 1. 3 is a schematic view of a display module in the smart glasses shown in FIG. 1. 4 is a schematic plan view of each display unit in the display module shown in FIG. Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the display unit of Figure 4. FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing another display unit of the display module of FIG. 3 in another embodiment.

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Claims (10)

A smart glasses, wherein the smart glasses include: a lens; a frame, the frame is connected to the lens; a display module, the display module is disposed at least in one of the lenses, the display mode The group includes a display matrix formed by a plurality of display unit arrays, each display unit including at least one micro light emitting diode module and at least one first photoelectric conversion module, at least one of the first photoelectric conversion modules a unit for converting light energy into electrical energy; a battery disposed on the frame and electrically connected to the display module; and a processing unit, the processing unit being electrically connected to the display module And the battery. The smart glasses of claim 1, wherein each of the display units further includes a light sensor, and the light sensor and the at least one of the miniature light emitting diode modules are electrically connected to the The processing unit. The smart glasses of claim 2, wherein each of the display units further comprises a substrate, and at least one of the miniature light emitting diode modules is disposed at an edge of the substrate, the light sensing The at least one of the first photoelectric conversion modules is disposed on the substrate, and the micro light emitting diode module and other regions of the photo sensor are not disposed on the substrate. The smart glasses of claim 3, wherein each of the display units comprises four miniature light emitting diode modules and four first photoelectric conversion modules, and the four miniature light emitting diode modules The groups are respectively disposed on the four corners of the substrate, and each of the first photoelectric conversion modules is respectively disposed between the two micro-light emitting diode modules, and is disposed around the photo sensor . The smart glasses of claim 3, wherein in each of the display units, the overall area of the miniature light emitting diode module is less than 20% of the total area of the substrate. The smart glasses of claim 1, wherein each of the display units is transparent. The smart glasses of claim 2, wherein the processing unit is disposed on the frame, the processing unit and the miniature light emitting diode module and the light sensor in each display unit Connecting, when a part of the micro-light-emitting diode module emits infrared light, the photo sensor receives infrared light reflected by a user's eye, and the processing unit determines the user according to the infrared light reflected back The position of the eyes. The smart glasses of claim 7, wherein the smart glasses further comprise a filter control module, wherein the filter control module is disposed on the frame and electrically connected to the processing unit, The processing unit is configured to control all of the miniature light emitting diode modules in one of the display units to display an image, and the filter control module controls all of the micro LED modules in another adjacent display unit. Emitating the infrared light to cooperate with the photo sensor, so that the display unit has a user eyeball scanning function; or the processing unit controls a part of the micro LED module in each display unit Displaying a function, and controlling, by the filter control module, the remaining micro-light-emitting diode module in each display unit to emit the infrared light, thereby cooperating with the photo sensor to implement the user An eyeball scanning function; or the processing unit first controls each of the micro-light-emitting diode modules in each display unit to implement a display function, and at a preset time point Controlling, by the filter control module, each of the micro-light-emitting diode modules in each display unit emits the infrared light, and then cooperates with the photo sensor to implement the user's eyeball scanning. Features. The smart glasses of claim 1, wherein the smart glasses further comprise a battery control module, wherein the battery control module is electrically connected to the first photoelectric conversion module and the battery, the battery The battery control module is configured to control storage of the amount of electricity of the first photoelectric conversion module to the battery. The smart glasses of claim 1, wherein the smart glasses further comprise a second photoelectric conversion module, wherein the second photoelectric conversion module is disposed on the frame for converting light energy into Electrical energy to supply power to the smart glasses.