Eyewear with wearer notification

Abstract

An eyewear device is disclosed including a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) to emit light patterns on an inner surface of the frame or the temple within a peripheral view of a wearer of the eyewear, a processor coupled to the eyewear device, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory stores programming for execution by the processor and notification patterns corresponding to the LEDs. Execution of the programming configures the eyewear device to identify an event for presentation to the wearer, select a notification pattern corresponding to the identified event, and display the selected notification pattern to the wearer by selectively illuminating the LEDs.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device, comprising:
 a framework configured to be worn on a wearer's head;   an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) positioned on an inner surface of the framework at a location within a peripheral view of the wearer and another array of LEDs positioned on the inner surface at another location within the peripheral view of the wearer, the arrays of LEDs each including a plurality of LEDs, arranged in a two-dimensional pattern, that are individually illuminable to emit light patterns;   a processor; and   a memory accessible to the processor, wherein the memory stores programming for execution by the processor;    wherein execution of the programming by the processor configures the processor to:   identify an event for presentation to the wearer;   select a two-dimensional notification pattern corresponding to the identified event from the plurality of notification patterns stored in the memory;   select at least one of the location or the other location for presentation of the two-dimensional notification pattern; and   display the two-dimensional notification pattern to the wearer by selectively illuminating at least one of the array of LEDs or the other array of LEDs at the selected at least one of the location or the other location to present the two-dimensional notification pattern.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the framework includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and another temple connected to another lateral side of the frame and wherein the array of LEDs is adjacent the lateral side of the frame and the other array of LEDs is adjacent the other lateral side of the frame. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , further comprising a chunk that is integrated into or connected to the frame on the lateral side and another chunk that is integrated into or connected to the frame on the other lateral side, wherein the array of LEDs is located on the chunk and the other array of LEDs is located on the other chunk. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the chunk includes a circuit board that includes the array of LEDs and the other chunk includes another circuit board that includes the other array of LEDs. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the memory comprises a lookup table including a plurality of notification events and a corresponding plurality of notification patterns and wherein the identified event is identified in the plurality of notification events and the two-dimensional notification pattern is selected from the plurality of notification patterns. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the lookup table further comprises presentation locations of each of the plurality of notification patterns and wherein the presentation locations include the location, the other location, or both the location and the other location. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the frame includes:
 a frame front; and 
 a frame back; 
 wherein the array of LEDs and the other array of LEDs are coupled to a flexible printed circuit board, the flexible printed circuit board is disposed between the frame front and the frame back, and the flexible printed circuit board extends from the lateral side of the frame to the other lateral side of the frame. 
   
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , further including a visible light camera disposed on the flexible printed circuit board, wherein:
 the visible light camera has an outward facing field of view,   the frame front includes an opening for the visible light camera, and   the array of LEDs has an inward facing field of view relative to the visible light camera having the outward facing field of view.   
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein execution of the programming by the processor further configures the processor to pair the device to a mobile device coupled to the device. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein execution of the programming by the processor further configures the processor to receive the event from the mobile device. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein execution of the programming by the processor further configures the processor to acknowledge the event received from the mobile device. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 11 , wherein to acknowledge the event execution of the programming by the processor further configures the processor to send an acknowledgement signal from the device to the mobile device. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein the event is identification of a social media notification received by the mobile device. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the event is a location guidance instruction alerting the wearer that the device is in a location within a predetermined range of a point-of-interest. 
     
     
         15 . A method of notification for eyewear, comprising:
 identifying an event for presentation to a wearer of the eyewear;   selecting a two-dimensional notification pattern corresponding to the identified event from a plurality of notification patterns stored in a memory by a processor coupled to the eyewear;   selecting at least one of a location on an inner surface of the eyewear within a peripheral view of the wearer or another location on the inner surface of the eyewear within the peripheral view of the wearer for presentation of the two-dimensional notification pattern; and   displaying the two-dimensional notification pattern to the wearer by selectively illuminating at least one of an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) or another array of LEDs as the selected at least one of the location or the other location to present the two-dimensional notification pattern.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the memory comprises a lookup table including a plurality of notification events and a corresponding plurality of notification patterns, identifying the event comprises identifying the event in the plurality of notification events, and selecting the two-dimensional notification pattern comprises selecting the two-dimensional notification pattern from the plurality of notification patterns 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the lookup table further comprises presentation locations of each of the plurality of notification patterns and wherein the presentation locations include the location, the other location, or both the location and the other location 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising pairing the eyewear to a mobile device. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the identifying the event includes identifying a status of at least one of a battery charge level of the eyewear, receipt of an external communication to the wearer, or a location guidance instruction. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions for implementing a method of notification for eyewear, the instruction, when executed by a processor of the eyewear, performing steps of:
 identifying an event for presentation to a wearer of the eyewear;   selecting a two-dimensional notification pattern corresponding to the identified event from a plurality of notification patterns stored in a memory by a processor coupled to the eyewear; and   selecting at least one of a location on an inner surface of the eyewear within a peripheral view of the wearer or another location on the inner surface of the eyewear within the peripheral view of the wearer for presentation of the two-dimensional notification pattern;   displaying the two-dimensional notification pattern to the wearer by selectively illuminating at least one of an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) or another array of LEDs as the selected at least one of the location or the other location to present the two-dimensional notification pattern.