A newly published patent on CNIPA hints that Google might be developing advanced smart glasses.
With these glasses, Google can aim to offer enhanced contextual assistance.
They will allow users to interact through touch, voice, or gesture inputs.
Google first unveiled the Google Glass in 2013, but it never saw the mainstream light. Now, almost a decade since then, the tech giant is allegedly planning to step back into the smart glasses race. Although the company has not yet shared any official details, a newly published patent on China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) hints that Google might be trying to develop advanced smart glasses with cutting-edge features.
According to a report by 91mobiles, this patent gives us a hint about what we can expect from smart glasses. They can possibly come equipped with a display, microphone, speakers, and built-in eye-tracking technology. With these glasses, Google can aim to offer enhanced contextual assistance. For this, it can leverage surroundings and user inputs. The patent suggests that it will allow users to interact with the device through touch, voice, or gesture inputs, with added support for “gaze tracking.”
The glasses reportedly feature built-in cameras to detect and analyse surroundings, displaying information like restaurant ratings or navigation directly on the lenses. For instance, by simply looking at a restaurant, users might see its menu or customer reviews in real time. It can work something like the Ray Ban Meta Smart glasses.
One interesting that was spotted in the patent was the integration with smartphones for processing-intensive tasks. Like our smartwatches to our phones. Instead of functioning as a standalone device, the glasses could work as an accessory. So in case there is a resource-heavy operation, it can be offloaded to a connected smartphone. This approach, if used, could improve battery efficiency and make the device more cost-effective.
Right now, Google has just filed the patent and we don’t know when it will actually release the device. The timeline is still awaited but the patent hints at the fact that Google is trying to find its place as the smart glasses market is getting more competitive and is expected to see the next boom.
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