They have received more than one source of clues (and apparently are anonymous) - Glass of the core development team are using this feature. In other words, Glass second wave of development have long known that such a function. Even further news that this feature through a software upgrade unlock rafts schedule. Developers are Blink melt into the app, Google will open on the system at the same time.
This function is in the end is how to use it: Wear Glass and active, as long as the user to do a slightly longer than usual blinking (similar the ogle-like) Glass will take a picture.
Glass as well as a set of "understanding" mechanism "blink" - that is, you can set it and understand your intentions. Of course, in the case of the absence of a blink of an eye when you blink every time will be executed camera action.
Sensor articles: in the end is how to achieve?
Google did not disclose the specific type or quantity of the sensor in the Glass. But most people guess must have a built-in infrared sensors and distance sensors. The latter used to determine the "Sleep" and "start" two states. Like intelligent machines, when you put it on the side, Glass goes into hibernation and suspend receiving messages; put on again, it will light up the screen to start working.
Compared to the distance sensor, an infrared sensor to many complex and mysterious. Google in fact rarely mentioned this, sources said the Fengyun fitted to the inner box on the infrared sensor is an infrared camera, the eye monitoring activities can to some extent - be able to identify at least blinking. Than the blink of an eye recognition algorithm is even more profound, and can be seen from the Google patent.
Patent papers: original premeditated.
First to introduce before the first Google patent, entitled "identification of eye activity to unlock the screen by its three senior engineers.
This patent spent a lot of space to describe how to unlock the screen by testing the eyes of activities (also mentioned several times is a head-mounted device's screen). Of course, unlock the screen and take pictures there are still differences in the patent describes ways to unlock and Glass blink camera features are different.
Note:! Patent appeared in a total of 26 "infrared" and more than 100 times the head-mounted display device, and there is a description confirmed "in the twinkling of an eye the identification of the activities.
Look at another patent:
"If you want to unlock the headset device in a dormant state, the processor will be generated on the screen the image of a moving object. Processor comparison image of an object moving trajectory and eye movement trajectory determine whether the two consistent image of the object the trajectory are randomly generated each time ... "
Although there is no mention of how to monitor the activities of the eye, but it is clear that Google is ready to this technology on the headset device - after one year, Google Glass in respect to turned out to.
Google really prepared to how frustrating this is still unknown.
Use the blink of an eye camera feature now allows a small part of the developers point of view, it is clear that Google is very good to uphold the fine tradition of the company's products after the first closed beta promotion. In fact, now everyone is Google's test mice.
However, the blink of an eye pictures to last will certainly lead to privacy concerns - if one dares to say in front of your "OK Glass, shot down" has been considered not put up with - Imagine a silly X wearing a pair of strange glasses in front of your frequency ogle.
But on the other hand, this feature will be very useful place to determine whether the user is not a heart attack, such as abnormal blink frequency.
Each new thing is accepted, there will be a long process for Glass, so we have to wait and see!